A scandal will change the lives of two women forever...Veronica Hay is an acclaimed beauty but her downward spiral begins the moment she enters into a loveless marriage that removes her from her home in Edinburgh to Berwickshire. From there, she begins a luckless affair with Sire Alexander Renton which helps her to forget her longing for the fashions and energy of Edinburgh. Her husband seeks revenge, driving Veronica's story to a tragic end. Veronica's adultery causes a scandal, but it might be the making of her devoted friend and maidservant, Helen Cameron, who rises to become part of Edinburgh's New Town story all on her own. A gripping Scottish saga based on true events, perfect for fans of Tessa Barclay and Dilly Court.

She must find the courage to accept her fate. At the age of eleven young Lizzie Mudie's life changes forever. With the death of her mother in the most shocking disaster Dundee has ever seen, Lizzie is forced to grow up quickly. She discovers a strength beyond her years and when an unexpected legacy bestows her the dilapidated Green Tree Mill she is determined to turn things around. Lizzie becomes a formidable mistress, but is she prepared for the price she - and those she loves - will have to pay for her success? A page-turning saga of hope in the face of adversity for fans of Dilly Court and Tessa Barclay.

This book explores intersections of theory and practice to engage queer theory and education as it happens both in and beyond the university. Furthering work on queer pedagogy, this volume brings together educators and activists who explore how we see, write, read, experience, and, especially, teach through the fluid space of queerness. The editors and contributors are interested in how queer-identified and -influenced people create ideas, works, classrooms, and other spaces that vivify relational and (eco)systems thinking, thus challenging accepted hierarchies, binaries, and hegemonies that have long dominated pedagogy and praxis.

The powerfully erotic memoir that inspired the legendary film--with a new afterword by the author's daughter

Niine and a Half Weeks is a true story so unusual, so passionate, and so extreme in its psychology and sexuality that it will take your breath away.

Elizabeth McNeill was an executive for a large corporation when she began an affair with a man she met in a chance encounter. Their sexual excitement depended on domination and humiliation, and as their relationship progressed they played out increasingly dangerous and elaborate variations on that pattern. By the end, Elizabeth had relinquished all control over her body--and her mind.

With a cool detachment that makes the experiences and sensations she describes all the more frightening in their intensity, Elizabeth McNeill deftly unfolds her story and invites you into the mesmerizing and shocking world of Nine and a Half Weeks--a world you won't soon forget.

When a chance for freedom arrives will she dare to take it? Odilie Rutherford is known in the small Scottish town of Lauriston for two things - her beauty, and her father, Canny. As a self-made man, Canny has the wealth he dreamed of but not the status and hatches a plan to marry his daughter to local bachelor of note the Duke of Maudesley. Yet Odilie cannot bear the thought of a life with the ill-mannered Duke, and when the annual summer fair arrives in town for three days she seizes a chance to enjoy the freedom she craves. But as the carnival atmosphere fills the town, Odilie will find her life changes in ways she could never have imagined. A captivating Scottish saga perfect for fans of Tessa Barclay and Val Wood.

Things have changed recently in the Evening Dispatch newsroom: Patricia is in London working on a famous woman's magazine, but pining for her fiance, the contemptuous Hugh Malling. She finally decides that he's more important than her career and she returns to Edinburgh, desperate to marry him. In the newsroom Rosa no longer has a soul mate in Patricia and new female journalist Hilda with her ill-fitting tweed jacket and prosaic writing style is not worthy of Rosa's friendship. When Charles Rutland arrives, Rosa has a new competitor for the Dispatch's most ambitious recruit, and when Charles manages to find scoops all over the city in the most mundane of situations, she's not the only one to suspcious of his talents. However, when Patricia has a fatal accident, Charles and Rosa team up their investigative skills to piece together the final moments of Patricia's life and to discover how much of an accident it really was.

Caught between the past and the future, can friendship survive in changing times?Thirteen years have passed since the railway came to the Borders, bringing changes that would radically alter the lives of the people who lived there. Yet the steam train was not the only legacy from the men who built the railway - in their wake they left several fatherless children. One such child is Kitty Scott. Wild through neglect and an outcast within the community, Kitty is a loner... until she rescues newcomer Marie Benjamin from the taunts of her classmates - the same taunts that have clouded Kitty's own life. So begins a friendship that lasts beyond their childhood in the Scottish Borders, to Edinburgh, London, and finally Paris, where the influence of heredity comes full circle and friendship's true worth is recognised. The second book in the A Bridge In Time series, this is an engaging saga of hope and love for fans of Tessa Barclay and Val Wood.

They have survived the worst they could imagine - now they must face the future. After a catastrophic storm tore through the village of Eyemouth in 1881, the villagers have slowly started to move on. Inconsolable at the loss of her husband, Rosabelle Maltman has left Scotland to start a new life, leaving her son behind. Meanwhile her sister-in-law, Jessie, is finding ways to manipulate the men of the village for her own gains. But it is their mother-in-law Effie who is the lynchpin of the family, who keeps the community spirit alive in Eyemouth and helps the grieving women to rebuild their lives. An uplifting saga of hope and community for fans of Ellie Dean and Anna Jacobs.

When struggle comes, she must learn to start anew.When Brabazon Nairn's family make their home in one of the tiny flats of Perseverance Place it is because her husband has been forced into bankruptcy. They must relinquish their fine brewer's mansion, although they vow to recover it. Brabazon and Duncan find, to their relief, that the Place soon numbers them amongst their own. Apart from their former employee, Tom Lambert, a man who will stop at nothing to take revenge on those he is convinced did him wrong... A gripping Scottish saga of strife and starting over, perfect for fans of Tessa Barclay and Val Wood.

Can Lark take the path of the woman who went before her and learn to follow her heart?Lark is a much-loved forces sweetheart spreading comfort as she sings in the music halls while Scotland's sons fight in the Great War. But despite her fortune, Lark yearns for a life away from the crowds. She sets out to make a fresh start in the Border country seeking the contentment that has eluded her. Decades earlier, Lark's great-grandmother, Jane, found herself in the same hills, in unhappy circumstances. Yet the beauty of the land brought peace to her when all hope seemed lost. A poignant and atmospheric multigenerational saga for fans of Val Wood and Tessa Barlcay.

Change is coming, but are the people of Camptounfoot ready for it? For generations, the oldest village in Scotland has remained little changed but now it is 1853 and the railway is coming to Camptounfoot. Shy and beautiful Emma Jane Wylie is determined to fight for the realisation of her father's dream - the construction of the railway bridge that will carry the new track southwards. Her father's demise puts Emma in charge. But during the two years of its construction, the project is beset by drama and tragedy: cholera rages, the men down tools, murder and conspiracy are in the air - and then a landslide threatens to destroy all their endeavours. Inspired by her father's vision, and with a strength of mind and resolve at odds with her Victorian upbringing, Emma Jane takes on the world - and is determined to win. The first book in the A Bridge In Time series, this dramatic and riveting saga of survival is perfect for fans of Anna Jacobs and Tessa Barclay.

This is a new release of the original 1945 edition.

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Though trickster figures have appeared in U.S. literature with increasing frequency since the Civil Rights era, literary critics have not yet adequately revealed the sociopolitical implications of these texts. This study analyzes the use of mythic/folkloric trickster figures and discourse in works by four influential U.S. authors, Gerald Vizenor, Paule Marshall, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Leslie Marmon Silko. An anthropological approach reveals that these authors' mediational trickster texts offer readers narrative opportunities to reject delimiting monocultural conceptualizations of U.S. history and thought in order to acknowledge and engage what has always been a heterogeneous New World.

When Scottish village is struck by grief those left behind must help one another find hope. It is 1881, and when a violent storm devastates the Scottish fishing village of Eyemouth few families escape unscathed. Newly wed Rosabelle Maltman loses her husband, and her mother-in-law Effie lost her husband and three sons. For these women and their neighbours in the close-knit community life will never be the same again. Yet as the months pass, the women of Eyemouth must learn to look to the future, to live and to love again. A dramatic and heart-breaking saga based on true events for fans of Ellie Dean and Anna Jacobs.

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LISTEN TO THE TURTLEDOVEis a novel about the experiences ofa young woman, a Central Intelligence Agency employee, posted to the American Embassy, New Delhi, during 1958-59.

This is the sequel to the enthralling saga "The Storm". After the dramatic events of October 1881, when a violent storm devastated the village of Eyemouth in the Scottish borders, the villagers have slowly started to rebuild their lives. Inconsolable with grief at the loss of her husband, Rosabelle Maltman has moved to London to start a new life, leaving her son Aaron behind. There she sets up in business with the mysterious Rachelle, a well-connected and glamorous figure with a flair for business, who recognizes Rosabelle's talent for clothes design.In Eyemouth, Rosabelle's sister-in-law Jessie uses her own, very different talents to manipulate the menfolk of the village, causing many a raised eyebrow. But it is their mother-in-law Effie, whose loss was the greatest, who is the lynchpin of the family, caring for both their children and helping the other fisher-women to rebuild their homes for the future.

In October 1881, a violent storm devastated the prosperous fishing village of Eyemouth, in the Scottish Borders, leaving few families unscathed. Newly wed Rosabelle Maltman lost her husband, her mother-in-law Effie her husband and three sons. For these women, and their friends and neighbours in the small, close-knit community, life would never be the same again. As the months pass, the women of Eyemouth must learn to look to the future, to live and to love again. This is their dramatic and poignant story...

An evocative novel exploring the life of Mary Queen of Scots - Nathan, a pedlar and seller of embroidery threads, first sets his eyes on the queen as an infant being crowned at Stirling Castle. He follows her life, being one of the many who are drawn to her, and becomes more closely involved in her life than a mere pedlar could possibly imagine . . .