A musically driven bold new take on the classic fairytale.

Our ambitious heroine has big dreams and with the help of her Fab Godmother, she perseveres to make them come true.

Tall, dark, and handsome Dr Alice Anderson doesn't believe in love…that is, until she meets Dr Giovanni Moretti. Gio has come to the Cornish cove to reinvent himself after an injury ended his career as a surgeon. Alice has made him feel alive again, and in return he’s determined to show her how to live life, the Italian way! But will the strength of Gio's feelings be enough to make Alice realise she's fallen in love? • Aurora Messina is everything cynical hotel tycoon Nico Caruso trshouldn’t want. Impetuous and far too innocent, she’s trouble – and temptation – personified. But even Nico’s famous control isn’t a match for their chemistry… Then Nico discovers she’s pregnant! He’s never wanted a family and still bears the scars of his own childhood. But will Aurora’s revelation give this Sicilian a reason to risk everything? • Lethally attractive Vittorio d’Severano was everything Jillian Smith wanted – until she discovered his secret life and her dreams were crushed. Broken hearted and terrified, Jill disappeared. But Vitt has returned to claim the son Jill has sworn to keep from him! To stay with her child, she must put Vitt’s ring on her finger. But what kind of relationship can they have when it’s based on secrets…and irresistible passion?

Love conquers all It’s the stuff of fairy tales: Hannah agreed to help a princess, and within hours finds herself engaged to a king! But this dangerous charade must end fast – the electrifying chemistry between them feels far too real. Zale’s royal bride-to-be looks like the pampered princess he’s being forced to wed, but there’s something different about this feisty woman who makes his blue blood run hot! Is she fit to be his queen? • Breaking news: from the depths of the palace. It’s public knowledge that Crown Prince Helios is bound to marry the Princess of Monte Cleure, but will the discovery of his secret lover, Amy Green, shatter the kingdom? An exclusive source has revealed that Amy has ended their affair – leaving Helios furious. Legally, Helios must wed someone of pure royal blood. So what will it be…love or duty? • Desperate to escape her stifling royal life, Princess Valentina swaps places with her new-found identical twin. But fooling her billionaire ‘boss’, Achilles Casilieris, is harder than Valentina imagined… When Achilles discovers what Valentina’s playing, he’s furious. He’ll push this perfect princess to her limits…and he’s not afraid to use the full force of their attraction!

Citizens are asked to buy, and asked to consider to buy, goods of all sizes and all prices, nearly all of the time. Appeals to political decision-making are less common. In The Consumer Citizen, Ethan Porter investigates how the techniques of everyday consumer experiences can shape political behavior. Drawing on more than a dozen original studies, he shows that the casual conflation of consumer and political decisions has profound implications for how Americans think about politics. Indeed, Porter explains that consumer habits can affect citizens' attitudes about their government, their taxes, their politicians, and even whether they purchase government-sponsored health insurance. The consumer citizen approaches government as if it were just an ordinary firm. Of course, government is not an ordinary firm--far from it--and the disjunction between what government is, and the consumer apparatus that citizens bring to bear on their evaluations of it, offers insight into several long-unanswered questions in political behavior and public opinion. How do many Americans make sense of the political world? The Consumer Citizen offers a novel answer: By relying on the habits and tools that they learn as consumers.

This book reviews advances in understanding of the past ca. two million years of Earth history - the Quaternary Period - in the United States. It begins with sections on ice and water - as glaciers, permafrost, oceans, rivers, lakes, and aquifers. Six chapters are devoted to the high-latitude Pleistocene ice sheets, to mountain glaciations of the western United States, and to permafrost studies. Other chapters discuss ice-age lakes, caves, sea-level fluctuations, and riverine landscapes. With a chapter on landscape evolution models, the book turns to essays on geologic processes. Two chapters discuss soils and their responses to climate, and wind-blown sediments. Two more describe volcanoes and earthquakes, and the use of Quaternary geology to understand the hazards they pose. The next part of the book is on plants and animals. Five chapters consider the Quaternary history of vegetation in the United States. Other chapters treat forcing functions and vegetation response at different spatial and temporal scales, the role of fire as a catalyst of vegetation change during rapid climate shifts, and the use of tree rings in inferring age and past hydroclimatic conditions. Three chapters address vertebrate paleontology and the extinctions of large mammals at the end of the last glaciation, beetle assemblages and the inferences they permit about past conditions, and the peopling of North America. A final chapter addresses the numerical modeling of Quaternary climates, and the role paleoclimatic studies and climatic modeling has in predicting future response of the Earth's climate system to the changes we have wrought.

Al Pacino and Greta Gerwig star in this comedy drama adapted from Philip Roth's novel 'The Humbling'. Ageing actor Simon Axler (Pacino) is suffering from mental health problems and, with his once-successful career in decline, he considers suicide. He finds a new lease of life when he encounters Pegeen (Gerwig), a much younger gay woman who is the daughter of his friends, and the two embark on an unlikely affair. As their relationship develops Axler is given the opportunity to return to the stage, but can he successfully revive his career?

Engaged and enraptured Sheikh Raja al-Somari knows that sacrificing his freedom for the good of his country isn’t a choice; it’s a duty. But he’s going to have to use more imaginative tactics to convince his new bride. Yesterday, Ruby Sommerton was just an ordinary girl. Now, she’s a princess! Ruby has a lot to learn about being royal and just how exhilarating nights with her new husband can be… • Prince Javier de la Cruz’s goal was simple. Tell heiress Violet King she’s promised in marriage to his brother. When she refuses, their instant, unwelcome, and completely forbidden chemistry unravels! When devastatingly handsome Javier invites Violet back to his kingdom, why does she do so willingly? Can this unexpected princess resist playing with fire? • When desert Prince Dal’s convenient bride is stolen, he must find a replacement – immediately. Suddenly, shy secretary Poppy is whisked away by her merciless boss to his kingdom. She’s shocked to find herself willingly surrendering to his expert seduction! But when it becomes clear that Dal has more than pleasure in mind, will Poppy be persuaded to accept his royal proposal?

Doris Walker (Maureen O'Hara), an executive at Macy's department store, believes in taking a common-sense approach to life and is consequently raising her daughter Susan (Natalie Wood) not to believe in Santa Claus. This year however, the convictions of both mother and child are challenged when the kindly old man (Edmund Gwenn) hired as the store Santa insists that he is in fact the real thing. No one believes him, some even think he's insane, but he is willing to go to court to prove his case. Oscars were won by Edmund Gwenn (Best Supporting Actor) and George Seaton (Best Screenplay) and the film was remade in 1994 with Richard Attenborough in the lead.

Loose remake of the 1980 horror film. Brittany Snow stars as Donna Keppel, a troubled girl who is preparing to celebrate her senior prom. A few years earlier Donna's parents were murdered by Richard Fenton, one of her old teachers who had developed a dangerous obsession with her. Donna survived and three years later she is willing to put her past behind her and look to the future with optimism. Unfortunately, the man she thought had gone forever has escaped from prison and is willing to kill anyone who attempts to stop him from reuniting with his one and only Donna.

Spell Songs is a musical companion piece to The Lost Words: A Spell Book by author Robert Macfarlane and artist Jackie Morris. This mixed media CD is accompanied by sumptuous illustrations from Jackie Morris, new 'spells' by Robert Macfarlane, enlightening thoughts by Robert, Jackie and Spell Singer Karine Polwart and stunning photography by Elly Lucas. In 2018 Folk by the Oak Festival commissioned Spell Songs because of their love of The Lost Words book. Spell Songs comprises eight remarkable musicians whose music engages deeply with landscape and nature; musicians who are perfectly placed to respond to the creatures, art and language of The Lost Words. They spent a week in Herefordshire bringing this music together in the company of Jackie Morris. Art inspired music and music inspired art. Jackie Morris immersed herself in the musical residency where she generously created new iconesque artwork of each musician and their instruments portrayed in an unexpected and enchanting way. These stunning new artworks accompany the CD. Spell Songs allowed these acclaimed and diverse musicians to weave together elements of British folk music, Senegalese folk traditions, and experimental and classical music to create an inspiring new body of work. Here are 14 songs which capture the essence of The Lost Words book. Spoken voice, whispers, accents, dialects, native languages, proverbs, sayings, birdsong, river chatter and insect hum all increase the intimacy of the musical world conjured by the songs. Inspired by the words, art and ethos of The Lost Words book, each musician brings new imaginings, embellishments and diversions which are rooted in personal experience, a deep respect for the natural world, protest at the loss of nature and its language and an appreciation for wildness and beauty. In February 2019 Spell Songs enjoyed standing ovations at sell-out performances in major venues across the UK culminating at The Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank Centre, London. Spell Songs was a highlight of The Hay International Literary Festival 2019 and in August 2019 they were invited to perform at the BBC's Lost Words Prom in the Royal Albert Hall. They will continue to tour each year. "There are songs here that would live with me for the rest of my years, even if I'd had no part in their making". Robert Macfarlane