Staging Violence Against Women and Girls brings together three contemporary plays that denounce gendered violence, along with interviews with their creators and the practitioners who have staged them in different national contexts.Little Stitches (London, 2014): consisting of four short pieces by Isley Lynn, Raúl Quirós Molina, Bahar Brunton and Karis E. Halsall, this play presents Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) from the points of view ...

A spilled coffee, an arrogant jerk, and my new boss. What else could go wrong?With his pretty blue eyes and entitled attitude, Joshua Ward walks around like his sole mission is to make my life as difficult as possible. But I’m not prepared to let this new high-paying job go, so I roll up my sleeves and prepare to work.Except, one late night work session, I kiss my enemy and my perception starts to shift. I see beyond the tailored suits and custom-ordered ti...

In 1986, as part of a Canadian team, Sharon Wood became the first woman from the Americas to summit Mount Everest—and the first woman in the world to do so via the West Ridge from Tibet and without Sherpa support. But it’s how she got there that is truly compelling.In Rising, the personal motivation that drove Wood to reach further and further heights are detailed through the years leading up to the career-defining climb. Often the only woman on expeditions, Wood was an ou...

The only thing more dangerous than fake dating your best friend? Realizing you've been in love with her all along.

The Big & Awesome Bridges of Portland and Vancouver is a book that gets young people excited about science and engineering and provides teachers a comprehensive resource for developing engaging elementary school units of study, all through an exploration of one of the most diverse and historic collections of big river bridges in the world. Featuring: Rich content (historical and contemporary facts about all 22 of the Portland and Vancouver area big river bridges), instructions (to...

The Black Hole of Auschwitz brings together Levi’s writings on the Holocaust and his experiences of the concentration camp, as well as those on his own accidental status as a writer and his chosen profession of chemist. In this book Levi rails intelligently and eloquently against what he saw as the ebb of compassion and interest in the Holocaust, and the yearly assault on the veracity and moral weight of the testimonies of its survivors. For Levi, to keep writing and, through writ...

Monsters start growling……head out on the highway!Ten tales of road trips, vacations, tourist destinations, and pits stops that go horribly, horribly wrong. These monsters are out for adventure! But they may not have filled up the gas tank first.Put on your shades, slather on your sunscreen—(Especially if you’re a vampire!)—and load your swimsuit and your best beach bod in to the car, because it’s time to roll out for the summer—scales, t...

Gilded Age cities offered extraordinary opportunities to women — but at a price. As clerks, factory hands, and professionals flocked downtown to earn a living, they alarmed social critics and city fathers, who warned that self-supporting women were just steps away from becoming prostitutes. With in-depth research possible only in a mid-sized city, Sharon E. Wood focuses on Davenport, Iowa, to explore the lives of working women and the prostitutes who shared their neighborhoods.The ...

A hot single dad.A young workaholic.One drunken hookup at a bar as strangers…UntilHe moves in next door.Thomas will do anything for his daughters. That includes the hard work of rebuilding their lives after his wife’s tragic death a year ago. But unrelenting grief and fear of suffering another loss keeps him from moving forward and embracing the possibility ...

What happens when Doctor Mike Taylor the tall, dark, and oh-so-sexy older man was meant to be a one-night fling. Not her new boss.Or when Mike's brother Alex has a fake engagement with Chelsea and lines become blurred when they live together, and suddenly his crooked smiles, naked body, and flirty charms are all for her.Then read how Doctor Damien Gray, the grumpy single-dad surgeon falls for his best friends sister.

What happens when a late-night text meant for her boss pulls her into the orbit of Jeremy Lincoln, a doctor-turned-billionaire with secrets of his own?Or when revenge turns irresistible as she teams up with her ex-boyfriend’s powerful billionaire boss.Then discover what happens when Harvey Lincoln, a charming young billionaire, tries to save a single mom’s family business... and her guarded heart.And finally...

A clumsy TV show host, a grumpy senior orthopedic surgeon who’s one disciplinary review away from losing everything, and a raccoon with zero regrets. What could possibly go wrong?I came to Pulse Point to host my first TV series. One day in, I've already broken my ankle on set.Enter Dr. Zac Sterling: certified grump, devastatingly attractive, and newly assigned as my around-the-clock physician for the rest of filming. Strict professionalism. Zero room for er...