Choice is the defining issue of the twenty-first century. As the #MeToo movement extends its legal, social, and political reach around the world, the topic of consent has come under particular scrutiny. Shakespeare on Consent examines crises of consent on the early modern stage and argues that these dramatizations provide a framework for understanding the intersections of coercion, complicity, resistance, and agency.Beginning with the premise that consent serves as a lever...

When Leighton Marx is taken at a festival in front of her loved ones, police are quick to label it a random trafficking incident, but Leighton’s husband, Owen, and her ex-best-friend, Marnie, suspect there's more to the story. After Marnie meets Sarah, who saw something at the festival that doesn't add up, she starts looking for Leighton herself—only to uncover secrets and inconsistencies surrounding her disappearance that grow deeper and more complicated by the minute. As Marnie continues...

The book is designed to be a lighthearted insight into ways of experimenting with sex and pleasuring your partner, whilst at the same time reducing the risk of pregnancy and STDs. Its not a manual, but a guide for those that may want to experiment with sex to show that intercourse isnt the most important factor. There are other ways of enjoying each others body whilst minimizing the risk of unwanted pregnancy and STDs. Its aimed at teenagers from early teens upwards. Many parents find it d...

The first book to put contemporary affect theory into conversation with early modern studies, this volumedemonstrates how questions of affect illuminate issues of cognition, political agency, historiography, and scientific thought in early modern literature and culture. Engaging various historical and theoretical perspectives, the essays in this volume bring affect to bear on early modern representations of bodies, passions, and social relations by exploring: the role of embodiment in poli...

This comprehensive resource offers a detailed framework for fostering resilience in families caring for their older members. Its aim is to improve the quality of life for both the caregivers themselves as much as for those they support. Robust interventions are presented to guide family members through chronic and acute challenges in areas such as emotional health, physical comfort, financial aspects of care, dealing with health systems, and adjusting to transition. Examples, models, inter...

The late sixteenth-century penal debt bond, which allowed an unsatisfied creditor to seize the body of his debtor, set in motion a series of precedents that would shape the legal, philosophical, and moral issue of property-in-person in England and America for centuries. Focusing on this historical juncture at which debt litigation was not merely an aspect of society but seemed to engulf it completely, Of Bondage examines a culture that understood money and the body of the borrower...

The late sixteenth-century penal debt bond, which allowed an unsatisfied creditor to seize the body of his debtor, set in motion a series of precedents that would shape the legal, philosophical, and moral issue of property-in-person in England and America for centuries. Focusing on this historical juncture at which debt litigation was not merely an aspect of society but seemed to engulf it completely, Of Bondage examines a culture that understood money and the body of the borrower...

*New York Times–bestselling author Amanda Quick returns with a thrilling new venture into romance and mystery, featuring the most unusual, highly compatible—undeniably combustible—pairing of Tobias March and his mesmerizing partner, Lavinia Lake.An invitation to a country house party at Beaumont Castle provides a perfect solution to Tobias and Lavinia’s most exasperating challenge: how to escape the chaos of London for a remote, relaxing—and, above all, romantic—retreat from prying...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. If you're looking for a joyful escape—something that will make you smile, soothe your soul, ignite your curiosity, and feed your wanderlust—then The Amazing Adventures of James was made just for you.This isn't just a book. It's a passport to wonder.Join James as he journeys across breathtaking landscapes, dives into rich cultures, and samples the flavors, sights, and surprises the world has to offer. From the sun-scorched deserts o...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Meet James: The Man Who Trips Over Flour and Falls Into Friendship!James has an uncanny knack for turning culinary chaos into connection. Whether he's accidentally wearing half a bag of flour or mistaking sugar for salt (again), his charming clumsiness somehow becomes a magnet for laughter, storytelling, and new friendships. Taste-and-see that these adventures are thrilling in this new travelers tales: Fantastic Leases Around The World by ...

In this most entrancing tale of mystery and romance by the New York Times bestselling author AMANDA QUICK, lovers and partners-in-crime investigators Lavinia Lake and Tobias March continue their exciting newfound relationship, with its delicious mix of risky business, rising passion, and now--murder.As if a head for business and a nose for trouble aren’t enough to distinguish fiercely independent Lavinia Lake from the other women of London’s fashionable Claremont Lane, the...

While investigating a suspicious death, private inquiry agent Ambrose Wells finds himself on the grounds of Aldwick Castle—and in the midst of utter chaos. The ramshackle castle is in flames—and a beautiful woman and four young girls are taking flight on horseback. It turns out that the strong-minded Miss Concordia Glade and her four bright students are on the run from a notorious London crime lord who’ll stop at nothing to destroy them. Now, their only hope is Ambrose, a confirmed loner w...