Bernarda Alba is a widow, and her five daughters are incarcerated in mourning along with her. One by one they make a bid for freedom, with tragic consequences. Lorca's tale depicts the repression of women within Catholic Spain in the years before the war.The House of Bernarda Alba is Lorca's last and possibly finest play, completed shortly before he was murdered by Nationalist sympathisers at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. Inspired by real characters and described ...

She was a broken angel that had the light beat right out of her.He was the man responsible for her life, her protector …He never expected to fall for the fragile woman, with soft eyes, and lips that begged to be kissed.He knew what she saw when she looked at him, a ruthless fighter, a man with a broken past, too far gone to be reached, sinking deeper and deeper into the darkness.Still, somehow her light reached him, the innocence inside her called to him and...

RETURN TO THE WORLD OF UNDER THE NEVER SKYRoar of the Tides has been through it all. The staggering death of the girl he loves. The destruction of the only place he's ever called home by harrowing Aether storms. Now, a year later, finally safe in an idyllic new land, his life should be back on track. Instead, he's haunted by the memory of his beloved's brutal murder by Sable of the Horns-until the day he hears a call for help that changes everything.After fleeing from the t...

She was a shy little virgin, looking to rebel. I was a bad accident waiting to happen.I’m the bad boy your parents warn you about. I’ve been to prison, killed for someone I love, and now I’m suffering through college.Then I see her … sweet, so naïve it hurts, and of course beautiful. She’s scared of me the moment we lock eyes, but beneath that fear is curiosity.From that moment on I’m consumed with a need to make her mine, to claim her … but when my past collides wi...

QuinnLife can only get better from here…Quinn Kennedy escaped sunny California, leaving behind a failed engagement, a successful career, and a beautiful home. But, instead of trading up, she traded one crappy situation for another.Now, she owns a rundown car, a rundown cabin, and has rundown patience for dealing with her demanding mother and jerky half-brother. But in this sleepy small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, there is one silve...

Thoroughly revised for the revamped SAT, Up Your Score: SAT is the only test-prep guide written for students by students—all of whom achieved perfect or near-perfect scores and went on to the colleges of their choice. A complement and reality check to the mainstream SAT study guides, it’s the book that kids recommend to one another, because it’s as entertaining as it is effective, showing students how to:• Think like the SAT• Ramp up their “mental math” powers...

They say violent delights have violent ends. They'll have to get through me first.JulietMy world is small and predictable—that's how I've designed it. It doesn't extend beyond my tiny studio apartment, the local bagel shop, and the bookstore I manage.So, when a mysterious man crashes into the shop late one night while I'm doing inventory, I should be terrified. But I've never reacted normally to danger. And this man is as dangerous ...

She was my enemy … I was her new captor …She was a tiny little temptress of a woman that made my blood sing for vengeance. I should be punishing her, breaking her from the inside out after finding her in my father’s clutches. But when I discover the truth that she is just as much of a victim of my father’s wrongdoings as I am, I can’t follow through.I know then that I can’t break my little mouse. Not after she’s lured me in with her big blue doe eyes, straw...

A reimagining of the story behind Agent 355--a New York society girl and spy for George Washington during the Revolutionary War--perfect for fans of Tatiana de Rosnay's Sarah's Key and the novels of Julie Berry.Rebellious Frannie Tasker knows little about the war between England and its thirteen colonies in 1776, until a shipwreck off her home in Grand Bahama Island presents an unthinkable opportunity. The body of a young woman body floating in the sea giv...

Follow the undated daily journal writing prompts & weekly actions in this book to fill your journal to the point of bursting. Filled with memories, self-reflection, ideas, inspiration, creativity, experiences, achievements, gratitude, short stories, photographs, goals and direction. Unlock the potential of your journal and enjoy some time for yourself.Journal Writing Tips & Tricks.Learn how to beat the blank page to start your journal writin...

**“An unusually fresh and engrossing memoir of both Hollywood and modern womanhood.” *—***Los Angeles TimesIn this searing, unflinchingly honest memoir, actress Portia de Rossi shares the truth of her long battle to overcome anorexia and bulimia while living in the public eye, and details the new happiness and health she has found in recent years—including her coming out and her marriage to Ellen DeGeneres.In this groundbreaking me...

A remarkable collaboration between psychologist Rossi and gynecologist-obstetrician Cheek, this book guides and empowers therapists and patients to find the keys to their own health and well-being through therapeutic hypnosis.Hundreds of engaging case reports from Cheek's forty years of clinical work bring the theory of mind-body therapy to life, while Rossi's chapters link Cheek's often intuitive work to the latest research in psychobiology.