Cuckquean Stories: The Office EncounterElise only meant to bring him dinner. The office was still lit. His door was unlocked. Inside was a woman she had never been introduced to — and a version of her husband she did not recognise. No shouting. No speech. Just the slow understanding that the life she had packed around him had already changed shape.She came to be kind. She stayed because she could not look away. Some marriages end in a doorway. Some begin again on the wrong side of ...

Twins Zack and Zara receive an annual pass to the zoo for their birthday and use it to visit Mrs. Anteater and her new baby. They eat a healthy picnic, including avocado, and watch the zookeeper feed Mrs. Anteater an avocado for a treat. Can you imagine Zack and Zaras excitement when they discover that they can talk to a zoo animal that eats the same food as them? Zack and Zara have fun learning from Mrs. Anteater about how she is different and why she eats avocados. Zack and Zara make the...

This collection offers students and scholars of Eliot’s work a timely critical reappraisal of her corpus, including her poetry and non-fiction, reflecting the latest developments in literary criticism. It features innovative analysis exploring the relation between Eliot’s Victorian intellectual sensibilities and those of our own era.A comprehensive collection of essays written by leading Eliot scholarsOffers a contemporary reappraisals of Eliot’s work reflecting a b...

Poets Choice is a poetry book publishing brand registered and having its head office in Mumbai, India. We are on the verge of setting up our offices in USA as well.We have been around since 2010.Our writers hail from over 48 countries across the world. To view the complete list visit our website.We welcome book reviews on our website – www.poetschoice.in . Books can also be ordered directly from our website.Now, video and audio reviews can be sent across to ...

John Davys Beresford was born on 17th March 1873. His life was blighted by infantile paralysis which left him partially disabled.After an education at Oundle school he trained to be an architect. However, he quickly decided that his life was to be centred on a literary career. His first offerings were in drama and as a journalist.As well as being a book reviewer for the Manchester Guardian he contributed to New Statesman, The Spectator, Westminster Gazette, and the Theosoph...

Offering a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the field, Hensley’s Practical Approach to Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Seventh Edition, edited by Drs. Karsten Bartels, Amanda A. Fox, Andrew D. Shaw, Kimberly Howard-Quijano, and Robert Thiele, is an ideal reference and review tool for fellows, residents, and practicing anesthesiologists. Concisely written and readily accessible, it combines the depth of a reference book with the no-nonsense guidance of a clinically-oriented handbook. This e...

She only ever fantasised about watching.Until the woman with the red hair made it real.Sophie and Jake arrive at a luxurious tropical resort for four private nights together. The plan is simple: sun, sea, and each other. But the moment Jake's gaze lands on Aria—the confident, stunning redhead across the lobby—everything shifts.What begins as a spark of jealousy quickly deepens into something far more dangerous. Aria doesn't just notice their attention. She invites i...

Claire has not been touched in months. Her husband still comes home. He still says the right words. The bed stays cold.Then another woman walks into their kitchen with proof of where he has been going — and an interest that is not in him.What starts as a confrontation becomes a second life Claire never meant to want. Late nights. A different address. Rules she tells herself she can still refuse.By the time she understands what she has walked into, it is already too lat...

Hey Kids, imagine being able to cope with just about anything.This book gives you your very own coping skills for everyday challenges.Do you worry about the smallest things?Do things that happen at school or at home affect your happiness?Do you feel upset sometimes about what people say or do?Do you sometimes get 'stuck' in sadness and find it difficult to move away from it?

Fifty easy-to-deploy active learning exercises for teaching academic writing in any fieldThe Pocket Instructor: Writing offers fifty practical exercises for teaching students the core elements of successful academic writing. The exercises—created by faculty from a broad range of disciplines and institutions—are organized along the arc of a writing project, from brainstorming and asking analytical questions to drafting, revising, and sharing work with audie...

Sexuality is an important area of clients’ lives yet it is often neglected, both in the consulting room and in training. This book examines issues of sexuality in a positive and affirming light and considers how sexuality-related issues can be introduced into therapy and training. Sex and sexuality are important to consider in psychotherapy, psychology, counselling and health provision across a variety of contexts and are relevant to clinicians and therapists working in health and mental h...

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore them...