In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the body was a key focus of discourse. Fat and the Body in the Long Nineteenth Century animates discussion and analyses of fatness, highlighting how corporeal expectations fit into larger social systems and showing how interpretations have shifted over time. This collection examines a host of primary sources – including literature, art, medical treatises, journalism, political cartoons, soldiers’ letters home, and popular fiction – ...

With the centenary of the First World War, communities across Canada arranged commemorations of the war experience to honour local servicemen who, through their triumphs and sacrifices, were presented as laying the foundation for a free and independent country. Often overlooked are the triumphs and sacrifices of those who supported those soldiers, and the war effort in general, back at home. The Frontier of Patriotism provides an in-depth look at all aspects of Alberta’s involvement in the...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Master psychiatry board exams and enhance clinical practice with this comprehensive question bank featuring 2000+ expertly crafted questions and evidence-based explanations. This essential study guide covers all major topics required for psychiatric certification, from DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria to cutting-edge psychopharmacology and clinical decision-making.Inside this extensive review book, you'll find 18 comprehensive chapt...

Fall in love with the Fake Dating Collection. Contains 24 stories:Fake Dating: A Business EngagementFake Dating: Falling for Her Fake FiancéFake Dating: Living the CharadeFake Dating: Agent UndercoverFake Dating: Her AlibiFake Dating: Personal ProtectionFake Dating: Blame It on the BillionaireFake Dating: Wrong Man, Right KissFake Dating: Her Accidental EngagementFake Dating: Trust Fund Fiance

Intending to fill an important gap in medical training, this book presents an easy-to-learn, standardized approach to having compassionate and collaborative goals of careconversations with patients and families, a skill that can be difficult for clinicians to learn and that is not part of standard medical education curricula.Developed by a Palliative Care provider, this is the first book to teach everything clinicians need to know to gently guide patients and families throug...

Many women who lived through the Second World War believed it heralded new status and opportunities, but scholars have argued that very little changed. How can these interpretations be reconciled? Making the Best of It examines the ways in which gender and other identities intersected to shape the experiences of female Canadians and Newfoundlanders during the war. The contributors to this thoughtful collection consider mainstream and minority populations, girls and women, and diff...

Business by day, seduction by sunsetIncludes 3 titles!Perfect for fans of: Workplace romance✈️ International♂️ Alpha maleMoretti's Marriage Command by Kate HewittHannah Stewart is shocked when CEO Luca Moretti unexpectedly demands she accompany him on a crucial business trip. But when Luca boldly introduces Hannah as his fiancée, the shocking motive is laid bare. W...

Amy Levy was born in London, England in 1861, the second of seven in a fairly wealthy Anglo-Jewish family. The children read and participated in secular literary activities and became firmly integrated into Victorian life.Her education was at Brighton High School, Brighton, before studies at Newnham College, Cambridge; she was the first Jewish student when she arrived in 1879, but left after four terms.Amy’s writing career began early; her poem ‘Ida Grey’ appeared when she ...

Amy Levy was born in London, England in 1861, the second of seven in a fairly wealthy Anglo-Jewish family. The children read and participated in secular literary activities and became firmly integrated into Victorian life.Her education was at Brighton High School, Brighton, before studies at Newnham College, Cambridge; she was the first Jewish student when she arrived in 1879, but left after four terms.Amy’s writing career began early; her poem ‘Ida Grey’ appeared when she ...

Holiday checklist: First class upgrades ✅, five-star seduction ✅ and love stories you won't want to end ✅ Twelve irresistible romances of billionaire rivals, royal escapes and the sun-drenched destinations that change everything! Beachside RivalsOn sun-soaked shores, desire becomes dangerousContains:What The Greek Wants Most by Maya BlakeWedding Night with Her Enemy by Melanie Mil...

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...

For many of us illness refers solely to the physical. Accidents and disease wear us down, hiccup our life from childhood to old age. But everyone empathises, understands and helps us on the road to recovery.Mental illness though can still carry a stigma. A case of ‘you’re not trying hard enough’, ‘or knuckling down and getting on with it’. But in more recent decades mental issues have come to be recognised as an illness, a disease rather than an affliction. We all remember horror s...