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This shimmering middle-grade debut set in 1850s Lancashire, England, explores longing, belonging, and the courage it takes to find your place—and bloom.

Writer, activist and journalist Joan Smith has worked for years to raise awareness of violence against women and girls, and has been instrumental in bringing the innate misogyny of the police to public attention. Unfortunately, She Was a Nymphomaniac reinterprets the bloody, violent story of twenty-three women closely associated with the Julio-Claudian emperors of Rome. Fewer than half a dozen of them can be said with any confidence to have died of natural causes.

Jane Lonsdale had been dismissed from her position at Miss Prism’s Academy because the music master had tried to kiss her. Jane went to her aunt, having no idea that the housekeeper had married Lord Pargeter, who promptly died. Neighbors at nearby Swann Hall were suspicious about the will, and Lord Fenwick, a visitor, decided to investigate. Though Jane’s past hinted of scandal, Fenwick was intrigued.

What do the attacks in London Bridge, Manchester and Westminster have in common with those at the Charlie Hebdo offices, the Finsbury Park Mosque attack and multiple US shootings? They were all carried out by men with histories of domestic violence. Terrorism begins at home. Terrorism is seen as a special category of crime that has blinded us to the obvious - that it is, almost always, male violence. The extraordinary link between so many tragic recent attacks is that the perpetrators have practised in private before their public outbursts.

Lizzie Warwick was now a do-gooder who had mistaken Lord Carbury's flirtation for the real thing five years ago. Now she solicited his help for his cousin Tommy, who had been accused of stealing a ruby necklace. Lizzie knew he hadn't done it and knew who had. But Carbury was confused by the change in her, and her newly adventurous, if dumbfounding, spirit.

Live Without Limits Podcast is for anyone looking for serious personal growth. My Name is Emily Joan Smith and I'm a self development coach, soon to be author and a lover of GROWTH. This Podcast is all about living without limits. - We'll be discussing many different topics and explore how we as people can become the BEST VERSION OF OURSELF. Each week I'll bring you a new podcast. I'll be interviewing people who I believe to be inspiring/ have a lot of value to give or will simply be chatting with you about things I've learnt that will help you in this crazy journey called LIFE. Thank you for ...

The Rebel’s Hike answers questions that nearly all human beings ask themselves. Who loves me? Am I important? What’s my purpose in life, anyway? Four middle school children find themselves in Wackus Bonkus, a colorful, invigorating realm, talking to OSOLAT, which they learn is an acronym for Original Source Of Light And Truth, about these questions.

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