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This is a neglected history. No attempt at a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and particular, told by Annabelle Hirsch through her selection of 101 objects, and now brought thrillingly alive for you by a chorus of 101 remarkable women in this ground-breaking audio release.

When my ex-boyfriend sends me his wedding invitation eight months after breaking up with me, and the bride expects me to be in the wedding party, it's time for my tried-and-tested party trick: disappearing. And nowhere is better to escape to than the cozy English Cotswolds in the middle of December. Everything goes according to plan until I arrive in the Cotswolds. Snow is more slippery than I expected, my room is nothing like the listing described, and my pub owner landlord—well, he steps directly from my lumberjack fantasies and into my heart.

The sky is not the limit. From an alley in New York to an interstellar wormhole, the path to the future looks different for everyone. These cosmic short stories from some of today’s most influential Black authors reveal a universe of possibilities.

It is 2003 in New Zealand, and Louisa Greenwood and her daughter Ngaroma are on a quest to discover their ancestry. Louisa has a greenstone necklace left to her in her father’s will, and from the first time Ngaroma wears it, she has unusual experiences, both good and bad. It leads her to various locations in New Zealand and England until, through a series of meetings and coincidences, she discovers the final resting place of her five times great grandmother.

In our fast-paced world, Finding Flourishing redefines wellbeing as an accessible daily pursuit, even for the busiest among us. Naomi Aidoo presents a practical and tangible approach to achieving wellbeing, one that doesn’t require adding yet another technique to your busy schedule. Instead, it enhances your day-to-day mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

Cette interprétation du conte pousse la torture à son paroxysme : quel seuil de douleur faut-il franchir pour toucher le divin ?

In the blink of an eye, life as Gabbie knows it crumbles. With her deceitful husband gone and her family shattered, she's left with no choice but to return to her childhood home – a house haunted by the woman who shattered their lives. Her stepmother. Her father's final wish was for his second wife to reside in their home indefinitely, a fact her stepmother clung to without a hint of leaving. Their relationship, strained and distant, must now weather an unexpected storm as she seeks her stepmother's help – for her daughters' sake, Olivia and Alice.

This collection of short stories, by celebrated New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield, was first published in 1920. Many of Mansfield’s short stories explore New Zealand landscapes and identity, and her work has been a shaping force in the short story genre.

The Dove’s Nest and Other Stories is a collection of both finished and unfinished short stories written by Katherine Mansfield. The collection was published posthumously, not long after Mansfield’s death in 1923, by her husband, John Middleton Murry.

When five-year-old Leo disappears after leaving school, it sets a chain of events in motion that will change the lives of the local residents forever. Ashton committed a terrible crime as a child, but he’s determined to put the past behind him and build a new life for himself – where no one knows his dark secrets. But Lynda, a stern secondary school teacher, recognises the troubled boy from all those years ago, bringing him the unwelcome attention he fears.

Jackson and Lydia Hemsworth are pillars of the community, feted for having the perfect marriage and three wonderful children – Florence, Jessica and Ezra. But appearances can be deceptive. Because behind closed doors Jackson Hemsworth rules his family with cruelty and control. His marriage is a sham; his children for years have cowed in fear. Until the day that Jackson and Lydia throw themselves off Newport Bridge in a joint suicide pact – the final cruel blow by Jackson to control his wife and torture his adult children.

Viv, Janet and Zelda know all about facing the wobbly first year of becoming a widow as their friendship was forged when they ran away from the same dreary support group. Forming instead the much more lively widows' wine club – The Muscateers – they welcome new member Libby with open arms. Libby feels lost without Jim, her husband of more than thirty years, but the warmth, friendship and fun the women wrap her up in inspires her to begin to look to the future.

Un vieillard et son teckel coulant des jours paisibles jusqu’à l’arrivée de nouveaux voisins. Un père et une mère de famille ne remettant jamais en question leurs paroles ou leurs agissements devant leur unique enfant. Une « princesse de Monaco » qui n’attend qu’un signe pour enclencher les rouages du destin. Un gardien prêt à « offrir » son temps et à donner des leçons sans compter. Avec Le Bonhomme Sept Heures, l’auteur Yvan Godbout s’éloigne de la noirceur et des horreurs de ses contes précédents pour explorer un univers à la lisière du fantastique.

Un entrepreneur dévoré par les ténèbres, à la recherche d’une lumière pour lancer son projet. Une femme d’affaires déterminée à obtenir l’objet de ses désirs. Trois cavaliers s’abreuvant de la misère humaine. Un repaire secret où la mort se vend au prix du marché. Parfois sorcière, parfois ogresse, mais habitant toujours sa singulière hutte à pattes de poules, Baba Yaga apparaît dans de nombreux contes russes.

Librarian and history enthusiast Jess Yates has hit rock bottom. With her ex behind bars for fraud, Jess needs to lay low – easier said than done with a celebrity sister. But Tavy has her uses. Her latest TV project involves renovating Fortune Hall, and she needs a house sitter while she’s jetting around the world. The opportunity is too good to miss, especially when Jess discovers that Fortune Hall has links to the infamous Nell Gwyn. Slowly the house begins to reveal its mysteries, and secrets that have laid buried for centuries can no longer be ignored.

…Un homme au bord du gouffre à la recherche d’un vieil ami disparu. La dangereuse manie d’un maître chanteur à se faire trop d’ennemis pour son propre bien. L’obsession d’un peintre misanthrope reproduisant la même toile, encore et encore. Un neurochirurgien retraité fasciné par la cryptozoologie et qui préfère vivre en marge de la société. La légende d’un cavalier fantôme hantant depuis des siècles le pittoresque village de Val-Dormant…

Think today's anti-abortion ideas are rooted in religious prohibitions or arguments about where life begins? Wrong: today's anti-abortion movements is largely financed and planned by far-right extremists. Many of them are avowedly fascist and white supremacist, afraid of a "great replacement" of the world's white population by other races, who are working hard to reshape governments and policies across Europe, North America, and around the world. Much of this far-right organizing and funding network, however, has been overlooked by today's feminist and left movements.

Heroines in History: A Thousand Faces moves beyond stories of individual heroines, taking a thematic, synthesizing, and global in scope approach to challenge previous understandings of heroines in history. Responding to Joseph Campbell's Hero with a Thousand Faces, Katie Pickles explores the idea of a transcultural heroine archetype that recurs through time. Each chapter addresses an archetypal theme important for heroines in history.

The aspects of Anne Boleyn's life and death are fiercely debated by historians, yet her ladies-in-waiting remain an understudied topic. Much emphasis is usually put on Anne's relationships with the men in her life: her suitors, her royal husband, her father and brother, and her putative lovers who were executed on May 17, 1536. By concentrating on a previously neglected area of Anne Boleyn's female household, this book seeks to identify the women who served Anne and investigate what roles ladies-in-waiting played in this Queen's household.

1937. On the eve of her debutante season in London, Lucia Blake rebels against her domineering father and his fascist politics and runs away to France. Breaking the promise to always look after her, she leaves behind her adored younger sister, Della. Seeking freedom Lucia finds unexpected passion in the arms of a charming French archaeologist. But as war looms over Europe, their idyllic love is shattered by an unspeakable tragedy.