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Contemporary Dickens is a collection of essays that presents some of the most intriguing work being undertaken in Dickens studies today. Through an emphasis on the 19th-century origins of our current critical preoccupations and ways of knowing, these essays reveal Dickens to be our contemporary. The contributors argue that such issues as gender and sexuality, environmentalism, and the construction of national identity were frequently explored and sometimes problematically resolved by Dickens himself.

Are you excited about planning your next trip? Do you want to try something new? Would you like some guidance from a local? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then this Greater Than a Tourist book is for you.

Greater Than a Tourist - Tarapoto San Martin Peru, by Rhianna Upton, offers the inside scoop on Tarapoto. This audiobook will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Young and beautiful, born to a powerful family, Jocasta is destined to become Queen of Thebes. Trapped in a loveless marriage, she cannot save her firstborn child from her husband's wrath. Left alone on the throne after her husband's death, she must contend with the dangerous Sphinx and contrive a plan to protect her city. Charmed by a foreign prince, she does not know she is falling in love with her own son....

Greater Than a Tourist - San Antonio Texas USA, by Brandi N. Aguillon, offers the inside scoop on San Antonio. This audiobook will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Genrefication is a new trend in both school and public libraries. Librarians all over the world are starting to organize their collections in new ways. Genrefication 101 is made for school librarians by a school librarian who has actually survived genrefying her own school’s library. With ideas for how to win over reluctant administrators, suggestions for a variety of ways to genrefy, and simple tips to make things go more smoothly, this audiobook is a great resource for any school librarian who is considering genrefication.

Young David is on his first journey away from home. Hired as an ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher, he is flown half way around the globe to work in a pilot school teaching refugee children. Settling in and learning about the new world he lives in, he meets and falls in love with beautiful Amaris, a mysteriously secretive young woman who lives on the hill.

50 Things to Know About Writing for a Living, by Amanda Walton, offers a straightforward approach to being able to earn an income while writing.

Florida homicide detective Brianna Breeze can't seem to catch a man unless she handcuffs him. So her best friend decides to take matters into her own hands and tricks Brianna into seeing the Love Gypsy, a time traveler's friend noted for her extraordinary matchmaking skills. When a tall, muscular man wearing jeans, a black leather jacket, and slicked-back 50s hair bursts in on her first visit, Brianna is bewitched. Despite the gypsy's warning not to get involved with him, Brianna can't get him out of her mind.

3,000 years ago, a war began between the immortals and the mortals. It's a war that continues to this day.... Before history began, a legendary queen battled a foreign army, braved the death of her husband, and faced betrayal at the hand of someone she trusted. This is the story of Eire, Queen of the Faeries, the Immortal One, and the leader of the Tuatha de Danann. This is the story of the war that drove the Immortal Ones into exile.

God's Little Miracle, Book II is a collection of 27 inspiring true stories. Subjects include a United Airline pilot's harrowing experience on 9/11, the healing of a mysterious brain disease, and an Alaskan sea rescue.

God's Little Miracle Book III has been expanded to contain relevant scriptures and study questions to enhance individual or group studies. All 27 stories are true and show how God intervenes in the lives of everyday people. Each one inspires, encourages, and comforts listeners in today's uncertain times.

God's Little Miracle Book contains 27 true stories of God's intervention in the lives of everyday people. This expanded edition contains relevant scriptures and study questions suitable for individual or group studies. Learn how God delivered our daughter from certain death of a spinal cord tumor, lifted a tornado, saved a young Romanian woman from suicide, multiplied food for unexpected guests, and healed a man from a head-on auto crash.

In 1823, the History of the Celebrated Mrs. Ann Carson rattled Philadelphia society and became one of the most scandalous, and popular, memoirs of the age. This tale of a woman who tried to rescue her lover from the gallows and attempted to kidnap the governor of Pennsylvania tantalized its audience with illicit love, betrayal, and murder.

This compelling memoir of one woman's journey of enchantment, tragedy, and romance unfolds against the backdrop of a stunning mountaintop in rural Virginia. Purchased on a lark for weekend camping by a clueless suburban couple, the mountain brings Marcia Mabee and her husband Tim surprising wildlife encounters, dramatic botanical discoveries, and a passion for conservation that leads to its dedication by the state as the Naked Mountain Natural Area Preserve.

Bronwyn's family has always thrived in the legal profession and a position at their prestigious firm is hers by right. Only problem is, she doesn't want it. Her best friend Claudia has always dreamed of being a lawyer, but tragedy made her take over her father's vineyard instead. Each wants the other's life, so they hatch a plan to swap. But achieving their dreams isn't easy, and falling in love with the wrong men is not a good idea....

Inner peace, serenity and relaxation - that is the aim of this guided meditation. The "voice" is accompanied by discreet background music. You can also hear sounds from nature and heart beats. The first aim is to achieve a state of general relaxation. Secondly, the listener is led to an experience of in-depth perception of their body. This is important to improve self-esteem and to understand our own essence. Being mindful; to be aware of our body and our thoughts which leads to a more conscious living.

Travelers and traders taking the Santa Fe Trail's routes from Missouri to New Mexico wrote vivid eyewitness accounts of the diverse and abundant wildlife encountered as they crossed arid plains, high desert, and rugged mountains. Most astonishing to these observers were the incredible numbers of animals, many they had not seen before - buffalo, antelope (pronghorn), prairie dogs, roadrunners, mustangs, grizzlies, and others. They also wrote about the domesticated animals they brought with them.

With the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the Choctaw people began their journey over the Trail of Tears from their homelands in Mississippi to the new lands of the Choctaw Nation. Suffering a death rate of nearly 20 percent due to exposure, disease, mismanagement, and fraud, they limped into Indian Territory, or, as they knew it, the Land of the Dead (the route taken by the souls of Choctaw people after death on their way to the Choctaw afterlife). Their first few years in the new nation affirmed their name for the land.

One man has swiped bounties from Viola, the Brass Violet, for years. Longstanding rivals, they've only had brief encounters, and if she had a choice, she'd avoid him entirely. When he saunters into her bar with an offer to work together on a job, the proper response would be to shoot him down and send him back to Shantytown. However, curiosity's a wicked beast, and Viola needs to know why, after so many years of stealing her marks, he'd approach her now.