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This is a lively exploration of the everyday lives of women in early modern England, from 1540-1740. The book uncovers details of how women filled their days, what they liked to eat and drink, what jobs they held, and how they raised their children. With chapters devoted to beauty regimes, fashion, and literature, the book also examines the cultural as well as the domestic aspect of early modern women's lives. Further, the book answers questio...

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Dolce is a Jack Russell Terrier, bred to hunt and catch rodents underground. Louis is a French bulldog, bred to be a cute friend to humans. Dolce and Louis grow up together, learning from each other and becoming best pals. Jimmy Choo is a wise Shih Tzu Havanese, bred to cuddle and sit on laps-and also keep Dolce and Louis out of trouble. Adventures abound as Dolce and Louis find as much mischief as they can.

Dolce is a Jack Russell Terrier, bred to hunt and catch rodents underground. Louis is a French bulldog, bred to be a cute friend to humans. Dolce and Louis grow up together, learning from each other and becoming best pals. Jimmy Choo is a wise Shih Tzu Havanese, bred to cuddle and sit on laps-and also keep Dolce and Louis out of trouble. Adventures abound as Dolce and Louis find as much mischief as they can.

Laugh out loud funny and poignant. Sara Read is a writer to watch." -LORI FOSTER, New York Times bestselling author, on Johanna Porter Is Not Sorry A brilliant mind needs a strong heart. Mathematical genius Dr. Meg Brightwood has just completed her life's work-a proof of a problem so impenetrable it's nicknamed the Impossible Theorem. Reclusive and burdened by anxiety, Meg hadn't been taken seriously before. Now everyone wants to get the...

Midwife Lucie Smith had expected to live a retired life of quiet contemplation, somewhere with a small garden to tend and room for a few hens. However, 1666 sees her with no option but to keep serving remedies in her late husband's shop at the sign of the Three Doves, since no new apothecary can be found for the town of Tupingham. Not only that, but Lucie's house gradually refills with people in need of shelter and care. Her son Simon comes ...

The headlines dubbed it the art heist of the decade… Twenty years ago, Johanna Porter was a rising star in the art world. Now she's an unknown soccer mom. When an invitation arrives to an elite gallery opening for her former lover, the great Nestor Pinedo, Johanna wants to throw it in the trash where it belongs. But with some styling help from her daughter, she makes an appearance and comes face-to-face with the woman she was before the powe...

Respected midwife Lucie Smith is married to Jasper, the town apothecary. They've lived happily together at the shop with the sign of the three doves for almost three decades. But 1665 is proving a troublesome year. Lucie is called to a birth at the local Manor, and Jasper is uneasy at her involvement with their former opponents in the English Civil War. Their only surviving son Simon flees plague-ridden London for his country hometown, only to...

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Since the age of 11 Steph has been bullied by the group of girls she hangs around with. Now, broken free and on a warpath she finds new friends and a new way of life and begins to unleash her demons. This is a very touching story about one girls cry for help. With twists and turns we see her go through her highs and lows. Watch her experience good times, upsetting and even tragic times. But will she sort her life out in time? Or will it be the...