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Bluestem
by Frances ArringtonJessie and Polly spend all day looking for Mama on the horizon, over the endless waves of grass. But when it is night, and she has still not returned to their soddy, they know she is gone. And with their father helping his brother miles away, they know they must survive alone. They are determined to! Even if it means hiding in the prairie sloughgrass to protect themselves from the greedy and suspicious Smiths, the only neighbors they have. Here in this starkly beautiful novel set on the open prairie in 1879, Frances Arrington reveals the raw pioneers courage and strong humanity of two young sisters who dare to face a new world alone. [From the dust jacket:] "When eleven-year-old Polly and nine-year-old Jessie come back to their prairie soddy and discover Mama just sitting there, rocking and not saying anything, they know it has something to do with her losing the baby in the winter. And they know Papa's not coming back from his brother's farm soon enough to help them. But, sure as they're alive and the prairie is blue, they also know they need to keep going, for Mama, for Papa, and for themselves. Even despite their meddling prairie neighbors, the Smiths! And the sisters do keep going until one day, hiding from the Smiths in the tall sloughgrass by the river, they get lost. Now, how brave are they? How clever? How certain are they that they can survive? In this young and heroic story, set on the open prairie in the 1870s, first- time novelist Frances Arrington reveals the pioneer courage of two young sisters who, armed with their love for each other, dare to face a new world alone. Historical fiction at its best."
Bluestocking Bride
by Elizabeth ThorntonA study in seduction proves irresistible in this charming Regency romance from the USA Today–bestselling author of the Devereux Trilogy. Educated and brilliant, classics scholar Catherine Hartland has yet to meet a man who takes her intellect seriously or views the fairer sex as anything but mere playthings. Certainly the Marquis of Rutherston is no exception. But, as much as her head demands she ignore his bold, sensual gaze, his beautifully sculpted features, and his clear intent to kiss her senseless, have her heart dictating otherwise. Cynical and weary of matchmaking games, the Marquis is stunned by his own reaction to a woman so different from the docile, biddable beauties he much prefers. Catherine might be the only woman in London immune to his considerable charms, but that immunity convinces him she is the only woman he has to have. And as passion makes Catherine a prisoner of her own desires, she knows the time has come to teach this arrogant gentleman a lesson in the true meaning of love. “I consider Elizabeth Thornton a major find.” —Mary Balogh, New York Times–bestselling author of the Westcott Novels “A major, major talent, Ms. Thornton takes her rightful place as a genre superstar.” —RT Book Reviews
Bluestocking Feminism and British-German Cultural Transfer, 1750-1837
by Alessa JohnsBluestocking Feminism and British-German Cultural Transfer, 1750-1837 examines the processes of cultural transfer between Britain and Germany during the Personal Union, the period from 1714 to 1837 when the kings of England were simultaneously Electors of Hanover. While scholars have generally focused on the political and diplomatic implications of the Personal Union, Alessa Johns offers a new perspective by tracing sociocultural repercussions and investigating how, in the period of the American and French Revolutions, Britain and Germany generated distinct discourses of liberty even though they were nonrevolutionary countries. British and German reformists--feminists in particular--used the period's expanded pathways of cultural transfer to generate new discourses as well as to articulate new views of what personal freedom, national character, and international interaction might be. Johns traces four pivotal moments of cultural exchange: the expansion of the book trade, the rage for translation, the effect of revolution on intra-European travel and travel writing, and the impact of transatlantic journeys on visions of reform. Johns reveals the way in which what she terms "bluestocking transnationalism" spawned discourses of liberty and attempts at sociocultural reform during this period of enormous economic development, revolution, and war.
Bluestocking Feminism, Volume 1: Writings of the Bluestocking Circle, 1738-91
by Elizabeth Eger Gary Kelly Jennifer Kelly Judith Hawley Rhoda ZukFeminist scholarship and criticism has retrieved the Bluestocking women from their marginal position in 18th-century literature. This work collects the principal writings of these women, together with a selection of their letters. Each volume is annotated and all texts are edited and reset.
Bluestocking Feminism, Volume 2: Writings of the Bluestocking Circle, 1738-92
by Elizabeth Eger Gary Kelly Jennifer Kelly Judith Hawley Rhoda ZukFeminist scholarship and criticism has retrieved the Bluestocking women from their marginal position in 18th-century literature. This work collects the principal writings of these women, together with a selection of their letters. Each volume is annotated and all texts are edited and reset.
Bluestocking Feminism, Volume 3: Writings of the Bluestocking Circle, 1738-93
by Elizabeth Eger Gary Kelly Jennifer Kelly Judith Hawley Rhoda ZukFeminist scholarship and criticism has retrieved the Bluestocking women from their marginal position in 18th-century literature. This work collects the principal writings of these women, together with a selection of their letters. Each volume is annotated and all texts are edited and reset.
Bluestocking Feminism, Volume 4: Writings of the Bluestocking Circle, 1738-94
by Elizabeth Eger Gary Kelly Jennifer Kelly Judith Hawley Rhoda ZukFeminist scholarship and criticism has retrieved the Bluestocking women from their marginal position in 18th-century literature. This work collects the principal writings of these women, together with a selection of their letters. Each volume is annotated and all texts are edited and reset.
Bluestocking Feminism, Volume 5: Writings of the Bluestocking Circle, 1738-95
by Elizabeth Eger Gary Kelly Jennifer Kelly Judith Hawley Rhoda ZukFeminist scholarship and criticism has retrieved the Bluestocking women from their marginal position in 18th-century literature. This work collects the principal writings of these women, together with a selection of their letters. Each volume is annotated and all texts are edited and reset.
Bluestocking Feminism, Volume 6: Writings of the Bluestocking Circle, 1738-96
by Elizabeth Eger Gary Kelly Jennifer Kelly Judith Hawley Rhoda ZukFeminist scholarship and criticism has retrieved the Bluestocking women from their marginal position in 18th-century literature. This work collects the principal writings of these women, together with a selection of their letters. Each volume is annotated and all texts are edited and reset.
Bluestockings Displayed
by Elizabeth EgerThe conversation parties of the bluestockings, held to debate contemporary ideas in eighteenth-century Britain, were vital in encouraging female artistic achievement. The bluestockings promoted links between learning and virtue in the public imagination, inventing a new kind of informal sociability that combined the life of the senses with that of the mind. This collection of essays, by leading scholars in the fields of literature, history and art history, provides an interdisciplinary treatment of bluestocking culture in eighteenth-century Britain. It is the first academic volume to concentrate on the rich visual and material culture that surrounded and supported the bluestocking project, from formal portraits and sculptures to commercially reproduced prints. By the early twentieth century, the term 'bluestocking' came to signify a dull and dowdy intellectual woman, but the original bluestockings inhabited a world in which brilliance was valued at every level and women were encouraged to shine and even dazzle.
Bluestockings Now!: The Evolution of a Social Role (British Literature in Context in the Long Eighteenth Century)
by Deborah HellerBringing together top specialists in the field, this edited volume challenges the theory that the eighteenth-century British intellectual women known as the Bluestockings were an isolated phenomenon spanning the period from the 1750s through the 1790s. On the contrary, the contributors suggest, the Bluestockings can be conceptualized as belonging to a chain of interconnected networks, taking their origin at a threshold moment in print media and communications development and extending into the present. The collection begins with a definition of the Bluestockings as a social role rather than a fixed group, a movement rather than a static phenomenon, an evolving dynamic reaching into our late-modern era. Essays include a rare transcript of a Bluestocking conversation; new, previously unknown Bluestockings brought to light for the first time; and descriptions of Bluestocking activity in the realms of natural history, arts and crafts, theatre, industry, travel, and international connections. The concluding essay argues that the Blues reimagined and practiced women’s work in ways that adapted to and altered the course of modernity, decisively putting a female imprint on economic, social, and cultural modernization. Demonstrating how the role of the Bluestocking has evolved through different historical configurations yet has structurally remained the same, the collection traces the influence of the Blues on the Romantic Period through the nineteenth century and proposes the reinvention of Bluestocking practice in the present.
Bluestone & Vine (Blue Hollow Falls #2)
by Donna KauffmanPippa MacMillan is a legend on the Irish folk music scene. But when her voice requires a time-out, she’s left wondering how—and where—to find happiness in the silence . . . Seeking answers, Pippa leaves Ireland in favor of a small town in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. Turns out lovely Blue Hollow Falls is the perfect place to heal—and solitary Seth Brogan is the surprisingly perfect host. After all, Seth is beginning again too: turning his renovated stone barn and beautiful hillside into a vineyard is the start of a whole new life for the former Special Forces soldier. Only Mother Nature keeps thwarting both their plans, leaving Pippa snowbound with unsettling thoughts about how life can take unexpected turns . . . To Pippa’s surprise, she might actually fall for small-town living. She might even fall for Seth, whose quiet strength is a balm for her world-weary soul. But when the music starts once more, will she follow her fortune back to Ireland, or surrender to the call of her heart?
Bluestown
by Geoffrey BeckerSpencer Markus embarks on a road trip with his father, Spider. They are heading to Montreal for an audition. But when Spencer is abandoned in a Vermont bus station with $800 in cash - his entire patrimony - he realizes that there is no audition but only, "for a brief while, an idea about the two of us starting over again someplace else".
Bluetick Revenge
by Mark CohenThe second mystery featuring private eye Pepper Keane, a former JAG with a Diet Coke addiction, who becomes the target of an outlaw biker gang
Bluets
by Maggie NelsonSuppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color . . .A lyrical, philosophical, and often explicit exploration of personal suffering and the limitations of vision and love, as refracted through the color blue. With Bluets, Maggie Nelson has entered the pantheon of brilliant lyric essayists.Maggie Nelson is the author of numerous books of poetry and nonfiction, including Something Bright, Then Holes (Soft Skull Press, 2007) and Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions (University of Iowa Press, 2007). She lives in Los Angeles and teaches at the California Institute of the Arts.
Bluey 5-Minute Stories: 6 Stories in 1 Book? Hooray! (Bluey)
by Penguin Young Readers LicensesA collection of stories each crafted for reading in five minutes or less. Based on the wildly successful animated series Bluey, as seen on Disney+Cheese and crackers! This treasury includes 6 stories of Bluey and Bingo and their amazing adventures with their friends and family! It's the perfect read for bedtime, when you're on-the-go, and anytime in-between. This book includes the stories The Pool, Bingo, Charades, Hammerbarn, Typewriter, and Baby Race.
Bluey: At Home with the Heelers (Bluey)
by Penguin Young Readers LicensesMeet Bluey and the Heeler family in this adorable shaped board book!Based on the wildly successful animated series Bluey, as seen on Disney+ Spend the day with Bluey, Bingo, and their parents in their home! Play Hairdresser with Bluey, Rug Island with Bingo, and more in this colorful shaped board book.
Bluey: Bob Bilby (Bluey)
by Penguin Young Readers LicensesRead along in this 8x8 book and join Bluey's latest adventure!When it's Bingo's turn to take Bob Bilby home, will they have fun times? This 8x8 storybook retells one of the best Bluey episodes: Bob Bilby! Once again, everyone's favorite Blue Heelers Bingo and Bluey use their limitless energy to explore their world in unpredictable and hilarious ways.
Bluey: Bus (Bluey)
by Penguin Young Readers LicensesJoin Bluey and Bingo in a game of Bus in this chapter book based on the wildly successful animated series Bluey, as seen on Disney+Bluey and Bingo are playing Bus as Janet and Rita, who on their way to a game of mahjong. What could possibly go wrong?Well…everything! Boopsy the snake gets loose, the steering wheel pops off the dashboard, and someone keeps fluffing in the bus. Will Janet and Rita make it to mahjong? Read along to find out!This chapter book is perfect for honing the reading skills of young readers who are familiar with the fun adventures of Bluey and the Heeler family.
Bluey: Camping (Bluey)
by Penguin Young Readers LicensesBased on the wildly successful animated series Bluey, as seen on Disney+ Bluey makes a new friend while camping with her family! Bluey goes camping with her family and makes a new friend named Jean-Luc! Despite the language barrier, they have fun planting fruit trees, hunting a wild pig, and more! But when vacation ends, Bluey wonders if she&’ll ever get to see her new friend again.
Bluey: Christmas Eve with Veranda Santa (Bluey)
by Penguin Young Readers LicensesCelebrate Christmas with Bluey!Based on the on the wildly successful animated series, Bluey, as seen on Disney+ It's Christmas Eve and Bluey's entire family has gathered at the Heeler house. They can't wait for Santa to come! But Bluey's dad reminds them: "No peeking, no presents." So Bluey, Bingo, and Muffin decide to play a game called Veranda Santa to practice not peeking! What will Santa bring them?
Bluey: Christmas Eve with Veranda Santa/Nochebuena con el Balcón de Santa (Bluey)
by Penguin Young Readers LicensesCelebrate Christmas with Bluey!¡Celebra la Navidad con Bluey!Based on the on the wildly successful animated series Bluey, as seen on Disney+It's Christmas Eve and Bluey's entire family has gathered at the Heeler house. They can't wait for Santa to come! But Bluey's dad reminds them: "No peeking, no presents." So Bluey, Bingo, and Muffin decide to play a game called Veranda Santa to practice not peeking! What will Santa bring them?Basado en la serie animada superexitosa Bluey, presentada en Disney+Es Nochebuena, y toda la familia de Bluey se ha reunido en la casa de los Heeler. ¡Tienen muchas ganas de que llegue Santa! Pero papá les recuerda: ¡Si abren los ojos, no habrá regalos! Así que Bluey, Bingo y Muffin deciden jugar un juego llamado &“el Santa del balcón&” para practicar aquello de no husmear los regalos. ¿Qué les traerá Santa?
Bluey: Christmas Swim (Bluey)
by Penguin Young Readers LicensesCelebrate Christmas with Bluey and her family!Based on the wildly successful animated series Bluey, as seen on Disney+Bartlebee is Bluey's new toy, and he will be celebrating his first Christmas with the Heeler family! But during their annual Christmas Swim, Bluey is worried her family is playing a little rough with Bartlebee. Can they all learn how to play together?
Bluey: Christmas Swim/Nadando en Navidad (Bluey)
by Penguin Young Readers LicensesCelebrate Christmas with Bluey and her family in this bilingual storybook based on the wildly successful animated series Bluey, as seen on Disney+Bartlebee is Bluey's new toy, and he will be celebrating his first Christmas with the Heeler family! But during their annual Christmas Swim, Bluey is worried her family is playing a little rough with Bartlebee. Can they all learn how to play together?
Bluey: Good Night, Fruit Bat (Bluey)
by Penguin Young Readers LicensesJoin Bluey on a dreamy nighttime adventure. What will you see in the dark?At bedtime, Bluey is disappointed that the day is over and is unwilling to go to sleep! She wishes that she could become a fruit bat instead and stay awake all night. Soon, she finds herself flying through the night sky! Read along in this 8x8 book of Bluey's latest adventure.