Partners of the Imagination is the first in-depth study of the work of John Arden and Margaretta D’Arcy, partners in writing and cultural and political campaigns. Beginning in the 1950s, Arden and D’Arcy created a series of hugely admired plays performed at Britain’s major theatres. Political activists, they worked tirelessly in the peace movement and the Northern Ireland ‘Troubles’, during which D’Arcy was gaoled. She is also a veteran of the Greenham Common Women’s Peace camp. Their later work included Booker-listed novels, prize-winning stories, essays and radio plays, and D’Arcy founded and ran a Woman’s Pirate Radio station. Raymond Williams described Arden as ‘the most genuinely innovative’ of the playwrights of his generation, and Chambers and Prior claimed that ‘The Non-Stop Connolly Show’, D’Arcy and Arden’s six-play epic, ‘has fair claim to being one of the finest pieces of post-war drama in the English language’. This study explores the connections between art and life, and between the responsibilities of the writer and the citizen. Importantly, it also evaluates the range of literary works (plays, poetry, novels, essays, polemics) created by these writers, both as literature and drama, and as controversialist activity in its own right. This work is a landmark examination of two hugely respected radical writers.

Enjoy this complete series boxset of six small-town romantic suspense novels. Love and danger lurk everywhere, even at a former fishing lodge the middle of Vermont. While Tansy and her team of scientists work at making the world a better place, her FBI brother and his friends work at protecting them from the threats. In the midst of danger, love appears when you least expect it. Love is always worth the risk! Built Of Secrets - She’s got a secret…okay, she’s got several, but only one might get her killed. Built Of Strength - Anonymous one-night stands are supposed to stay in the past. Built Of Flames - Going down in flames never felt so good. Built Of Second Chances - He thought she was dead. Now, his appearance might get her killed. Built Of Illusions - If he can’t see behind the serial killer’s mask, the cost will be her life. Built Of Steel - When your heart is the weakest link.

A wild party leads an uptight recruiter and her billionaire boss to a heated affair and a surprise baby in this classic romance by a USA Today bestseller. Aisling might be his top headhunter, but with her prim, frumpy exterior Gianluca Palladio has never noticed her. Then, at a party in Italy, Gianluca catches a glimpse of the real Aisling—a wild wanton, whom he takes to his bed. One night will never be enough. Gianluca demands another, and suddenly he and Aisling are bound together forever . . . by a baby! Originally published in 2006.

For most of its history, contemporary Paganism has been a religion of converts. Yet as it enters its fifth decade, it is incorporating growing numbers of second‑generation Pagans for whom Paganism is a family tradition, not a religious worldview arrived at via a spiritual quest. In Pagan Family Values, S. Zohreh Kermani explores the ways in which North American Pagan families pass on their beliefs to their children, and how the effort to socialize children influences this new religious movement. The first ethnographic study of the everyday lives of contemporary Pagan families, this volume brings their experiences into conversation with contemporary issues in American religion. Through formal interviews with Pagan families, participant observation at various pagan events, and data collected via online surveys, Kermani traces the ways in which Pagan parents transmit their religious values to their children. Rather than seeking to pass along specific religious beliefs, Pagan parents tend to seek to instill values, such as religious tolerance and spiritual independence, that will remain with their children throughout their lives, regardless of these children's ultimate religious identifications. Pagan parents tend to construct an idealized, magical childhood for their children that mirrors their ideal childhoods. The socialization of children thus becomes a means by which adults construct and make meaningful their own identities as Pagans. Kermani’s meticulous fieldwork and clear, engaging writing provide an illuminating look at parenting and religious expression in Pagan households and at how new religions pass on their beliefs to a new generation.

When life was tearing them down, they shared a scorching—and anonymous—one-night stand. Five years later, they come face to blushing face at Midnight Lake. Aisling has committed to renovating the old lodge for her friend. Graham is part-owner of a security business operating out of the same property. And they both want to claim the shop space. Let the awkwardness commence. But the mutual attraction? Still scorching hot. When Aisling is attacked, Graham realizes he wants more than one night. Now, he has to make sure she not only survives, but that she feels the same. *** Built of Strength is the second book in the Small Town Heroes romantic suspense series. Each book can be read as a standalone. This romance contains some strong language and sexy times. Enjoy the read!

"Lynch has added another chapter to one of the most memorable records in American letters."—William Giraldi, New York Times Book Review These stories are linked by the gone and not forgotten: former spouses, dead parents, missing children. Lynch creates a world in which people searching for connection and old comforts find them both near at hand and oddly out of reach.