A humorous guide to everything redhead, from pop culture to history to fashion.

For anyone wanting to know anything about redheads & red hair, this book is a complete reference source for redhead information, including historical & scientific facts, folklore, movie & book titles, songs, linguistics, interpretations, dialogue, proverbs, famous redheads, fictional redheads & other related trivia. THE REDHEAD ENCYCLOPEDIA was researched & compiled by Stephen Douglas, the founder of Redheads International, a worldwide organization that celebrates redheads & red hair. Mr. Douglas is the foremost expert on redhead information in the world, & is considered to be the person most responsible for the current trend towards red hair in fashion, as he has spent over 14 years promoting the special qualities of the redhead. He has been featured in thousands of radio, television, newspaper & magazine interviews, including "The Today Show," & "Good Morning America," all focusing on the redhead. THE REDHEAD ENCYCLOPEDIA also includes little-known redhead information, exclusive celebrity quotes, & out-of-the-way reference to stories about redheads. The book can be obtained by sending $22, which includes postage & handling, to: REDHEADS INTERNATIONAL, 537 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE, NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92660. Bookstores: For information about STOP orders, call (714) 249-4411.

A Vindication of the Redhead investigates red hair in literature, art, television, and film throughout Eastern and Western cultures. This study examines red hair as a signifier, perpetuated through stereotypes, myths, legends, and literary and visual representations. Brenda Ayres and Sarah E. Maier provide a history of attitudes held by hegemonic populations toward red-haired individuals, groups, and genders from antiquity to the present. Ayres and Maier explore such diverse topics as Judeo-Christian narratives of red hair, redheads in Pre-Raphaelite paintings, red hair and gender identity, famous literary redheads such as Anne of Green Gables and Pippi Longstocking, contemporary and Neo-Victorian representations of redheads from the Black Widow to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and more. This book illuminates the symbolic significance and related ideologies of red hair constructed in mythic, religious, literary, and visual cultural discourse.

Red is the first book to explore the history of red hair and red-headedness throughout the world. With an obsessive fascination that is as contagious as it is compelling, author Jacky Colliss Harvey begins tracing the redhead gene in prehistory as it made its way out of Africa with the early human diaspora, only to emerge under Northern skies. She goes on to explore red hair in the ancient world (from China to the Islamic kingdom of the Khazars), the prejudice manifested against red hair across medieval Europe, and red hair during the Renaissance as both an indicator of Jewishness and the height of fashion in Protestant England, thanks to Elizabeth I. Colliss Harvey also examines depictions of red hair in art and literature, looks at modern medicine and the genetic decoding of red hair, and considers red hair in contemporary culture, from advertising to 'gingerism' and bullying. More than just a book for redheads, Red is a fascinating social and cultural celebration of a rich and mysterious genetic quirk.

A collection of three funny, feel-good standalone romantic comedies 'An exceptionally talented (and hilarious) Irish writer’ Irish Independent ‘Romantic comedy at its best’ Shaz’s Book Blog 'Humour crackling on every page ... fans of Marian Keyes and Sophie Kinsella will love Girl in a Spin’ Irish Independent 'Witty, warmhearted, refreshingly original and very sexy’ Novelicious ‘Moves along at lightning pace ... entertained me right to the last page' Evening Echo ____________ The Disengagement Ring When Kate accepts her boyfriend’s proposal, her interfering family think she’s making a big mistake. So they conspire to send her to sun-drenched Tuscany for a summer job – alongside her lifelong crush Will. Can Kate keep her head and figure out where her heart truly lies? Girl in a Spin Fun-loving party girl Jenny dreams of settling down with her boyfriend Richard – a handsome heartthrob who’s on track to be the next prime minister. But she’s not a great fit for his stuffy world of politics, so Richard recruits spin doctor extraordinaire Dev to mould Jenny’s public image in the run-up to the election. And with skeletons spilling out of her closet and a scandal-hungry media snapping at her heels, she’s going to need all the help she can get. Frisky Business Last Halloween, Romy had a one-night stand with a stranger dressed as Darth Vader. Now she has a baby named Luke. But who is his father? Because though she and Darth shared their deepest, darkest secrets, they didn't swap names or numbers. When old flame Kit arrives back in her life, she wonders could he be her dark knight … or is there another?