Giselle Taylor is not a cow. Yet, her parents plan to ship her off to a man who expects to breed with her like she is one. There's only one thing left to do: take her destiny into her own hands. Perhaps she can't control her impending marriage, but she can control the state of herself when she does get married. Enter Captain Jack Downey. He buys her a drink at a seedy scrag and that's all it takes. One night of passion and Giselle is ready to get married. But not to Jack Downey. A year later, as the wedding date looms closer, Giselle receives news her grandfather died. Since law dictates he can't leave her an inheritance, he sends her on an adventure. The problem? Giselle can't decipher the maps and needs a ship to leave. But Jack Downey may. The problem? He's in prison and if Giselle doesn't figure out a way to spring him free, he will hang.

You won't catch him spending the night. The Dread Pirate Stone takes no survivors. He's ruthless. Fearless. He's unstoppable, especially now that he's so close to finding the Cat's Eye - an emerald so big it will buy him a thousand ships. Or, in his case, pay off his debt to the man who's been holding his sister hostage. Stone will do anything to get that damn rock. He'll fight. He'll pillage. He'll even kill if he has to. Nothing can stand in his way, but then he meets someone who changes everything. Eleanor knows she's nobody to write home about. She's plain. Homely. A little boring. There's nothing very special about her. She was training to be a teacher before she witnessed the murder of the town mayor. Now she's on the run and the only person who can keep her safe is one the entire world has labeled a villain. Oh yes, she's heard all about the Dread Pirate Stone, but the stories have missed a couple of important details. The legends don't talk about how stunning his deep green eyes are. They don't talk about his long, wavy locks. The stories all missed the part about his steely abs or the fact that just one look from him is enough to make her knees quiver. Nobody warned her about that. Nobody would warn her that she might start to care about the man who could throw her out to sea - but doesn't. Soon their worlds are colliding in ways Eleanor never thought possible... And she doesn't know if she's going to make it out alive.

She wanted a stable life, a good marriage, and a family. He stole her away to the sea. Elinor is a woman of means, who is looking forward to her arranged marriage. As the eldest of three sisters, she wants to show her siblings that love, while ideal, doesn't need to be the main component to a successful marriage. Duty to the family is more important than duty to one's self. Her best friend, Samantha, doesn't quite agree, but Sam has always been ideal and never particularly cared about making a smart match for herself. Jaime Butler is a Scottish privateer, sailing the Seven Seas for treasure and freedom. When he gets word that his long lost sister is in the Caribbean, he rushes to obtain her and bring her back to his home in Scotland. He doesn't think he would need to take her friend as well, an obnoxious English woman who wants everything done perfectly. At least he might be able to get a good ransom out of her - not that he needs it. He's wealthy in his own right and only takes on the role of privateer because he wants the excuse to sail the seven seas, taking what he wants for the English king (the bastard). When forces collide, bringing these two opposites together, both will learn that love is more than they originally thought it would be.

With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results

Deceptive aliens, towering beauties, hideous monsters, and time-traveling gunslingers populate the pages of Eerie Archives Volume 19! The Rook returns for more adventures with his dangerous crew, along with scores of aliens, classic creatures, modern terrors, and tales of human folly. Creators include horror masters Bruce Jones, Richard Corben, Bill DuBay, Alex Nino, Budd Lewis, Jose Ortiz, and many others! Eerie Archives explores all things strange and horrific to deliver timeless, shocking, and experimental short stories to readers old and new!

Explores issues relevant to sexuality and old age and presents ideas for carers of older people in dealing with their feelings, desires and behaviour. Provides stories of the experiences of caregivers, families and people affected by dementia, illustrating the difficulties encountered by sexual partners and the complexity of the situations confronting professional carers. Includes a bibliography and an index. The author is a social worker and therapist. Her publications include 'Dementia with Dignity'.

Why do women always ask their man for an opinion of how a dress looks - and then ignore what he says? Why do they painstakingly inspect and try on dozens of shoes/dresses/handbags - and then buy the first one they looked at? Why do women say that love is more important than money, then judge how much a man loves her by the price of the engagement ring he buys her?