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One Day I Shall Astonish the World

One Day I Shall Astonish the World

Nina Stibbe

PENGUIN BOOKS LTD
2023
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From the prize-winning author of Reasons to be Cheerful comes a story about the ebb and flow of female friendship over half a lifetime'A true gift of a novel, I utterly adored it. For as long as I could make it last, the world just felt a bit nicer.' Meg Mason'Wonderful . . . Her best yet' Kathy Burke'I loved it so SO much! Funnier than ever but with a new depth and maturity' Marian Keyes_______________________________________Susan and Norma have been best friends for years, at first thrust together by force of circumstance (a job at The Pin Cushion, a haberdashery shop in 1990s Leicestershire) and then by force of character (neither being particularly inclined to make friends with anyone else). But now, thirty years later, faced with a husband seeking immortality and Norma out of reach on a wave of professional glory, Susan begins to wonder whether she has made the right choices about life, love, work, and, most importantly, friendship.Nina Stibbe's new novel is the story of the wonderful and sometimes surprising path of friendship: from its conspiratorial beginnings, along its irritating wrong turns, to its final gratifying destination._________________________________________________'A lovingly observed testament to the complexities and profundities of female friendship' Elizabeth Day'Nina Stibbe is not just very funny but absolutely life-affirming' Jenny Colgan'Stibbe writes some of the best-turned comic sentences in contemporary writing. Like Susan, she makes it look easier than it must be' Sunday Times'Nina Stibbe is one of our funniest novelists - it's time to take her seriously' Daily Telegraph'Stibbe is one of the all-time greats' Daisy Buchanan'Clever and funny, it takes a sharp look at the intricacies of marriage, friendship, work and driving. As with all Stibbe's writing there is a pleasingly perfect balance of wisdom with jokes' Cathy Rentzenbrink'For beautifully funny and well-observed comic writing, Nina Stibbe is your go-to author. In her latest release, a tale of lifelong friendship between Susan and Norma, she explores the mistakes, rivalries and love we all experience in life' Stylist'One of the great comic writers of our time' Irish Times
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Man at the Helm

Man at the Helm

Nina Stibbe

Penguin Books Ltd
2015
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The very start of Lizzie Vogel's story. From the much-loved author of Love, Nina, discover a wildly comic, brilliantly sharp-eyed novel about one family's fall from grace.'All hail a book that's funny!' Barbara Trapido***** Meet Lizzie Vogel, 9. Lizzie is concerned about her newly divorced mother; thirty-one years old and trapped in a hostile village in the English countryside with only three young children and a Labrador for company. It isn't that having a husband is good, but in 1970s rural Leicestershire, not having one is bad. The women in the village think Lizzie's mother is after their husbands - and no one will let the children into the Brownies!Worried about their mother's drinking, her (bad) playwriting and social workers sending them off to the infamous Crescent Home for Children, Lizzie and her sister embark on a misguided campaign to find their mother a new husband.LIZZIE'S STORY CONTINUES IN PARADISE LODGE AND REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL!***** '[A] joyous read, full of wit and charm . . . I am already longing for Nina Stibbe's next book' OBSERVER 'Just the right mixture of childhood innocence and incredulity for the necessary deadpan delivery of Stibbe's particular brand of comedy. Read it and be charmed' INDEPENDENT 'A beguilingly comic blend of naivety and precociousness' SUNDAY TIMESNINA STIBBE'S NEW NOVEL ONE DAY I SHALL ASTONISH THE WORLD IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW
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Paradise Lodge

Paradise Lodge

Nina Stibbe

Penguin Books Ltd
2017
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Lizzie Vogel's story continues in Paradise Lodge, the brilliantly comic sequel to Nina Stibbe's hilarious Man at the Helm. 'LOVE it! Instant classic - funny, wise, touching, entirely delightful' MARIAN KEYES ***** Working in a care home is not really a suitable job for a schoolgirl but 15-year-old Lizzie Vogel went for it. It just seemed too exhausting to commit to being a full-time girlfriend or a punk (it is the 1970s after all), plus she has some knowledge of old people. They're not suited to granary bread, and you mustn't compare them to toddlers, but she doesn't know there's a right way to get someone out of the bath - or what to do when someone dies. When a rival old people's home with better parking and daily chairobics threatens to take all their residents, Paradise Lodge's cast of staff and helpers have to come together to save the home before it's too late. From the bestselling author of Love, Nina comes a story of being very young, and very old, and the laughter and tears in between.LIZZIE'S STORY CONTINUES IN REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL! ***** 'The one problem with reviewing Stibbe is that I just want to quote entire pages: it's all so brilliant' THE I 'Stibbe looks at another chapter of her life through the prism of her trademark deadpan, acutely observed humour' STYLIST 'A dollop of nostalgia and very British humour' GLAMOURNINA STIBBE'S NEW NOVEL ONE DAY I SHALL ASTONISH THE WORLD IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW
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Reasons to be Cheerful

Reasons to be Cheerful

Nina Stibbe

Penguin Books Ltd.
2020
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'Funny, charming, odd-in-the-best-way and gorgeously uplifting! A delight from start to finish' Marian Keyes 'I read all of Reasons To Be Cheerful in one glorious gulp' Caitlin Moran ____________________________________ Teenager Lizzie Vogel has a new job as a dental assistant. This is not as glamorous as it sounds. At least it means mostly getting away from her alcoholic, nymphomaniacal, novel-writing mother. But, if Lizzie thinks being independent means sex with her boyfriend (he prefers bird-watching), strict boundaries (her boss keeps using her loo) or self-respect (surely only actual athletes get fungal foot infections?) she's still got a lot more growing up to do. 'Stibbe is one of the great comic writers of our time' Irish Times 'Pitch perfect vintage comedy' Guardian 'Lives up to its title' Sunday Times 'Joyful. Stibbe's comedy probes what it means to become an adult' Daily Telegraph 'The literary love child of Victoria Wood and Alan Bennett...this is pure laughing gas' Mail on Sunday 'Loved it! I so love Lizzie. She is brave and kind and funny and totally original . . . I couldn't have liked it more (as I think Noel Coward said.)' Katie Fforde
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Women Writers of the American West, 1833-1927

Women Writers of the American West, 1833-1927

Nina Baym

University of Illinois Press
2011
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Women Writers of the American West, 1833–1927 recovers the names and works of hundreds of women who wrote about the American West during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some of them long forgotten and others better known novelists, poets, memoirists, and historians such as Willa Cather and Mary Austin Holley. Nina Baym mined literary and cultural histories, anthologies, scholarly essays, catalogs, advertisements, and online resources to debunk critical assumptions that women did not publish about the West as much as they did about other regions. Elucidating a substantial body of nearly 650 books of all kinds by more than 300 writers, Baym reveals how the authors showed women making lives for themselves in the West, how they represented the diverse region, and how they represented themselves. Baym accounts for a wide range of genres and geographies, affirming that the literature of the West was always more than cowboy tales and dime novels. Nor did the West consist of a single landscape, as women living in the expanses of Texas saw a different world from that seen by women in gold rush California. Although many women writers of the American West accepted domestic agendas crucial to the development of families, farms, and businesses, they also found ways to be forceful agents of change, whether by taking on political positions, deriding male arrogance, or, as their voluminous published works show, speaking out when they were expected to be silent.
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Woman's Fiction

Woman's Fiction

Nina Baym

University of Illinois Press
1993
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This reissue of the pioneering and standard book on antebellum women's domestic novels contains a new introduction situating the book in the context of important recent developments in the study of women's writing. Nina Baym considers 130 novels by 48 women, focusing on the works of a dozen especially productive and successful writers.Woman's Fiction is a major-work in nineteenth-century literature, reexamining changes in the literary canon and the meaning of sentimentalism, while responding to current critical discussions of 'the body' in literary texts.
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Sexy Thrills

Sexy Thrills

Nina Martin

University of Illinois Press
2007
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How erotic thrillers impact contemporary ideas about feminism and femininityUnlike the bulk of soft-core pornography, direct-to-video erotic thriller films are made specifically to appeal to women. Nina K. Martin argues that this makes them a valuable resource for investigating female sexuality, subjectivity, and gender construction, and her Sexy Thrills is the first study to use them to examine the construction of female desire. The heroines of these productions have overtly sexual adventures, often dabbling in a variety of sex work positions--including call girl, stripper, and exotic dancer--to get in touch with their sexual desires. Martin explains, however, that the films highlight a fundamental tension between endorsing an empowered, sexually experienced female heroine ("the sexy bad girl") and reinforcing more conventional, constructed standards that limit the acceptable forms of feminine sexuality. So while the sexual explicitness of the films acknowledges the increasing appeal of pornography to female heterosexual viewers, erotic thrillers remain couched in romanticized narratives and settings that speak to very traditional understandings of femininity and desire. By analyzing the way the specifics of this hybrid genre have been shaped by pop cultural products targeting women, including soap operas, women's magazines, and talk shows, Sexy Thrills unpacks the construction of female desire to reveal how sex is marketed to heterosexual women.
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Women Writers of the American West, 1833-1927

Women Writers of the American West, 1833-1927

Nina Baym

University of Illinois Press
2012
nidottu
Women Writers of the American West, 1833–1927 recovers the names and works of hundreds of women who wrote about the American West during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some of them long forgotten and others better known novelists, poets, memoirists, and historians such as Willa Cather and Mary Austin Holley. Nina Baym mined literary and cultural histories, anthologies, scholarly essays, catalogs, advertisements, and online resources to debunk critical assumptions that women did not publish about the West as much as they did about other regions. Elucidating a substantial body of nearly 650 books of all kinds by more than 300 writers, Baym reveals how the authors showed women making lives for themselves in the West, how they represented the diverse region, and how they represented themselves. Baym accounts for a wide range of genres and geographies, affirming that the literature of the West was always more than cowboy tales and dime novels. Nor did the West consist of a single landscape, as women living in the expanses of Texas saw a different world from that seen by women in gold rush California. Although many women writers of the American West accepted domestic agendas crucial to the development of families, farms, and businesses, they also found ways to be forceful agents of change, whether by taking on political positions, deriding male arrogance, or, as their voluminous published works show, speaking out when they were expected to be silent.
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Germans on the Kenyan Coast

Germans on the Kenyan Coast

Nina Berman

Indiana University Press
2017
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Diani, a coastal town on the Indian Ocean, is significantly defined by a large European presence that has spurred economic development and is also supported by close relationships between Kenyans and European immigrants and tourists. Nina Berman looks carefully at the repercussions that these economic and social interactions have brought to life on the Kenyan coast. She explores what happens when poorer and less powerful members of a community are forced to give way to profit-based real estate development, what it means when most of Diani's schools and water resources are supplied by funds from immigrants, and what the impact of mixed marriages is on notions of kinship and belonging as well as the economy. This unique story about a small Kenyan town also recounts a wider tale of opportunity, oppression, resilience, exploitation, domination, and accommodation in a world of economic, political, and social change.
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Germans on the Kenyan Coast

Germans on the Kenyan Coast

Nina Berman

Indiana University Press
2017
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Diani, a coastal town on the Indian Ocean, is significantly defined by a large European presence that has spurred economic development and is also supported by close relationships between Kenyans and European immigrants and tourists. Nina Berman looks carefully at the repercussions that these economic and social interactions have brought to life on the Kenyan coast. She explores what happens when poorer and less powerful members of a community are forced to give way to profit-based real estate development, what it means when most of Diani's schools and water resources are supplied by funds from immigrants, and what the impact of mixed marriages is on notions of kinship and belonging as well as the economy. This unique story about a small Kenyan town also recounts a wider tale of opportunity, oppression, resilience, exploitation, domination, and accommodation in a world of economic, political, and social change.
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Storytelling in Opera and Musical Theater

Storytelling in Opera and Musical Theater

Nina Penner

Indiana University Press
2020
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Storytelling in Opera and Musical Theater is the first systematic exploration of how sung forms of drama tell stories. Through examples from opera's origins to contemporary musicals, Nina Penner examines the roles of character-narrators and how they differ from those in literary and cinematic works, how music can orient spectators to characters' points of view, how being privy to characters' inner thoughts and feelings may evoke feelings of sympathy or empathy, and how performers' choices affect not only who is telling the story but what story is being told. Unique about Penner's approach is her engagement with current work in analytic philosophy. Her study reveals not only the resources this philosophical tradition can bring to musicology but those which musicology can bring to philosophy, challenging and refining accounts of narrative, point of view, and the work-performance relationship within both disciplines. She also considers practical problems singers and directors confront on a daily basis, such as what to do about Wagner's Jewish caricatures and the racism of Orientalist operas. More generally, Penner reflects on how centuries-old works remain meaningful to contemporary audiences and have the power to attract new, more diverse audiences to opera and musical theater. By exploring how practitioners past and present have addressed these issues, Storytelling in Opera and Musical Theater offers suggestions for how opera and musical theater can continue to entertain and enrich the lives of 21st-century audiences.
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Storytelling in Opera and Musical Theater

Storytelling in Opera and Musical Theater

Nina Penner

Indiana University Press
2020
pokkari
Storytelling in Opera and Musical Theater is the first systematic exploration of how sung forms of drama tell stories. Through examples from opera's origins to contemporary musicals, Nina Penner examines the roles of character-narrators and how they differ from those in literary and cinematic works, how music can orient spectators to characters' points of view, how being privy to characters' inner thoughts and feelings may evoke feelings of sympathy or empathy, and how performers' choices affect not only who is telling the story but what story is being told. Unique about Penner's approach is her engagement with current work in analytic philosophy. Her study reveals not only the resources this philosophical tradition can bring to musicology but those which musicology can bring to philosophy, challenging and refining accounts of narrative, point of view, and the work-performance relationship within both disciplines. She also considers practical problems singers and directors confront on a daily basis, such as what to do about Wagner's Jewish caricatures and the racism of Orientalist operas. More generally, Penner reflects on how centuries-old works remain meaningful to contemporary audiences and have the power to attract new, more diverse audiences to opera and musical theater. By exploring how practitioners past and present have addressed these issues, Storytelling in Opera and Musical Theater offers suggestions for how opera and musical theater can continue to entertain and enrich the lives of 21st-century audiences.
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Of Sound Mind

Of Sound Mind

Nina Kraus

MIT PRESS LTD
2022
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How sound leaves a fundamental imprint on who we are.Making sense of sound is one of the hardest jobs we ask our brains to do. In Of Sound Mind, Nina Kraus examines the partnership of sound and brain, showing for the first time that the processing of sound drives many of the brain's core functions. Our hearing is always on--we can't close our ears the way we close our eyes--and yet we can ignore sounds that are unimportant. We don't just hear; we engage with sounds. Kraus explores what goes on in our brains when we hear a word--or a chord, or a meow, or a screech.Our hearing brain, Kraus tells us, is vast. It interacts with what we know, with our emotions, with how we think, with our movements, and with our other senses. Auditory neurons make calculations at one-thousandth of a second; hearing is the speediest of our senses. Sound plays an unrecognized role in both healthy and hurting brains. Kraus explores the power of music for healing as well as the destructive power of noise on the nervous system. She traces what happens in the brain when we speak another language, have a language disorder, experience rhythm, listen to birdsong, or suffer a concussion. Kraus shows how our engagement with sound leaves a fundamental imprint on who we are. The sounds of our lives shape our brains, for better and for worse, and help us build the sonic world we live in.
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From Tropical Fling To Forever / The Last One Home

From Tropical Fling To Forever / The Last One Home

Nina Singh; Christine Rimmer

Mills Boon
2021
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From Tropical Fling to Forever by Nina Singh A temptation she should resist…An offer she can’t refuse Celebrity architect Clayton Ramos hires wedding cake designer Victoria Preston for a destination family wedding that involves Tori being whisked away to a luxurious Caribbean resort…and then into Clay’s arms. Tori knows the dangers of mixing business and pleasure, but Clay is a man who gets what he wants…and he wants Tori. The Last One Home by Christine Rimmer Facing his past to find…An unexpected future Ian McNeill has returned to Valentine Bay to meet the biological family he can’t remember. Along for the ride is his best friend, single mum Ella Haralson. But the new setting has this commitment- phobe seeing Ella in a more romantic light. Will this unexpected reunion turn Ian into a family man in more ways than one?
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Two Weeks To Tempt The Tycoon / Fake Engagement With The Billionaire

Two Weeks To Tempt The Tycoon / Fake Engagement With The Billionaire

Nina Singh; Ally Blake

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
2023
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An undeniable connection… with the off-limits tycoon! After a media scandal breaks, Marni escapes to Capri. Only to her surprise her family friend, gorgeous Gio, is there too! Brooding Gio has also had his fair share of unwanted scrutiny, so he sympathises with Marni’s plight. Their minds should be on other things…and yet, stranded alone in paradise, they’re each other’s biggest temptation! And if they finally succumb will two weeks together be enough? Her first crush… is now her fake fiancé! In this Billion-Dollar Bachelors story, when Petra bumps into billionaire Sawyer it’s thrilling to see him again. And when photos of him mock-proposing surface they decide to go with the misconception. An 'engagement' could be beneficial to them both—and him staying in her apartment makes it even more believable! But living with her late brother’s best friend means confronting the past…and a sizzling spark that is far too real…
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Wedding Planner's Deal With The Ceo / Parisian Escape With The Billionaire

Wedding Planner's Deal With The Ceo / Parisian Escape With The Billionaire

Nina Milne; Michele Renae

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
2023
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Old friends… New beginnings? Poppy Winchester’s wedding planning company desperately needs rescuing. The only person she knows who can help is ex-best friend and self-made billionaire Nathan Larrimore. So Poppy makes a deal with him that will benefit them both. But seeing widower Nathan again brings suppressed and inconvenient desire to the surface! Forced together on a whirlwind business trip to Copenhagen, they’re given a chance to overcome the past and perhaps find a fresh start neither saw coming! Saying yes to the billionaire’s invitation! Receptionist Cady’s life is careful and surprise-free. So when she’s asked to step in as client liaison for world-famous photographer Sabre d’Aramitz she jumps at the chance for adventure—at last! But it’s not just the jet-set trip that has her heart racing…it’s also billionaire Sabre. As they explore Paris, Cady must ask herself… Having played it safe her whole life, is falling for Sabre a risk worth taking?
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Snowbound Reunion In Japan / My Unexpected Christmas Wedding

Snowbound Reunion In Japan / My Unexpected Christmas Wedding

Nina Milne; Rachael Stewart

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
2023
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A REUNION IN A WINTER WONDERLAND! In this The Christmas Pact story, workaholic lawyer Thea never expected to literally collide with childhood friend tech billionaire Zayne on the ski slopes in Japan. Memories of their teenage kiss sizzle to the surface, but so does the heartache of their goodbye. They clearly have unfinished and unforgotten chemistry! But now, with their futures going in different directions, can a snowbound Christmas bring them back together—for good this time? 'YOU WANT ME TO BE YOUR FAKE WIFE?' In this How to Win a Monroe story, when my best friend Aiden Monroe proposed, all my foolish youthful dreams came true. But the guarded bachelor only wants a temporary fiancée to appease his family. Still, after my recent break-up, spending Christmas with Aiden sounds ideal. We didn’t expect our families’ enthusiasm for our engagement… Nor that we’d be hurtling towards a real Christmas wedding!
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His Princess On Paper / Breaking The Best Friend Rule

His Princess On Paper / Breaking The Best Friend Rule

Nina Milne; Justine Lewis

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
2024
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EXPECTED WEDDING, UNEXPECTED DESIRE! In this Royal Sarala Weddings story, reluctant Prince Rohan can no longer ignore the ticking clock of his future. The solution? A beneficial marriage on paper to a neighbouring princess—and Elora fits the bill. Whilst guarded Elora is wary of Rohan’s hard-edged reputation, she’s also duty-bound to accept. However, when sparks ignite the moment their eyes meet, they realise they can have fun faking the fairy tale…until it starts to feel dangerously real! BEST FRIENDS ARE OFF-LIMITS…RIGHT? In this Invitation from Bali story, Charlotte’s best friend Ben has always been her rock. So when Ben needs Charlotte to attend his mother’s surprise Bali wedding, of course she accepts. Only while in paradise Charlotte starts to see Ben differently… Blame it on the jet lag or the sultry heat—they just can’t resist stolen sunset kisses! But with their friendship at stake, dare they break the rules and take things to the next level…?
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