New Releases by Elizabeth Scott

A new literary history that places women writers at the center of poetic theory and practice in English literature of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries Many of the terms we use today to describe poetic style originated in the early modern period: original ideas, feminine rhyme, irregular rhythm, smooth verse. These terms were often wielded in negative and gendered ways—to write soft or irregular verses was said to be a feminine fault, and to write strong or original ones a masculine virtue. In Sex and Style, Elizabeth Scott-Baumann argues that the language of poetry was always gendered, in ways that devalued women poets and feminine style; and that women, writing despite—and against—this sexist rhetoric, were important theorists of literature. Scott-Baumann documents and analyzes texts by women literary theorists, including Anne Southwell, Lucy Hutchinson, Katherine Philips, Margaret Cavendish, and Aphra Behn, and puts their writings into dialogue with such well-known early modern poets and theorists of poetry as Philip Sidney, Ben Jonson, Abraham Cowley, and John Milton. Scott-Baumann situates these women in the vanguard of the poetics of this period. Women who wrote theory and criticism—the forms that tell readers which writers to read and value—were among the leading voices defining poetic style and the place of poetry in society. Examining a wealth of critical writings by women, many of them newly found in prefaces and other paratextual works, Scott-Baumann shows that the history of style is also a history of exclusion and inclusion.

''These contributors are some of the best, and best-known poets writing today ... The result is a slimly elegant book of new poetry, some of it very fine indeed ... It really is extraordinary that these sonnets, first published in 1609, can still be engendering such a range of new ideas and ways of expressing them.'' - The Independent On Shakespeare''s Sonnets: A Poets'' Celebration brings together thirty of the world''s foremost contemporary poets writing in response to Shakespeare''s Sonnets. In the years since Shakespeare''s death, the Sonnets have invited imitation, homage, critique, parody and pastiche. These poems probe our relationship to the Sonnets'' intricate form and ambitious scope, their investigation of sexuality, wit, memory and poetic survival. These sonnets and longer lyrics explore what it means to write ''on Shakespeare''s Sonnets'' in the 21st century. This new paperback edition also includes an updated preface. Published in association with the Royal Society of Literature, contributing poets include: Andrew Motion, Carol Ann Duffy, Gillian Clarke, Paul Muldoon, Ruth Padel, Simon Armitage, Roger McGough, Wendy Cope, Jackie Kay, Mimi Khalvati, Imtiaz Dharker and Jo Shapcott, among many others.

in Brussels 2034 Cyrile Standaert, a middle-aged engineer, loses his partner following a hit and run car accident. Thereafter his life and mental health begin to unravel, and his two teenage children in turn begin to slide into truancy and drugs. It is at this point that he is visited by his future self, who has been drafted into a time travel pilot programme run by scientist Sofie Debroux. Future Cyrile offers Present Cyrile the chance to go back to 2008 and change his future. In return for this, he is tasked with helping Sofie''s grandfather, former physics lecturer Herman Debroux, to escape a fate of homelessness and alcoholism. Having returned to 2008 Cyrile meets a young Herman and his wife, Nina Debroux, just as they are beginning their married life. The couple take Cyrile into their house as a lodger, and the trio then attempt to set up young Past Cyril of 2008 with a teenage Genevieve Wilkes. They find themselves confronted with the tribal politics of the time, separationist tensions, personal suspicions and cohabitation frictions, not to mention a few time-travel paradoxes along the way. In terms of its inspiration, many aspects of it are based on my own experiences living, working and growing up in Brussels and the Flemish belt around it, along with the differences in culture between myself (a half-Scot, half-Cypriot who is Belgian by proxy) and the local communities. The book is also inspired by a few personal hypotheses about how the coronavirus pandemic will affect our lives, change our habits and shape our views in the future, based on the ways it has done so already.

Blessing''s favorite teacher is sick, and she wants to give her teacher something special to let her know how much Blessing cares. But what can she give? With some imagination and help from her mother, Blessing finds the perfect gift. Blessing''s story encourages children to show care and love to those around them who are faced with serious illness in nontraditional ways.

It''s important to remember that by understanding these concepts you''re better equipped to identify and defend against them, and your new knowledge shouldn''t be about how you can use those same tactics to manipulate other people. There is a difference between evil manipulation and trying to convince someone of something else. You don''t want to trick someone into doing things for you when they won''t get any benefit at all. You only want to use these tactics when you need to persuade someone for something and you can''t blatantly ask them for help. There are people that are harder to convince than others, so you might need to use some strategies of persuasion. Who might you need to persuade? You never want to take advantage of someone that already doesn''t have much to give. Those you should be trying to persuade are people that hold power. You might want to learn how to convince your boss to get a raise. Maybe you want to try to get your girlfriend to move in with you. Perhaps you have to ask your parents for a loan. You don''t want to "punch down," but instead, "reach up."

I name this book Challenges in the Classroom. There are many challenges teachers and scholars face in the classroom room. Many teachers get so frustrated to the point of wanting to leave that profession. This novel is a helpful tool for all teachers, especially for new teachers, grades K-12. It offers many ideas or things to do to help you plan better and strategize when planning and preparing lessons. It tells you about the difficulties that teachers sometimes face in the classroom. The Strategies you use, will minimize the challenges or struggles you may face in the classroom. Teachers usually feel challenged and stressed because of a lack of support. Pupils are misplaced in an incorrect classroom. Because of overcrowdedness, scholars become overwhelmed, unattentive, and sometimes conflicts arise. Teachers are also overwhelmed because of the lack of focusing during a lesson. Many times, they have to stop their lesson, which causes frustration and discouragement. Although there are many challenges, there are also rewards. Some students have made great progress and become successful, and many of the young scholars have become productive citizens in society.

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Informative and motivational, Eat less offers practical advice on the life-changing benefits that simply eating less food can bring. This is not a diet book. This is an anti-obesity manifesto.

There are three key components to a special event: anticipation, realization, and reflection. This idea is encapsulated in the promise of a savior. These devotionals written about prophecy, Bethlehem, angels, and shepherds are crafted to stir a longing for a more meaningful Advent season. Jesus: A Promise Kept is designed to balance a hectic holiday schedule with the desire to delve deeply into preparation for Christmas. Short and impactful, daily readings make way for hearts to receive the ultimate gift of Jesus.

Victoria Sparrow''s childhood traumas are deep-seated. Her father still rejects her as not being worthy, and her romantic relationships flounder as a result-until Logan Doherty. He gives her reason to believe in goodness and true love, and she commits her heart and soul to him. No longer prey to her damaged, young self, Victoria eagerly looks forward to their upcoming marriage-until she meets Logan at the altar. He informs her the wedding is off before their assembled friends and family, and will not tell her why. Cast back into the nightmare of rejection, a devastated Victoria undertakes the momentous task of putting her life back together, her trust broken, her worst fears realized. Meanwhile, Logan is working equally hard to deal with the secretive events that led to that cruel rejection, and then he plans to make it up to his tattered bride...if she will forgive him.

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oes life go on when your heart is broken? Since her mother''s sudden death, Emma has existed in a fog of grief, unable to let go, unable to move forward—because her mother is, in a way, still there. She''s being kept alive on machines for the sake of the baby growing inside her. Estranged from her stepfather and letting go of things that no longer seem important—grades, crushes, college plans—Emma has only her best friend to remind her to breathe. Until she meets a boy with a bad reputation who sparks something in her—Caleb Harrison, whose anger and loss might just match Emma''s own. Feeling her own heart beat again wakes Emma from the grief that has grayed her existence. Is there hope for life after death—and maybe, for love?

In Lulic, Cerum, lives a girl names Clara. She has always been an unusual child, her features differing from anyone else. On her eighth birthday, Clara finds out that she has the gift, a power that allows her to see the past or future in her dreams. The only problem is the governor, the ruler of Cerum, thinks people with the gift are dangerous and locks them up in the prison of Caligoria. Just after her twelfth birthday, Clara is taken to the prison where she meets the governor''s son, Laurence. Can she trust him or is he feeding all she tells him to his father?

High school senior Megan Hathaway grapples with visions of the dead as she tries to understand why she was the sole survivor of an airplane crash, and to cope with being treated like her existence is a miracle.

[BookStrand Contemporary Romance, HEA] As an undercover insurance fraud investigator working with the local authorities, Matthew Bourke aka Manny Baker''s job is to build a case against the suspect, Gilbert Grayson. He cultivates Heather Graham, Grayson''s secretary, anticipating she will prove to be a valuable source as well as a pleasing diversion. What Manny doesn''t anticipate is that he''ll fall hard for Heather, just as she falls for him. He gives into the attraction, unable to wait until the investigation is over, when he plans to tell Heather the truth and ask for her understanding. Manny seduces her. Accidentally finding out Manny isn''t who he says he is, Heather retreats and inadvertently tips off Grayson. The man has already killed once to cover his tracks, and her boss needs something from his secretary, something Heather doesn''t know she has. Manny searches for the love of his life, desperate to protect her and be her everything. ** A BookStrand Mainstream Romance

Packend und bewegend Megan, 17, ist ein Wunder. Sie ist Miracle Megan, die einzige Überlebende eines Flugzeugabsturzes. Die Erleichterung ihrer Eltern ist grenzenlos. Wieder zu Hause, wird ihr ein großer Empfang bereitet, sie wird von allen Seiten mit Aufmerksamkeiten überhäuft und mit Samthandschuhen angefasst, schließlich ist sie ja ein Wunder. Doch Megan selbst fühlt sich überhaupt nicht als Wunder, schlimmer noch: Sie empfindet gar nichts, fühlt sich einfach nur leer. Mehr und mehr entfremdet sie sich von ihrer Umwelt. Einzig Joe, für den sie schon lange schwärmt, scheint sie zu verstehen.

What does it mean for a woman to write an elegy, ode, epic, or blazon in the seventeenth century? How does their reading affect women''s use of particular poetic forms and what can the physical appearance of a poem, in print and manuscript, reveal about how that poem in turn was read? Forms of Engagement shows how the aesthetic qualities of early modern women''s poetry emerge from the culture in which they write. It reveals previously unrecognized patterns of influence between women poets Katherine Philips, Lucy Hutchinson, and Margaret Cavendish and their peers and predecessors: how Lucy Hutchinson responded to Ben Jonson and John Milton, how Margaret Cavendish responded to Thomas Hobbes and the scientists of the early Royal Society, and how Katherine Philips re-worked Donne''s lyrics and may herself have influenced Abraham Cowley and Andrew Marvell. This book places analysis of form at the centre of an historical study of women writers, arguing that reading for form is reading for influence. Hutchinson, Philips, and Cavendish were immersed in mid-seventeenth century cultural developments, from the birth of experimental philosophy, to the local and state politics of civil war and the rapid expansion of women''s print publication. For women poets, reworking poetic forms such as elegy, ode, epic, and couplet was a fundamental engagement with the culture in which they wrote. By focusing on these interactions, rather than statements of exclusion and rejection, a formalist reading of these women can actually provide a more nuanced historical view of their participation in literary culture.

[BookStrand Contemporary Romance, HEA] While on vacation, Marcus Paxton rescues Fiona Stewart from the loving ministrations of a large, furry dog. He has never been so drawn to a woman, and for Fiona it is love at first sight. Marcus sweeps her off her feet and they marry. However, Marcus neglects to mention a condition in his father''s will insisting he marry and produce an heir. When Fiona inadvertently finds out, she is devastated, feeling used and betrayed. She is grateful she has not yet conceived, but a routine doctor''s appointment determines otherwise. Fiona tries to leave Marcus, but he will not let her go because he loves her. Fiona no longer believes him and is determined to get away. She then has nowhere to go, for her own family members betray her and unite with Marcus. Feeling like chattel, and powerless, Fiona sinks into despair. Marcus must prove his love beyond a doubt, and sets out to win Fiona''s heart all over again. ** A BookStrand Mainstream Romance

Abby hat sich schon lange damit arrangiert, dass sie immer im Schatten ihrer schönen, drei Jahre älteren Schwester Tess steht. Während Tess stets von Männern umlagert ist, fühlt sich Abby als Mauerblümchen. Doch auf einmal ändert sich alles dramatisch - Tess hat einen schweren Autounfall und liegt seit Monaten im Koma. Damit steht auch Abbys Leben gleichsam still, alles dreht sich nur noch um Tess. Hat Abby es früher schwierig gefunden, mit Tess zu leben, so ist es nun viel schwieriger, ohne sie zu leben. Abby wünscht sich so sehr ihr altes Leben zurück. Elizabeth Scott wuchs auf dem Land in Süd-Virginia auf, wo es nicht einmal ein Postamt, aber dafür jede Menge Kühe gab. Nach einem Hochschulstudium und kurzen Gastspielen in der IT-Branche, als Sekretärin und Dessous-Verkäuferin, wusste sie, dass ihre wahre Berufung woanders liegt.Sie lebt heute als erfolgreiche Autorin von Jugendbüchern mit ihrem Mann ausserhalb von Washington DC.

Der neue Roman der Erfolgsautorin Sarah und Brianna sind beste Freundinnen. Bei Sarahs Familie findet Brianna das, was sie in ihrem Elternhaus vermisst: Nestwärme. Obwohl Brianna ein außergewöhnlich hübsches Mädchen ist, kritisiert ihre Mutter ständig an ihr rum. Sarah hat sich schon lange damit arrangiert, dass alle Augen immer auf Brianna gerichtet sind. Kompliziert wird es, als Brianna sich ausgerechnet den Jungen angelt, in den Sarah schon lange heimlich verliebt ist...

A fiercely gripping narrative as only Elizabeth Scott can write! Ava is welcomed home from the hospital by a doting mother, lively friends, and a crush finally beginning to show interest. There''s only one problem: Ava can''t remember any of them--and can''t shake the eerie feeling that she''s not who they say she is. As she struggles to break through her amnesiac haze, the only memories that surface take place in a very different world. Ava doesn''t know what to make of these visions, or of the boy who is at the center of them all, until he reappears in her life and offers answers . . . but only in exchange for her trust.

A heartbreaking and romantic coming-of-age novel from the author of Perfect You and Living Dead Girl. “I miss her, but not like I should. I want her to wake up so I don''t have to be tied to her forever.” Abby long ago accepted that she can’t measure up to her beautiful, magnetic sister Tess, but at least she knows exactly what she is: Second best. Invisible. Until the accident. Now Tess is in a coma, and Abby’s life is on hold. It may have been hard living with Tess, but it’s nothing compared to living without her. Abby’s got a plan to bring Tess back, though, involving the gorgeous and mysterious Eli. But then she learns a shocking secret about Tess. Something that was always right there, but she’d never seen. Abby is about to find out that truth isn’t always what you think it is, and that life holds more than she ever thought it could.

Kate Brown''s life has gone downhill fast. Her father has quit his job to sell vitamins at the mall, and Kate is forced to work with him. Her best friend has become popular, and now she acts like Kate''s invisible. And then there''s Will. Gorgeous, unattainable Will, whom Kate acts like she can''t stand even though she can''t stop thinking about him. When Will starts acting interested, Kate hates herself for wanting him when she''s sure she''s just his latest conquest. Kate figures that the only way things will ever stop hurting so much is if she keeps to herself and stops caring about anyone or anything. What she doesn''t realize is that while life may not always be perfect, good things can happen -- but only if she lets them....

Grace was raised to be an Angel, a herald of death by suicide bomb. But she refuses to die for the cause, and now Grace is on the run, daring to dream of freedom. In search of a border she may never reach, she travels among malevolent soldiers on a decrepit train crawling through the desert. Accompanied by the mysterious Kerr, Grace struggles to be invisible, but the fear of discovery looms large as she recalls the history and events that delivered her uncertain fate. Told in spare, powerful prose by acclaimed author Elizabeth Scott, this tale of a dystopian near future will haunt readers long after they''ve reached the final page.

Sarah and Brianna have always been friends, and it''s always gone like this: guys talk to Sarah in order to get closer to Brianna. So even though Sarah met Ryan first, she''s not surprised that he ends up with Brianna (even though Sarah has a massive crush on him). The three of them hang out, and Sarah and Ryan''s friendship grows until one night an innocent exchange between them leads to a moment that makes Sarah realize that Ryan might be interested in her after all. But if there''s one unwritten rule, it''s this: you don''t mess around with a friend''s boyfriend. So Sarah tries to resist temptation. But with the three of them thrown together more and more, tension builds between Sarah and Ryan, and when they find themselves alone together at one point, they realize they just can''t fight how they feel anymore....