Heloise: 26 books

By day, Robin Lessing has a successful career as a university archivist. By night, she blogs about her less-than-successful search for Mr. Tall, Dark and Dominant. Living up to her handle "The Picky Submissive," she's on the verge of giving up and settling for vanilla with a side of fuzzy...

A systematic reassessment, by two leading figures in the field, of the paradigm of international development in both theory and practice.

The Indian alliance, so assiduously sought by the Southern Confederacy and so laboriously built up, soon revealed itself to be most unstable. Direct and unmistakable signs of its instability appeared in connection with the first real military test to which it was subjected, the Battle of Pea Ridge or...

THE BATTLE OF PEA RIDGE, OR ELKHORN, AND ITS MORE IMMEDIATE EFFECTS The Indian alliance, so assiduously sought by the Southern Confederacy and so laboriously built up, soon revealed itself to be most unstable. Direct and unmistakable signs of its instability appeared in connection with the first real...

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS I THE BATTLE OF PEA RIDGE, OR ELKHORN AND ITS MORE IMMEDIATE EFFECTS II LANE'S BRIGADE AND THE INCEPTION OF THE INDIAN III THE INDIAN REFUGEES IN SOUTHERN KANSAS IV THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FIRST INDIAN...

This text explores the pervasive influence of pacifism on Victorian feminism. Drawing on previously unused source material, it provides an account of Victorian women who campaigned for peace and the many feminists who incorporated pacifist ideas into their writing on women and women's work.

This is a comprehensive work summarizing the current state of knowledge of the biology of the hard ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) of Southern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Swaziland, Lesotho and Maputo Province, Mozambique). It provides an overview of the history of tick research in Southern Africa...

Apprentice pastry chef Mélanie does not mind being haunted by her many times great-grandfather, Antonin Carème.  But when the vengeful ghost of Carème's apprentice appears and begins to threaten her girlfriend, the stakes are raised, and ice-cream becomes a much more dangerous business than Mélanie had ever imagined. Best Served Cold is a novelette of approximately 9,500 words.

The Writer’s Block Myth is a grounded and inspirational guide for what every writer and creative person wants - to live their joy in the process and to create. Whether you're a seasoned writer or new to the page, The Writer's Block Myth is like no other book on writer's block or the creative...

A systematic reassessment, by two leading figures in the field, of the paradigm of international development in both theory and practice. It offers an overview and critique of development theory and strategy, and a new framework for the analysis of global inequality, poverty and development in an era of globalization.

Veterans of the Confederate service who saw action along the Missouri-Arkansas frontier have frequently complained, in recent years, that military operations in and around Virginia during the War between the States receive historically so much attention that, as a consequence, the steady, stubborn...

In 1835, Jacques Jasmin wrote a romantic poem, The Blind Girl of Castel Cuillè, in which Margaret is betrayed by her lover, Baptiste, and dies of a broken heart.  But what if she didn't?  This choose-your-own-adventure short story explores some of the other choices Margaret might have made, for better or for worse.