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File clerk, Miss Fiona Fig, desperate for any adventure to help her forget her philandering husband, becomes a spy for British Intelligence during WWI.
File clerk turned secret agent Fiona Figg is up to her fake eyebrows in missing maids, jewel thieves, double agents, and high treason in 1915 Paris.
1917. Vienna. File clerk turned British agent, Fiona Figg, is more comfortable wearing a fake mustache than a ballgown.When a royal ball ends with a royal body in the middle of the dancefloor, Fiona trades her dancing slippers for practical oxfords and sets out to investigate.As she tracks her nemesis, the Black Panther, from Vienna to the Austrian countryside, a hunting accident makes her rethink her loyalties.Can Fiona prevent the Black Panther from striking again, save her own skin, and find a decent cup of tea, all before the enemy's emperor realizes she's a spy?
Philosophy reads humanity against animality, arguing that "man" is man because he is separate from beast. Deftly challenging this position, Kelly Oliver proves that, in fact, it is the animal that teaches us to be human. Through their sex, their habits, and our perception of their purpose, animals show us how not to be them. This kinship plays out in a number of ways. We sacrifice animals to establish human kinship, but without the animal, the bonds of "brotherhood" fall apart. Either kinship with animals is possible or kinship with humans is impossible. Philosophy holds that humans and animals are distinct, but in defending this position, the discipline depends on a discourse that relies on the animal for its very definition of the human. Through these and other examples, Oliver does more than just establish an animal ethics. She transforms ethics by showing how its very origin is dependent upon the animal. Examining for the first time the treatment of the animal in the work of Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Derrida, Agamben, Freud, Lacan, and Kristeva, among others, Animal Lessons argues that the animal bites back, thereby reopening the question of the animal for philosophy.
Twelve-year-old Kassy O'Roarke wants to win the Thompson Award at her school newspaper. Her pesky little brother Percy and his key-stealing ferret try to help . . . and that's when the trouble begins. Apollo the cougar cub goes missing from their family's petting zoo. Kassy must put her detective skills to the test to find him before Animal Control does. Can Kassy outsmart the dogcatcher and rescue Apollo before being grounded for life? Join Kassy's fun-filled adventure cracking riddles, detecting clues, and solving a whole zoo of animal trouble in the first book in the Pet Detective Mysteries. AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY: Kelly Oliver is the award-winning, best-selling author of the adult fiction Jess...
KILLER GENES ARE NO ACCIDENT This isn't her first rodeo. But if she can't rope in a predator, she may be the next one to fall... "The Jessica James Mysteries are edgy, thrilling, and simply captivating."--Chicago Tribune Jessica James fears for the worst. After the PhD student wakes up disoriented and naked behind a dumpster, tests come back negative but other victims start to surface. With assault off the table, the Montana cowgirl turned sleuth has to piece together a dark mystery. As her hot-tempered friend looks for revenge, Jessica's hunt for clues pairs her up with a smart-mouthed med student who just found a dead body in a freezer. But if the sleuth can't find out how the drugs, a genetic researcher, and the corpse are related, she might be the next victim taken out with the trash. GENES TO DIE FOR...AND SOMEONE DOES.
Among the elements that define the classic film noir -- chiaroscuro lighting, voice-over narration, and such archetypal characters as the world-weary private eye and the femme fatale -- perhaps no element is more responsible for the genre's continued popularity among movie buffs, filmmakers, and critics than the palpable sense of anxiety that emanates from the screen. Because the genre emerged in the shadow of the Second World War, this profound psychological and philosophical unease is usually ascribed either to postwar fears about the atomic bomb or to the reactions of returning soldiers to a new social landscape. In Noir Anxiety, however, Kelly Oliver and Benigno Trigo interpret what has ...
The hotel was her refuge, but scandal is afoot—and a killer stalks the halls in this charming series debut perfect for fans of Rhys Bowen and Ashley Weaver. It’s 1958 and Evelyn Elizabeth Grace Murphy has not left the Pinnacle Hotel in fourteen months. She suffers from agoraphobia, and what’s more, it’s her father’s hotel, and everything she needs is there. Evelyn’s always been good at finding things, she discovered her mother dead in a Manhattan alleyway fifteen years earlier. Now she’s finding trouble inside her sanctuary. At a party for artist Billie Bell, his newest work is stolen, and Evelyn’s fake boyfriend (and real best friend), movie star Henry Fox, is accused of the...
You mustn't tickle the tiger or it might roar at you... but it's hard to resist that fluffy touchy-feely patch! This hilarious book has four touchy-feely patches which make a sound when you press them, along with holes in the pages and a musical finale. The combination of touchy-feely and audio is an irresistible treat for little children. The fifth title in an exciting and rapidly growing new series of baby books. Simple, endearing artwork and amusing sounds guarantee giggles from children.
Meet five adorable narwhals in this exciting addition to the much-loved That's not my... series. Babies love the best-selling That's not my... books with their bold illustrations, patches to stroke, and a mouse to spot on every page, all designed to develop sensory and language awareness.