Examining British, French, and American novels, Kaye (English, Hunter College of the City U. of New York) argues that flirtatious eros in late-18th and early-19th century texts is a largely unexplored, distinct realm of experience. Flirtation in these novels suggests that the aim of desire is not the realization of desire by rather deferral itself. Flirting represented a reckless adventurism that violates middle-class aspirations and interests. The lack of a thorough examination by critical theorists of this vital part of Victorian and Edwardian literature is blamed on a dominating methodology in the field based on the ideas of Michel Foucault. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Tongues were set wagging when Elizabeth Markham's glamorous young parents were killed, leaving their only child to the unspeakable class of poor relation. Forced to live with her cruel, miserly uncle Julius, Elizabeth was forbidden to participate in the season's festivities. Elizabeth realized that marriage was her only escape, and she decided on a daring plan: she would trick her way into the Duke of Dunster's exclusive house party and snare one of the eligible bachelors sure to be happy to dance with her. Elizabeth's plan succeeded swimmingly, as she flirted with everyone with the exception of the arrogant Lord Charles Lufford, who was considered by those in the know to be quite a catch. She ignored Charles thoroughly until her uncle discovered her deception and it was, of all people, Charles who saved her - by announcing their engagement! But Elizabeth's troubles were far from over. In her absence she had come into an inheritance and her uncle, along with another sinister party, would rather see her dead than receive.

Truth be told, it is not blondes who are having more fun--it is the total flirts! Flirting is half desire to flirt with someone we find attractive, and the other half is knowing how to use the "tools of the flirting trade." Our desire to connect with someone cute gives us motivation, and our body, mind, and conversational skills make a flirty encounter a fun, adventurous reality. If you are not a born flirt, and most of us are NOT, you can learn this very seductive art from the best in the business, Miss Violet Blue! It is a skill you can hone into a craft. Any girl can be a good, fun, brazen, sassy, or great flirt! Total Flirt is the hip girl's handbook to getting any guy you want. Under Violet's wise and helpful tutelage, you can become a flirting diva. Or, if you are not quite a diva, this book is for you, too, and you'll find it laced throughout with humorous personality tests and wile caricaures of flirty personal you can try on or use for inspiration. Total Flirt teaches readers how to walk like a siren, talk like a bombshell, seduce like a vamp, and even how to do all this on the Internet--the essential guide to having a good time anywhere, anytime, and with anyone.

A straight-talking guide to decoding the intricacies of flirting Many people are mortified by their flirting skills and get flustered when dealing with people they're attracted to. This easy-to-follow manual to mastering the art of flirting offers indispensable advice on working the dating scene and reinvigorating your love life. Exploring key areas including listening and communication skills, body language and self-image, Flirting For Dummies provides readers with all the tools they need to boost their self-confidence and engage with people in a natural and charming way. Flirting For Dummies: Features black and white photographs to provide examples of flirting in action Gives advice on getting to grips with flirting basics and how to get noticed Covers how to develop a killer rapport with body language Provides advice on taking the next step Gives ‘Top Ten’ tips such as opening lines and flirting faux pas About the author Elizabeth Clark is a renowned flirting and charisma expert. She has featured on ITV's Des & Mel, BBC Breakfast, and in a host of radio shows and press articles. Elizabeth is the founder of Rapport Unlimited- a company specialising in presentation skills training and keynote speaking.

Chicago actors are feeling startling sensations during their performances, and it's turning into a widespread phenomenon. Driven to understand what is happening to them, the artists form a collective to investigate the strange occurrences. When physicist John Mitchell crosses their path with a possible cause, it appears they have an explanation. But performer Alex Davis feels they have discovered something else: a portal to a special state of consciousness where art can change reality. Secret gatherings with shocking results lead to a worldwide experiment which produces more than the artists, and the world, expected. The Creator State offers a story of depth and acute poetic perception. Through her challenging tale of modern life, love, and friendship, Sandra Walter confronts the classic quest of artistic purpose with a fresh and expansive vision of possibility.

How do gender and sexuality come to matter in online game cultures? Why is it important to explore "straight" versus "queer" contexts of play? And what does it mean to play together with others over time, as co-players and researchers? Gender and Sexuality in Online Game Cultures is a book about female players and their passionate encounters with the online game World of Warcraft and its player cultures. It takes seriously women’s passions in games, and as such draws attention to questions of pleasure in and desire for technology. The authors use a unique approach of what they term a "twin ethnography" that develops two parallel stories. Sveningsson studies "straight" game culture, and makes explicit that which is of the norm by exploring the experiences of female gamers in a male-dominated gaming context. Sundén investigates "queer" game culture through the queer potentials of mainstream World of Warcraft culture, as well as through the case of a guild explicitly defined as LGBT. Academic research on game culture is flourishing, yet feminist accounts of gender and sexuality in games are still in the making. Drawing on feminist notions of performance, performativity and positionality, as well as the recent turn to affect and phenomenology within cultural theory, the authors develop queer, feminist studies of online player cultures in ways that are situated and embodied.

Despite the availability of some formal legal remedies, women lawyers rarely challenge discriminatory behaviour. This book explores this seemingly contradictory situation, and by exploring lawyers' use of legal discourse in an Internet community, Baumle examines whether the law can in fact serve as a useful tool to challenge inequality.

The Art of Spirituality is the book of a new generation. As with changing times, we update our knowledge of science and research on every aspect of our life. It’s time to update our knowledge on Spirituality as well as “The modern Concepts of Spirituality” with a scientific twist. As Urban Society, we dismiss Spirituality while still flirting around the Law of Attraction for manifesting abundance in Life. Why just flirt with LOA, when we can fully understand “The modern concept of Spirituality” to not only manifest abundance, peace, prosperity but ways to sustain its benefits in full for a lifetime. The Old, outdate idea about Spirituality was merely our fears for Spirituality, but now it’s time to explore Spirituality safely with the now available first ever instruction book on Spirituality. Firstly we have to understand what it is all about? Then understand why it is important in our lives, and then we can experience the beauty of Spirituality without having to sacrifice anything in the materialistic world outside. The balance is the key, real Spirituality never makes us sacrifice anything rather it teaches us how to become our best version in both outer abundant life and a richer blessed emotional life. The book is an initiative to bring to light the hidden never explored aspects of Spirituality, so vital in our daily lives, the absence of which has created the love-deprived world that we are! This “The Art of Spirituality” Series is my Life purpose to bridge the gap between Science and Spirituality to bring the nectar of Harmony, Love, Peace, and Bliss for every one of us.

Growing up an orphan, author Su Anne Sherry often found herself adrift in life belonging to no one. As Sherry struggled to navigate the sometimes perilous waters of her life without parental guidance, she just wanted to know what it felt like to be loved. In her poignant memoir, Sherry, called Sophie in her childhood, chronicles a lost and lonely little orphan's hunger for affection and her struggle to understand her world as she battled instinctively to hold onto her true self and her sense of humor in the face of institutional indifference, bureaucratic foibles, and human cruelty. Orphaned three months after she was born due to her mother's untimely death and her father's chronic illness, little Sophie began her journey through foster care and subsequently life in an orphanage, where she learned to embrace random acts of kindness, develop her personality, and overcome daily challenges. As she slowly unveils memories from her coming-of-age journey, she illustrates the power of the human spirit to overcome even the greatest of challenges in order to realize true happiness. My Three Lost Girls shares a heartrending, often humorous account of one woman's pilgrimage from an unpredictable beginning in an orphanage to adolescent independence, where she finally discovers what it is like to be loved.