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BRAND NEW from Kelly Oliver's page-turning cosy mystery seriesLondon 1918: Is Fiona Figg ready to exchange her sleuthing cap for a bridal veil?Fiona is set to tie the knot with her dashing captain, Archie Somersby. But, while Fiona is busy planning her happily ever after, side-kick Kitty Lane and a group of judo-chopping suffragettes are kicking up trouble at the Piccadilly Jujitsu Club.When Kitty is found unconscious in the locker room during a high-stakes competition, Fiona must forsake her bouquets and bridal gown to investigate. Her sleuthing leads to a posh lady's luncheon where a mysterious death crashes Fiona's wedding plans.To make matters worse, the arch-nemesis of all things matrimonial Fredrick Fredricks is up to his old tricks, attempting to put the brakes on Fiona's journey down the aisle. Will he succeed in tripping up Fiona's wedding vows? Or will she finally say "I don't" to the charming devil?With humour as sharp as a judo chop and suspense as tight as a wedding corset, Poison in Piccadilly invites you to matrimonial mayhem that will have you saying "I do" to laughter and "forever more" to page-turning suspense.Readers are LOVING Kelly Oliver's fun-filled historical mysteries: 'A fast and fun-filled mystery that checks every box. If you're new to the series, it stands on its own as an action-packed novel that's leavened with the dry wit of its indomitable heroine. A 2024 must-read.' Lori Robbins'A fun, mix of whodunnit and thriller!' T. A. Williams'Fast-paced, tongue-in-cheek spy romp. Enjoy the ride!' Frances Evesham'Absolutely adoring this series set in the 1920's, the author really did her research! "Downtown Abbey meets Agatha Christie" and it's absolutely amazing!'-Goodreads review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️'A fun book. Fiona is a delight. Kitty is a minx.'-Goodreads review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

From a girl to a woman, forever seeking love and acceptance; putting feelings, dreams, and real life heartaches into rhyme. In this collection of poems from Kelly Oliver, writing words was a way to deal with the deep feelings of need, love, life, and loss.

PETS ARE DISAPPEARING FROM LEMON TREE HEIGHTS.With her family's petting zoo at stake, Kassy has to stop the dognapping ring, and fast.Hot on the trail of a missing cockapoo, Kassy discovers a mysterious key and a treasure map hidden inside a wall. Just when she's close to cracking the case, her brother Crispy and his faithful ferret Freddie go missing.To find her brother and the missing pets, Kassy gathers all her courage and ventures into the local cemetery. But can she unlock the clues and save the petting zoo in time?Join Kassy's fun-filled middle-grade adventure cracking riddles, detecting clues, and solving a whole zoo of animal trouble in the second book in the Pet Detective Mysteries.

PETS ARE DISAPPEARING FROM LEMON TREE HEIGHTS. With her family's petting zoo at stake, Kassy has to stop the dognapping ring, and fast.Hot on the trail of a missing cockapoo, Kassy discovers a mysterious key and a treasure map hidden inside a wall. Just when she's close to cracking the case, her brother Crispy and his faithful ferret Freddie go missing.To find her brother and the missing pets, Kassy gathers all her courage and ventures into the local cemetery. But can she unlock the clues and save the petting zoo in time?Join Kassy's fun-filled middle-grade adventure cracking riddles, detecting clues, and solving a whole zoo of animal trouble in the second book in the Pet Detective Mysteries.

Jessica James is back in the saddle in this fast-paced and funny whodunnit.Facing life as an unemployed philosopher, a pair of pocket rockets in Texas Hold 'Em sends her to Italy where she takes a crash course in Art Crimes.She lands an internship with the FBI. But wouldn't you know it. Her new boss is Federal Marshal Lexington Colt.Does sharing an old boyfriend count as a conflict of interest?Jessica and Lexi once again must team up to catch a killer and solve one of the biggest art heists in history.Grab it now and start the fun.

Downton Abbey meets Agatha Christie in this witty whodunnit.Can Fiona catch a killer AND find a decent cup of tea?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 dance floor, Fiona trades her dancing slippers for practical oxfords and sets out to investigate.As she tracks her nemesis, Fredrick Fredricks, from Vienna to the Austrian countryside, a hunting accident makes her rethink her loyalties.Can Fiona prevent Fredricks 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?Get it now to start the fun!

If James Patterson and Janet Evanovich had a love child... meet Jessica James.She's obsessed with finding an old boyfriend.But can she track him down without leading the mafia straight to him?And what about the hot Federal Marshal hellbent on stopping her?Jessica is back in another witty, fast-paced, adventure full of suspense, romance, and Diet Mountain Dew.

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.

A critique of the traditional assumptions that Western society makes about the links between maternity and nature and paternity and culture, for students of gender and philosophy. The author refers to philosophers as disparate as Locke and Merleau-Ponty, and also sources psychoanalytic theorists.

Critically engaging the work of Immanuel Kant, Hannah Arendt, Martin Heidegger, and Jacques Derrida together with her own observations on contemporary politics, environmental degradation, and the pursuit of a just and sustainable world, Kelly Oliver lays the groundwork for a politics and ethics that embraces otherness without exploiting difference. Rooted firmly in human beings' relationship to the planet and to each other, Oliver shows peace is possible only if we maintain our ties to earth and world.Oliver begins with Immanuel Kant and his vision of politics grounded on earth as a finite surface shared by humans. She then incorporates Hannah Arendt's belief in plural worlds constituted through human relationships; Martin Heidegger's warning that alienation from the Earth endangers not only politics but also the very essence of being human; and Jacques Derrida's meditations on the singular worlds individuals, human and otherwise, create and how they inform the reality we inhabit. Each of these theorists, Oliver argues, resists the easy idealism of world citizenship and globalism, yet they all think about the earth against the globe to advance a grounded ethics. They contribute to a philosophy that avoids globalization's totalizing and homogenizing impulses and instead help build a framework for living within and among the world's rich biodiversity.

Oliver addresses questions on the death of philosophy and the possibility of ethics. Focusing on the relationship between philosophy and its other she stresses its ethical implications.

Philosophy reads humanity against animality, arguing that "e;man"e; 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 "e;brotherhood"e; 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.

An examination of notions of paternity and maternity in culture, film, science and law. It studies the role of paternal responsibility, virility and race in such events as the Million Man March and suggests ways to conceive of self-other relations and the subjective identity at stake in them.