The Uncomfortable Glass Slippers


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The Uncomfortable Glass Slippers sees a reluctant Sabrina Summers and her friends returning to the strange land of Dralfynia after Witchy Wu follows them to their high school. In the sequel to The Uncooperative Flying Carpet, The Uncomfortable Glass Slippers shows Sabrina Summers as Prince Charming, her brother, Rory, is Baby Bear, and her friends, Persis and Olive, are Sleeping Beauty and Goldilocks. They learn that they need to find the magic glass slippers and take them and Ruggy, the uncooperative flying carpet, to the Island of Merthyr. Before that can happen, the friends encounter more goblins, a very smelly shoe museum, a terrifying were-dragon, and make unlikely friends with a pair of sisters desperate to marry any prince. Once again, they use the skills that are unique to their fairytale characters and Sabrina’s courage and resourcefulness are pushed to the limit. To add to the drama, they discover that the real Cinderella has been imprisoned by the Beast with Eight Fingers in a case of seriously-mistaken identity, so they need to rescue her as well – all within three short days. By the end of The Uncomfortable Glass Slippers, Sabrina knows who she can trust, who has betrayed her, and what she needs to do next.




Charlie Glass's Slippers


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In this delightful, clever spin on Cinderella, Charlie Glass—a heroine as loveable as Cannie Shapiro and Bridget Jones—inherits her father’s shoe empire and snatches up a drop-dead-gorgeous, multi-millionaire Prince Charming. But is he truly the key to her happily ever after? When Charlie’s beloved father, iconic shoe designer Elroy Glass, dies after a long illness, everyone expects that he’ll leave his business to his glamorous wife and eldest daughters. After all, they’ve been running the company for years. But Elroy surprises everyone from beyond the grave: at the will reading, it’s announced that his fashion empire has been left to Charlie, his youngest—and plumpest—daughter. Before she can run the company, Charlie decides she needs to make a few changes in her life. After several weeks at a California boot camp, she returns to London a new woman: thinner, blonder, and ready to revitalize the Elroy Glass brand. But as she’ll soon discover, a good esthetician and a killer pair of stilettos can only go so far, and there’s more to reinvention—and running a fashion empire—than meets the eye. Endlessly entertaining, surprising, and ultimately inspiring, Charlie Glass’s Slippers is a modern-day fairytale about finding your own magic and transforming yourself from within.




Nuts About Squirrels


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Squirrels have made numerous appearances in mass media over the years, from Beatrix Potter's Nutkin and Timmy Tiptoes, to Rocky the flying squirrel of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, and to Conker and Squirrel Girl of video game fame. This book examines how squirrel legends from centuries ago have found new life through contemporary popular culture, with a focus on the various portrayals of these wily creatures in books, newspapers, television, movies, public relations, advertising and video games.




Calling All Glass Slippers


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Is this her chance for revenge or for true love? Laura’s play about magical glass slippers that make people fall for the wrong person has scored a major production—directed by the charming rogue who once broke her heart. In a surprise twist, her play casts a romantic spell over everyone connected with it—including her and Jared. Does he deserve a second chance, or should Laura turn the tables on him? Don’t miss this zany, unpredictable romantic comedy by the USA Today bestselling author of Designer Genes and The Would-Be Mommy..




A Chance in a Million


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Fate brought them together, now it’s up to them to make it work... Having left the army to recover from a traumatic experience, Captain Jane Reed is on her way to Venice to assist Lady Veronica Cooper, a world-famous writer who has lost her mojo. Plagued by grief and sleepless nights, Jane soon finds a kindred spirit in Veronica, coping with her own loss after the death of her husband. When the two relocate to Veronica’s villa in the countryside to escape the summer tourists, Jane meets the rest of the Cooper family – including Veronica’s brooding son, David. With his own tragic past, David has resigned himself to a life of solitude. Jane finds herself determined to bring joy back into his life, even if it means finally spilling her secrets. Can Jane and David help each other heal, and find love in the process, or are some scars too deep to treat? A tender and uplifting romance for fans of Rosanna Ley and Jennifer Bohnet.




Breaking the Cycle of Divorce


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Making your marriage healthy—and making it last—has never been harder. In an age when the pressures on marriage are heavy and divorce is more accepted and easier to obtain, marriages seem to fail as often as they succeed. When you come from a home of divorce, making your own marriage work is even tougher than the norm. Fortunately, in Breaking the Cycle of Divorce, author John Trent, an adult child of divorce himself, gives you the encouragement, insight, and tools you need to beat the odds. Learn how you can, in fact, succeed where your parents failed.




Lady Diana's Disguise


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How can fairy godmother Fenella bring about Diana’s happily ever after when she ruined her chances of love years ago? Diana is forced to choose between two suitors when her new stepmother forces her out of the only home she’s ever known. But while she likes both of the gentlemen, neither of them sets her heart ablaze as did her childhood playmate and first love, Simon Moore. Maneuvered into a position at a house party where she will need to make her preference known, the choice is made even more difficult because Simon has been invited to the same party. Fenella, hoping to help Diana make up her mind, transforms her into a housemaid so she can snoop through her suitors’ belongings, with the hope she will be able to make a choice when she is changed back. But then Fenella disappears, and Diana begins to think she might have to remain a housemaid forever. Will her old love, Simon, be able to help her? And even if she is restored, will be make the right choice of suitor? If you love regency, romance and magic, Lady Diana's Disguise is written just for you.




Fooling Around With Cinderella


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What happens when the glass slippers pinch Cinderella's toes? When Jaine Andersen proposes a new marketing role to the local amusement park, general manager Dylan Callahan charms her into filling Cinderella’s glass slippers for the summer. Her reign transforms Jaine’s ordinary life into chaos that would bewilder a fairy godmother. Secretly dating her bad boy boss, running wedding errands for her ungrateful sisters, and defending herself from the park’s resident villain means Jaine needs lots more than a comfy pair of shoes to restore order in her kingdom. First in the Storybook Valley series, a blend of sweet romance, chick lit, and fairy tale fun. Advance praise: ​"Toasting author Stacy Juba with glass slippers bubbling with champagne! I absolutely LOVE Fooling Around with Cinderella - Stacy's created an enchanting place I want to visit. Fabulous characters, a drop-dead funny, gorgeous heroine (with glasses), some real sisters who need a few good verbal whacks, a nasty villain, and so much more. I loved it and want MORE!" Elaine Raco Chase, award-winning romance author​




The Fabulous Gays, Volume 1


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THIS STORY IS NOT ABOUT SUPERHEROES. It’s about the real world, where people go to work, pay their bills, and where everyone has psychic powers. Even you. Even me. Even him. We just don’t know it yet. HOSHI YOSHINAGA KNOWS. They’ve unlocked their full potential. Hoshi’s psychic powers allow them to read minds, which they use to help people. People like ARCHER CISNEROS, a young man struggling with his identity and with love. Archer may look like any other college student—but he’s not. He can see the future. He just doesn’t know it yet. He’s too busy worrying about something even more important… He has a terrible crush on another boy. THIS IS A STORY ABOUT THE REAL WORLD, where everyday people have incredible powers, where the mundane is seen through a fantastical filter. This is a story about the real world, and the year everything changed.




A History of Media


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The conception - day gift includes a means of storing information (memory) and of transmitting information (speech). Memory & Speech could thus be considered as a first generation of media. However, natural selection can explain our evolution only to a hunter - gatherer society. How have we managed the transitions over historical time to an agricultural, an industrial, and now an information society? We have learned how to extend our nervous systems by storing information (Print & Film - second generation), by transmitting information (Telephone & Television - third generation), and by both storing and transmitting information outside our bodies (Multimedia & Internet - fourth generation). A History of Media tells this story of the co-evolution of the person and media as extensions. This long perspective will help us better understand our turbulent transitional times as we assimilate the fourth generation of media. This third transition will be clarified by analogy with the first and second transitions as we assimilated the second and third generations of media. The work of Harold Innis, Marshall McLuhan, and their successors in the Toronto School of Media Studies will help illuminate those transitions.