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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.

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.

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.

Hone critical thinking skills while learning about animals, friendship, and the importance of generosity.Join Kassy's fun-filled middle-grade adventures cracking riddles, detecting clues, and solving a whole zoo of animal trouble in the Pet Detective Trilogy! Mysteries for kids 6-11 that the whole family will enjoy.In Cub Reporter, Kassy is hot on the trail of a missing cougar cub. Apollo the cub disappeared from her family's petting zoo . . . and Kassy has to find him before the dogcatcher shuts down their zoo forever.In Treasure Hunter, Kassy takes on a dangerous dognapping ring. When Kassy discovers a hidden key and a treasure map hidden inside a wall, she must venture into the local cemetery to crack the case.In Geocacher, Kassy is on a family road trip to bring Kiki the koala to the National Zoo. When a campground geocaching contest goes wrong, Kassy risks losing Kiki for good.Celebrated by Reader's Favorite Reviews as "entertain[ing for] both animal and mystery lovers of all ages," the bestselling Kassy O'Roarke middle-grade books have won the Reader's Choice Award for Best Children's Mystery."These books will hone reasoning skills while also being lots of fun."-Claire Katz, director of the Philosophy for Children Program"Strong sense of middle-school humor."-BlueInk Review"A purely enjoyable adventure with a lot of heart."-The US Review of BooksKELLY OLIVER is a philosophy professor at Vanderbilt University, and the award-winning author of three bestselling mystery series. She has been published in The New York Times and The Los Angeles Review of Books and has been featured on ABC News.

Hone critical thinking skills while learning about animals, friendship, and the importance of generosity.Just days before her thirteenth birthday, Kassy's only wish is to escape from the cramped tent she shares with her brother and his farting ferret, her not-quite stepsister and her squirmin' vermin puppy . . . and a miniature goat with an appetite for underwear.Kiki the koala needs to get to the National Zoo in Washington, and the gang is on the world's most fun road trip to get her there. On the way, they camp in the Shenandoah National Forest, where they enter a geocaching contest full of riddles and puzzles to test even the brainiest middle graders.Determined to win the contest-and a brand-new tent-Kassy faces off with the cheating Cheevers and risks losing Kiki for good. Can the gang outsmart the Cheevers, win the contest, and still get Kiki to her new home at the zoo?Join Kassy's fun-filled middle-grade adventure cracking riddles, detecting clues, and solving a whole zoo of animal trouble in the third book in the Pet Detective Mysteries. Perfect for kids 6-11.

Hone critical thinking skills while learning about animals, friendship, and the importance of generosity.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.

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.

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.