The Historical Romance explores the ways in which romance authors seek to represent our fantasies of life in the past. Examining how the cut-and-thrust swashbucklers of the 1930s gave way to female-orientated romances, Helen Hughes takes a comprehensive look at how romance authors have dealt with the turbulent question of female independence, and how traditional attitudes towards love, marriage and women's sexuality have been approached in more recent texts. Hughes also charts the ways in which the marketing of romance has developed, with the eventual explosion of the mass market and the blockbusting family sagas of the eighties. The Historical Romance unravels the formulaic and mythical nature of historical romance to provide a fascinating study of this highly popular genre.

The Historical Romance (Popular Fictions Series)

Literature & Fiction

Hughes, Helen

History & Criticism

Routledge

The Historical Romance

"I never really gave much thought to writing a book. Especially a book about my gigs from hell - because all musicians have gigs from hell. I just talk about mine more than most.As I would tell my stories, many people suggested I write a book about all the misadventures in my life as a professional musician.Reluctantly, I started making notes and giving each story a title. I never realized how many wild, crazy, hilarious, dangerous and sometimes life threatening experiences I had been involved in until I?had written over two hundred titles... and Gigs From Hell was born.What is a gig from hell, you ask?Do you remember that scene in the Blues Brothers where the band is set up on a stage, behind a chickenwire fence and forced to play country songs all night while drunk rednecks throw beer bottles at the band? That scene may be funny to you, but to us musicians who have actually experienced that sort of disrespect, that shit ain't funny! That, my friends, was a gig from hell.Do you remember the movie Roadhouse that featured the Jeff Healey Band, performing behind a chickenwire fence while the joint was destroyed by barroom brawls? Those scenes are exciting on the silver screen, but in real life, they can be terrifying and sometimes tragic. For a band, they can become gigs from hell.Unlike fictional Hollywood depictions of bands and band life, my gigs from hell are all true."--Mean Gene Kelton, 1953-2010

Mean Gene Kelton's Gigs From Hell: Over 25 Years of Hell In The Music Business. And Its All True.

Kelton, Mean Gene

Brewer, Walter "Buddy"

Humor & Entertainment

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

A fun Halloween-themed activity book packed with puzzles, crafts, and more than 100 full-color stickers. Halloween is such an exciting, fun time for children, and this creative activity book is the perfect way to celebrate the holiday! Readers will love to complete the delightful puzzles, fun coloring scenes, and Halloween crafts that most children can do themselves and with common household items. This engaging activity book includes an adorable press-out skeleton mask, a door hanger, Halloween-themed stencils, and more than 100 colorful stickers for young artists to decorate their spooky creations.

10-Minute Halloween Activities: With Stencils, Press-Outs, and Stickers!

Children's Books

Holidays & Celebrations

Tiger Tales

A fun Christmas-themed activity book packed with puzzles, crafts, and more than 100 full-color stickers. Christmas is such an exciting, fun time for children, and this festive activity book is the perfect way to celebrate the season! Readers will love to complete the delightful puzzles, fun coloring scenes, and Christmas crafts that most children can do themselves and with common household items. This engaging activity book includes an adorable press-out elf mask, a door hanger, Christmas-themed stencils, and more than 100 colorful stickers for young artists to decorate their holiday creations.

10-Minute Christmas Activities: With Stencils, Press-Outs, and Stickers!

Animal Bus: A shaped countdown book

Animals

This engaging board book is an early-learning introduction to animals and the sounds they make. Features interactive text and sliders. This interactive, sturdy board book is designed to promote early language skills and fine motor skills. Children can slide the sliders across the pages to learn first animal words and animals sounds. Simple questions keep readers engaged and learning fun facts about animals on the farm, at home as pets, and in the wild, such as what sound a cat makes, what elephants like to do, and more. An exciting, early-learning experience! &nbsp; &nbsp;

Animals: Slide and See First Words (Slide & See First Words)

This engaging board book is an early-learning introduction to things that go, from cars and trucks on the road to boats on the water, and features interactive text and sliders. This interactive, sturdy board book is designed to promote early language skills and fine motor skills. Children can slide the sliders across the pages to explore a variety of things that go. Cars, trucks, and buses are spotted on the road; and airplane and helicopter soar through the skies; and boats splash through the water. Simple questions keep readers engaged and learning fun facts about the vehicles that travel on the road, in the sky, and in the water. An exciting early-learning experience! &nbsp;

Things That Go: Slide and See First Words

Cars, Trains & Things That Go

Children can count down from 5 to 1 and discover where all of the dinosaurs are going in this fun, bus-shaped board book, a companion to Animal Bus. This engaging, bus-shaped board book, a companion to Animal Bus, follows the adventures of a group of dinosaurs as they take a ride on Velociraptor's bus. The story begins with five adorable dinosaurs on the bus and follows along as they each get off at a different stop to meet up with a team, do some stretches, and more. &nbsp; Readers are clued in to the dinosaurs' final destination through prompts and artwork that shows the dinosaur friends engaging in a variety of fun activities. The number of die-cut dinosaurs decreases with each turn of the page, adding to the interactivity and fun.&nbsp; &nbsp;

Dinosaur Bus: A shaped countdown book

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The Historical Romance (Popular Fictions Series)

The Historical Romance (Popular Fictions Series)

The Historical Romance

Mean Gene Kelton's Gigs From Hell: Over 25 Years of Hell In The Music Business. And Its All True.

10-Minute Halloween Activities: With Stencils, Press-Outs, and Stickers!

10-Minute Christmas Activities: With Stencils, Press-Outs, and Stickers!

Animal Bus: A shaped countdown book

Animals: Slide and See First Words (Slide & See First Words)

Things That Go: Slide and See First Words

Dinosaur Bus: A shaped countdown book