An age-old story retold from the lens of the Bible. Rediscover what the holiday season is all about by returning to the first Christmas night!

After a massive row with her parents over intolerable relatives, Katie finds herself all alone for the holidays. So she heads for the one place in town where everyone is welcome on Christmas Eve, the legendary Purple Owl Café. The Purple Owl Café has a chequered sixty-year history. These days it's not just a place for good music and conversation, it also happens to be a lesbian bar. Katie doesn't mind, though so far her life was too busy for romance of any kind. But that's about to change when Katie meets Jess at the Christmas Eve party at the Purple Owl Café… This is a short and sweet holiday romance of 4700 words or approximately 16 print pages.

After many years, Lori Templeton thought she had reached the point where she could talk about that Christmas Eve. But then, in walked someone who had caused her so much pain. Now she would have to run again, but Sheriff Calhoun let her know that her running days were over.

The aim of this anthology is to identify the key texts from sixteen contributing countries, which have influenced the conception and development of human rights. The selection illustrates the great diversity of national circumstances, systems of government and historical situations involved, and also shows that, in spite of different starting points, the routes taken all lead to similar destinations. The contributing countries are: Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Norway, Poland, Romania, Holy See, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland and Ukraine. The appendices include the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789.

A church bell tolls at midnight. A scream resonates; bagpipes skirl—the graveyard freezes over. Villagers whisper of James Miller’s ghost. The year is 1954, and amid sub-zero snowfalls, Christmas shopping pandemonium, demanding concert rehearsals, and a heartbreaking tryst, Rebecca Chase scrouges time to snoop. But snooping invites trouble. Rebecca discovers Lord Linley’s fabled fortune, inciting rogue claimants to eradicate the legitimate heir—along with Rebecca. Can Rebecca outwit her assailants? Can she bring off a successful concert performance; reunite a feuding family; reconcile her romance; resolve the fabled Miller’s haunting of 300 years past—then host the perfect Christmas Day? Not all ends well. But yuletide celebrations bring a reward unexpected.

This unique collection of extracts is taken from women's journals and magazines - both British and American - on the eve of the twentieth century. Arranged by subject, the collection focuses on what this pivotal moment represented for women and includes an introduction to women's journalism of the period. The rapidly changing conditions then surrounding a woman's world are illustrated here by sections on: * monarchy * women and war * colonial women * the politics of emancipation * and girlhood.