Bøger af Kate Hill

Before cell phones and reality TV, when women had big hair and men were all about action and adventure, a girl walks into a bar searching for a hero. She finds R. C. Benson, a soldier turned grave robber wallowing in past sins. With a marriage of convenience, a pet shark, and a shady butler, Grace and R. C. have their work cut out for them, but that gives them the perfect chance to fall in love.

A Gascon Year: Février is the second in a series of twelve seasonal cookbooks featuring food and stories as warm and comforting as a hot supper cooked in an old French Farmhouse. Kate Hill, writer, cook and teacher, entices the reader into her life in Southwest France as she shares the regional and delicious recipes of Gascony. Along with trucs and tips, this beautiful book offers generous instruction on all things duck: how to shop a farmers market for winter food; roast a duck; braise a duck; prepare duck confit; preserve foie gras; make rillettes and cracklings; bake with duck eggs and duck fat. Each of these monthly cahiers de cuisine or kitchen notebooks is built on seasonal inspiration and instruction with personal essays, recipes, and photographs that are timeless. Easy to follow recipes for aperitifs and soups, main courses, and desserts fill these delectable volumes. A Gascon Year: Février introduces the reader to Kate Hill Cooks, the online teaching courses at Kitchen-at-Camont.com and all the good food she creates within its 18th century stone walls for her students around the globe. Included in February's volume are a baker's dozen of authentic recipes for: Roast Duck with Shallots and Concord Grapes; Wine-Braised Duck Legs with Agen Prunes; Duck Fat Polenta with Duck skin Fritons; preparing and canning confit de canard; rillettes; Magret Séché (or Duck Bacon); Poultry Bouillon; Parmentier de Canard; Pain d'Épice (spice cake); Quatre-Quarts (French Pound Cake) and Cornmeal Duck Lard Cookies.

The Wild sisters know no one can resist the person they were born to love.Mysti and Starr: A blazing trail only he can see leads demon-hunting biker Starr Johanson to his destined mate. A blessing placed on her family's ancestral land summons Mysti Wild to the cabin where she'll meet the man fated to share her life.Spirits of Christmas: Twenty-five years ago a brutal murder was committed at the house where Christa Wild works. This Christmas she stays behind, hoping the spirits will help her regain her psychic powers. Action star Joel Connor is plagued by flashbacks of a gruesome attack that destroyed his family. This Christmas, Joel returns to the house where it happened to face the ghosts of the past, but finds he is not alone.Trinity and Jeff: Trinity believes the Wild family magic has called her home to meet her soulmate. Instead she finds danger at every turn, but she won't have to face it alone. Jeff faces the supernatural to protect Trinity and convince her once and for all that they belong together.Amelia and Orion: Demon. Vampire. Human. Orion is all three. From the moment he met Amelia Wild, his heart has belonged to her, but he doesn't have the luxury of falling in love. Amelia Wild has loved Orion for years. But when his emotional restraint becomes too much, Amelia heads home to get in touch with her magical roots. Lost without her, Orion follows Amelia to her family cabin. Will the irritable demon and his brilliant witch finally surrender to the powerful attraction they share?

Trained since childhood to hunt blood drinkers, Leotine is sent on a mission to destroy the elusive Cyprian Augustus. The cunning blood drinker has converted or killed many hunters who have tracked him. Will the vampire or the huntress win their deadly game of lust?Note: Handsome Bastard was previously published. This is a re-edited version and contains two additional scenes.

Worldwide, suicide is one of the leading causes of death amongst young people, and numbers continue to increase. Many more young people have experienced suicidal thoughts, or have self-harmed or attempted suicide. What makes someone particularly vulnerable? Why do proportionally more young men than women resort to suicide? What can be done to support people and prevent young deaths?The Long Sleep explores the origins, symptoms and meanings of young peoples' suicidal crises and argues the need for sensitive responses and improved understanding if current rates are to be curbed. Combining moving accounts from relatives and young attempters with the evidence of extensive research into the subject, Kate Hill offers important and timely insights into an area fraught with fear and denial.This classic self-help book has been fully revised and considers:· Myths around suicide· Current perspectives around development, health and wellness· Social patterns and personal life events that can be triggers· How to listen to and support young people at risk· Where and when to seek professional help

Argues that municipal museums had a further, social role. In a situation of rapid urban growth, allied to social and cultural changes on a scale hitherto unknown, it was inevitable that traditional class and social hierarchies would come under enormous pressure.

"This is the first attempt to recover the entirety of women's contribution to British museums in the period 1850-1914. It sheds lights on women as museum workers, donors and visitors, demonstrates that through such roles women profoundly influenced the development of museums in the period and suggests that museums were a key site for the development of modern gendered identities"--Back cover.

Essays exploring the relationship between museums and biographies, with worldwide examples and from the early nineteenth century to the present day.