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A feminist introduction to emerging philosophical understandings of gaslighting.
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Kelly Oliver
Using deconstruction, this book approaches contemporary problems raised by technologies of life and death from cloning to capital punishment; and thereby, provides new insights into current debates from a perspective…
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A page-turning, historical, cosy murder mystery from author Kelly Oliver1918 Moscow
Will following her heart mean losing her head? It could mean losing her job.
Fiona Figg trails her nemesis…
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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…
A valuable intervention in Kristevan scholarship and a significant and exciting contribution in its own right to post-structuralist discussions of ethical and political agency and practice.
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Challenging the fundamental tenet of the multicultural movement – that social struggles turning upon race, gender, and sexuality are struggles for recognition – this work offers a powerful critique of…
Situating Kristeva within the context of French feminism, this book guides through Kristeva’s intellectual formation in linguistics, Freud, Lacan, and poetics. It shows that Kristeva’s writings attempt to unravel the…
When a royal ball ends with a royal body in the middle of the dancefloor, Fiona Figg trades her dancing slippers for practical oxfords and sets out to investigate.
Just days before her thirteenth birthday, Kassy's only wish is to escape from the cramped tent she shares with her brother, her not-quite stepsister and her squirmin' vermin puppy.
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…
Kelly Oliver looks at aspects of popular culture, film, science and law to examine contemporary notions of paternity and maternity. Oliver studies the roles of paternal responsibility, virility and race…
This text offers an analysis of conceptions of woman and man, maternity and paternity, nature and culture, and subjectivity and ethics. It calls into question the traditional image of the…
An addictive historical murder mystery page-turner from Kelly OliverSaddle up for this first class historical mystery...
London, 1918
Fiona Figg finds herself back in Old Blighty saddled with shuffling papers…
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.
A gripping fast-paced cosy historical murder mystery from Kelly Oliver'A fun, mix of whodunnit and thriller!' T. A. Williams
Cairo. December 1917.
Following a tip-off from notorious spy Fredrick Fredricks…
A gripping, cosy, historical murder mystery from Kelly OliverSnap in and enjoy the ride...
1918 Italy
When a deadly blizzard traps Fiona Figg and Kitty Lane in the Dolomite Mountains…
Agatha Christie meets Downton Abbey in the Fiona Figg and Kitty Lane Mystery series opener.
Can Fiona catch a killer and find a decent cup of tea before her mustache…
Coopted by military operations, humanitarianism has never been neutral. Rather than welcoming refugees, host countries assess the relative risks of taking them in versus turning them away, using a risk-benefit…
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…
Jessica James is back in the saddle in this fast-paced and funny whodunnit.
The Kassy O'Roarke Pet Detective Activities Book is overflowing with riddles, puzzles, brain-teasers, and of course a whole zoo full of fun animals.
Get out your markers and crayons… and…
Ever since Eve tempted Adam with her apple, women have been regarded as a corrupting and destructive force. This book reveals how the media and the administration frequently use metaphors…
Philosophy reads humanity against animality, arguing that man is man because he is separate from beast. Deftly challenging this position, Kelly Oliver proves that, in fact, it is the animal…
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The image of a heavily pregnant woman, once considered ugly and indecent, is now common to Hollywood film. Kelly Oliver investigates this curious shift and its reflection of changing attitudes…
The versatile philosopher synthesizes the thought of four thinkers into a global ethics for peace.
Kelly Oliver examines popular culture’s fixation on representing young women as predators and prey and the implication that violence-especially sexual violence-is an inevitable part of a woman’s maturity. She discusses…
