Elizabeth Black Libri

Exploring the intersection of British modernist poetry and the environment, this study challenges the notion that modernism is solely anthropocentric and urban. It highlights the significant engagement with the natural world found in the works of poets like Edward Thomas and T. S. Eliot. Through detailed readings, the book reveals how these poets incorporate themes of nature, offering a fresh perspective on modernist literature and its relationship with the environment.

Annie embarks on a transformative journey to escape her controlling boyfriend and mother, seeking independence and self-discovery. Her adventure takes her to a charming, supposedly haunted Bed and Breakfast by the ocean, where she encounters Jason, a captivating man with an enigmatic aura. As their connection deepens, Annie grapples with questions about his true identity and their possible past together. The story explores themes of love, dreams, and the thin line between reality and imagination, inviting readers into a world where the living and the dead may intertwine.

Struggling with grief over her daughter's death and a failing marriage, photographer Clare Porterfield returns to Galveston, Texas, to curate an exhibition on the island's history. Reconnecting with her childhood home reveals ongoing tensions with her mother and sister, as well as the enduring influence of the affluent Carraday family. As Clare delves into the past, she uncovers long-buried secrets that reshape her understanding of her family's history and her place within it, ultimately offering her a path toward healing.

William Shakespeare said All the world's a stage, but he hadn't counted on shifters under a theater's hot lights. Lovers Sam Hightower and Grant Newsome live for the stage. Although they have enjoyed the wanderlust of traveling theater for many years, each has grown tired of the road and wants to settle down. They also have a secret. As shifters and no part of any pack, they are lone wolves in every sense of the word. The full moon brings out the beast in them. Even though their work as gaffers-lighting techs-puts them in contact with a large variety of willing, sexy men and women to share their love, they prefer men. They find a dancer, Luke Pearce, who makes their blood run hot, but Luke has a secret of his own to test them. Add scenic artists and lovers Charlotte and Lina to the mix, and you have a wild and sexy fivesome.To spoil their fun and to their surprise, Sam and Grant discover another shifter in their midst, but this young person is so inexperienced and terrified she could expose them to the human hunters and get them killed. How can Sam and Grant protect themselves as well as the people they love?

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the second International Workshop on the Theory and Applications of Formal Argumentation, TAFA 2013, held in Beijing, China, in August 2013. The Workshop was co-located with IJCAI 2013. The 15 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 22 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections such as abstract argumentation frameworks, social abstract argumentation with votes on attacks, a normal form of argumentation frameworks, assumption-based argumentation, argument schemes for normative practical reasoning.