What Is at Stake Now

‘Surprisingly funny and very saucy’ OK!‘A laugh-a-minute page-turner, perfect for poolside reading!’ HELLO!‘Surprisingly saucy and distractingly funny’ GRAZIA‘No question about it, there are two little purple lines. I’m pregnant.’ After eight years together, Lil Bailey thought she’d already found ‘the one’ – that is, until he dumped her for a blonde twenty-something colleague. So she does what any self-respecting singleton would do: swipes right, puts on her best bra and finds herself on a first date with a handsome mountaineer called Max. What’s the worst that can happen? Well it’s pretty bad actually. First Max ghosts her and then, after weeing on a stick (but mostly her hands), a few weeks later Lil discovers she’s pregnant. She’s single, thirty-one and living in a thimble-sized flat in London, it’s hardly the happily-ever-after she was looking for.Lil’s ready to do the baby-thing on her own – it can’t be that hard, right? But she should probably tell Max, if she can track him down. Surely he’s not that Max, the highly eligible, headline-grabbing son of Lord and Lady Rushbrooke, currently trekking up a mountain in South Asia? Oh, maybe he wasn’t ignoring Lil after all… Praise for Sophia Money-Coutts:‘So funny. And the sex is amazing!’ Jilly Cooper‘Hilariously funny – I couldn’t put it down.’ Beth O’Leary‘A laugh-a-minute page-turner, perfect for poolside reading!’ HELLO!‘This hilarious novel proves Sophia Money-Coutts is mistress of the romp-com.’ The Sun‘Howlingly funny’ Sunday Times ‘Wonderfully rude’ Red‘Surprisingly saucy and distractingly funny’ Grazia‘Funny and beautifully written … I loved it’ Daily Mail‘Fizzes with joy’ Metro‘Hilarious and uplifting’ Woman & Home‘A thoroughly modern love story’ Woman’s Weekly‘Does it earn its place in your beach bag? Absolutely’ Evening Standard

Die Schweizer Popmusik ist l?ngst in der Mitte der Gesellschaft angekommen und seit einigen Jahren feiern j?ngere Musikerinnen und Musiker auch international Erfolge, etwa Sophie Hunger, Bonaparte und Valeska Steiner von Boy. Und seit Ende der Neunzigerjahre hat sich eine kreative Umgebung entfaltet, zu der neben den Musikern auch Clubs, Festivals, Labels, Radiostationen, Szenenmagazine und anderes mehr geh?ren. Und doch gelten Popmusiker in der Schweiz noch immer als Amateure. Dass ihre Erfolge Resultat harter Arbeit, einem breiten Networking und auch jahrelanger F?rderung sind, wird kaum wahrgenommen. «Time is now» thematisiert diese Situation mit Hilfe von Geschichten und Analysen und will das Bewusstsein f?r die Vielfalt, die Professionalit?t, aber auch f?r die Herausforderungen der Popszene f?rdern. Das Buch richtet sich dabei an Musikinteressierte in der Schweiz sowie an Musikprofis im deutschsprachigen Ausland. Seit rund zwanzig Jahren f?rdert das Migros-Kulturprozent die Popkultur und hat damit zum wachsenden Erfolg dieser Kultursparte beigetragen.

"All Yoga starts from the perception that what we are now or rather what we perceive as ourselves and so call is only an ignorant partial and superficial formulation of our nature. It is not our whole self, it is not even our real self; it is a little representative personality put forward by the true and persistent being in us for the experience of this brief life; we not only have been in the past and can be in the future but we are much more than that in the present secret totality of our being and nature. Especially, there is a secret soul in us that is our true person; there is a secret self that is our true impersonal being and spirit. To unveil that soul and that self is one of the most important movements of Yoga." – Sri Aurobindo

This book does to sex what other sociologists did to culture: it shows that sex, no longer defined by religion, now plays a role in the economy and can yield tangible benefits in the realms of money, status, and occupation. How do people accumulate sexual capital, and what are the returns for investing money, time, knowledge, and energy in establishing and enhancing our sexual selves? Dana Kaplan and Eva Illouz disentangle the current cultural politics of heterosexual life, arguing that sex – that messy amalgam of sexual affects and experiences – has increasingly assumed an economic character. Some may opt for plastic surgery to beautify their face or body, while others may consume popular sex advice or attend seduction classes. Beyond particular practices such as these, the authors trace an emerging form of “neoliberal” sexual capital, which is the ability to glean self-appreciation from sexual encounters and to use this self-value to foster employability, as exemplified by Silicon Valley sex parties. This highly original book will appeal to students and scholars in sociology, anthropology, gender studies, and cultural studies and to anyone interested in the nature of sex and how it is changing today.

A radio call-in talk show host has an after-hours caller who offers the best phone sex she’s ever had. A bodacious personal trainer fulfills her wildest sexual fantasies. . . by astral projection.A drab office worker transforms herself at night into the sex goddess of the blogosphere. These passionate ladies make the astonishing discovery that the most tantalizing, exciting sex of their lives can be enjoyed from afar. Here are three delecatably naughty erotic tales from Spice Briefs available at one low price. Bundle includes Come Back to Me by Kimberly Kaye Terry, Psychic Sex by Cathleen Ross and This is What I Want by Megan Hart.

A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR THE DAILY MAIL AND WOMAN AND HOME A New York Times Editors Pick One of the Observers Ten Best Debut Novelists of 2020 Shortlisted for the Authors Club First Novel Award Longlisted for the Jhalak Prize Longlisted for the CWA John Creasy New Blood Dagger Enrapturing... This richly imagined novel considers the many permutations of love and what we are capable of doing in its name New York Times A brilliant debut Louise Doughty, author of Apple Tree Yard Youll have the heart rate of an Olympic hurdler Sunday Express I read it with my heart in my throat Sara Collins, author of The Confessions of Frannie Langton An exquisitely crafted masterpiece youll be pressing into the hands of others Woman & Home An intoxicatingly atmospheric mystery Daily Mail Dark, addictive and eye-opening, this is a brilliant debut Stylist A gripping debut set in modern-day Tokyo and inspired by a true crime, Whats Left of Me Is Yours follows a young womans search for the truth about her mothers life - and her murder. In Japan, a covert industry has grown up around the wakaresaseya (literally "breaker-upper"), a person hired by one spouse to seduce the other in order to gain the advantage in divorce proceedings. When Sato hires Kaitaro, a wakaresaseya agent, to have an affair with his wife, Rina, he assumes it will be an easy case. But Sato has never truly understood Rina or her desires and Kaitaros job is to do exactly that - until he does it too well. While Rina remains ignorant of the circumstances that brought them together, she and Kaitaro fall in a desperate, singular love, setting in motion a series of violent acts that will forever haunt her daughter Sumikos life. Told from alternating points of view and across the breathtaking landscapes of Japan, Whats Left of Me Is Yours explores the thorny psychological and moral grounds of the actions we take in the name of love, asking where we draw the line between passion and possession.