Joan Smith

Misogynies is one of the most celebrated feminist texts by a British author. First published in 1989, it created shock waves with its analyses of history, literature and popular culture. Joan Smith drew on her own experience as one of the few women reporting the Yorkshire Ripper murders and looked at novels, slasher movies, Page Three and Princess Diana, teasing out the attitudes that brought them together.

Misogynies

A novel about a most unlikely love story.

Imprudent Lady

Terrorism begins at home. In the debate about what makes a terrorist, a striking common factor has been long overlooked - a history of domestic violence. From the Manchester bomber, who was known to police for assaulting a woman, to the London Bridge attackers, who abused their wives, mothers and sisters, the portrait is shockingly clear. Terrorism is seen as a special category of crime that has blinded us to the obvious - that it is, almost always, male violence. It belongs alongside cases such as the Finsbury Park Mosque attacker and the Florida school shooter - privately abusive men whose public outbursts cost lives. The Charlie Hebdo killers provide a further insight, into the role of childhood trauma in developing violent behaviour. But the greatest proof lies in ISIS, who deliberately recruit youths who have been indoctrinated into cruelty and rape. It's the world's biggest boys' gang. Until Joan Smith's radical outcry in 2017 criminal authorities missed this link, because violence against women is dangerously normalised. Yet, since domestic abuse often comes before a public attack, it's here a solution to the scourge of our age might be found. Home-Grown is not just a book - it's a manifesto. Joan Smith has researched the backgrounds of terrorists across the UK, Europe and the US. With scouring perception, she sets out a course of action that could transform the way we counteract domestic abuse and save lives.

How Domestic Violence Turns Men Into Terrorists

Home-Grown

Memoirs of a Hoyden

Escapade

An urgent manifesto revealing the link between domestic violence and terrorism by seasoned journalist and human rights campaigner. What do the attacks in London Bridge, Manchester and Westminster have in common with those at the Charlie Hebdo offices, the Finsbury Park Mosque attack and multiple US shootings? They were all carried out by men with histories of domestic violence.Terrorism begins at home. Terrorism is seen as a special category of crime that has blinded us to the obvious - that it is, almost always, male violence. The extraordinary link between so many tragic recent attacks is that the perpetrators have practised in private before their public outbursts. In these searing case studies, Joan Smith, feminist and human rights campaigner, makes a compelling and persuasive argument for a radical shift in perspective. Incomprehensible ideology is transformed through her clear-eyed research into a disturbing but familiar pattern. From the Manchester bomber to the Charlie Hebdo attackers, from angry white men to the Bethnal Green girls, from US school shootings to the London gang members who joined ISIS, Joan Smith shows that, time and time again, misogyny, trauma and abuse lurk beneath the rationalizations of religion or politics. Until Smith pointed it out in 2017, criminal authorities missed this connection because violence against women is dangerously normalised. Yet, since domestic abuse often comes before a public attack, it's here a solution to the scourge of our age might be found. Thought-provoking and essential, HOME GROWN will lift the veil on a revelatory truth --

Home Grown

Aunt Sophie's Diamonds

Drawn to the continent by the excitement surrounding the Congress of Vienna, Helver Trebourne returns to England three years laters as the new Duke of Saymore. Suddenly he finds himself one of the most eligible bachelors around - but will he realize his perfect match is right under his nose?

Dame Durden's Daughter

Lace for Milady

After discovering a body in the river of quaint village Chilton Abbas, budding artist Amy Talbot becomes swept up in her brother's determination to solve the mystery, and their chief suspect is a handsome, romantic stranger. Original.

A Tall Dark Stranger

Lizzie Warwick was now a do-gooder who had mistaken Lord Carbury’s flirtation for the real thing five years ago. Now she solicited his help for his cousin Tommy, who had been accused of stealing a ruby necklace. Lizzie knew he hadn’t done it and knew who had. But Carbury was confused by the change in her, and her newly adventurous, if dumbfounding, spirit. Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Belgrave House/Regency Reads

It Takes a Lady

Lord Dewar plans to produce an amateur performance of Romeo and Juliet and enlists the aid of local residents and a poor relation, Holly McCormack, who suggest Dewar should attend to his responsibilities instead

Lovers' Vows

Her fiancé Graham’s estate finally settled, Belle Haley, with her mother and sister, comes to London to inspect her inheritance. Though the house is tiny, wealthy Desmond Maitland expresses great interest. Apparently Graham was murdered for a large sum of money, which is still missing. Then Graham’s relatives descend, with various scoundrelly hangers-on, and the search is on—much to Belle’s chagrin. Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett Crest

Bath Belles

Daphne Ingleside’s visit to her Aunt Effie in London was meant to add a little spark to her placid country life. And it did—once the two women decided to write Effie’s memoirs. For Effie, a faded divorcée, had been the beauty of London in her day, and many of the ton feared their misbehavior would be disclosed. The Duke of St. Felix, misinterpreting their project as a means of blackmailing his family, antagonized the sharp-witted, beautiful Daphne to his peril. Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett

Talk of the Town

Olivia Fenwick decided to become a governess after her father remarried—a very superior governess who charged a great deal for her services. While Lady Synge was eager to show off her superior employee, her younger brother, the arrogant Lord Philmot, objected to just about everything Olivia attempted to do with her two charges. Regency Romance by Joan Smith writing as Jennie Gallant; originally published by Fawcett Coventry

Olivia

Maybe Next Time

Mary Anne Judson has an idyllic country life, except perhaps that her Uncle Edwin is of a casually larcenous nature. When he liberates an abandoned—and smuggled—cargo of fine silk and finds himself pursued by the handsome London draper, Mr. Robertson, life becomes rather hectic. And Mary Anne suspects there is more to the stylish draper than meets the eye. Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett Crest

Silken Secrets

Great Aunt Lotty takes Miranda to Moscow but she seems determined to prevent her making friends and learning about the real Russia.

The Russian Doll

Pamela Comstock and Nigel Raleigh had been “courting” for several years at their families’ behest. Neither was enthusiastic. But Nigel is helping with French actress Flawless Fleur’s memoirs and is enamored. After Fleur and her aristocratic manager, Lord Breslau, arrive at Nigel’s family home, Belmont, Fleur goes missing. Pam and Lord Breslau must separate fact from fiction to discover what has happened to the actress. Regency Romance by Joan Smith; originally published by Fawcett Crest

Drury Lane Darling

Loretta Lawson is already a little apprehensive about spending a hot, muggy weekend alone in New York City at her friend Toni's apartment. And it seems her fears are confirmed when she receives a series of mysterious and threatening phone calls. What's more, as she explores the exciting, unfamiliar city, she has the uneasy impression that someone is watching her, perhaps even following her. Is Loretta the target of these unnerving attentions or are they aimed at Toni? Loretta begins to think that she cannot trust her own judgment; the one person who might lend a hand--her ex-husband, journalist John Tracey, also in New York on a story--has too many problems of his own to help. In the end, Loretta must face the terrifying events that unfold alone. . . .

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