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An immersive and entertaining read Alistair Mabbot, The HeraldThe year is 1317, and young squire Benedict Russell has joined the English-held garrison of Berwick-upon-Tweed after the spectacular Scottish victory at Bannockburn three years earlier.Serious and self-doubting, he cant wait for his time there to come to an end. Living on the disputed territory between Scotland and England is a precarious existence, and as the Scots draw ever closer and the English king does nothing to stop them, Benedict finds himself in a race against time to solve the brutal murder of a young girl and find the traitor who lurks within Berwicks walls.

EXPLORE THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ISLES THROUGH 80 EXTRAORDINARY CREATIONS, FROM BEOWULF AND THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY TO BANKSY, STORMZY, AND BEYONDA companion book to the landmark BBC series, Brilliant Isles tells the story of these islands through art, music, buildings and literature the creations of visionaries, mavericks and rule-breakers who responded to their times and shaped the future. Whether read cover-to-cover or dipped into, this is a vibrant, surprising and witty guide to a unique culture, by one of our sharpest writersHawess view of English history is sharp and vivid and extremely persuasivePHILIP PULLMANAt last a chance to get to grips with the entire history of England, and all in a few hours!MAIL ON SUNDAYAn engaging, informative sprint through the story of our little islandINDEPENDENTthorough and absorbing... [Hawes] brings the story right up to date, able to step back from the current madness with admirable clarity NEW EUROPEANA fantastic read. I would recommend it to anyone.PAT KENNY, Newstalk IrelandSuch a thought-provoking read...

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraways interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsbys obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.

It is the day of her younger brothers wedding and our narrator is struggling to compose her toast. She was nine years old when she travelled with her parents to Thailand to meet her brother Danny, and while their childhood in California was a happy one, when she holds their story up to the light, it refracts in ways she didnt expect. How to put words to their love?What follows is a heartfelt letter addressed to Danny and an excavation of their years growing up. Invoking everything from the classic Victorian adoption plot to childless women in literature to documents from Dannys case file, her narration is also a confession of sorts: to the parts of her life that she has kept from Danny, including her own struggle with infertility. And as the hours until the wedding tick down, she uncovers the words that cant and wont be said aloud.In Immediate Family, a fiercely tender debut novel, one luminous with love, Ashley Nelson Levy explores the complexities of motherhood, infertility, race, and the many definitions of family.

Elinor and Marianne Dashwood are two sisters with opposite characters. Elinor, the eldest, is 19 and represents the part of "reason" indicated by the title. Marianne is 17 years old and instead represents the "feeling". Elinor and Marianne are the daughters of Mr. Dashwoods second marriage. Besides them there is also a younger sister, Margaret, and their older brother, John, who was born from his first marriage. When the father dies, the family estate passes, as usual, to the first son, John, so the Dashwood women find themselves in a very precarious financial situation.

A powerfully poignant tale of one of the most turbulent moments in Scotlands history: the North Berwick Witch Trials. ITS THE 4TH OF DECEMBER 1591. On this, the last night of her life, in a prison cell several floors below Edinburghs High Street, convicted witch Geillis Duncan receives a mysterious visitor Iris, who says she comes from a future where women are still persecuted for who they are and what they believe. As the hours pass and dawn approaches, Geillis recounts the circumstances of her arrest, brutal torture, confession and trial, while Iris offers support, solace and the tantalising prospect of escape. Hex is a visceral depiction of what happens when a society is consumed by fear and superstition, exploring how the terrible force of a kings violent crusade against ordinary women can still be felt, right up to the present day. This series has already produced two works of note and distinction. It raises the question if a country cannot re-tell its history, will it be stuck forever in aspic and condemned to be nothing more than a shortbread tin illustration? Hex and Rizzio are showing the way towards a reckoning, and about time too Stuart Kelly, Scotland on Sunday

One of those great events in English history, which occur at distant intervals, and form, respectively, a sort of bound or landmark, to which all other events, preceding or following them for centuries, are referred, is what is called the Norman Conquest. The Norman Conquest was, in fact, the accession of William, duke of Normandy, to the English throne. This accession was not altogether a matter of military force, for William claimed a right to the throne, which, if not altogether perfect, was, as he maintained, at any rate superior to that of the prince against whom he contended. The rightfulness of his claim was, however, a matter of little consequence, except so far as the moral influence of it aided him in gaining possession. The right to rule was, in those days, rather more openly and nakedly, though not much more really, than it is now, the right of the strongest.

Contains Active Table of Contents (HTML) and in the end of book include a bonus link to the free audiobook.In exploring everyday life and its intersections with death, this enduring collection of stories offers a naturalistic depiction of the working class in early twentieth-century Dublin. Joyce masterfully portrays frustrations and aborted desires to escape the mundane; transformative epiphanies both great and small; and the restraints, loneliness, violence, and contemplations of lives lived.Though Joyces subjects were considered as taboo as his language was unsavory, Dubliners was a milestone work praised for its unflinching realism. It remains a transcendent and relatable portrait of the perilsand acceptanceof the human condition.

Content: YOU CAN, by George Matthew AdamsAS A MAN THINKETH, by James AllenEIGHT PILLARS OF PROSPERITY, by James AllenFROM POVERTY TO POWER, by James AllenFOUNDATION STONES TO HAPPINESS AND SUCCESS, by James AllenTHE SECRET OF SUCCESS, by William Walker AtkinsonTHE POWER OF CONCENTRATION, by William Walker AtkinsonMEDITATIONS, by Marcus AureliusHOW TO MAKE MONEY, by B.F. AustinTHE ART OF MONEY GETTING, by P.T. BarnumYOUR INVISIBLE POWER, by Genevieve BehrendTHE RICHEST MAN IN BABYLON, by George S. ClasonTHE SECRET OF THE AGES, by Robert CollierACRES OF DIAMONDS, by Russell H. ConwellTHE KEY TO SUCCESS, by Russell H. ConwellPRAYING FOR MONEY, by Russsell H. ConwellWHAT YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR WILL POWER, by Russell H. ConwellSELF MASTERY THROUGH CONSCIOUS AUTOSUGGESTION, by Emile CouePROSPERITY, by Charles FillmoreTHE MENTAL EQUIVALENT, by Emmet FoxAUTOBIOGRAPHY, by Benjamin FranklinTHE WAY TO WEALTH, by Benjamin FranklinTHE PROPHET, by Kahlil GibranTHE POWER OF AWARENESS, by Neville GoddardTHE MASTER KEY SYSTEMS, by Charles F. HaanelMAKING YOUR SELF THE MASTER, by Harvey HardmanTHINK AND GROW RICH, by Napoleon HillTHE LAW OF SUCCESS, by Napoleon HillA MESSAGE TO GARCIA, by Elbert HubbardDOLLARS AND SENSE, by William Crosbie HunterWHY SOME SUCCEED WHILE OTHERS FAIL, by H.A. LewisTHE PRINCE, Niccolo MachiavelliHOW TO SUCCEED, by Orison Swett MardenAMBITION AND SUCCESS, by Orison Swett MardenARCHITECTS OF FATE, by Orison Swett MardenTHE POWER OF OUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND, by Joseph MurphyTHE BOOK OF FIVE RINGS, by Miyamoto MusashiTHE STRANGEST SECRET, by Earl NightingaleHOW TO ATTRACT SUCCESS, by F.W. SearsTHE GAME OF LIFE AND HOW TO PLAY IT, by Florence Scovel ShinnHOW TO GROW SUCCESS, by Elizabeth TowneIN TUNE WITH THE INFINITE, by Ralph Waldo TrineTAO TE CHING, by Lao TzuTHE ART OF WAR, by Sun TzuTHE SCIENCE OF GETTING RICH, by Wallace D. WattlesIn a beautiful, durable volume suited to a lifetime of use, here is the all-in-one ""bible"" on how to harness the creative powers of your mind to achieve a life of prosperity-packaged in a handsome display box with a ribbon bookmark.The Prosperity Bible is a one-of-a-kind resource that collects the greatest moneymaking secrets of authors from every field-religion, finance, philosophy, and self-help-and makes them available in an attractive, keepsake edition. This is a book to treasure and return to again and again for guidance, ideas, know-how, and inspiration.Here is the only single volume where you can read success advice from Napoleon Hill, P. T. Barnum, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Fillmore, Wallace D. Wattles, Florence Scovel Shinn, and Ernest Holmes-along with a bevy of million-copy-selling writers who have one key element in common: a commitment to understanding and promulgating the laws of winning.These are the beloved teachers and writers who created the idea of a mental formula for success. Their principles, comprehensively collected in nineteen selected writings, have been proved in the experience of millions of men and women who have cherished their works from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Now they are enshrined in this all-in-one treasury-complete in a handsome display box with a ribbon bookmark.

In the hours of darkness what will come to light?In the Dartmoor town of Ashburton, reluctant antique shop owner and accidental amateur sleuth, Juno Browne, has cash-flow problems. So, when the mild and gentlemanly bookbinder, Frank Tinkler, rents a room above the shop, he seems like the answer to a prayer.At home, Juno accidentally disturbs intruders and shortly afterwards, one of them falls to his death from a viaduct. Was it accident, suicide or murder? When Juno recognises his accomplice as Franks nephew, Scott, she decides to investigate .

"Having received my commission, which was dated the S5th of May, I768, I went on board on the 7th, hoisted the pennant, and took charge of the sliip, which then lay in the basin in Deptford Yard." - this is the beginning of the journal in which the legendary captain and discoverer of Australia and New Zealand described his adventures. The book contains the descriptions of the three voyages of Captain Cook, which resulted in the complete round-the-world expedition. Captain and his team were the first Europeans to meet the indigenous people of Australia and Oceania. Captain Cook took a great interest in the locals style of life and customs. Thus, the book doesnt just present an account of one of the most daring sea expeditions in history but also impressions of the pioneering encounter of seamen with the people of unknown races.

Things had been bad enough for the inspiring and beautiful young Helga Wensley when her much-loved father died some five years ago, leaving her and her mother in penury. Recently her ailing mother too has passed away, which means that her stepfather, Sir Hector Preston, is now her Guardian. To make matters worse he promises her hand in marriage to a cruel and uncouth man called Bernard Howell, a Fate that she considers worse than dying. As her mother suggested soon before her death, Helga goes for help to her estranged Aunt Millicent, a glamorous actress from the notorious Gaiety Theatre and her life changes forever.Putting herself forward for a role paying her one thousand pounds in which she pretends to be the fiancee of the dashing Hugo, Duke of Rocklington, Helga finds herself with the most sought-after bachelor in the whole of the Social world at his fabulous country seat, Rock Castle. And, despite Aunt Millicents firm instructions not to fall in love with the Duke, Helga is smitten and finds that playing the part of the lovestruck fiancee requires no acting at all. But all that changes when by chance Helga again meets the dreaded Bernard Howell, who pursues her brandishing his horse whip and she races back to Rock Castle to the Duke to save her

THE NOVELSThe Voyage Out (1915)Night and Day (1919)Jacobs Room (1922)Mrs. Dalloway (1925)To the Lighthouse (1927)The Waves (1931)The Years (1937)Between the Acts (1941)THE BIOGRAPHIESOrlando: a biography (1928)Flush: a biography (1933)Roger Fry: a biography (1940)THE STORIESTwo Stories (1917)Kew Gardens (1919)Monday or Tuesday (1921)A Haunted House, and other short stories (1944)Nurse Lugtons Golden Thimble (1966)Mrs Dalloways Party (1973)The Complete Shorter Fiction (1985)THE ESSAYSMr. Bennett and Mrs. Brown (1924)The Common Reader I (1925)A Room of Ones Own (1929)On Being Ill (1930)The London Scene (1931)A Letter to a Young Poet (1932)The Common Reader II (1932)Walter Sickert: a conversation (1934)Three Guineas (1938)Reviewing (1939)The Death of the Moth, and other essays (1942)The Moment, and other essays (1947)The Captains Death Bed, and other essays (1950)Granite and Rainbow (1958)Books and Portraits (1978)Women And Writing (1979)383 Essays from newspapers and magazinesAUTOBIOGRAPHICAL WRITINGA Writers Diary (1953)Moments of Being (1976)The Diary Vols. 15 (1977-84)The Letters Vols. 16 (1975-80)The Letters of V.W. and Lytton Strachey (1956) A Passionate Apprentice. The Early Journals 1887-1909 (1990) THE PLAYFreshwater: A Comedy (both versions) (1976)

A wedding day turns into a far darker affair in the idyllic Lake District. On a glorious July morning in the pretty Lake District village of Threlkeld, Simmy Brown and Christopher Henderson celebrate their wedding day. While the event passes off without undue calamity, when most of the guests have departed a severely injured young man is found nearby. Pressure on police resources compromises the investigation and speculation is rife. Was it an accident or something more sinister? What was just a chilling suspicion develops into an altogether more disturbing theory.

***New York Times bestseller, shortlisted for 2022 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction!***Its a true pleasure to sink into Shteyngarts expansive, benevolent storytellingSunday Times A masterpiece . . . There cannot be a more relevant novel for our moment, certainly not one with such beauty of description, depth of feeling, and, as always, humour.-Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofLessIts March 2020 and a calamity is unfolding. A group of friends and friends-of-friends gathers in a country house to wait out the pandemic. Over the next six months, new friendships and romances will take hold, while old betrayals will emerge, forcing each character to reevaluate whom they love and what matters most. The unlikely cast of characters includes a Russian-born novelist; his Russian-born psychiatrist wife; their precocious child obsessed with K-pop; a struggling Indian American writer; a wildly successful Korean American app developer; a global dandy with three passports; a Southern flamethrower of an essayist; and a movie star, the Actor, whose arrival upsets the equilibrium of this chosen family. Both elegiac and very, very funny, Our Country Friends is the most ambitious book yet by the author of the beloved bestseller Super Sad True Love Story.

In Henry Fieldings novel Joseph Andrews, readers are taken on a satirical journey through 18th century England, exploring themes of class, morality, and human nature. Written in the style of a picaresque novel, Fielding employs humor and wit to critique the social norms of his time. The novel is filled with vibrant and eccentric characters, engaging the reader in a rollicking adventure full of satire and irony. Fieldings use of metafictional elements adds another layer of complexity to the narrative, making Joseph Andrews a rich and thought-provoking read. Henry Fielding, a prominent English novelist and playwright, drew inspiration from his own experiences in law and politics to craft this timeless work. His keen observation of society and human behavior shines through in the vivid and detailed portrayal of his characters. Recommended for readers interested in classic literature, satire, and social commentary, Joseph Andrews offers a delightful and insightful examination of 18th century England.In this enriched edition, we have carefully created added value for your reading experience:- A succinct Introduction situates the works timeless appeal and themes.- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the eras events and influences that shaped the writing.- An Author Biography reveals milestones in the authors life, illuminating the personal insights behind the text.- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the works messages, connecting them to modern life.- Handpicked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.

Agatha Christies most daring crime mystery - an early and particularly brilliant outing of Hercule Poirot, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, with its legendary twist, changed the detective fiction genre for ever. Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal first husband. He suspected also that someone had been blackmailing her. Now, tragically, came the news that she had taken her own life with a drug overdose. But the evening post brought Roger one last fatal scrap of information. Unfortunately, before he could finish the letter, he was stabbed to deat

The Discovery of Witchcraft is an exposé of the early modern witchcraft. Originally published in 1584, the book was written against the belief in witches, to show that witchcraft did not exist. Part of its content exposed how feats of magic were done, and the book is often deemed the first textbook on conjuring. Moreover, the book contains a small section which describes how the charlatans were able to fool the public and why the prosecutions of the accused were unwarranted for and un-Christian. The author also provocatively held the Roman church responsible to the prosecutions. The book became highly popular as an exhaustive encyclopaedia of contemporary beliefs about witchcraft, spirits, alchemy, magic, and legerdemain. William Shakespeare also drew from his study of Scots book hints for his picture of the witches in Macbeth, and Thomas Middleton in his play of The Witch likewise was indebted to this source.

The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895. The work is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle or device to travel purposely and selectively forward or backward through time. The term "time machine", coined by Wells, is now almost universally used to refer to such a vehicle or device.

Based on the true story written by the protagonist who has finally been able to reveal the facts, now that 30 years have passed since these events took place."Imprescindible". (A must-read) - Carlos Herrera"Una novela en la que todo es verdad." ( A novel in which everything is true)- Gerardo Granada La Razon"Vibrante. Rocha bebe de sus experiencias reales, y las expone a los ojos del lector con un alto indice de verosimilitud." (Vibrant. Rocha drinks from his true experiences and reveals them to the eyes of the reader with a high level of authenticity) - Juan Bolea, El Periodico"Una historia muchisimo mas grande de lo que el propio autor cree". ( A story much larger than the author even realizes) - Angel Exposito, COPEOn April 15, 1986, after a wave of attacks against Western interestsbacked by Muammar al-Gaddafi, President Ronald Reagan launched the execution of Operation El Dorado Canyon with the intention of putting an end to the Libyan dictator. Not one NATO country gave military support to this operation. Facing precarious means, the CIA requested the aid of Spain. Under complete secrecy, the CESID brought a Spanish agent to Libya in order to locate Gaddafi. He would end up becoming the only source of information on earth.This is his story.