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Heartache and hardship in London’s East End, from the bestselling author of The Orphans of Halfpenny StreetBridget has always been the one to take on the responsibility for looking after her family. With a drunken, violent mother, an unemployed broth…
Heartache and hardship in London’s East End, from the bestselling author of The Orphans of Halfpenny StreetBridget has always been the one to take on the responsibility for looking after her family. With a drunken, violent mother, an unemployed broth…
Former mean girl Dixie Davis is back in town and it's payback time. Literally. Dixie is flat broke and her best–make that only–friend, Landon, is throwing her a lifeline from the Great Beyond. Dixie stands to inherit his business…if she meets a few c…
Former mean girl Dixie Davis is back in town and it's payback time. Literally. Dixie is flat broke and her best–make that only–friend, Landon, is throwing her a lifeline from the Great Beyond. Dixie stands to inherit his business…if she meets a few c…
A story of grim comedy amid the apocalypse and a celebration of the sheer indestructibility of the human spirit in a nation run riot: Michela Wrong’s vision of Congo/Zaire during the Mobutu years is incisive, ironic and revelatory.Mr Kurtz, the colon…
A story of grim comedy amid the apocalypse and a celebration of the sheer indestructibility of the human spirit in a nation run riot: Michela Wrong’s vision of Congo/Zaire during the Mobutu years is incisive, ironic and revelatory.Mr Kurtz, the colon…
Due to the level of detail, maps are best viewed on a tablet.The history of the African Association, the world’s first geographical society, dedicated to the exploration of the interior of a continent known only through legend and vague report.Africa…
Due to the level of detail, maps are best viewed on a tablet.The history of the African Association, the world’s first geographical society, dedicated to the exploration of the interior of a continent known only through legend and vague report.Africa…
A revised and expanded reissue containing over 1,200 brain-teasing questions on the legendary works of J.R.R. Tolkien, published to coincide with the release of the third and final The Lord of The Rings movie.How many Hobbits joined the Fellowship of…
A revised and expanded reissue containing over 1,200 brain-teasing questions on the legendary works of J.R.R. Tolkien, published to coincide with the release of the third and final The Lord of The Rings movie.How many Hobbits joined the Fellowship of…
A secret hidden for fifty years is about to be brought to light in Michelle Vernal’s dazzling new novel The Traveller's Daughter!Her mother’s secret…For fifty years Rosa kept the secrets of her past hidden from her beloved daughter, Kitty. The hurt a…
A secret hidden for fifty years is about to be brought to light in Michelle Vernal’s dazzling new novel The Traveller's Daughter!Her mother’s secret…For fifty years Rosa kept the secrets of her past hidden from her beloved daughter, Kitty. The hurt a…
Иван Ульянович Басаргин (1930–1976), замечательный сибирский самобытный писатель, несмотря на недолгую жизнь, успел оставить заметный след в отечественной литературе.
Уже его первое крупное произведение – роман «Дикие пчелы» – стало событием в советс…
Иван Ульянович Басаргин (1930–1976), замечательный сибирский самобытный писатель, несмотря на недолгую жизнь, успел оставить заметный след в отечественной литературе.
Уже его первое крупное произведение – роман «Дикие пчелы» – стало событием в советс…
полная версияВремя рассказать вам о страшной аварии, где молодая пара понесла утрату. Виноват таксист, но его не судят. Почему же так? Разберёмся. История рассказывает про то, какой путь преодолеет тот самый таксист, чтобы доказать свою невиновность.
Время рассказать вам о страшной аварии, где молодая пара понесла утрату. Виноват таксист, но его не судят. Почему же так? Разберёмся. История рассказывает про то, какой путь преодолеет тот самый таксист, чтобы доказать свою невиновность.
He will expose her as the criminal he seeks, or seduce her as the woman he desires…An old maid—that's all Lady Christina McMorlan, daughter to the Duke of Forres, is to society now that she's past thirty. She hosts her father's parties and cares for …
He will expose her as the criminal he seeks, or seduce her as the woman he desires…An old maid—that's all Lady Christina McMorlan, daughter to the Duke of Forres, is to society now that she's past thirty. She hosts her father's parties and cares for …
Dissolute aristocrat Lord Valiant Oakenhurst hides a sexy, supernatural secret – as a powerful incubus, he is able to influence others through erotic dreams. At an exclusive Christmas house party, his latest mission is compromised by the beautiful bu…
Dissolute aristocrat Lord Valiant Oakenhurst hides a sexy, supernatural secret – as a powerful incubus, he is able to influence others through erotic dreams. At an exclusive Christmas house party, his latest mission is compromised by the beautiful bu…
Anglesey Coast, AD 995.As one of the spoils of war, Welsh princess Eva filia Madoc belongs to his brother. But when the beguiling grey-eyed beauty demands that Reinn Geirsson take her with him when he leaves her father’s conquered stronghold, he cann…
Anglesey Coast, AD 995.As one of the spoils of war, Welsh princess Eva filia Madoc belongs to his brother. But when the beguiling grey-eyed beauty demands that Reinn Geirsson take her with him when he leaves her father’s conquered stronghold, he cann…
RIORDAN BARRETT: LAST RAKE STANDING With his comrade rakes-in-arms succumbing to respectability, anyone might think that wicked Riordan Barrett is next. But such happy endings aren’t for him – the whole of society knows there isn’t a redeemable bone …
RIORDAN BARRETT: LAST RAKE STANDING With his comrade rakes-in-arms succumbing to respectability, anyone might think that wicked Riordan Barrett is next. But such happy endings aren’t for him – the whole of society knows there isn’t a redeemable bone …
SHE MIGHT GRACE HIS BED, BUT SHE WILL NEVER WEAR HIS RING They whisper her name in the ballroom’s shadows – the Marquis’s mistress! It will take all of Alice Sweetly’s renowned acting skills to play this part: smile until it no longer hurts, until th…
SHE MIGHT GRACE HIS BED, BUT SHE WILL NEVER WEAR HIS RING They whisper her name in the ballroom’s shadows – the Marquis’s mistress! It will take all of Alice Sweetly’s renowned acting skills to play this part: smile until it no longer hurts, until th…
A marriage to save them both…Among the responses Cassandra Hamilton receives to her advertizement as a mail-order bride, one stands out–Jack McColton's. The last time she saw him, she was a carefree girl, but tragedy has made her a cautious woman.Jac…
A marriage to save them both…Among the responses Cassandra Hamilton receives to her advertizement as a mail-order bride, one stands out–Jack McColton's. The last time she saw him, she was a carefree girl, but tragedy has made her a cautious woman.Jac…
SEDUCING THE CAPTAINIt would be unwise to mistake me for an innocent debutante – for years I have graced the smoky gloom of many a billiards club and honed my skills at my father’s side. But now he has a new protégé – a Captain Greer Barrington – and…
SEDUCING THE CAPTAINIt would be unwise to mistake me for an innocent debutante – for years I have graced the smoky gloom of many a billiards club and honed my skills at my father’s side. But now he has a new protégé – a Captain Greer Barrington – and…
A Malayan White Mischief.‘On Sunday, 23 April 1911, Ethel Proudlock attended Mass at St Mary’s Church in Kuala Lumpur. She was well-liked at St Mary’s. She helped with jumble sales and had recently joined the choir. After Mass, the vicar’s wife invit…
A Malayan White Mischief.‘On Sunday, 23 April 1911, Ethel Proudlock attended Mass at St Mary’s Church in Kuala Lumpur. She was well-liked at St Mary’s. She helped with jumble sales and had recently joined the choir. After Mass, the vicar’s wife invit…
The eccentric story of one of the most bizarre marriages in the history of British business: the invention of the world's first office computer and the Lyons Teashop.The Lyons teashops were one of the great British institutions, providing a cup of te…
The eccentric story of one of the most bizarre marriages in the history of British business: the invention of the world's first office computer and the Lyons Teashop.The Lyons teashops were one of the great British institutions, providing a cup of te…
Family trees are best viewed on a tablet.A brilliant history of the succession of James I of England, and the shifting power and lethal politics that brought him to the throne.In the dawn of the 17th-century when Mary Queen of Scots was dead and Eliz…
Family trees are best viewed on a tablet.A brilliant history of the succession of James I of England, and the shifting power and lethal politics that brought him to the throne.In the dawn of the 17th-century when Mary Queen of Scots was dead and Eliz…
The history of Renaissance France is rich and varied.The Renaissance in France, as elsewhere in Europe, saw glory crowned amidst conflict and squalor. At the beginning of the sixteenth century, France seemed set to become the most powerful nation of …
The history of Renaissance France is rich and varied.The Renaissance in France, as elsewhere in Europe, saw glory crowned amidst conflict and squalor. At the beginning of the sixteenth century, France seemed set to become the most powerful nation of …
Середина XVIII века в Европе была отмечена сильнейшим кризисом, который трансформировал систему международных отношений на континенте. Одним из результатов нескольких тяжёлых военных конфликтов стало ослабление в Германии позиций Австрии и становлени…
Середина XVIII века в Европе была отмечена сильнейшим кризисом, который трансформировал систему международных отношений на континенте. Одним из результатов нескольких тяжёлых военных конфликтов стало ослабление в Германии позиций Австрии и становлени…