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This collection of short stories, by celebrated New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield, was first published in 1920. Many of Mansfield’s short stories explore New Zealand landscapes and identity, and her work has been a shaping force in the short story genre. CONTENTS: Prelude - Je ne Parle...

The Dove’s Nest and Other Stories is a collection of both finished and unfinished short stories written by Katherine Mansfield. The collection was published posthumously, not long after Mansfield’s death in 1923, by her husband, John Middleton Murry. CONTENTS: Introductory Note - The...

A gripping psychological thriller from top 50 bestselling author J A Baker! Every parent's worst nightmare... When five-year-old Leo disappears after leaving school, it sets a chain of events in motion that will change the lives of the local residents forever. Ashton committed a terrible crime...

The gripping psychological thriller from bestselling author J.A. Baker Jackson and Lydia Hemsworth are pillars of the community, feted for having the perfect marriage and three wonderful children – Florence, Jessica and Ezra. But appearances can be deceptive. Because behind closed doors...

The runaway bestseller about new starts and the power of friendship - guaranteed to make you smile. Viv, Janet and Zelda know all about facing the wobbly first year of becoming a widow as their friendship was forged when they ran away from the same dreary support group. Forming instead the much...

Un vieillard et son teckel coulant des jours paisibles jusqu’à l’arrivée de nouveaux voisins. Un père et une mère de famille ne remettant jamais en question leurs paroles ou leurs agissements devant leur unique enfant. Une « princesse de Monaco » qui n’attend qu’un signe pour enclencher les rouages du destin. Un gardien prêt à « offrir » son temps et à donner des leçons sans compter. Avec Le Bonhomme Sept Heures, l’auteur Yvan Godbout s’éloigne de la noirceur et des horreurs de ses contes précédents pour explorer un univers à la lisière du fantastique.

Un entrepreneur dévoré par les ténèbres, à la recherche d’une lumière pour lancer son projet. Une femme d’affaires déterminée à obtenir l’objet de ses désirs. Trois cavaliers s’abreuvant de la misère humaine. Un repaire secret où la mort se vend au prix du marché. Parfois sorcière, parfois ogresse, mais habitant toujours sa singulière hutte à pattes de poules, Baba Yaga apparaît dans de nombreux contes russes.

In this funny Regency romance series, the Shackleford sisters descend on a Regency society that doesn’t know what’s hit it… While Charity Shackleford might be considered far more outspoken than her twin sister Chastity, she was much less inclined to make a complete cake of herself...

In Navigating The VA, Raï extends a guiding hand to veterans transitioning to civilian life. Raï’s narrative is one of wisdom, empathy, and invaluable insight - a beacon amidst the uncertainties that often accompany life post-service. This engaging listen takes you through an exploration of uncharted territories, revealing the hidden gems that can enrich your new journey. Raï emphasizes the profound power of connections, offering strategies to foster relationships that could prove transformative in this novel phase of life.

…Un homme au bord du gouffre à la recherche d’un vieil ami disparu. La dangereuse manie d’un maître chanteur à se faire trop d’ennemis pour son propre bien. L’obsession d’un peintre misanthrope reproduisant la même toile, encore et encore. Un neurochirurgien retraité fasciné par la cryptozoologie et qui préfère vivre en marge de la société. La légende d’un cavalier fantôme hantant depuis des siècles le pittoresque village de Val-Dormant…

When my ex-boyfriend sends me his wedding invitation eight months after breaking up with me, and the bride expects me to be in the wedding party, it's time for my tried-and-tested party trick: disappearing. And nowhere is better to escape to than the cozy English Cotswolds in the middle of December. Everything goes according to plan until I arrive in the Cotswolds. Snow is more slippery than I expected, my room is nothing like the listing described, and my pub owner landlord—well, he steps directly from my lumberjack fantasies and into my heart.

The Garden Party and Other Stories was published in 1922. A collection of fifteen short stories, it explores themes including life and death, gender and family roles, relationships and duty. CONTENTS: Introduction to Katherine Mansfield, written and read by Susannah Fullerton “At the Bay”...

New England, 1992. Sophie’s hand trembles as she places the birthday card on to the creamy wood of her dresser – this one postmarked from far away, and signed with a name she’s never forgotten, despite their years apart. Downstairs, guests wait around a colourful pile of gifts – Happy 90th Birthday, Sophie! But Sophie has a gift of her own to give today – a tattered collection of photographs she’s never shown anybody. Holding it to her heart, a single tear slides down her wrinkled cheek.

‘What a brilliant premise for a novel! Julia’s writing is a sparkling delight.’ Sophie Hannah The beginning of Janet, Viv and Zelda’s friendship could not have been less promising… Navigating their new lives as widows, the three women venture to the same dreary bereavement group in a...

For two sisters, confronting the past could come at a terrible price in a riveting novel about a family tragedy—and family secrets—by the #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author Elle Marr. Fiona and Violet Seng were just children when their family’s Cessna crash-landed in the Washington...

Think today's anti-abortion ideas are rooted in religious prohibitions or arguments about where life begins? Wrong: today's anti-abortion movements is largely financed and planned by far-right extremists. Many of them are avowedly fascist and white supremacist, afraid of a "great replacement" of the world's white population by other races, who are working hard to reshape governments and policies across Europe, North America, and around the world. Much of this far-right organizing and funding network, however, has been overlooked by today's feminist and left movements.

Heroines in History: A Thousand Faces moves beyond stories of individual heroines, taking a thematic, synthesizing, and global in scope approach to challenge previous understandings of heroines in history. Responding to Joseph Campbell's Hero with a Thousand Faces, Katie Pickles explores the idea of a transcultural heroine archetype that recurs through time. Each chapter addresses an archetypal theme important for heroines in history. 

The aspects of Anne Boleyn's life and death are fiercely debated by historians, yet her ladies-in-waiting remain an understudied topic. Much emphasis is usually put on Anne's relationships with the men in her life: her suitors, her royal husband, her father and brother, and her putative lovers who were executed on May 17, 1536. By concentrating on a previously neglected area of Anne Boleyn's female household, this book seeks to identify the women who served Anne and investigate what roles ladies-in-waiting played in this Queen's household.

Human. Weak. Sick. That’s what I’ve been told I am all my life. But when magic hunters attack the castle where I’ve been kept hidden since birth, I discover my whole world is built on lies. Because the hunters are after me. Running for my life, I’m rescued by four dangerously handsome...

A Socialite in Disguise Seeks Truth and Justice Collect a new series of six historical romances. When life seems weighed down by challenges, there are always pillars of enduring hope and love to be discovered. Henrietta “Etta” Maxwell, heiress to the Maxwell fortune, is a hard-hitting...