Fire Sparkling
An Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller. From the USA Today bestselling author of A Curve in the Road comes a spellbinding novel about one woman's love, loss, and courage during wartime. After a crushing betrayal by the man she loves, Gill...
These Tangled Vines
From the USA Today bestselling author of A Curve in the Road comes a sweeping and captivating tale of one woman's journey to the lush vineyards of Tuscany-and into the mysteries of a tragic family secret. If Fiona has learned anything in life, it'...
All Our Beautiful Goodbyes
From USA Today bestselling author Julianne MacLean comes an epic tale of unrequited love that is by turns breathtaking, heartbreaking—and utterly unforgettable. 1946: World War II is over, and Emma Clarkson is poised to take flight. With dreams of attending university, she’s ready to leave behind the wild beauty of Sable Island, the only home she’s ever known. But when a handsome British sea captain is rescued from a nearby shipwreck, her destiny is forever changed. Emma falls deeply in love with Oliver Harris, but their romance is not meant to be. Oliver returns to the sea, while Emma vows to forget him and pursue her own ambitions. When a handsome veterinarian arrives on the island to study the wild horses, Emma finds love again, but soon discovers that all is not as it seems… 1995: Mourning the death of her beloved grandmother, Joanna Griffin is shocked to learn that her grandfather once loved a young woman named Emma, but lies, betrayals, and catastrophic events separated them
Burden of Visual Truth
As the visual component of contemporary media has overtaken the verbal, visual reportage has established a unique and extremely significant role in 21st-century culture. Julianne Newton has prepared this comprehensive analysis of the development o...
Behind the Mask of Chivalry
On Thanksgiving night, 1915, a small band of hooded men gathered atop Stone Mountain, an imposing granite butte just outside Atlanta. With a flag fluttering in the wind beside them, a Bible open to the twelfth chapter of Romans, and a flaming cros...
Death of Sally Song
Juggling her job, her family, her friends, and worries about her future, keeps the inquisitive - some would say kaypoh - bookshop assistant Mei busy, but when a customer is murdered, she needs to know why. Taking lessons from her favourite mysteri...
Tend to Your Spirit
A powerful spiritual companion on your journey through the seasons of chronic illness. Living with chronic illness has many challenges, and the journey is not just a physical one. Tend to Your Spirit is a companion for this emotional and spiritual journey, offering tools to help readers practice self-compassion and self-care. With candor and vulnerability, spiritual leaders Julianne Lepp and Florence Caplow, themselves living with long-term illness, offer insights and practices that can benefit anyone facing the emotional impact of a new or ongoing condition. Structured metaphorically around the four seasons, each chapter is devoted to a particular aspect of life with chronic illness, such as grief, hope, perseverance, anger, comfort, and finding connection. Interviews and quotes from people with chronic illness of all ages and backgrounds help readers feel less alone. Spiritual resources, including poetry, practices, meditations, playlists, journaling exercises, and discussion
Edenbrooke and Heir to Edenbrooke Collector's Edition
This hardcover gift edition pairs the bestselling, Edenbrooke, with the never before published novelette, Heir to Edenbrooke which is the prequel to the story, told from the point of view of the dashing suitor of Edenbrooke. Marianne Daventry will do anything to escape the boredom of Bath and the amorous attentions of an unwanted suitor. So when an invitation arrives from her twin sister, Cecily, to join her at a sprawling country estate, she jumps at the chance. Thinking she'll be able to relax and enjoy her beloved English countryside while her sister snags the handsome heir of Edenbrooke, Marianne finds that even the best laid plans can go awry. From a terrifying run-in with a highwayman to a seemingly harmless flirtation, Marianne finds herself embroiled in an unexpected adventure filled with enough romance and intrigue to keep her mind racing. Will Marianne be able to rein in her traitorous heart, or will a mysterious stranger sweep her off her feet? Fate had something other than
Blackmoore
Kate Worthington känner sig själv och vet att hon aldrig kommer att gifta sig. Hon är rastlös och drömmer om att resa till Indien, mest för att komma ifrån sin trångsynta familj. Men det här är England på 1820-talet och det är inte lätt för en kvinna att resa ensam runt jorden. Kates mamma bestämmer att hon ska få resa om hon först får tre män att fria till henne. Kate åker till Blackmoore med ambitionen att snabbt förvrida huvudet på tre män och tacka nej till deras frierier. Men i Blackmoores vackra omgivningar blir inget som Kate har tänkt sig. Kanske är den man hon bestämt sig för att avvisa i själva verket den som skulle kunna göra henne fri?»Suggestiv och uppslukande romance.« Publisher s Weekly"En underbar Regency-roman. Betyg: 5 av 5." AustenproseJULIANNE DONALDSON är en amerikansk författare som fått en stor skara trogna läsare med sina hittills tre romanceböcker. Hon debuterade med den prisbelönta Edenbrooke. Julianne Donaldson bor med sin familj i Utah.
Jungle House
A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 SHORTLISTED FOR THE KITSCHIES RED TENTACLE AWARD 2023 'Stylish, beautiful and strange' Jessie Greengrass As featured on BBC Open Book: 'poses questions about whether we can love AI and whether AI could love us...
Edenbrooke
Låt dig svepas med av en härlig historisk romans!Marianne Daventry är olycklig. Hennes mor har omkommit i en olycka och hennes far har i djup sorg flytt till Frankrike och placerat ut sina tvillingdöttrar hos släktingar. Marianne är hos sin mormor i Bath och systern Cecily är hos en kusin i London. Marianne längtar efter sin syster och när Cecily erbjuder henne att följa med till en väninnas herrgård på landet, Edenbrooke, blir hon överlycklig. Föga anar hon att det kommer blir en dramatisk sommar som för alltid kommer att förändra hennes liv.JULIANNE DONALDSON är en amerikansk författare som fått en stor skara trogna läsare med sina hittills tre romanceböcker. Edenbrooke är hennes prisbelönta, bästsäljande debutroman. Julianne Donaldsson bor med sin familj i Utah.»Den här vackra kärlekshistorien kommer att värma ditt hjärta.« Publishers Weekly, Starred Review»Fans av Jane Austen och historisk romance kommer att älska den här finstämda romantiska berättelsen.« Brazen Bookworm
The Anthill
A dark and unsettling debut novel from one of the most innovative young fiction writers today - a searing and affecting depiction of what redemption can be for a person and for a country in the wake of conflict. 'An engrossing tale of a young woman's return to her roots in the troubled streets of Medellin.' Sunday Times 'A brilliant, feverishly imaginative novel.' Sharlene Teo
Cinema and Social Change in Latin America
Since the late 1960s, films from Latin America have won widening audiences in North America and Europe. Until now, no single book has offered an introduction to the diverse personalities and practices that make up this important regional film move...
Autonomy, Informed Consent and Medical Law
Alasdair Maclean analyses the ethical basis for consent to medical treatment, providing both an extensive reconsideration of the ethical issues and a detailed examination of English law. Importantly, the analysis is given a context by situating co...
Heartbreaker
New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean follows her highly acclaimed Bombshell with Heartbreaker, featuring a fierce, fearless heroine on a mission to steal a duke's secrets...and his heart. A Tempting Thief Raised among London's most notorious criminals, a twist of fate landed Adelaide Frampton in the bright ballrooms of Mayfair, where she masquerades as a quiet wallflower--so plain and unassuming that no one realizes she's the Matchbreaker...using her superior skills as a thief to help unwilling brides avoid the altar, all while hiding her own scandalous past. A Powerful Duke Henry Carrington, Duke of Clayborn, has spent a lifetime living in perfection and has no time for the scandals that arise every time Adelaide ends another groom. His own reputation is impeccable--and the last thing he needs is a frustrating, fascinating woman discovering the truth of his past, or the secrets he holds close. A Perfect Match When the two find themselves on a breakneck journey across
Head Lopper Volume 1: The Island or a Plague of Beasts
The Head Lopper, Norgal, and the nagging severed head of Agatha Blue Witch arrive on the Isle of Barra to find it overrun with beasts; minions of the Sorcerer of the Black Bog. When Queen Abigail hires Norgal and Agatha to slay the Sorcerer, our h...
Brazen and the Beast
New York Times Bestselling Author Sarah MacLean returns with the next book in the Bareknuckle Bastards series about three brothers bound by a secret that they cannot escape--and the women who bring them to their knees. The Lady's Plan When Lady Henrietta Sedley declares her twenty-ninth year her own, she has plans to inherit her father's business, to make her own fortune, and to live her own life. But first, she intends to experience a taste of the pleasure she'll forgo as a confirmed spinster. Everything is going perfectly...until she discovers the most beautiful man she's ever seen tied up in her carriage and threatening to ruin the Year of Hattie before it's even begun. The Bastard's Proposal When he wakes in a carriage at Hattie's feet, Whit, a king of Covent Garden known to all the world as Beast, can't help but wonder about the strange woman who frees him--especially when he discovers she's headed for a night of pleasure . . . on his turf. He is more than happy to offer Hattie
Silent Summer
Over the past 20 years dramatic declines have taken place in UK insect populations. Eventually, such declines must have knock-on effects for other animals, especially high profile groups such as birds and mammals. This authoritative, yet accessibl...
A Less Green and Pleasant Land
Disentangling the facts from the hype, this 'Domesday book' of the British and Irish countryside offers a definitive and up-to-date survey of the state of our wildlife today. Norman Maclean, editor of the bestselling Silent Summer, examines the la...
Kingship and Politics in the Late Ninth Century
This is a major study of the collapse of the pan-European Carolingian empire and the reign of its last ruler, Charles III 'the Fat' (876-888). The later decades of the empire are conventionally seen as a dismal period of decline and fall, scarred ...
Freed Slaves and Roman Imperial Culture
During the transition from Republic to Empire, the Roman aristocracy adapted traditional values to accommodate the advent of monarchy. Freed Slaves and Roman Imperial Culture examines the ways in which members of the elite appropriated strategies ...
Knockout
New York Times bestselling author Sarah MacLean returns with the next Hell's Belles novel about a chaotic bluestocking and the buttoned-up detective enlisted to keep her out of trouble (spoiler: She is the trouble). With her headful of wild curls and wilder ideas and an unabashed love of experiments and explosives, society has labeled Lady Imogen Loveless peculiar...and doesn't know she's one of the Hell's Belles--a group of vigilantes operating outside the notice of most of London. Thomas Peck is not most of London. The brilliant detective fought his way off the streets and into a promising career through sheer force of will and a keen ability to see things others miss, like the fact that Imogen isn't peculiar...she's pandemonium. If you ask him, she requires a keeper. When her powerful family discovers her late-night activities, they couldn't agree more...and they know just the man for the task. Thomas wants nothing to do with guarding Imogen. He is a grown man with a proper job and
Head Lopper Volume 2: Head Lopper and the Crimson Tower
In a quiet region of the world, an ancient evil stirs. The CRIMSON TOWER is awake! Blood has not wet its face for an age, but the tower runs red once more. Warriors from distant lands are drawn to its gate with revenge, or glory, in their hearts. ...
Head Lopper Volume 3: Head Lopper & The Knights of Venora
Norgal and Agatha have come to the city of Venoriah, finding it in utter chaos. The great egg at the center of the walled city has begun to crack. Goblins gather in the field, pike and spear in hand, to welcome their hatching doomsday god. The Swo...
Autonomy, Informed Consent and Medical Law
Alasdair Maclean analyses the ethical basis for consent to medical treatment, providing both an extensive reconsideration of the ethical issues and a detailed examination of English law. Importantly, the analysis is given a context by situating co...
Young Men and Fire
When Norman Maclean sent the manuscript of A River Runs through It to New York publishers, he received a slew of rejections. One editor, so the story goes, replied, "It has trees in it." Forty years later, the title novella is widely rec...
River Runs Through It
From its first magnificent sentence, "In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing", to the last, "I am haunted by waters", A River Runs Through It is an American classic. Based on Norman Maclean's ch...
ApocalyptiGirl: An Aria for the End Times (Second Edition)
Apocalyptigirl: An Aria For The End Times (second Edition)
These Summer Storms
A sexy, sharp, big summer read about a hugely wealthy family forced together on a private island after the death of their patriarch. Succession meets Knives out, with big emotions and a bonus love story
Re-Orienting the Renaissance
This book explores how the Renaissance entailed a global exchange of goods, skills and ideas between East and West. In chapters ranging from Ottoman history to Venetian publishing, from portraits of St George to Arab philosophy, from cannibalism t...
Island on the Edge of the World
For more than two thousand years the people of St Kilda remained remote from the world. Their society was viable, utopian even; but in the nineteenth century the islands were discovered by missionaries, do-gooders and tourists, who brought with th...