Winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize'One of the most shamefully under-read great British authors of the past 100 years' Sarah WatersThe poet Sylvia Townsend Warner rose to sudden fame with the publication of her classic feminist novel Lolly Willowes in 1926, but never became a conventional member of London literary life, pursuing instead a long writing career in her own individualistic manner. Cheerfully defying social norms of the day,...

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"Informed and informative . . . a meticulous example of outstanding scholarship, and an inherently fascinating read." — Midwest Book ReviewEdward II is famously one of England's most unsuccessful kings, as utterly different from his warlike father Edward I as any man possibly could be, and the first English king to suffer the fate of deposition. Highly unconventional, even eccentric, he was an intriguing personality, and his reign of nineteen and a half ye...

A spicy, sweet, and emotionally satisfying collection of stories by award-winning sapphic romance author Tiana Warner."Our lips meet in a gentle, teasing kiss. It's the kiss I've dreamed about since we met, and it's better than I imagined. Her lips are full, her taste is sweet, and it sends a tingle all the way through me."Indulge in this collection of 16+ sapphic short stories. These spicy and sweet romances will take you from a pirate town in the Caribbean to a modern-day...

We live in an electronic world. Electronic sounds and electronic music have long permeated our sonic landscape. What began as the otherworldly sounds of the film score for the 1956 film Forbidden Planet and the rarefied, new timbres of Stockhausen’s Kontakte a few years later, is now a common soundscape in technology, media and an array of musical genres and subgenres. More people than ever before can produce and listen to electronic music, from isolated experimenters, classical and jazz m...

The Boxcar Children are going to summer camp and are looking forward to a week of new friends, exciting activities, and, most of all, the annual camp Olympics. As soon as camp begins, everything begins to go wrong for the Aldens—they lose their luggage, the camp flag disappears from Henry's cabin, and campers on the other team use one of Jessie's ideas to score points for themselves. Are some campers so desperate to win the Olympics that they are willing to cheat?

The Special Air Service (The SAS) are perhaps the Special Forces Regiment. With an almost unparalled experience and a rich history that is encapsulated by their motto ‘Who Dares Wins’. The story which follows is not of course a complete account of all the deeds of this remarkable regiment. If such a record could be compiled it would require several volumes and, even then, there would be gaps because some of those who took part in the early raids are dead or untraceable, and many of the later...

"Being A Boy" is Charles Dudley Warner's profound and entertaining memoir of his childhood spent growing up on a Massachusetts farm. Contents include: "Being a Boy", "The Boy as a Farmer", "The Delights of Farming", "No Farming Without a Boy", "The Boy's Sunday", "The Grindstone of Life", "Fiction and Sentiment", "The Coming of Thanksgiving", "The Season of Pumpkin-pie", "First Experience of the World", "Home Inventions", "The Lonely Farmhouse", etc. Charles Dudley Warner (September 12, 18...

Many young believers want to tell others about their relationship with Jesus but aren’t sure how to begin or can become rattled by questions. In fact, many young believers have their own questions about Christianity and struggle to find answers.Detective J. Warner Wallace helps kids develop good investigative skills, so they can navigate tough questions about faith and share what they’ve learned with others.As in their other Case Makers Academy books, J. Warner and Susie Wa...

In "How Spring Came in New England," Charles Dudley Warner offers a poignant exploration of the seasonal transition from winter to spring in the New England countryside. Through lyrical prose and vivid imagery, Warner masterfully captures the rejuvenation of nature, employing a blend of observational detail and philosophical reflection that intertwines the beauty of the landscape with the emotional resonance of change. Set against the backdrop of the mid-19th century, a period marked by ro...

Overcome Your Thirst reveals a unique parallel between the life of the Woman at the Well in Scripture and life in this present time. Although the events of this familiar story happened back in Bible times, the book reveals some underlying truths that are still both present and relevant in the lives of so many people today. Overcome Your Thirst is designed to take its readers on a life-changing journey that would unveil the deeply rooted yearnings in their lives, unmask the exhaustion of te...

What draws visitors to Monhegan-a small island off mid-coast Maine? It is not just the island's timeless atmosphere and beauty but the quality of the light that has always been a magnet to artists and photographers, as well as to vacationers. Now nature photographer and writer Mark Warner has produced a keepsake-cum-guidebook that is a must-have for anyone who visits-or dreams of visiting-one of Maine's most fabled islands.