Museums and collecting is now a major area of cultural studies. This selected group of key texts opens the investigation and appreciation of museum history. Edward Edwards, chief pioneer of municipal public libraries, chronicles the founders and early donors to the British Museum. Greenwood and Murray provide informative pictures of the early history of the museum movement. Sir William Flower, Director of the British Museum (Natural History), takes a pioneering philosophical approach to th...

Museums and collecting is now a major area of cultural studies. This selected group of key texts opens the investigation and appreciation of museum history. Edward Edwards, chief pioneer of municipal public libraries, chronicles the founders and early donors to the British Museum. Greenwood and Murray provide informative pictures of the early history of the museum movement. Sir William Flower, Director of the British Museum (Natural History), takes a pioneering philosophical approach to th...

The Princess Pat: The central character of the story is Princess Patricia, a member of a royal family who finds herself in danger due to political unrest and personal conflict. She must navigate a series of obstacles that threaten both her life and her status. The novel follows her daring escape, showcasing her resourcefulness and determination as she attempts to avoid capture or worse.Historical Setting: Set during a period of political and social upheaval, the novel is grounded in a real...

For up-and-coming Formula One engineer Jack Pressley-Coombes, there is nothing better than the smell of rubber and the roar of a race car engine. When he witnesses a crash at the first international Grand Prix of the season, Jack makes a shocking discovery: his design is on a competitor’s car.To keep Davis Racing Ltd., his British Formula One employer, from closing its doors, Jack goes undercover for MI6 to ferret out the company saboteur. When the investigation interferes with his...

The collection starts with The Now Time, a poem I wrote in an effort to comprehend Time in relation to Self, and to propose advice to myself and the world about the magic of living in the moment. The next poem, Image of Self, gives meaning to true Image development. Further on, I write of personal experiences in a creative story-telling style. I offer romance in The Nature of Love, while Heart and Soul also tells of three characters Heart, Soul and Princess and how they work out their diff...

An entertaining and inspirational memoir by one of the most prominent practitioners and evangelists of independent filmmaking, and the acclaimed writer, director, and actor (Saving Private Ryan, Friends with Kids, Entourage) whose first film—The Brothers McMullen—has become an indie classic.At the age of twenty-five, Ed Burns directed and produced his first film on a tiny $25,000 budget. The Brothers McMullen went on to win the G...

The Classic History of Rome’s Fall From Glory inan Unparalleled Abridgment and ReintroductionFew historical works encompass the pathos, drama, and meticulous detail of Edward Gibbon’s extraordinary record of Rome’s demise, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, which the English historian issued in six volumes from 1776 to 1789.In 1962, classics scholar Moses Hadas produced an extraordinary—and long out-of-print—modern abri...

Discover the science-based secrets to reducing workplace stress, building unwavering resilience, and achieving success through the power of conversation.Technology, isolation, and increasing demands for productivity are making the workplace a hotbed for stress-it's no surprise employees are abandoning traumatic workplaces in unprecedented numbers.Ed Beltran,the CEO of a powerhouse leadership communication company, believes the antidote to stressed-out workp...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The salem witch trials took place in colonial massachusetts from the beginning of 1692 to mid-1693. The trails where a series of hearings, prosecutions, and executions of people, primarily women, accused of witchcraft. More than 200 people were accused and roughly 20 people were executed, however many more died in similar witch-hunts and trials before 1692 and after 1693.Although witch-hunts and trials of this n...

Why cracking the code of human conception took centuries of wild theories, misogynist blunders, and ludicrous mistakesThroughout most of human history, babies were surprises. People knew the basics: men and women had sex, and sometimes babies followed. But beyond that the origins of life were a colossal mystery. The Seeds of Life is the remarkable and rollicking story of how a series of blundering geniuses and brilliant amateurs struggled for two centuries...

A teenage girl clashes with her new stepmother in this debut thriller with an unforgettable twist‘A pile-up of devastating plot twists’ Bernardine Evaristo, author of Booker-winning Girl, Woman, Other‘Dark, deep, thought-provoking. Go and read it!’ Adele Parks‘Similar in spirit to We Need to Talk About Kevin’ Sunday Times‘Genuinely unputdownable’ Clare Fisher, author of A...

A remarkable discussion with a woman who hears "signature sounds" emitted from other people's bodies--it's "the sound missing from their voice," she says. These sounds, when sung back to them, seem to have miraculous, documented healing powers in a multitude of "hopeless" medical situations.