The Holiday meets Lost in Austen, with a sprinkling of Bridgerton steam…'A fun, fresh take on a Regency romcom that had me alternately cackling and swooning from the first page right up to the last' VIRGINIA HEATH'If, like me, you're desperately searching for something to scratch that Bridgerton itch, this captivating novel from Helen Gaskell is sure to hit the spot…A

An inspirational step-by-step guide to Taking Charge of Your Life and Unlocking Your Full Potential.Due to the level of detail, quizzes and illustrations are best viewed on a tablet.How do you feel about life at the moment? Restless? Uncomfortable? Dissatisfied? Bored? The good news is that it is well within your power to change things, and this book will point you firmly in the right direction.Transforming your life is about accepting who you are, where you’ve been...

This volume is made up of a series of sketches describing the most interesting part of a bicycle journey around the world,--our ride across Asia. We were actuated by no desire to make a "record" in bicycle travel, although we covered 15,044 miles on the wheel, the longest continuous land journey ever made around the world.

This book covers wreck law as an integrated whole, going beyond the question of "removal" to include issues such as the ownership of wreck and how the law deals with the many commercial law problems arising after ships have been wrecked during the maritime commercial adventure.The book offers authoritative guidance on the genesis and meaning of the Nairobi Wreck Removal Convention 2007, and the interpretation of its often-complex provisions as they apply both to States trying to us...

What can be done to improve the educational experiences of students who live in cities with increasingly high levels of diversity and inequality? Making a Difference in Urban Schools evaluates how school and community leaders have worked to change urban education in Canada for the better over the past fifty years.This analytic and comparative study traces the evolution of urban education in Toronto and Winnipeg from the 1960s onward. Jane Gaskell and Ben Levin identify imp...

When acid-tongued 1818 debutante Maria Marley slips on a strange gold ring, she wakes up in the body of Anna Timewell-Gladly: a failing luxury-travel reviewer, influencer nepo-baby and daughter of a billionaire media mogul.In return, Anna lands in Maria’s place at a country-house marriage market, surrounded by scheming mothers, desperate heiresses and one infuriatingly handsome lord.As each woman battles scandal, impossible expectations and enemies on both sides of history,...

When her father remarries, the honest, innocent Molly Gibson suddenly finds herself with a new stepsister, Cynthia, who is beautiful, worldly and impetuous. This would be more than enough to deal with, but the new wife is the deeply snobbish (and darkly secretive) Hyacinth. Thwarted love, scheming ambition and small-town gossip underlie the warmth, irony and brilliant social observation which link the relationships and the inevitable conflicts as profound change comes to rural England. The...

This classic novel has been thrice adapted for the screen by the BBC. Mary Smith relates the story of her time with middle-aged spinster sisters Miss Matty and Miss Deborah. Witty, poignant, and often ironic, Cranford is the tale of what these two women will do to remain respectable, proper, and kind with only moderate means. "... an extremely clever piece of writing."-Guardian (UK)

Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) was a well known British novelist at one of the peak eras for female writers in England. A novelist and short story writer at the height of the Victorian Era, Gaskells novels weave a comprehensive, detailed image of the lives of all kinds of different classes in society during that age, ranging from the very poor to the cream of the aristocratic crop. Of course, given the era in which she wrote, Mrs. Gaskells writing included a wonderful style of prose that still...

HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.‘“I'll not listen to reason,” she said, now in full possession of her voice, which had been rather choked with sobbing. "Reason always means what someone else has got to say."’First published in serial format in a magazine, Gaskell’s Cranford is a delightfully light-hearted series of stories about early Victorian life in a country village.Following the lives of two spinster sisters, Miss Matty...

A novel of love and social strife in northern England during the industrial revolution—a masterpiece of Victorian literature.After a decade spent living with her aunt in London, nineteen-year-old Margaret Hale returns home to her beloved village of Helstone only to discover that her pastor father has had a crisis of faith and is moving the family to the North of England. In the industrial town of Milton, Margaret is horrified by the dirty air, the shocking poverty, ...

"A Dark Night's Work" by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell delves into the complexities of family relationships, ambition, and societal expectations. The story follows Mr. Wilkins, a successful attorney, and his strained relationship with his son, Edward whose educational and social aspirations clash with his father's plans. As Edward returns home after his travels, tensions rise due to his desire for acceptance within the local aristocracy. The narrative also focuses on the deep emotional bond b...