Mellstock is a small Dorset village with strong opinions about church music.When the new schoolmistress, Fancy Day, arrives and promptly captivates every man in the parish, the village's band of folk musicians finds itself contending with two threats at once: the vicar's plan to replace them with a modern organ, and the distraction of watching Dick Dewy fall helplessly in love.Under the Greenwood Tree (1872) is Hardy's first major novel and his most quietly content...

Ready to Think Smarter and Make Better Decisions Every Day?Think Smarter, Decide Better is your practical guide to mastering critical thinking and confident decision-making—so you can stop second-guessing yourself and start getting real results.Whether you're navigating your career, relationships, or personal growth, this book will help you break free from overthinking, solve problems effectively, and take control of your choices.Inside, you’ll discover how to:...

Presents a theology of the Spirit and of the Eucharistic foundations of the Church. This title offers the last testament of an ecclesial theologian.

Young Tess Durbeyfield attempts to restore her family's fortunes by claiming their connection with the aristocratic d'Urbervilles. But Alec d'Urberville is a rich wastrel who seduces her and makes her life miserable. When Tess meets Angel Clare, she is offered true love and happiness, but her past catches up with her and she faces an agonizing moral choice.Hardy's indictment of society's double standards, and his depiction of Tess as "a pure woman," caused controversy in his day an...

Hana joins the Moonlight Mystery Agency to help Spark the bionic unicorn find her missing birthday cake in the first of an exciting new series from bestseller Vashti Hardy.Hana has always longed to have a pet of her own. So when a cat turns up at her bedroom window one night, she thinks her dream has come true. But Ace is no ordinary cat. He’s a detective cat who has come to invite Hana to join the Moonlight Mystery Agency, and that’s when the magical adventures be...

Their precious Christmas surprise…Midwife Ella O'Brien loves babies, but she believes she can't have her own. Until at a charity ball the chemistry between her and dashing obstetrician Oliver Darrington explodes into a night of passion that proves her wrong!Aristocratic Oliver has been here before, but the baby wasn't his! Now he's guarding his emotions–even from lovely, innocent Ella. Can the baby they both want so much help them to trust in their love this Christmas…and b...

Eliza Acton is the forgotten hero of our culinary past. A debt of gratitude to her is what Delia Smith, Elizabeth David and Mrs Beeton have in common. She was the original and best: the first cook to write recipes in a clear, modern format, one of the few Victorian ladies whose legacy has lasted well into the twenty-first century and whose recipes are still used in thousands of kitchens today.In this absorbing first biography, Sheila Hardy creates a richly painted ...

Hardy's masterpiece traces a poor stonemason's ill-fated romance with his free-spirited cousin. No Victorian institution is spared — marriage, religion, education — and the outrage following publication led the embittered author to renounce fiction. Modern critics hail this novel as a pioneering work of feminism and socialist thought.

From a compelling new voice in middle grade literature comes a reimagination of The Odyssey told from the point of view of Odysseus's loyal dog. Argos is a thrilling tale of loyalty, determination, and adventure.For twenty years, the great hero Odysseus struggles to return to Ithaka. After ten years beneath the walls of Troy, he begins the long journey back home. He defeats monsters. He outsmarts the Cyclops. He battles the gods. He does whatever it takes to reuni...

Fifteen-year-old Nya is an orphan struggling for survival in a city crippled by war. She is also a Taker—with her touch, she can heal injuries, pulling pain from another person into her own body.But unlike her sister Tali and the other Takers who become Healer’s League apprentices, Nya’s skill is flawed: she can’t push that pain into pynvium, the enchanted metal used to store it. All she can do is shift it from person to person, a dangerous skill that she must keep...

Resident Alyssa Ward is not pleased when she wins a date with emergency physician the Honourable Sebastian Radley. She's not looking for a relationship – especially not with a renowned womaniser like Seb. Then again, he is incredibly handsome – and it is only one date. Seb has never been one for settling down. But one date with Alyssa just isn't enough. And when she gives him some life–changing news, he reassesses who he really wants to be: every woman's Honourable playboy – or Alyssa's Ho...

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