Let’s be clear. We are all equal under the law. However, even in these more modern times that is not an absolute and still remains a distant ambition for many.In the days when Britain ruled the waves and bestrode the world as its policeman and plunderer in chief it also subjugated half of its own people to second class status. Women were chattel and property. There were some exceptions based on wealth and birthright but for the overwhelming majority your lot was to fall in with the...

"Updates in Colo-Proctology" covers the proceedings of the Anglo-Swiss Colo-Proctology Meeting held in St Moritz in 1990. The book contains the papers which were presented and dis cussed there by physicians of the various specialties concerned with the care of patients with diseases of the colon, rectum and anus. The authors, each distinguished in a particular field, have contributed across a wide range of subjects and different dis ciplines. The topics covered include surgical and investi...

In 1846, the Percy Society issued to its members a volume entitled Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England, edited by Mr. James Henry Dixon. The sources drawn upon by Mr. Dixon are intimated in the following extract from his preface:—He who, in travelling through the rural districts of England, has made the road-side inn his resting-place, who has visited the lowly dwellings of the villagers and yeomanry, and been present at their feasts and festivals, must ha...

The stories in this 1893 collection include: The King of Persia and the Princess of the Sea, Prince Beder and the Princess Giauhara, The Three Princes and Princess Nouronnihar, Prince Ahmed and the Fairy, Prince Camaralzaman and the Princess of China, The Loss of the Talisman, The Story of Zobeide, The Story of the King's Son, and the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor.

Enjoy plant-based twists on iconic Christmas dishes and discover some new festive favourites, with more than 70 recipes for the holiday season.Christmas can often be a feast of meat, cheese and chocolate, but whether you are reducing your meat intake or catering for plant-based friends and family, A Very Vegan Christmas will provide amazing food that everyone will love.Each recipe is simple to make and packed full of flavour, making sure each meal is a true celebra...

**“[A] rousing mash-up of military SF thriller and paranormal adventure . . . Scarlett is a resourceful and endearing heroine.”—Publishers WeeklyWhat if you had a power you had to hide from everyone—until now? In this bold sci-fi action thriller, a secret training program at West Point is turning misfits into a new generation of heroes.**Scarlett Winter has always been an outsider, and not only because she’s a hardcore daredevil and born troublemaker—she has been h...

This playful rhyming picture book invites young readers to discover all the ways God’s love can be displayed through a rainbow of colors—from the author of Wonderfully, Marvelously Brown and Different Like Me.All the colors displayed in this world that God made—every glorious, fabulous, beautiful shade—show how good God is and will always be.But what is the color of love? Come and see!

The Alien's Mail Order Bride: Ex-soldier Emvor doesn't mind the quiet of his chosen life as a farmer. He doesn't even mind that most nights are lonely on remote Cassa, but he does need help around his farm. A mail-order bride from his homeworld seems like the perfect solution. Unfortunately, the person that arrives is Nicola.When She's Married: Escaped convict Vordigar has two choices—he can be shipped back to the Haven prison system, or he can marry one of the lo...

When I find a gorgeous stranger in an alley, covered in blood, you'd think the logical thing would be to go to the authorities.Not me. I take him home.I've got my reasons, though. See, Kassam is cursed with hedonism. He's a god from another world, accidentally stuck in ours. Anyone (and everyone) around him falls under his spell. It's impossible to resist. Like scratching an itch. And being around Kassam? Boy, do I itch.But trying to send the god home to hi...

Of all the people in the world, I had to be attracted to the one person I hate…Ash Summers is the most beautiful guy I've ever seen. He's also a total d*ck, and I hate him more than anything. That feeling is mutual, by the way, as he does nothing but torment me.Oh, and did I mention he's my stepbrother?Messing with Ash is all fun and games until our parents force us to room together during our final year at college. Sharing an apartment wit...

Every culture on Earth has music. Every culture that's ever existed has had it, but we don't exactly know why. Music is not like food, shelter, or having opposable thumbs. We don't need it to live, and yet we can't seem to live without it. Glenn Dixon travels the globe exploring how and why people make music. From a tour of Bob Marley's house to sitar lessons in India, he experiences music around the world and infuses the stories with the latest in brain research, genetics, and evolutionar...

JesseAfter years of working my butt off, I'm finally living the life I always wanted. I have a job I love, friends who've become family, and I'm enjoying the freedom of being single.Then Sebastian, my childhood rival, moves back to town, and my perfect life is thrown into chaos. We've always hated each other, but now there's something else between us. Something wild and primal. Something that wants to make Sebastian submit as much as it wants to claim him.