It's Going to be a Full Moon Tonight...Moon's Landing Mysteries: Volume One (Books 1–3)When vintage-loving photographer Birdie Lopez comes home to this quirky coastal town after her aunt's mysterious death, she doesn't plan on becoming its resident amateur sleuth. But between a killer with a grudge, a body in the marina, and a murder on a rooftop pigeon aviary, Moon's Landing keeps handing her cases, and Birdie can't seem to look away.This volume collects t...

All she wants is to be an engineer, but her parents—and society—will never allow it. Until riots break out in steampunk London and she seizes her chance...It’s 1889, and Claire Trevelyan is expected to do nothing more with her life than catch a rich husband. Unfortunately, her talents lie not in the ballroom, but in the laboratory, where things have a regrettable habit of blowing up. When her father gambles the estate on the combustion engine despite the fact that everyone...

This richly annotated volume gathers Percy Bysshe Shelley's most important prose, from celebrated essays to philosophical fragments, letters, and rare writings. At its heart stands A Defence of Poetry, where Shelley draws a bold line between reason and imagination and argues that poetry is not merely verse but the creative force that animates human thought, feeling, and social life. He links art to music, play, language, beauty, and the growth of civilization itself, offering a luminous me...

Percy Bysshe Shelley's prose emerges here as a remarkably varied and undervalued body of work, championed by editor Richard Herne Shepherd for its range, intelligence, and force. Alongside juvenilia, political pamphlets, philosophical arguments, travel writing, letters, and critical reflections on art and literature, the collection reveals Shelley not only as a poet of genius but as a prose writer of unusual breadth and conviction. The fictional selections plunge into Gothic terror and emo...

Enter the haunting world of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein with this deluxe, keepsake edition. A cornerstone of Gothic literature and a timeless tale of ambition, creation, and revenge, this striking edition is a must-have for horror enthusiasts, classic literature fans, and collectors alike.Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein recounts the chilling tale of Victor Frankenstein, an ambitious young scientist consumed by his obsession to uncover the origin of li...

Percy Bysshe Shelley's visionary fragment begins in a moonlit chamber, where the sleeping Ianthe becomes the center of a supernatural visitation and death, sleep, and beauty blur into one another. As the Daemon of the World descends in a radiant chariot, her spirit is awakened and carried into a vast celestial journey that reveals the universe as a living temple of sublime power, infinite motion, and hidden truth. Yet amid the stars and silent worlds, the vision also exposes the violence, ...

Workday friends. Nighttime lovers...A teeny-tiny crush. Maggie Drummond has one on her close friend Connor Grey. Unfortunately, he prefers leggy blondes, and Maggie is stuck with her deep brown hair and determined curves.Then, there is her newfound pursuit of kinky—no, more adventurous sex. Nothing too bad, you understand. It was reading the steamy romance that sent her on a jaunt down Spanking Avenue, and now she has set up an anonymous blog to explore her...

Three fierce shifters. Three destined mates. Three love stories that prove sometimes the best things happen when you stop looking for them.Meet a scarlet woman, a determined secretary, and a runaway wife—each about to discover that alpha shifters don't give up on forever.MY SCARLET WOMANEmily's husband left her for his secretary and died in a car accident—all on the same day. Six months later, she's ready to prove she's still desira...

BRING NEW LIFE to old clothes or charity-shop finds and create your SUSTAINABLE WARDROBE. Learn techniques such as DARNING, EMBROIDERY, NEEDLE-FELTING, APPLIQUÉ and BINDING. Repairing your old clothes is a brilliant way of adding personality to your wardrobe, is good for the environment and saves money. Perfect for complete beginners, this handbook introduces a variety of mending techniques and shows you how to make unique projects with your new skills. First, there is a guide to all the t...

Mary Shelley states in the introduction that in 1818 she discovered, in the Sibyl's cave near Naples, a collection of prophetic writings painted on leaves by the Cumaean Sibyl. She has edited these writings into the current narrative, the first-person narrative of a man living at the end of the 21st century, commencing in 2073 and concluding in 2100. Despite the futuristic setting, the world of The Last Man appears to be relatively similar to the era in which it was written.

What happens when friendship ignites into unrestrained passion?In Lesbian Seconds, the allure of familiarity takes a tantalizing turn as librarian Elena, the captivating Vivienne, and her exuberant friend Sofia venture beyond the boundaries of ordinary intimacy. Having explored their desires before, these three women find themselves in an exhilarating escape from the mundane, where curiosity and lust intertwine.When a casual gathering evolves into a provocative encou...

What happens when curiosity turns into desire?In Lesbian Firsts, shy librarian Elena Carter is about to discover the thrilling world of romance and intimacy she's only ever dreamed of. At 24, she has spent her life entrenched in books, feeling invisible and unfulfilled as she watches her friends embark on passionate adventures. But when she meets the captivating Vivienne Hartley at a book signing, everything changes.Invited to an after-hours gathering, Elena's heart...