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Camavor is a brutal land with a bloody legacy. Where the empire's knights go, slaughter follows. Kalista seeks to change that. When her young and narcissistic uncle, Viego, becomes king, she vows to temper his destructive instincts, as his loyal confidant, advisor, and military general. But her plans are thwarted when an assassin's poisoned blade strikes Viego's wife, Isolde, afflicting her with a malady for which there is no cure.

Renowned novelist and poet Thomas Hardy is best known for his fatalistic, often tragic novels set in the 'realistic dream-country' of Wessex, in south and south-west England. Drawing on his own life, he created some of the most memorable characters and stories in Victorian literature—many of which are included here. In five dramas taken from Radio 4's 'Hardy's Women' season, we meet a few of Thomas Hardy's most compelling female protagonists.

WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY PATTON OSWALT Dubbed “the most significant and controversial SF book” of its generation, Harlan Ellison’s groundbreaking collection launched an entire subgenre: New Wave science fiction. With contributions from legendary authors and multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards...

A selection of the award-winning author’s plays for theatre and radio Well known for his hit TV series Doctor Foster, Mike Bartlett is one of Britain’s most prolific and high-profile contemporary playwrights. He has been Writer-In-Residence at the both the National Theatre and The Royal...

Build stronger homes. Stronger teams. Stronger futures. Supported Independent Living (SIL) is where people live their lives. To do it well, providers need more than good intentions. They need homes that feel like home, strong teams, reliable systems, and a genuine commitment to helping people...

In this book, you will discover the secrets of what makes people laugh. The one funny joke you should say to break the ice. In The Best Jokes for Adults, you will discover what makes it so easy to get people to laugh and no longer feel stuck in conversations

In a chaotic blast of gunfire, the James Gang fled a posse's attack—and the infamous Jesse threw his cousin Jeston Nash a hoard of stolen cash. But dodging the law with thirty thousand dollars in a dusty carpetbag is a risky proposition. Hoping to lie low in the mountains of the Northwest, Jeston and his partner, Quiet Jack, find themselves on a journey into the dark heart of human nature—and deadly animal instinct....

When a lovely lady steps off a dusty stagecoach in Hangtree, the hardest heart skips a beat - and Sam Heller falls hard for her. What Hangtree doesn't know, however, is that Julia Pepperday isn't who she pretends to be. She is the daughter of the late Black Ear Skinner, a notorious outlaw who wanted his only child to have all the advantages in life and sent her back east. Black Ear Skinner's apple hasn't fallen far from the tree though. Julia has turned her back on the fancy boarding school and set her sights on Hangtree, because that's where Sam Heller has built a hard-earned fortune.

Control can either be lost or taken. Ara finds herself locked in the prince's rooms and she wants answers. All of them. But when she doesn't like what she hears, she storms out and begins another journey. Only this time, she's got a prince and his lackeys on her tail and none of them know how to...

New York, NY, August 9, 2026 - Author S. Barrow Wilson brings the enduring themes of Shakespeare into a dramatically different historical setting with Heart of Marble, a modern adaptation of King Lear unfolding in British Burma in 1914. As international tensions gather, an aging Lear prepares to retire after building an expansive tea plantation. Determined to preserve the privileges of his rank, he divides his estate between two of his three daughters, setting in motion a family struggle shaped by ambition & abandonment, versus loyalty.

Seen as godless by the religious and weak by the atheists, secularism mostly has been misunderstood. In How to Be Secular, Berlinerblau argues for a return to America’s hard-won secular tradition; the best way to protect religious diversity and freedom lies in keeping an eye on the encroachment of each into the other. Berlinerblau passionately defends the virtues of secularism, reminds us what it is and what it can protect, and urges us to mobilize around its cause, which is for all Americans to continue to enjoy freedom for - and from - religion.

Fresh out of federal witness protection and enjoying the pleasures of Venice, Italy, former mobster Vinny Fabrizio is offered the criminal chance of a lifetime: $10 million to destroy a crucially located container ship port and a shot at his FBI nemesis, Jack Rivers. The catch? He's being paid by anti-American Islamic insurgents, and the port is back home on American soil.

Debra Randall, the lovely and talented heiress of the “richest man in California” is missing. Garrigan, the San Francisco Police Department detective, isn’t any closer to solving the mystery than he was two weeks ago when he began. The three most important men in her life seem to be withholding information that could help. He wonders why.