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The scandalous love triangle at the heart of the Victorian art world.
The scandalous love triangle at the heart of the Victorian art world.
Details the armies of what is known as 'the Rough Wooing'. This work covers a transition period, from medieval to Renaissance armies, the spread of firearms, the involvement of foreign mercenaries, and revolutionary tactics that included early instances of the classic Highland Clan charge.
Winner of the inaugural MysteriousPress.com Award, a fast-paced, action-packed heist novel.
Focused on the intersection of biology and psychology, this comprehensive resource equips students with essential knowledge in biological psychology and neuroanatomy. It encourages critical thinking about contemporary issues, fostering a deeper understanding of the connections between these two disciplines. The book aims to enhance students' analytical skills while exploring the complexities of the human mind and behavior through a biological lens.
‘Nuzzink in ze vorld can schtop me now!’There’s a new TV show about to hit the airwaves, but Colonel Lethbridge-Stewart won’t be tuning in. With the future of the Fifth Operational Corps in doubt he’s got enough to worry about, but a plea from an old friend soon finds Lethbridge-Stewart and Anne Travers embroiled in a plot far more fantastical than anything on the small screen.Can charismatic star Aubrey Mondegreene really be in two places at the same time? What lengths will ailing entertainment mogul Billy Lovac go to in order to reach his audience? And is luckless journalist Harold Chorley really so desperate that he’ll buy into a story about Nazi conspiracies from a tramp wearing a tin foil hat?There’s something very rotten at the heart of weekend television, and it isn’t all due to shoddy scripts and bad special effects.
Become a history detective and discover what life was like in the past.
Join Adrian on his journey from easy-going teenager through to manhood, as he searches for his birth mother. Where is she? Why did she abandon him? Adrian's Journey begins with scenes in England from his comfortable family life and his activities with his fellow first year university students. But the focus moves inexorably to the twists and turns of Adrian's quest as he grapples with life's complexity, juggling its demands, and with his experiences in colourful and troubled Beirut. Adrian's Journey is not only a tale of a young man trying to discover the identity of his biological mother; it is also a reflection of the human condition, and of how people are shaped by their experiences in life. Readers may identify with the questions asked and the decisions made, yet the story is far from predictable in its course and outcome. Compelling yet familiar, Adrian's Journey will hold the reader's interest until the very last page.
'To see clearly is poetry, prophecy, religion, all in one' - how the workds of John Ruskin can teach us how to see our own world more clearly