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Rhys Northwick, Duke of Whitby, has unabashedly devoted himself to a life of debauchery and hedonism. With his friends falling prey to the despicable institution of marriage, the responsibility of hosting the sinful Wicked Dukes Society house parties has fallen largely on his shoulders. Rhys doesn’t mind. He’ll happily seduce bored widows and wives out of their drawers any day. Until an encounter with a tempting divorcée leaves him longing for the only woman in London who is immune to his rakish charms.

The rise of human civilization and all of recorded history occurred in this warm period, known as the Holocene. Until very recently, we had no detailed record of climate changes during the Holocene. Now we do. In this engrossing and captivating look at the human effects of climate variability, Brian Fagan shows how climate functioned as what the historian Paul Kennedy described as one of the “deeper transformations” of history—a more important historical factor than we understand.

The Fairies of old English folklore were greatly feared, and rightly so. They were known to spread plague and misfortune. They stole human children and left misshapen changelings in their place. Whilst our world has grown more sophisticated, they still follow their old ways. What happens when our two worlds collide? When a mother refuses to believe a child is hers or a man’s Fairy wife returns to her kin and he’s arrested over her disappearance?

Horace was one of the greatest poets during the reign of Augustus and is seen as mark of cultural sophistication since this time. This Very Short Introduction examines how Horace's poetry has exerted enormous influence but argues that it is best understood within the traditions of ancient literature.

Einar is a Northman with a dream, a Viking bound by blood to a ship and a crew of battle hardened warriors, and oathsworn to Ivar the Boneless. The sons of Ragnar fight a war of vengeance against King Orsten the Roarer, ruler of Sweden, a savage pagan and murderer of Eric and Agnar Ragnarsson. Einar and his crew face losing their precious warship Seaworm and become locked in a fight to keep their ship, survive a brutal war, and treachery from within the Viking army itself...

Gray Lexly has returned to Astra Academy to train himself for the ultimate confrontation. Legendary arcanists from across the world are gathering to assist in the ultimate battle of life and death, but will it be enough to stop the rampaging Death Lords who have amassed power in the abyssal hells? And before Gray can focus on any of that, he must first get married. With pressure mounting from all sides, Gray is grateful to have Ashlyn at his side, but will it last? The soul fragment from Death Lord Deimos still skews his perception, and sometimes Gray doesn't feel like himself.

The stories in this third volume of Dr. Watson's chronicles have been fashioned by the author to reproduce in every aspect the form, style, and substance of A. C. Doyle's fifty-six original works.

Before the Viking Blood and Blade saga, there was Ragnar Lothbrok, Ivar the Boneless, and the warship Seaworm Einar, a young Northman… a Dane with dreams of becoming a warrior… a cruel world where reputation, weapon skill, and the luck of the gods matter above all things. Ragnar Lothbrok and Sten Sleggya sail the Whale Road building their legend. Einar joins the crew of Ragnar’s son, Ivar the Boneless who must fight a war of vengeance.

This Very Short Introduction draws on the best scientific research to offer a highly accessible explanation of what anxiety is, why it is such a normal and vital part of our emotional life, and the key factors that cause it. Insights are drawn from psychology, neuroscience, genetics, epidemiology, and clinical trials. Providing a fascinating illustration of the discussion are two interviews conducted specifically for the book, with the actor, writer, director, and television presenter Michael Palin and former England football manager Graham Taylor.

In this compelling history, Peter Chapman shows how the United Fruit Company took bananas from the jungles of Costa Rica to the halls of power in Washington, D. C., with not just clever marketing, but covert CIA operations, bloody coups, and brutalized workforces. And how along the way they...

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson face complex crimes including attempted assassination, blackmail and the theft of a mysterious book. They encounter anarchists, artists, and ancient legends as they seek the truth at the turn of the last century in London and East Anglia. As well as Holmes, occult detective John Silence, a hotel boot boy, a young Miss Marple and Watson help unravel the mysteries, along with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in the debut collection by Tim Newton Anderson.

A string of unsettling incidents draws Sherlock Holmes into a case that quickly proves far more dangerous than it first appears. In the shadowed tensions of the 1930s, Holmes and Dr Watson uncover a covert network operating with ruthless precision-its reach extending into the highest circles and its purpose chillingly unclear. As fragments of the truth begin to align, a pattern emerges that threatens far more than any single crime.

An essential resource on the names of Jesus Christ This timeless volume originally published in 1988 includes eighty short studies on the names and titles of Christ. These simple and enduring messages continue to provide enlightening devotional studies for believers as well as outlines for...

From Jon Fosse, winner of the 2023 Nobel Prize for Literature, comes an aching exploration of life, death, time, memory, and the artistic temperament. Initially published separately and brought together here in a single volume, Melancholy I & II are essential entries in the oeuvre of one of the...

From a world-leading AI researcher, the history of artificial intelligence told through the six key ways it functions Since Alan Turing first posed the question "Can machines think?" artificial intelligence has evolved from a speculative idea to a transformative force. The Shortest History of AI...

Auf ihrer Fahrt vom Flughafen verschwindet das „It-Girl" Tiffany Turner spurlos. Für Chief Inspector Naomi Stafford und ihren Partner Scott Bannister ist das erst der Beginn eines turbulenten Falls, denn außer Tiffany werden weitere junge Frauen und Mädchen vermisst. Was steckt dahinter und kann Scotland Yard die Frauen noch retten?

Full-cast dramatisations of three acclaimed novels by Elizabeth Taylor – including Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont – plus 17 readings of her short fiction Described by Antonia Fraser as ‘one of the most underrated novelists of the 20th century’, Elizabeth Taylor was much admired for her...

Ten more cases from the files of The Great Detective, comprising adventures previously published in the anthology 'The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories', as well as some recent additions from Doctor Watson's despatch box. • Mrs Maria Blackwell is concerned by the threatening and persistent observations of a stranger, each time she dines at Simpson's with her husband. • New artwork is appearing, in the style of the great Leonardo. It is not claimed that they are newly-discovered works of The Master, so why is someone prepared to kill to gain their possession?

Using academic, comprehensive, logical, and, at times, mathematical approaches, The Science of Weird Shit convincingly debunks ESP, communicating with the dead, and alien abduction claims, among other phenomena. All the while, however, French maintains that our belief in such phenomena is neither ridiculous nor trivial; if anything, such claims can tell us a great deal about the human mind if we pay them the attention they are due.

The fire was almost down to its embers by the time I'd finished reading. The comfort of our rooms did nothing to efface the startling impression left upon me by Holmes's narrative. I passed my hand over my brow. "My head's in a whirl," I remarked, barely able to voice my feelings. My friend rubbed his hands together, an intense expression settling upon his hawk-like features.