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"A delicious tale of jealousy, ambition, competition, sex and skulduggery..."After the interview - business gets personal...Job interviews can be hell. This is the story of Andrew Aycliffe's thirst for revenge.It's also the tale of Jed Gardner, an IT genius who prefers computers, music and trains to human beings – that is, until he meets the girl of his dreams. But she's about to marry a boring beancounter.Three love triangles, two murders and a fraud case l...

A sizzling, twisting crime thriller about a deadly business.Smoking kills – but a bullet is quicker…Anti-smoking activist Susan Farrell reluctantly agrees to spy on Big Tobacco. She discovers too late who she can trust – and who she can't.Tobacco boss Tony Burton ends up fighting for his company's existence, and his own life, in this fast-paced crime thriller. Will he win or lose?On a roller coaster ride between London, Birmingham, P...

Flatland is uniquely both a social critique and a primer on multi-dimensional geometry. Written in two parts in 1884 by Edwin A. Abbott, an English mathematician and theologian, it tells the story of a square living in Flatland: a two-dimensional realm. After a dream of a restrictive one-dimensional existence and the difficulties this poses, he is visited by a sphere from a three-dimensional space who wishes to enlighten him into the ways of "Upward, yet not Northward."Edw...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions is a brilliant mathematical allegory disguised as a Victorian social satire. Narrated by A. Square, a respectable inhabitant of a two-dimensional world, the book moves from lucid geometric exposition to visionary encounter, as its protagonist glimpses the possibility of higher dimensions. The illustrated edition enhances Abbott's elegant conceptual play, clarifying the spatial paradoxes that made the work a landmark in speculative fiction, popular mat...

In "Silanus the Christian," Edwin A. Abbott crafts a compelling narrative that intertwines themes of faith, identity, and moral struggle against the backdrop of early Christian society. Set in the first century, the novel presents Silanus, a fictional character whose journey reflects the tumultuous conflicts between pagan traditions and the burgeoning Christian faith. Abbott's adept use of narrative prose and dialogue captures the challenges of belief and the complexities of human relation...

In the memoir, Abbott recounts his life of repeated marriages—seven in total—and the legal troubles that ensued, often landing him in prison. Each chapter details his relationships with the women he married, some of whom were willing participants and others deceived by his changing identities and erratic lifestyle. Abbott's marriages were often short-lived and fraught with deception, leading to conflicts with both the law and his spouses. His frequent incarcerations across various states b...

**A “romance in many dimensions” that has fascinated generations of readers with its clever blend of social satire and mathematical theoryA Penguin Classic**A work that continues to pose provocative questions about perception and reality, Flatland is a brilliant parody of Victorian society where all existence is limited to length and breadth—its inhabitants unable even to imagine a third dimension. The amiable narrator, A Square, provides an overview of this fantas...

In "Seven Wives and Seven Prisons," L. A. Abbott presents a compelling narrative that intricately weaves together themes of love, betrayal, and the society's capacity for resilience amidst adversity. Set against the backdrop of the 19th-century American West, the book utilizes a rich, descriptive literary style that captures the harsh realities and complexities of frontier life. Abbott's storytelling is marked by a blend of personal anecdotes and historical references, providing readers wi...

The finest and fullest guide to the peculiarities of Elizabethan syntax, grammar, and prosody, this volume addresses every idiomatic usage found in Shakespeare's works (with additional references to the works of Jonson, Bacon, and others). Its informative introduction, which compares Shakespearian and modern usage, is followed by sections on grammar (classified according to parts of speech) and prosody (focusing on pronunciation). The book concludes with an examination of the uses of metap...

The "Deluxe Illustrated E-Reader Edition" of Flatland is the edition you've been waiting for; a nicely formatted e-reader edition of the classic novella Flatland, including all original illustrations, a table of contents, original footnotes, and bonus footnotes."The best introduction one can find into the manner of perceiving dimensions." -- Isaac Asimov.First published in 1884, Edwin A. Abbott's classic novella is many things: a biting social satire on Victorian society, a...