"First published in 1941 to considerable acclaim, Berlin Embassy is the classic account of the last days of peace in Europe, and has been out-of-print for almost fifty years. William Russell was a young American diplomat working at the US Embassy, in Hermann Goering Strasse, during the grim days of 1939. He had studied in Germany, prior to becoming part of America's diplomatic mission, which placed him in a position to gain unheard of access to remote areas—both physically and ideologicall...

William Russell, the author, chronicles his time in the Metropolitan Police Force, providing a vivid and often gritty portrayal of life in London during the 1820s and 1830s. The narrative offers insights into the challenges and dangers faced by police officers of that era, as well as the social conditions and criminal activities prevalent in the city.Russell describes various cases and incidents he encountered, from dealing with petty criminals to handling more serious offenses. His observ...

This is a story about the lazy dog who jumps over the lazy fox. They've been lazy all their life and that's how it work. The best thing about them is that they help each other on how to become lazier everyday.

When Joseph Gibson, an oil and colourman from London, faces bankruptcy, he seizes the opportunity to take the bargain lease on Stape Hill near Poole in Dorsetshire. The deal turns out to be less a bargain than a swindle. The farm is worth nowhere near the price paid for it. The grasping owner, a retired lawyer, Arthur Blagden, had charged him more than twice the property's worth.Gibson and his delicate daughter face ruin next Michaelmas day when the next annual rent payment is due....

Some families are blessed with parental leadership from a father and mother through two generations who provided love and a good philosophical foundation that led to a happy, successful life. The Good Life in addition to offering a history of the family from 1880, to today, examines a free thinking philosophy to demonstrate the importance of self-determination in solving problems and achieving life's goals.

The turn of the seventeenth century was an important moment in the history of English criticism. In a series of pioneering works of rhetoric and poetics, writers such as Philip Sidney, George Puttenham, and Ben Jonson laid the foundations of critical discourse in English, and the English word “critic” began, for the first time, to suggest expertise in literary judgment. Yet the conspicuously ambivalent attitude of these critics toward criticism—and the persistent fear that they would be mi...

TRANSFORMATIONS is a fantasy-adventure-love story. This highly imaginative novel presents a people who long ago had become gradually transformed from self-reliant warriors into harmonious, peaceful villagers. But the modern impulse to bring about fundamental social change threatens to disrupt the security of the traditional Way of Life.

Roselyn X, a young Black prostitute, has terminal cancer and a very small child. She is angry at fate, racism, sexism, and her loss of home and culture. Roselyn Y, masquerading as Roselyn X relays her feelings and pleas in a series of 22 cantos in a collection of poetry. Roselyn’s story is not all dark, it offers light and hope. Her story should never have happened; nothing has changed for Aboriginal Australians; little has changed for women and issues of sexism — or racism; and Black Deat...

George Russell was an Irish author and devotee of theosophy. Russell often wrote under the pen name A E . The Candle of Vision is a collection of Russells essays on Celtic mysticism and esoterica.

William Russell - Captain BushrangerA documented true story from Ireland to colonial Australia and Norfolk Island, reconstructed from court records, newspapers, and archival sources.At just 17 years old, William Russell was sentenced to seven years transportation and sent in chains from Ireland to Australia in 1834.William Russell was never meant to survive.Sentenced again in 1841 to life on Norfolk Island, in a penal system...

A set of transcendent essays on Celtic mysticism, describing Russells’ luminous excursions into the otherworld, including clairvoyant and prophetic visions, precognition of Gnostic concepts, past-life and astral journeys, and, always, heightened awareness of the beauty that pervades mundane reality. Russell describes encounters with what today we would call UFOs, and attempts to construct a private Kabala based on an intuitive reconstuction of a primal language and alphabet. Lastly, he att...

Adéntrate en un viaje transformador y profundo por los misterios del espíritu y la mente.La Vela de la Visión es un recorrido fascinante por los fenómenos esotéricos y paranormales que hará la delicia del amante moderno de estos temas, despertando su curiosidad y fascinación por los mundos invisibles y el saber oculto. A lo largo de estas páginas, George William Russell habla de visiones clarividentes y proféticas, precognición de conceptos gnósti...