When a valuable shipment of ood vanishes from an important shipment, everyone assumes it was lost in transit. But Maple Leaf, the town's sharp-eyed witch detective, isn't convinced.Armed with her spellbook, a knack for solving mysteries, and her faithful friends, Maple follows a trail of strange clues through oceans and taverns. What begins as a simple missing-shipment case soon uncovers something far more troubling: a secret band of Pyrites, cunning tricksters who have been operat...

Promoting Postcolonial Australia: New Readings of Miles Franklin and Joseph Furphy uses Australian literary practice as a case study in the emergence of modern democratic literary culture. John Uhr merges traditional political theory and contemporary literary theory in this political reinterpretation of novels by two classic Australian writers: the feminist Miles Franklin and civic republican Joseph Furphy. Examines three of Franklin's novels: My Brilliant Career, Som...

Beneath the surface of Atmos, miners die in Emergent's tunnels while a radical faction called Ordnance plots a violent reckoning above. As the first league race of the ExoGP season approaches, Addy Aker is caught between the criminal underworld of her past and the electrifying sport that could become her future. But on Atmos, choosing sides is a luxury few can afford. And the season hasn't even started yet.

A fascinating examination of a formative time in the iconic artist’s careerIn 1948, Willem de Kooning held his first solo exhibition, at age forty-four, at the Charles Egan Gallery in New York City. Willem de Kooning: The Breakthrough Years explores how the painter developed his distinctive style in the period leading up to the show, blending figuration with abstraction and experimenting with materials such as enamel paint, cardboard, and Masonite....

**'John Lee turns wealth into a learnable skill, offering a clear blueprint to build income with intention, intelligence and impact. If you’re ready to upgrade how you think about money – and let it work for you – this book is your fast track to greater success.' Jim Kwik, New York Times bestselling author of LimitlessIf you’re tired of making money and watching it disappear… if you want clarity, control and confidence with your finances… this bo...

Introduction by George Easter, Editor and Publisher of Deadly Pleasures MagazineLegendary LA sleuth Jack Liffey is back, and facing down a changing world, when his brazen daughter Maeve enlists him to help find Benjy—a gay social justice activist gone missing. Meanwhile, a needless act of violence sets off an urban range war between a group of gun-happy poachers and former Soviet paramilitary soldiers in an unlikely location: West Hollywoo...

Interest in international law has increased greatly over the past decade, largely because of its central place in discussions such as the Iraq War and Guantanamo, the World Trade Organization, the anti-capitalist movement, the Kyoto Convention on climate change, and the apparent failure of the international system to deal with the situations in Palestine and Darfur, and the plights of refugees and illegal immigrants around the world.This Very Short Introduction explains wh...

From John Maynard Keynes's foremost biographer, an illuminating look at how the economist's ethical approach can be used to address today's pressing problemsJohn Maynard Keynes (1883–1946) was arguably the most important economist of the twentieth century; his ideas have fundamentally altered the way governments approach economic policy. Exploring the enduring relevance of his ideas, Robert Skidelsky emphasizes Keynes's conception of economics as a moral science. K...

Maple Leaf is a witch, not the dark and brooding kind, but the sort who brews potions with a splash of gin, talks to her plants (who talk back), and insists on holidaying somewhere with strong tea and better gossip. So when she books a much-needed vacation in the desert kingdom of the Jade Feast, she expects foot massages and fragrant markets, not a brooding king in crisis.Enter King Saragon: charming, stressed, and one evil wizard away from total ruin. After a fortuitous meeting, d...

Mary Webb’s award-winning novel adapted for radio with a full cast, plus a dramatised biography of the celebrated authorNovelist and poet Mary Webb is as closely associated with Shropshire as Thomas Hardy with Dorset and the Brontës with Yorkshire. She wrote six books set against the timeless landscape of the county she knew and loved so well, but only achieved literary success after her death when the then Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin praised her work, describin...

F****ive tales of time-travel, vampires, Snow White and Odysseus from the legendary Tanith LeeTanith Lee was one of the 20th century’s most influential writers of fantasy, horror and science fiction. She wrote over 90 novels and 300 short stories, as well as children’s books, poems and several episodes of Blake’s 7. Her many accolades include several World Fantasy Awards (including the Lifetime Achievement Award) and she was the first woman to win the Brit...

e-artnow presents to you the greatest Christmas novels, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry) The Holy Night (Selma Lagerlöf) A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott) A Letter from Santa Claus (Mark Twain) Silent Night The Night After Christmas The Child Born at Bethlehem The Adoration of the Shepherds The Visit of the Wise Men As J...