In the seven decades since the darkest moments of the Second World War it seems every tenebrous corner of the conflict has been laid bare, prodded and examined from every perspective of military and social history.But there is a story that has hitherto been largely overlooked. It is a tale of quiet heroism, a story of ordinary people who fought, with enormous self-sacrifice, not with tanks and guns, but with elbow grease and determination. It is the story of the British railways an...

She loved him. He killed for her. But revenge always comes with a price.Aria Sterling was the golden girl of the art world — until the night she found her fiancé, Julian, dead in his studio. The man standing over his body, hands covered in blood? Elias Thorne, Julian's ruthless business partner and secret lover.Elias claims he killed Julian to protect her. That Julian was a monster — a thief who was going to murder Aria for her inheritance. And the evidence says he's tellin...

Descendants of the custodians once again meet to right a fundamental imbalance in the nature of the world. The remaining Elementals must defeat those who would dominate. Three young girls find themselves thrown into strange times and places.

Too much like Englishmen uncovers a forgotten migration that reshaped colonial Australia long before the gold rushes made Chinese migration visible. Between 1848 and 1853, more than 3,000 men from Amoy—modern Xiamen in China's Fujian province—were recruited under five-year labour contracts and sent to New South Wales. Drawn into the expanding British imperial labour market after the First Opium War opened Amoy as a treaty port, these men were dispatched to the pastoral frontier, w...

The world’s least promising knight gets his first taste of high-stakes adventure in this rollicking epic fantasy from the beloved Dragonlance book series!Weasel’s luck was not always good . . . Galen Pathwarden, known as “the Weasel”, would give anything to stay clear of adventure, danger, or heroism. Cowardly, deceitful, and hardly noble—and mired in a backwater castle far from any action—he bickers with his siblings and schemes against his elders. But on...

Much of the evidence we have of Chinese Australian history, particularly from the 19th century, comes from European observers and their records. These sources often reflect patronising attitudes at best and outright stereotypes or fabrications at worst. Such accounts frequently reveal more about the writers than about the people they describe—an insight that is valuable in itself. However, within this diverse and sometimes problematic material, there are moments of thoughtful and intriguin...

FAREWELL TOUR is the crown and dark accompaniment to Michael Williams' 15-year CITY QUARTET PROJECT, but it stands on its own as a culminating work.Apache Downs, a wanderer without direction, awakens in a misty stupor on the fourth floor of a public library. He wanders from the building into his home town, his surroundings estranged by memory and dream. He hears a voice telling his story as he finds his way through a layered landscape, uncertain as to where he is headed and increas...

The new and expanded edition of Great Kids in History is a collection of 40 amazing stories of incredible kids who have accomplished many great feats.Throughout history, children have played a significant role in key events. As incredible as it may seem, it was a 14-year-old boy who invented television, and it was a child who discovered the legendary Lost Sea. Read about the incredible Sybil Luddington, the teenage girl who rode more than 40 miles to rally soldiers to defe...

Brief Sojourn in Your Native Land highlights the enduring connection between Sydney and South China from the late 19th century to the mid-20th century, maintained by thousands of Sydney residents born in the diverse districts of the Pearl River Delta. The work draws on a wide range of Immigration Restriction Act files, along with other sources such as the late 19th-century 'Royal Commission on Alleged Chinese Gambling,' the burial register of the Chinese section of Rookwood Cemete...

"As quickly as I emerged from the bushes I turned and there, running toward us on the dirt road, was the most gruesome creature I had ever seen in my life. The creature was red and looked to be 10 to 12 feet tall and ran on four legs. On his back sat a human skeleton. Behind him sat the large, red setting sun. It looked as if the monster was riding out of the sun. The skeleton's jaw was agape as if he were laughing at us, jeering at us, striking fear into our hearts. The creature careened ...

A trilogy of Sherlock Holmes stories in the style of Arthur Conan Doyle. Revealed for the first time are the cases in which Holmes assists the Catholic Church. Set in the Vatican itself, as well as the Irish slums of London, Holmes must grapple not only with crime but the dark underbelly of faith. Watson too confronts ghosts, not of the past but of the future, as the mysterious AI helps bring to life his notes of these long withheld cases.

One of Inc.com's 6 New Leadership Books You Need to Read This Fall"Daring . . . This visionary guide calls for a new form of advocacy that is both radically ambitious and practical." ―Inc.A Next Big Idea Club "Must Read""It's the year 2050… and racism has ended."Could this really be our future? If so, what has to happen now to achieve such a radical change? In How We Ended...