The Wood Beyond the World is a haunting fantasy adventure for modern listeners: William Morris’s classic tale retold in clear, contemporary language while retaining its rich atmosphere, mythic power and romance.Walter is a young merchant whose marriage has failed, leaving him restless, humiliated and desperate. When visions of three mysterious figures taunt him, he begins an odyssey sailing to far away places full of danger, mystery and magic.He encounters the Lady, a figur...

You picked up this book for 1 of 3 reasons. Your evenings have shrunk to 6 hours of scrolling and you miss the kind of laughter that only happens around a table. You are supposed to host friends and you have no plan beyond putting out chips. Or you love people but hate the awkward 10 minutes after everyone arrives when no one knows what to do. Whatever brought you here, you share a belief this book was written for: adults still need play, and play without screens fills you up in a way a fe...

There is a quiet contradiction at the heart of modern weight loss. We have more food, more choice, and more willpower advice than ever, and we feel more at war with our bodies than ever. This book offers a different starting point. Instead of counting harder, it asks you to design a kitchen that makes the light choice the easy choice, borrowing 5 simple principles from the Japanese home table that have kept a population lean without a single day of deprivation.This is not a strict ...

Step into Cryptoland, a plain‑spoken exploration of the wild frontier where brilliance collides with folly, greed, and utopian dreams. Written by a seasoned financial sector expert, this book unpacks Bitcoin, blockchains, NFTs and the Metaverse in clear, story‑driven language that cuts through jargon and hype. You’ll journey past trillion‑dollar bubbles, the darknet, Bored Apes, to a failed Fijian crypto paradise.Cryptoland dissects day‑trading fantasies, influencer‑led schemes, DA...

This Is Our Home takes you back 3000 years to the Lapita people, the first humans to settle the Fiji Islands, and follows the evidence trail through pottery sherds, DNA, language and landscape to reconstruct their world. It then sets that scientific story alongside the powerful iTaukei origin myths of Lutunasobasoba, Degei and the Kaunitoni voyage, showing how a colonial administration, missionaries and local chiefs together shaped a national story that was never as ancient as it claimed.

Vaitupu is a sleepy island in the Pacific, part of the tiny country of Tuvalu.In the days after the end of World War II, their leaders decide to buy a remote island in Fiji, sight unseen, after a meeting with the former headmaster of their school, who was passing by the island in a ship.The British Colonial authorities in Fiji let them buy it and populate it with their own natives.This true story documents how this came about, traces the varied career of the headmas...

Here is a Christian story with a difference. “2057” is a 45 minute short story.A South Korean doomsday cult lives in Fiji, a promised land, where the cult sent 400 of its members to await the end of days.A cult member reads letters she wrote to her granddaughter, chronicling her faith and her life. Her relationship with her pastor, her intimate relationship with a cryptocurrency dude, her faith, the woeful future of the world.It seems like everything the cult believ...

Imagine living in the country of your birth, and of your ancestors, yet being treated as a third‑class citizen. This is the plight of Solomoni people, whose forebears came to Fiji from the Solomon Islands as indentured labourers in the late 19th century.Over the last 150 years, the Anglican Church has played a pivotal role in helping them, but it now faces its own challenges.Their story includes massive injustices inflicted by Australian blackbirders, the economic forces th...

EIDOLONSome people know you better than you know yourself. But what happens when the truth about them begins to surface?Seventeen-year-old Alice Monroe has spent years battling anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia, and the overwhelming weight of her own mind. Through every breakdown, every sleepless night, and every moment when the darkness threatened to consume her, one person has always been there.Jeremy.Her closest friend. Her constant support. The one pers...

"Linux Shell Scripting: From Basics to Expert Proficiency" is a comprehensive guide designed for anyone seeking to master the art of shell scripting within the versatile Linux environment. This book lays a solid foundation by introducing the essentials of Linux, detailing the fundamental commands, and exploring various types of shells. Each chapter meticulously builds upon the previous, ensuring a natural progression of knowledge from basic concepts to advanced techniques. Readers will lea...

This detailed history of Rome covers from the earliest times (including the foundation of the city) to the establishment of the Empire, and has been specially formatted for today's e-book readers. Featuring many illustrations, including coins, buildings, busts and more, this excellent book is one of the most well respected within the classical civilisation field. Subject matters covered include politics, architecture, day-to-day life and much more. The book is written in an educational sty...

"Java Spring Framework: From Basics to Expert Proficiency" is an essential resource for developers looking to master one of the most powerful frameworks in the Java ecosystem. This book meticulously covers all foundational concepts to advanced topics, ensuring readers gain a comprehensive understanding of the Spring Framework. From setting up a development environment to understanding Spring's core functionalities, the book provides step-by-step guidance on dependency injection, data acces...