Tender, moving, heartfelt and warm (and sporadically scandalous and outrageous too), these are the private messages between people in love. Yet, they are also correspondence between the rulers of nations.From Henry VIII's lovelorn notes to Anne Boleyn and George IV's impassioned notes to his secret wife, to Queen Victoria's tender letters to Prince Albert and Edward VIII's extraordinary correspondence with Wallis Simpson - these letters depict romantic love from it...

1950s France. A British establishment figure. A shocking crime. A miscarriage of justice.The search for truth.In 1952, in a peaceful corner of Provence, a farmer's son stumbled upon a terrible scene. Three bodies: a husband and wife shot dead, their ten-year-old daughter savagely beaten to death. They were all British. So begins one of the most notorious murder cases in French history.Sir Jack Drummond was a senior advisor to the British government, a household name who was...

For generations, buying a home was the cornerstone of middle-class wealth. Today, prospective home buyers are constantly outbid, seemingly by ghosts with endless pockets of cash. These ghosts are not wealthy individuals, but highly sophisticated algorithms deployed by institutional investors to systematically buy up single-family homes across the globe. Companies are now using automated technology to scan real estate listings, determine rental yields in milliseconds, and purchase propertie...

The main goal of this book is to provide an impressive and invaluable collection of common mistakes to avoid when using English language.This book (part I) comprises different items and will take you on a beautiful journey towards improving your English. The following subjects have been especially crafted for you, with regard to a multitude of topics, like: Misused Forms, Incorrect Omissions, Unnecessary Words, Misplaced Words, Confused Words.This book is suitable for stude...

The bestselling alternative history series in bite-sized chapters. Thoroughly researched and entertaining. This is history … but not as you know it.The book has a unique status as an emblem of human culture and civilization. It is a vessel for sharing stories, dispersing knowledge, examining the nature of our extraordinary species and imagining what lies beyond our known world. Books ultimately provide an invaluabl...

Reflecting recent changes in accounting standards, this Eighth Edition of Financial Management for Public, Health, and Not-for-Profit Organizations provides a comprehensive yet practical introduction to the financial decision-making and management skills required of students and practitioners in the public, health, and not-for-profit sectors. Assuming that readers have no prior training in financial management, the authors artfully combine...

NLP stands for Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and it encompasses the three most influential components involved in producing human experience: neurology, language and programming. Over the years NLP has been both misunderstood and misused especially in regards to the application of the various techniques that are associated with it.In his booked entitled Banned NLP secrets author Daniel Smith reveals the simple truth about NLP that will have you stripping off the illusory layers and...

The little-known history of the "Garden Front"—Britain's wildly successful vegetable-growing campaign during WWII: "A fascinating story." — Northern EchoAfter food rationing was introduced in 1940, and German U-boats began threatening merchant shipping bringing in essential foodstuffs, the Ministry of Agriculture decided something had to be done to make the kitchens of Britain more self-sufficient.The result was an amazingly effective campaign—Dig fo...

From Socrates to Sartre, Avicenna to Angela Davis, this accessible guide will get you up to speed on the world’s greatest minds and help you to think like them.You’ve heard of Plato, but do you understand his Theory of Forms? What does René Descartes’ maxim ‘I think, therefore I am’ actually mean? And how is philosophy relevant to modern life?Drawing on the thoughts and words of iconic philosophers from the ancient ...

From a psychotherapist and the New York Times bestselling author of Monkey Mind, a thoughtful, deeply personal exploration of our most difficult emotions, arguing that they are not obstacles to overcome but essential messengers that can lead us toward wisdom and wholeness.What if the emotions we fight hardest against—anger, shame, envy, regret, jealousy, annoyance, despair—are not enemies to be vanquished but essential guides to self-knowledge?

AutoCAD is one of the leading CAD software used to create technical drawings. AutoCAD 2023 For Beginners helps you to learn AutoCAD basics using brief explanations and well-directed examples.You will learn the basics of the interface and commands, as well as how to create, edit, dimension, and print drawings.Create drawings with drawing toolsCreate and edit complex drawings with the modifying toolsAdd dimensions and annotation...

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE . . .Who was Jack the Ripper? Where did the Nazis stash their gold? Who are the real Men in Black? Did aliens send the 'WOW' signal? And how will the world end?100 Things They Don't Want You to Know sets out to uncover the truth behind the world's most mysterious cover-ups and unexplained events that have been shrouded in secrecy for generations.From suspicious deaths and disappearances to enigmatic...