**The basis for the Emmy award-winning limited series starring Hugh Grant and Ben WhishawA behind-the-scenes look at the desperate, scandalous private life of a British MP and champion manipulator, and the history-making trial that exposed his dirty secrets**While Jeremy Thorpe served as a Member of Parliament and Leader of the Liberal Party in the 1960s and 70s, his bad behavior went under the radar for years. Police and politicians alike colluded to protect one of their o...

The narrative is presented from the perspective of the iron star, as it observes and recounts the events and history it has witnessed over the ages. The story allows the celestial object to act as a silent observer of human history and evolution, from prehistoric times to the modern era.John Preston True's novel is a unique and imaginative work that explores themes of time, history, and the passage of ages from the perspective of an inanimate object. While it may not be as widely read as m...

"John Preston Arthur's History of Western North Carolina has for many years been considered one of the prime sources of information on the growth of the western section of the state." -Asheville Citizen, April 20, 1969"The first complete history of Western North Carolina...the author had visited every county in the mountain region...had gone to the original sources: people and their recollections, written records, old letters, legal documents." -March 17, 1963

The Iron Star — And What It Saw on Its Journey Through the Ages by John Preston True is a fascinating blend of science fiction and philosophical exploration, taking readers on an extraordinary voyage across time and existence. True crafts a narrative where a mysterious celestial object becomes the silent observer of humanity’s evolution, witnessing the rise and fall of civilizations, the transformation of ideas, and the enduring essence of life itself. The...

Costa Prize Winner: The "best biography yet" of notorious media mogul Robert Maxwell, "by turns engrossing, amusing, and appalling" ( Sunday Times).In February 1991, Robert Maxwell triumphantly sailed into New York Harbor on his yacht, the Lady Ghislaine, to buy the ailing Daily News. Taxi drivers stopped their cabs to shake his hand, children asked for his autograph, and patrons of the hottest restaurant in Manhattan gave him a standing o...

The Black Berets have fought for their country, for money, and for thrills … now they’re fighting for cold vengeance, as the classic series of wartime adventure continues.They’d survived everything the Vietcong could throw at them. Now they’d throw it back … at the American renegade who’d betrayed them.The Black Berets had to hand it to Parkes, their former CIA case officer. First he’d sent them on a suicide mission to Vietnam. Then he’d sent some CIA hit m...

**THE BASIS FOR THE NETFLIX FILM STARRING CAREY MULLIGAN, RALPH FIENNES, AND LILY JAMESA literary adventure that tells the story of a priceless buried treasure discovered in England on the eve of World War II**In the long, hot summer of 1939, Britain is preparing for war, but on a riverside farm in Suffolk there is excitement of another kind. Mrs. Pretty, the widowed owner of the farm, has had her hunch confirmed that the mounds on her land hold buried treasure. As the dig ...

"The Digital Puritan" is a quarterly digest of helpful Puritan works. Each article is carefully edited and formatted to maximize readability. This edition contains the following articles: Be Sober and Watchful - Hugh Binning. Binning answers the question, 'Given the shortness of time remaining before our Lord returns, how should we conduct ourselves?' (1 Peter 4:7). Continuance in Sin is Dangerous - John Preston. Bas...

Music therapists are trained to use their first study instrument in clinical practice, yet existing literature focuses almost exclusively on the use of piano, basic percussion and voice.This illuminating book brings together international music therapists who use a diverse range of musical instruments in their clinical work: the clarinet, the piano accordion, the flute, the cello, the trumpet and flugelhorn, the bassoon, the violin, the viola, the harp, the guitar, lower brass instr...

Ever wished you could grow your business while... well, handling other business?Finally-business wisdom that fits your schedule and your bathroom breaks. "40 Flushes to Grow Your Business" delivers powerful entrepreneurial insights in bite-sized daily readings perfect for the throne room.Inside you'll find:• Quick, actionable business lessons• Entertaining cartoons and jokes• Thought-provoking reflection questions• Real-world...

Less than one hundred miles off the coast of Florida sits a tiny Caribbean island so innocuous that no one with grand nefarious plans would spare it a second glance. Or would they?Key Isabella might be small, but it has become a hub for the drug trade into the United States. For the Black Berets—the world’s fiercest mercenaries—the issue of a billion-dollar heroin smuggling operation hits a sore spot they can’t ignore. Arriving in the West Indies, the five-man team...

Against a deadly alliance of Japanese smarts and KGB savagery, they were striking back—with everything they had!In the arms race against Russia, the United States has eked ahead with their superior advancements in computer technology. All that changes when Russia recruits some of Japan’s finest scientific minds to build their greatest weapon yet: a supercomputer capable of annihilating the US’s formidable Star Wars defense system.Destined for the land of th...