In this exclusive e-novella from Kieran Kramer, a daring young debutante learns that when it comes to love, there's more than meets the eye…Lady Eleanor Gibbs is shocked when she stumbles upon a tattooed London gentleman involved in an illicit embrace. Five years ago, a masked man bearing that same tattoo saved her and the six children of the Marquess and Marchioness of Brady from a band of thieves. Now, Ellie's "hero"—better known as the notorious Earl of Tumbridg...

Philosophical wisdom and practical advice for overcoming the problems of middle ageHow can you reconcile yourself with the lives you will never lead, with possibilities foreclosed, and with nostalgia for lost youth? How can you accept the failings of the past, the sense of futility in the tasks that consume the present, and the prospect of death that blights the future? In this self-help book with a difference, Kieran Setiya confronts the inevitable challenges of a...

Australia and the United States are enduring and successful democracies. Since World War II, Australia has been a staunch American ally, but the relationship has often struggled.Not Really Like Us charts interactions between the two countries since the American War of Independence and their influence on each other.Part history, part travel memoir and cultural investigation, this book analyses these interactions - from literature and film to sport, guns, military hi...

The second book in an action packed new series, loved by readers, this is fantasy at its finest for fans of Percy Jackson.Jed Greenleaf is looking forward to his second Arthanfest tournament, but then disaster strikes, throwing the whole kingdom into utter turmoil - the Queen is kidnapped!The army appears to have been bewitched in some way, and it is not long before a strange new magick is discovered. Soon a hidden guild emerges from the shadows, putting th...

**NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORKER AND THE ECONOMIST“Life Is Hard is a humane consolation for challenging times. Reading it is like speaking with a thoughtful friend who never tells you to cheer up, but, by offering gentle companionship and a change of perspective, makes you feel better anyway.” —The New York Times Book Review**There is no cure for the human condition: life is hard. But Kieran Setiya believes philosophy can...

Mystery of The Blue Dragon is a neo-noir saga of crime, romance, mystery, drama, intrigue, and scuba diving.When a chance encounter with a DEA agent leads scuba diving instructor Nollaig and computer hacker Sierra into a dangerous double life of scuba diving and cybercrime in a mission to take down a shady drug and gun-smuggling operation, they must face their personal demons and fight against a corrupt system to save their own life and accept that adversity can be a door to a bett...

2nd EDITIONFor newly certified scuba divers and those thinking about making the plunge!Start off on the right fin!How to scuba dive? How to get my scuba diving certification?If you are not a diver yet, this book is everything you need to know about learning to dive in a step-by-step beginner’s guide.If you are a newly certified diver and do not yet feel safe & comfortable underwater, this guide will show you...

If life were a fairy tale, Daisy Montgomery's stepmother and two stepsisters would surely be cast in the wicked roles. For years, they've made life miserable for Daisy. But when she discovers she has a godmother, she's determined to ask her for help. Little did Daisy expect her godmother to play matchmaker with her very own grandson—who happens to be a viscount!A freewheeling playboy, Charles Thorpe, Viscount Lumley, is bored with his wealth-seeking female admirers. Not only that, h...

'This is Irish history seen anew, from below, bristling with practical lessons for working-class struggle today' - Eamonn McCannThe 32 counties of Ireland were divided through imperial terror and gerrymandering. Partition was borne from a Tory strategy to defend the British Empire and has spawned a ‘carnival of reaction’ in Irish politics ever since. Over the last 100 years, conservative forces have dominated both states offering religious identity as a diversion from economic fail...

From the twisted mind that brought you the short crime thriller, 1+1=3, comes a love story unlike any other!READ!!The steamy scene between Azrael and Morrigan in their car!FEAR!!The fake cop who kidnaps them!RECOIL!!From the gore!ENRAGE!!At the feeling of seeing a show but being seated in front of a post.PLUSWHY...Is there a walk-in freezer in the fake c...

At the closely guarded and secretive military facility, Pine Gap in Australia's Northern Territory, police arrest six nonviolent activists. Their crime: to step through a fence, lamenting and praying for the dead of war. They call themselves Peace Pilgrims. The Crown calls them a threat to national security and demands gaol time. Their political trials, under harsh Cold War legislation, tell a story of obsessive Australian secrecy about the American military presence on our soil and the st...

A few minutes after noon on the 24th April, 1916, Patrick Pearse stepped outside the newly occupied GPO on Sackville Street with a copy of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic. Reading aloud, he declared a strike for Irish freedom against the world’s greatest imperial power.The Easter Rising, as the six days of intense, bloody fighting that followed came to be known, set the course for the next 100 years of Irish history; the ‘Heroes of ‘16’ becoming a national cultural and polit...