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Starvecrow Farm is a finely wrought example of Stanley J. Weyman's later historical romance, turning from courts and battlefields to the charged moral landscape of rural England. Set around an isolated farm whose very name suggests hardship and secrecy, the novel blends romance, suspense, and social observation, tracing how inheritance, loyalty, reputation, and hidden motives shape human conduct. Weyman's prose is lucid, vigorous, and carefully paced, owing much to the Scott tradition whil...

Do you want to become more fluent in English?Do you want to understand everyday language and not just 'textbook' English?I taught English for many years and saw that many students get stuck at the high beginner/intermediate stage. They learn the basics and then can't move forward. This problem used to really frustrate me because I had lots of excellent students who were just stuck and eventually they would give up.I thought for a long time about what was wrong and th...

A father's last confession to his son about the CIA, Watergate, and the plot to assassinate President John F. Kennedy, this is the remarkable true story of St. John Hunt and his father E. Howard Hunt, the infamous Watergate burglar and CIA spymaster. In Howard Hunt's near-death confession to his son St. John, he revealed that key figures in the CIA were responsible for the plot to assassinate JFK in Dallas, and that Hunt himself was approached by the plotters, among whom included the CIA's...

The powers of political secrecy and social spectacle have been taken to surreal extremes recently. Witness the twin terrors of a president who refuses to disclose dealings with foreign powers while the private data of ordinary citizens is stolen and marketed in order to manipulate consumer preferences and voting outcomes. We have become accustomed to thinking about secrecy in political terms and personal privacy terms. In this bracing, new work, Hugh Urban wants us to focus these same powe...

This volume explores the relationship between democracy, secrecy, and transparency in contemporary English literature. It focuses on how fiction engages with the tension between secrecy and disclosure, central to debates about freedom in information societies. Drawing on theorists like Derrida, Birchall, Horn, and Han, among others, the essays examine secrecy as a form of resistance against hegemonic transparency, framing it as a political act of dissent. Scholars on Secrecy Studies argue ...

Romanian English Bilingual children's book. Perfect for kid studying English or Romanian as their second language.What is friendship? Join three good friends as they discover what real friendship means. They start a race, but decide to finish it together, helping a friend who got in trouble. This book will teach children positive friendship skills like sharing, supporting, and helping each other.

In the near future, a young woman named Alice Medes finds herself trapped in an enigma. A mysterious man has brought her to a secretive apartment to be impregnated, but something doesn't add up.Morgan Harriman can do things other men can't. His resources are vast, and he can even get the police to stand down. As her interest in him grows, so do her feelings.What starts as a frightening attraction quickly becomes a willful submission to the handsome and powerful stranger. Al...

Nyala's having a heck of a time recovering from last semester's events. She's missing her best friend Briar and things became way too complicated when her boyfriend decided to cheat on her. Yeah, she caught him in the act.She's also got a secret. One she's not willing to share with anyone.When her ex starts to harass her and a new guy appears to the rescue, she finds herself confused.Jack's on a mission. It's a very secret mission. One he can't share with anyone. Un...

English Greek children's book. Perfect for kids studying English or Greek as their second language. Jimmy, the little bunny, likes to eat candy. He sneaks into the kitchen to find a bag with candies that was hidden inside the cupboard. What happens right after Jimmy climbs up to reach the bag of candy? You will find out when you read this illustrated children's book. Since that day, he starts to develop healthy eating habits and even likes to eat his fruits and vegetables.Ο Τζίμυ, ...

Real English-speaking people don't speak like your textbook… so it's no wonder you feel unprepared when it's your turn to speak!Try the StoryLearning method, and dive into a real-world, gripping drama between six characters that helps you learn natural spoken English in the process. Created by Olly Richards, internationally-renowned language teacher and author, this proven method of the immersive experience not only entertains, it gives you the sk...

The vacation rental Glass House on the banks of and seemingly floating over Lake Como, Italy, is, to the eye, a two-story cube totally of glass—walls, floors, ceilings—suggesting daring, transparency, and bold openness. But hidden at its core is a chamber of secrecy and total testing that draws men to it to use and be used by other men roughly. This book, The Glass House, is a six-story anthology of the tales of the various men who come to the house for sport and release.

"A timely and provocative book exploring the origins of the national security state and the urgent challenge of reining it in" ( The Washington Post ).From Dick Cheney's man-sized safe to the National Security Agency's massive intelligence gathering, secrecy has too often captured the American government's modus operandi better than the ideals of the Constitution. In this important book, Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr...