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The following sheets pretend to no merit in composition, the writer pretends to no reputation as an author; the subject must be interesting to every British reader, and if the events are faithfully recorded, the work will deserve some attention. Unaccustomed for a series of years to any great or continued exertion upon the continent, the people of England almost doubted their power or means of supporting one. The genius of Lord Wellington, the bravery of British troops, have removed this d...

The memoirs of the early campaigns of the Duke of Wellington, particularly during his time in Portugal and Spain, provide a vivid account of military strategy and leadership. Written by the Earl of John Fane Westmorland, these recollections offer a unique perspective on the challenges faced by British forces during the Peninsular War. Westmorland's insights into Wellington's tactics and the experiences of soldiers on the ground illuminate the complexities of warfare in the early 19th centu...

Shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize 2024In Tristram Fane Saunders' first collection, readers encounter a poet whose ingenious forms dazzle, even while exploring darker themes. Drawing on delicious, unconventional rhymes and rhythms, Before We Go Any Further conjures a contemporary London as it maps the ways we try to communicate with each other across real and invented distances.Sphinxes and sea-creatures, sleepwalkers a...

The sublime rests precariously on the edge of the abyss.'This volume is a collaboration between wordsmith Olivia Fane and painter John B. Harris. Fane's first essay is on the philosophical understanding of the sublime. The sublime first became a subject of serious philosophical thought in the eighteenth century, thanks to Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant. Fane argues for an interpretation of the sublime as the radically other, and argues that its function is primarily epistemological, in tha...

Tristram Fane Saunders lives in London and works as a journalist. The Rake lives in lavish squalor and has never worked in his life. Laura lives nowhere – she's dead, for now – but she is working on a way to solve that problem.These sly, untrustworthy poems tell the story of a nameless, ageless dandy – his slow decline, and his well-deserved fall. Take a ride in the Rake's carriage, but keep an eye on your purse.

What flies on moonlit wings?An ancient predator...A balloonist turning the tide of a battle...A vengeful Valkyrie...These characters and more await in stories born of the magic of moonlit wings and the need--the power--of transformation.Embrace the night. Embrace the magic. And fly...Experience the magic of moonlit wings in these five science fiction and fantasy short stories by Tracy Eire, Ember Fane, ...

This is a Harley Ryder Short. Woken in the middle of the night by a desperate mechanical familiar, Rye discovers that her mentor, friend, and sometimes lover, has been trapped inside a snowglobe by a cold-hearted witch bent on revenge. When she finds herself transported into the snowglobe along with the cold-hearted Elsarine, Rye must face the elements, injury, ravenous wildlife and an ice dragon.

This is a Harley Ryder Short. Rye has a buyer for her newly restored Harley-Davidson Sportster. But the succubus bound inside the bike by a frustrated wizard is making things difficult.

Olivia Fane addresses the politics, the obsessions, the misconceptions of one of the most important aspects of human existence.Is Sex Natural? Is Sex Dirty? Is Sex Loving? Is Sex about Beauty? Is Sex Political?This is a necessary and controversial book in these confused, self-obsessed, sex-obsessed and gender-fluid times.

An updated guide to the growing field of nanofiltration including fundamental principles, important industrial applications as well as novel materialsWith contributions from an international panel of experts, the revised second edition of Nanofiltration contains a comprehensive overview of this growing field. The book covers the basic principles of nanofiltration including the design and characterizations of nanofiltration membranes. The expert contributor...

Laura Glass's life seems perfect. She's beautiful, wealthy, her husband loves her and their teenage kids Leo and Jemima are at good schools. Then one day Laura's happiness is shattered when she sees her husband kissing a young woman in a doorway. Some of Laura's friends tell her to divorce him; others say ignore it. Instead Laura goes off on an adventure of her own with the beautiful young Jed. On their return, seeing that her husband is still continuing his affair, she invites his lover t...