"A gritty, unsentimental story of love and loyalty played out across Europe during the two World Wars . . . Fans of Graham Greene or Alan Furst will want to take a look." — Publishers WeeklyThis riveting novel introduces us to Kate Zweig, the beautiful English widow of a German surgeon, and Claus Murphy, an exiled American with German roots—two lovers with complicated loyalties. In 1918, Kate and her husband were taken for spies by Russian soldiers and for...

Praise for Gill Paul:‘A cleverly crafted novel and an enthralling story… A triumph.’ DINAH JEFFERIES‘Gripping, romantic and evocative of its time.’ LULU TAYLORThe year is 1854, and Britain is in the grip of a gruesome war. Dorothea Gray has not seen her little sister Lucy since she eloped with the handsome Captain Charlie Harvington and set sail for the Crimea.Now, as the war worsens and the battlefields darken with blood, Do...

"A wild ride of a life... Oakenfold's story is extraordinary" - The TimesFollow Paul Oakenfold – world-renowned DJ and dance music pioneer – as he tells his incredible story of a phenomenal career at the beating heart of dance.Paul's journey takes him from a musical baptism in 1980s New York and underground club nights in London to running a seminal dance record label and a legendary trip to Ibiza that introduced him to trance and changed the face ...

Journaliste Cindy Thomas vindt het lijk van een dakloze man. Tot haar ontzetting onderzoekt de politie de zaak amper: die heeft haar handen vol met meerdere overlijdens in de elite van San Francisco – overlijdens zonder duidelijke doodsoorzaak. Cindy trekt dan maar zelf op onderzoek uit. Yuki, een ander lid van de Women's Murder Club, krijgt een moeilijk dossier op haar bord. Ze heeft een video waarin een moeder haar dochter beschuldigt van de moord op haar man, maar is dat genoeg voor een...

When his obsession over a pet girl video is discovered, Dr. Victor Lichtenstein’s wife of twenty years divorces him and his children no longer want to see him. A year passes and Victor is unable to reunite with his family. In his loneliness and despair, he begins an online search for “how to find a submissive, which leads him to The Agency, a website catering to “the busy professional Dom in need of a discrete introduction to an available submissive.” Seeing that, he knows it’s time to ful...

Many readers have claimed this is their favorite book of all time. This is a magical, compelling story about the wife of the emperor Justinian, the empress Theodora. ''The Female'' by Paul I. Wellman is one of those rare novels that manages to blend riveting historical storytelling with unforgettable character work. Set against the backdrop of a tumultuous and vividly rendered frontier, the book captures the raw, often brutal forces that shaped early America — and places a fiercely compell...

Four hundred of the 3,800 people who permanently live or work in the State of Vatican City, the smallest sovereign and independent state on the globe, are women. They are nuns and members of the laity; some are housekeepers of churchmen; others are secretaries, translators, editors, lawyers, and middle-level officials of the papal administration.Expansive in scope and enlightening in detail, The Vatican's Women recalls women who wielded power in the Vatican, including St. C...

Whether people realize it or not, the ideas in 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 have had a huge impact on the role of Christian women in the church through the centuries. These fifteen verses have shaped worship practices, church structures, church leadership, marriages, and even relationships between men and women in general. They have contributed to practices that have consistently placed women in a subordinate role to men, and have been used to justify the idea that a woman should not occupy a lea...

The expression of innovative women in acoustic and electric blues music is both vital and far-reaching. From the beginning, remarkable female artists have helped shape popular music with important blues contributions. As a result, their legacy should be kept in mind.This book commemorates a select group of noteworthy women chosen for their compelling collective vibe along with an incredible music mojo. Read Seven Celebrated Women of the Blues and share the writer's enjoyment.

Jane Austen's first written work, LADY SUSAN, was never publication ready but was still published after her death. She began the piece when she was 17 years old and wrote the narrative all in letters with a conclusion writing out the rest of the story's outline. It follows a widow who has to flee to her in-laws estate in the country and is determined to get her daughter married. With her charm and wit she manages to throw this quiet place into quite a tizzy. Our adaptation aims to make thi...

Hero. A word used and abused in football, but for those who fought for their country in Britain's armed forces during the brutal conflicts of the twentieth century, there can be no better description. And over the years, Rangers Football Club has produced its share of true heroes. The club's traditional motto, 'Aye Ready', has applied on the pitch for well over a century, but for a generation of Ibrox stars, those words were carried onto the battlefields on foreign shores as they fought fo...

Born Ready is the autobiography of Eugene Paul Semmens, 1946-present. Born in Long Beach, California as the son of a career military officer, who would himself go on to become a career military officer, Born Ready shares the struggle, joys and sorrows of striving to live a life that was a witness to the values of faith, family and honor throughout the decades.