
Cometh the Hour
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Cometh the Hour opens with the reading of a suicide note, which has devastating consequences for...

Heat Wave
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Published in Penguin Modern Classics, Penelope Lively's Heat Wave is a moving portrayal of a fragile...
Directing for the Screen: Succeeding as a Creative Professional
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Directing for the Screen is a collection of essays and interviews exploring the business of...

War Cry
Wilbur Smith and David Churchill
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'That time is upon us. I can feel it coming. That evil barbarian will not be satisfied until he has...

General Percy Kirke and the Later Stuart Army
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General Percy Kirke (c. 1647-91) is remembered in Somerset as a cruel, vicious thug who deluged the...
Jane Austen's Transatlantic Sister: The Life and Letters of Fanny Palmer Austen
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In 1807 genteel, Bermuda-born Fanny Palmer (1789-1814) married Jane Austen's youngest brother,...

Winning Marriage: The Inside Story of How Same-Sex Couples Took on the Politicians and Pundits-and Won
Marc Solomon and Deval Patrick
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Ten years ago no state allowed same-sex couples to marry, support for gay marriage nationwide...

A Brief History of Britain 1066 - 1485: The Birth of the Nation: v. 1: Birth of the Nation: 1066-1485
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From the Battle of Hastings to the Battle of Bosworth Field, Nicholas Vincent tells the story of how...
A History of the World in Sixteen Shipwrecks
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Stories of disasters at sea, whether about Roman triremes, the treasure fleet of the Spanish Main,...

British Posters of the First World War
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During the First World War the authorities emulated the simple slogans and strong graphic imagery of...