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A Maxwell Profit
By Gwen Kirkwood. 2013
You are writing and selling short stories but you want to take the next step and write a novel. Della…
Galton, author of the successful writing guide How To Write and Sell Short Stories, shows you how to make the leap in this step-by-step guide. Using examples from her own successful career as writer of hundreds of published short stories and two novels, Della shows the critical differences between developing character, plot and setting in short and long fiction. The essential book to help take your writing to the next level.Harp of Burma
By Howard Hibbett, Michio Takeyama. 1966
Winner of the prestigious Mainichi Shuppan Bunkasho prize, and the subject of an acclaimed film by Ichikawa Kon, Harp of…
Burma is the story of a company of Japanese soldiers who are losing a desperate campaign against British forces in the jungles of Burma during World War II. In the midst of overwhelming challenges they discover the power of music to make even the toughest situations tolerable, and though they face inevitable defeat, singing the songs of their homeland revives their will to live.The Needle-Watcher
By Richard Blaker. 1973
This fascinating novel reconstructs the story of Will Adams, a native of Gillingham, in Kent, England, and his voyage to…
Japan in the seventeenthcentury. His knowledge of seafaring vessels at the time causes him to be taken into the favor of the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu and,in time,to become recognized as the founder of the Japanese navy. Adams was one of the most picturesque anddaring of Britain's maritime traders, and this depiction of him as the first Englishman to settle in what was then a hostile country is written not only with distinction but also with an imaginative grasp that takes it right out ofthe class of the ordinary historical novel. It is an epic tale of strange adventures, and it creates an atmosphere of rare and haunting quality. In its understanding of the Japanese mind it is hardly less than remarkable.Will Adams died in Japan in the spring of 1620 and is buried at Yokosuka. Every year aceremony is still held to commemorate the anniversary of his death. There is also a memorial to him at Ito,in Shizuoka Prefecture, as well as one at his birthplace in England. In view of the importance of Japan in the present world picture, this republication of Richard Blaker's splendid novel will no doubtbe a welcome event to all discerning readers.The Three Kingdoms, Volume 1: The Sacred Oath
By Luo Guanzhong, Yu Sumei, Ronald C. Iverson. 2014
This exciting new translation with footnotes will appeal to modern readers who find the twists and turns of Game of…
Thrones so compelling.The Three Kingdoms is an epic Chinese novel written over six centuries ago. It recounts in vivid historical detail the turbulent years at the close of the Han Dynasty, when China broke into three competing kingdoms and over half the population were either killed or driven from their homes. Part myth, part fact, readers will experience the loyalty and treachery, the brotherhood and rivalry of China's legendary heroes and villains during the most tumultuous period in Chinese history.Considered the greatest work in classic Chinese literature, The Three Kingdoms is read by millions throughout Asia today. Seen not just as a great work of art, many Chinese view it as a guide to success in life and business as well as a work that offers great moral clarity-while many foreigners read it to gain insights into Chinese society and culture. From the saga of The Three Kingdoms, readers will learn how great warriors motivate their troops and enhance their influence, while disguising their weaknesses and turning the strengths of others against them.This first volume in a trilogy introduces LiuVita Sexualis
By Sanford Goldstein, Ogai Mori, Kazuji Ninomiya. 1972
Though banned three weeks after its publication in 1909, Vita Sexualis is far more than a prurient erotic novel. The…
narrator, a professor of philosophy, wrestles with issues of sexual desire, sex education, and the proper place of sensuality. He tells the story of his own journey into sexual awareness, spanning fifteen years, from his first exposure to erotic woodcuts at the age of six, to his first physical response to a woman, and his eventual encounter with a professional courtesan. Beyond being a poignant account of one boy's coming of age, Vita Sexualis is also an important record of Japan's moral struggles during the cultural upheaval of the last years of the Meiji era.In response to the publication of Vita Sexualis, Ogai Mori was reprimanded by Japan's vice-minister of war.Harlequin Historical July 2018 - Box Set 2 of 2: Marianne's Marriage of Convenience The Warrior's Runaway Wife Diary of a War Bride
By Denise Lynn, Lynna Banning, Lauri Robinson. 2018
Do you dream of wicked rakes gorgeous Highlanders muscled Viking warriors and rugged Wild West cowboys Harlequin…
Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection MARIANNE S MARRIAGE OF CONVENIENCEby Lynna Banning Western To claim the business she has inherited Marianne Collingwood enters a marriage of convenience with her coworker Lance Burnside Only too late does she consider the bed they will now share THE WARRIOR S RUNAWAY WIFEby Denise Lynn Medieval Lady Avelyn flees an unwanted betrothal but is found by fearsome Elrik Lord of Roul a legendary warrior Now Avelyn is bound to Elrik when he is commanded by the courts to wed her DIARY OF A WAR BRIDEby Lauri Robinson WWII Kathryn Winslow knows she should shut off her feelings for American officer Sergeant Dale Johnson he could be transferred at any time Fighting her heart feels like the biggest battle of all Look for Harlequin Historical s July 2018 Box set 1 of 2 filled with even more timeless love storiesHarlequin Historical July 2018 - Box Set 1 of 2: A Lady Becomes a Governess One Week to Wed The Master of Calverley Hall
By Diane Gaston, Lucy Ashford, Laurie Benson. 2018
Do you dream of wicked rakes gorgeous Highlanders muscled Viking warriors and rugged Wild West cowboys Harlequin…
Historical brings you three new full-length titles in one collection A LADY BECOMES A GOVERNESSThe Governess Swapby Diane Gaston Regency When the ship Lady Rebecca is on wrecks she assumes the identity of a governess she believes has drowned In this new life she meets handsome Lord Brookmore dare she reveal who she is for a chance at happiness ONE WEEK TO WEDThe Sommersby Bridesby Laurie Benson Regency Meeting dashing Lord Andrew Pearce brings widowed Lady Charlotte Gregory s solitary world back to vibrant life Their night of secret passion leads to shock scandal and a sudden marriage of convenience THE MASTER OF CALVERLEY HALLby Lucy Ashford Regency Once a blacksmith s boy now master of Calverley Hall Yet Connor Hamilton returns to find that his old friend Isobel Blake has lost everything The fragility beneath her brave smile makes him want to hold her close Look for Harlequin Historical s July 2018 Box set 2 of 2 filled with even more timeless love storiesLady Julia Grey, Volume 2
By Deanna Raybourn. 2016
Re-visit Deanna Raybourn's adored Lady Julia Grey's Victorian mystery series, and be carried off by adventure in this first-time digital…
collection of books four, five and a bonus novella! DARK ROAD TO DARJEELING: Book 4 After eight idyllic months in the Mediterranean, Lady Julia Grey and her detective husband are ready to put their investigative talents to work once more. At the urging of Julia's eccentric family, they hurry to India to aid an old friend, the newly-widowed Jane Cavendish. Living on the Cavendish tea plantation with the remnants of her husband's family, Jane is consumed with the impending birth of her child--and with discovering the truth about her husband's death. Was he murdered for his estate? And if he was, could Jane and her unborn child be next? THE DARK ENQUIRY: Book 5 Lady Julia and Nicholas Brisbane have finally returned from abroad to London. But merging their respective households leaves little room for the newlyweds themselves, let alone Brisbane's private enquiry business. Among the more unlikely clients: Julia's very proper brother, Lord Bellmont, who swears Brisbane to secrecy. Not about to be left out of anything concerning her family, Julia soon picks up the trail of the investigation. It leads to the exclusive Spirit Club, where the alluring Madame Séraphine holds evening séances...and not a few powerful gentlemen in thrall. From this eerie enclave unfolds a lurid tangle of murder, espionage and blackmail... Bristling at the tension it causes between them, the Brisbanes find they must unite or fall. For Bellmont's sake--and more--they'll face myriad dangers born of dark secrets: the kind men kill to keep...Harlequin Historical June 2018 - Box Set 1 of 2: A Kiss Away From Scandal Captain Rose's Redemption Lord Stanton's Last Mistress
By Christine Merrill, Georgie Lee, Lara Temple. 2018
Do you dream of wicked rakes, gorgeous Highlanders, muscled Viking warriors and rugged Wild West cowboys? Harlequin® Historical brings you…
three new full-length titles in one collection! A KISS AWAY FROM SCANDALThose Scandalous Stricklandsby Christine Merrill(Regency)Gregory Drake is hired to help Hope Strickland find the lost items of her family’s estate. As they search, Hope is drawn to the handsome stranger. Will she put aside her marriage prospects for one forbidden night?CAPTAIN ROSE’S REDEMPTIONby Georgie Lee(Georgian)Captured by pirates, Lady Cassandra Shepherd is shocked to find Captain Rose, the man she once loved and lost, in need of her help. Can he can reclaim his life as a gentleman and with it her hand in marriage?LORD STANTON’S LAST MISTRESSWild Lords and Innocent Ladiesby Lara Temple(Regency)A royal visit to Stanton Hall reveals Christina James, the princess’s chaperone, as the woman who saved Alex, Lord Stanton’s life years ago! He is a master of control, but Christina unleashes his sinful side…Look for Harlequin® Historical’s June 2018 Box set 2 of 2, filled with even more timeless love stories!The Tale of Genji
By Murasaki Shikibu, Kencho Suematsu. 1974
Written centuries before the time of Shakespeare and Chaucer, The Tale of Genji marks the birth of the novel--and after…
more than a millennium, this seminal work about the life and loves of Prince Genji, master poet, dancer, musician and painter, continues to enchant readers throughout the world.Rashomon and Other Stories
By Ryunosuke Akutagawa. 1952
This collection of short stories includes "In a Grove", a psychologically sophisticated tale about murder, rape, and suicide; "Rashomon", the…
story of a thief scared into honesty by an encounter with a ghoul; and "Kesa and Morito", the story of man driven to kill someone he doesn't hate by a lover whom he doesn't love."There are enough Swiftian touches in Akutagawa to show his hatred of stupidity, greed, hypocrisy, and the rising jingoism of the day. But Akutagawa's artistic integrity kept him from joining his contemporaries in the easy social criticism or naive introspection...What he did was question the values of his society, dramatize the complexities of human psychology, and study, with a Zen taste for paradox, the balance of illusion and reality."--Howard HibbettTo Live and Die: Collected Stories of the Civil War, 1861-1876
By Kathleen Diffley. 2002
Even before the first cannonballs were fired at Fort Sumter, American writers were trying to make creative sense of the…
War Between the States. These thirty-one stories were culled from hundreds that circulated in popular magazines between 1861 and the celebration of the American centennial in 1876. Arranged to echo the sequence of the unfolding drama of the war and Reconstruction, together these short stories constitute an "inadvertent novel," a collective narrative about a domestic crisis that was still ongoing as the stories were being written and published. The authors, who include Louisa May Alcott and Mark Twain, depict the horrors of the battlefield, the suffering in prison camps and field hospitals, and the privations of the home front. In these pages, bushwhackers carry the war to out-of-the-way homesteads, spies work households from the inside, journeying paymasters rely on the kindness of border women, and soldiers turn out to be girls. The stories are populated with nurses, officers, speculators, preachers, slaves, and black troops, and they take place in cities, along the frontier, and on battlefields from Shiloh to Gettysburg. The book opens with a prewar vigilante attack on the Underground Railroad and a Kansas parson in Henry King's "The Cabin at Pharoah's Ford" and concludes with an ex-slave recalling the loss of her remaining son in Twain's "A True Story. " In between are stories written by both women and men that were published in magazines from the South and West as well as the culturally dominant Northeast. Wartime wood engravings highlight the text. Kathleen Diffley's introduction provides literary and historical background, and her commentary introduces readers to magazine authors as well as the deepening disruptions of a country at war. Just as they did for nineteenth-century readers, these stories will bring the war home to contemporary readers, giving shape to a crisis that rocked the nation then and continues to haunt it now.A Maxwell Takes Flight
By Gwen Kirkwood. 2012
Shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Comedy Novel Awards 2013 A British romantic comedy by Jane Wenham-Jones, author of 'Perfect Alibis'.…
Laura Meredith never imagined herself appearing on TV- she's too old, too flabby, too downright hormonal, and much too busy holding things together for her son, Stanley, after her husband left her for a younger, thinner replacement. But best friend Charlotte is a determined woman and when Laura is persuaded on to a daytime show to talk about her PMT, everything changes. Suddenly there's a camera crew tracking her every move and Laura finds herself an unlikely star. But as things hot up between her and gorgeous TV director, Cal, they're going downhill elsewhere. While Laura's caught up in a heady whirlwind of beauty treatments, makeovers and glamorous film locations, Charlotte's husband, Roger, is concealing a guilty secret, Stanley's got problems at school, work's piling up, and when Laura turns detective to protect Charlotte's marriage, things go horribly wrong. The champagne's flowing as Laura's prime time TV debut looks set to be a hit. But in every month, there's a "Day Ten" ...You're Married to Her?
By Ira Wood. 2012
As the anti-Vietnam War movement drew to a close, a twenty-six-year-old unknown playwright began an affair with a glamorous older…
woman, a feminist activist and acclaimed poet/novelist at the height of her career. What she saw in a neurotic, sexually naïve, poorly educated but very sweet guy was apparent to no one, especially him. Using a wildly self-skewering but oddly sympathetic narrative voice that fulfills The New York Times' assessment of his "special gift for heartwarming comedy," Ira Wood re-imagines his early years with Marge Piercy in a series of chronologically linked essays, never failing to raise the question that few have failed to ask: You're married to Her?With the brazen candor of Toby Young's How to Lose Friends and Alienate People and the wicked lunacy of David Sedaris, Wood tells tales of his first true love, who he told his parents were dead; his disastrous affair with a promiscuous single mother, while he was involved with Piercy; his childhood dependence on speed; and running for public office on a lark-and winning-only to find himself responsible for the government of a small town. Thirty years later he's still married to Her, confident enough to share, and laugh at, what men do when their behavior slips to the level of their self-esteem.Ira Wood is the author of two novels and the co-author, with Marge Piercy, of two highly acclaimed books, a novel and a writing text. His talk show The Lowdown streams on WOMR-FM, a Pacifica network affiliate.Pagoda, Skull & Samurai
By Chieko Irie Mulhern, Koda Rohan. 1985
Rohan Koda's activist heroes and unique literary creations embody lofty ideals and are likely to present readers everywhere with a…
fresh view of the constructive aspects of the Japanese personality in Pagoda Skull & Samurai. Japanese literary history usually classifies Rohan as an idealist writer, and the three stories in the present collection belong to this genre. "The Five-Storied Pagoda," one of Rohan's most well-known works, is a moving account of a misunderstood carpenter who has been inspired to undertake the construction of a pagoda himself. It is not merely a story of individualism, however, for the religious implications of such a task are profound. Such stories in addition to the essays and notes by the translator will prove of interest to the general reader and especially to the reader already familiar with Japanese literature.Meet Henry Wellcome - An eStory
By Charles Margerison. 2011
Meet Henry Wellcome. Discover his amazing life story in this unique audio story from The Amazing People Club. He may…
have saved your life with the medicines he developed and produced. Henry willed his entire fortune to further development and research to The Wellcome Trust, which is one of the largest biomedical charities in the world. Travel with Henry Wellcome from the log cabin in which he was born in Wisconsin on his epic journeys around the world, driven by his thirst for knowledge and insatiable curiosity. Henry Wellcome's story comes to life through BioViews®. These are short biographical narratives, similar to interviews. They provide an easy way of learning about amazing people who made major contributions and changed our world.Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares (Step into Reading)
By Richard Walz, Frank Murphy. 2001
A funny, entertaining introduction to Ben Franklin and his many inventions, including the story of how he created the "magic…
square." A magic square is a box of nine numbers arranged so that any line of three numbers adds up to the same number, including on the diagonal! Teachers and kids will love finding out about this popular teaching tool that is still used in elementary schools today!Thousand Pieces of Gold
By Ruthanne Lum Mccunn. 2004
Lalu Nathoy's father called his thirteen-year-old daughter his treasure, his "thousand pieces of gold," yet when famine strikes northern China…
in 1871, he is forced to sell her. Polly, as Lalu is later called, is sold to a brothel, sold again to a slave merchant bound for America, auctioned to a saloonkeeper, and offered as a prize in a poker game. This biographical novel is the extraordinary story of one woman's fight for independence and dignity in the American West.From the Trade Paperback edition.Harlequin Desire September 2018 - Box Set 2 of 2: Runaway Temptation Stranger in His Bed Playing Mr. Right
By Maureen Child, Cara Lockwood, Kat Cantrell, Lauren Canan. 2018
Do you love stories with sexy romantic heroes who have it all wealth status and…
incredibly good looks Harlequin Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles in one collection 2612 RUNAWAY TEMPTATIONTexas Cattleman s Club Bachelor Auctionby Maureen ChildWhen Caleb attends a colleague s wedding the last person he expects to leave with is the runaway bride He offers Shelby a temporary hideout on his ranch But soon the sizzle between them has this wealthy cowboy wondering if seduction will convince her to stay 2613 STRANGER IN HIS BEDThe Masters of Texas by Lauren CananBrooding Texan Wade Masters brings his estranged wife home from the hospital with amnesia This new sensual kind Victoria makes him feel things he never has before But when he discovers the explosive truth will their second chance at love be as doomed as their first 2616 PLAYING MR RIGHTSwitching Places by Kat CantrellCEO Xavier LeBlanc must resist his new employee his inheritance is on the line But there s more to her than meets the eye because she s working undercover to expose fraud at his charity Too bad Xavier is falling faster than her secrets are coming to light BONUS BOOK INCLUDED IN THIS BOX SET No Strings by Cara Lockwood Look for Harlequin Desire s September 2018 Box Set 1 of 2 filled with even more scandalous stories and powerful heroes Join HarlequinMyRewards com to earn FREE books and more Earn points for all your Harlequin purchases from wherever you shopHarlequin Desire September 2018 - Box Set 1 of 2: Keeping Secrets One Night Scandal The Reluctant Heir
By Joanne Rock, Cara Lockwood, HelenKay Dimon. 2018
Do you love stories with sexy romantic heroes who have it all wealth status and…
incredibly good looks Harlequin Desire brings you all this and more with these three new full-length titles in one collection 2611 KEEPING SECRETS Billionaires and Babiesby Fiona BrandBillionaire Damon Smith s sexy assistant shared his bed and then vanished for a year Now she s returned with his infant daughter Can he work through the dark secrets Zara s still hiding and claim the family he never knew he wanted 2614 ONE NIGHT SCANDAL The McNeill Magnatesby Joanne RockActress Hannah must expose the man who hurt her sister Sexy rancher Brock has clues but amnesia means he can t remember them or his one night with her Still he pursues her with a focus she can t resist What happens when he finds out everything 2615 THE RELUCTANT HEIR The Jameson Heirsby HelenKay DimonOld-money heir Carter Jameson has a family who thrives on deceit He s changing that by finding the woman who knows devastating secrets about his father The problem He wants her maybe more than he wants redemption And what he thinks she knows is nothing compared to the truth BONUS BOOK INCLUDED IN THIS BOX SET No Strings by Cara Lockwood Look for Harlequin Desire s September 2018 Box Set 2 of 2 filled with even more scandalous stories and powerful heroes Join HarlequinMyRewards com to earn FREE books and more Earn points for all your Harlequin purchases from wherever you shop