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The small European nation of Luxembourg is home to many leading European Union (EU) agencies and institutions. The European Investment Bank, European Court of Justice, General Court and the Court of Auditors are located here as are some of the departments of the European Commission. Luxembourg is...

This 1899 collection includes the eponymous "A Paladin of Philanthropy," about the eccentric figure of Sir James Oglethorpe (1696-1785), British general and MP, philanthropist, social reformer, and founder of the colony of Georgia. Also included are pieces on Oliver Goldsmith's poems and plays, John Gay, and Boswell's literary predecessors.

This 1910 collection of essays on literature, history, and culture by the distinguished English poet includes the title essay as well as “Percy and Goldsmith,” “Mr. Craddock of Gumley,” “Sir John Hawkins, Knight,” “Laureate Whitehead,” “Lyttleton as a Man of Letters,” “Chambers the Architect,” “The Oxford Thackeray,” and others.

"You live to serve me. You live to please me. Now come here. Lay across my lap." Amina is nervous. Tonight is her wedding night. Her new husband is the Sultan, a man reputed to have insatiable and ferocious carnal appetites. Amina is unversed in the ways of passion, but tonight she...

Emily is powerless, her wrists and ankles bound. A young Christian woman in the heart of an Islamic Empire, she has no way to escape. Her new Master is the Sultan, an Emperor of all the Turks. He enjoys inflicting pain and pleasure in equal parts, and now Emily is his plaything. She has no...

Jamie McRae is head chef at The Lake House, and he’s crazy about Neil Findley, who’s the go-to guy for the president of Smith Resorts. Neil is just as mad about Jamie but doesn’t believe in relationships with co-workers—too risky, too many possible problems.  But when they’re thrown...

Elena is a young Victorian bride. Newly wed, she should be happy, but instead she is deeply miserable. Her husband is old, fat and impotent, and is unable to fulfil his husbandly duty. Elena is left to fantasize about the touch of a real man... But be careful what you wish for... Travelling...

Nine filthy tales of Victorian lust, depravity and desire. Beneath the veneer of civility and etiquette, the raging passions of the Victorian age flow deep. Each story in this mega-bundle tells of a young woman dominated and despoiled, but ultimately embracing the dark side of her soul, and embracing...

When Lord deVere catches Alice stealing from him, she expects him to discipline her. But the punishment he inflicts on her is more twisted and debauched than innocent Alice could ever imagine. She is released into the woods - and then Lord deVere and his men hunt her down, like predators chasing prey....

In a world torn apart by war, a group of intelligent creatures known as Guardians hid humans in a protected underground hideaway. Generations later, a young man named Xenos and his friends have no knowledge of the world above, and are tired of the tyrannical rule of the Guardians. On the day Xenos...

John Creed's nights are haunted by dreams of a white wolf, his days by the hideous class bully. He's a loner with a stutter and his home-life - with an eccentric grandfather who wants to teach him folklore and ancient languages - is isolated and unusual. But then John makes a friend - Fyre....

An assassin-in-training reflects on his past as he devours the price of his ascension to power. The nature of reality is in flux as a man tries to convince himself what he's experiencing is merely an illusion, and something is rotten in Victorian London. One man's automobile is another's bloody...

Jace had the prince in his hand and was seconds away from slaughtering the last member of the royal bloodline who had for so long oppressed or killed people like Jace. Now he had the power to stop it. Jace wanted to see the eyes of the prince as his soul was drained, but thats when he saw somethingsomething...