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'There we were, all gathered together for a Christmas party, and plunged suddenly into gloom.' It's Christmas at Hampstead's Beresford Lodge. A group of relatives and intimate friends gather to celebrate the festive season, but their party is rudely interrupted by a violent death. It isn't...

Through the winter of 2002/3, as Britain and the United States prepare for war with Iraq, one man above all others is doing his utmost to avoid conflict. Step forward Captain Harry Flashman, a staff officer with the Queen's Royal Hussars and distant descendant of legendary Victorian scoundrel General...

Johana Hall has her hands full juggling personal life and her public relations career in Washington DC. The last thing she needs is to get called back to Texas because her Grandpa H.M. believes he's being haunted. Adult Protective Services wants to put the elderly ex-con in a nursing home,...

I'm delighted to re-release my first short story. I entered The Lady and The Rake in a contest in 1999 and won the coveted first prize...publication in an anthology. I hope you enjoy reading a dash of intrigue tangled with a mistaken identity as this sweet Regency-era short story unravels to the all important happily-ever-after for Lady Margaret and the Rake: Lord Edmund Avery.

Sometimes the first time is the charm, and this sweet romantic tale of magic rainbows, faeries and a clever ghost is the closer to the original story than the later version I'd released as Bridget's Rainbow. The heart of the story is the same, but needed to be told the way I'd envisioned it the first...

This vintage book contains Charles H. Chomley's 1901 novel, "The Wisdom of Esau". Charles Henry Chomley (1868 - 1942) was an Australian barrister, writer, farmer, and journalist whose written works clearly display his vehement interest and involvement in both politics and law. This fantastic...

West Papua is the western half of New Guinea, the second-largest island in the world, and unlike its neighbor Papua New Guinea, it is still struggling to gain its independence. While Papua New Guinea, a former Australian-administered territory, became independent in 1975, West Papua is under Indonesia’s...

From the introduction: This book has not been written. It has been compiled. The style, diction, arrangement, etc., is all to which we can lay claim. The contents have been gathered from many sources. To tell where and how we have procured the material would be a difficult task; it has come from many...

Religious Encounters in Transcultural Society is divided into three parts: Islamic encounters with regional religions, East Asian religious encounters, and alternative religious encounters. This book evokes the fact that religious encounters exist in every transcultural society even though they often...

The years 1066 to 1271 witnessed some remarkable progress in English history, from the creation of English feudalism and the rejuvenation of the English church to changes in art, literature, and social life. H. W. Carless Davis describes England as undergoing the “truly English phase in her development” in this engaging history of the era.

In medical writing brevity is the kiss of life. Nevertheless most articles are unnecessarily lengthy and publications continue to multiply. Pity the poor reader! A succession of unduly long articles is bad enough, but if each is followed by a plethora of references the effect is positively daunting....

Many previous studies and books have been dedicated to fundamental and developmental aspects of biomarkers. The purpose of this book is to provide, through various case studies, an overview of the practical use of biological markers in marine animals to evaluate the health effects of environmental...