Cairns: 132 books
by Warwick Cairns
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2010
One man’s journey in the footsteps of a great explorer into the heart of Africa. As a young man, Warwick Cairns met the then elderly explorer Wilfred Thesiger and the two men struck up an unlikely friendship. Invited to visit him at his African home, Cairns decides to make a bit of an adventure...
The Case of Rose Bird
Gender, Politics, and the California Courts
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Rose Elizabeth Bird was forty years old when in 1977 Governor Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown chose her to become California’s first female supreme court chief justice. Appointed to a court with a stellar reputation for being the nation’s most progressive, Bird became a lightning rod for the opposition...
A Spider Dreams
15 Creepy Short Stories of Horror, Mayhem and Children's Birthday Parties
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
Daniel Sullivan is about to receive a phone call that will change his life. It may also change the life of the 5 children he's supposed to be looking after... Susan's grandmother died a while back and, while the will is sorted out, she and her brothers are going through the attic. They're about to...
by Michael Cairns
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2014
“This is a real page turner, characters you can believe in, horrible bad guys and cool action. Perfect for fans of Suzanne Collins or anyone who likes their sci-fi to have a human edge.”
"Free at last, Ally and Stem have reached the war, but nothing is as it seems.
In part...
Thirteen Roses, Book Three: Beyond
An Apocalyptic Zombie Saga
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2016
What if the zombie apocalypse was a cog in the machine, one part of a plan far larger than simply wiping out the human race?
St Paul's Cathedral is filled with attractive young blond women. In gas masks. The plague will soon have run its course, leaving the world filled with zombies and...
by Michael Cairns
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2014
'The Avengers meets Magician, The Planets Series is superhero conflict on a global scale...'
The enemy grows in strength The Assembly are revealed The Planets... are screwed.
New York is awash with murders. While the Planets race against time to stop the impending bloodbath,...
Seasonal Baking
Celebrating the Baking Year With Classic Cakes, Cupcakes, Biscuits and Delicious Treats
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013
Seasonal baking from the Royal cake maker.
Royal cake maker, Fiona Cairns, knows how important the seasons are when creating delicious cakes. Not only are ingredients at their very best and cheapest, but it also makes sense to be in tune with the changing colours, moods and celebrations of...
Post-war Jewish Women's Writing in French
Juives Francaises Ou Francaises Juives?
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2017
"How have French Jewish women reacted to the great traumas of the last century - the Holocaust, North African decolonization and the resulting migration of African Jews to France, the Arab-Israeli crisis and the aftermath of 9/11? Cairns's major new volume identifies the themes of books by French...
Cleansing
The City Electric - Book One
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2018
Dancy waits…
Sometimes, she waits all night. Rain or snow, she sits atop the city, watching for him.
For Never Man.
Some nights, he doesn’t show. Other nights…
Five years ago, Dancy was rescued by Never Man. He didn’t say why. He didn’t say much of anything. But...
by Bob Cairns
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
The town of Lewes in the South Downs has a long and fascinating history. From its Saxon origins it grew into a medieval walled town dominated by its spectacular Norman castle. Such was its importance that it was the site of a ferocious battle between Henry III and Simon de Monfort. Later still, it...
Perfect Imperfect
The beauty of accident, age & patina
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
If you have read The House that Pinterest Built, Smart Spaces, The Alchemy of Things, or Elements of Style you're going to love Perfect Imperfect.
Wabi-sabi and new creative interior design expressions: Perfect Imperfect is a stunning collection of homes and studios of creatives from all over...
by William B. Cairns
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Beginning with the first prose of the Virginia settlers—who were writing at the same time as Shakespeare—this sweeping 1912 study traces the development of American literature from the colonial period and the revolution, through the nineteenth century. Cairns focuses on the influence of the abolitionists...
Esther in Early Modern Iberia and the Sephardic Diaspora
Queen of the Conversas
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
This book explores Queen Esther as an idealized woman in Iberia, as well as a Jewish heroine for conversos in the Sephardic Diaspora in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The biblical Esther --the Jewish woman who marries the King of Persia and saves her people -- was contested in the cultures...