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Extracts from despatches by Laurens Storm van 's Gravesande to the directors of the Zeeland Chamber of the Dutch West India Company, 1738-72, selected to illustrate the rise and expansion of the colony, with a detailed introduction. This volume ends with the despatch dated 15 March 1760. For May 1760...

Two horror shorts that feature women you don't mess with. 1. Corporals from the Indian army rendezvous with an ancient horror. 2. A woman with an unfaithful husband faces the horror of her actions.

First published in 1913, this Routledge Revivals title reissues J. A. Hobson’s seminal analysis of the causal link between the rise in gold prices and the increase in wages and consumer buying power in the early years of the Twentieth Century. Contrary to the assertions of some notable contemporary...

The year 1978 marked the thirtieth anniversary of Professor C. J. Ham­ son's 'Summer course for foreign lawyers' and of his untiring efforts not only to introduce the civil lawyer to the mysteries of the Common law but also to bring closer together lawyers from both sides of the Channel. The same...

This innovative book examines the effectiveness of international human rights law, through the case study of domestic violence. Domestic violence is an issue that affects vast numbers of women throughout all nations of the world, but as it takes place between private individuals it does not come within...

Jean-Michel La Grenouille has a lot going for him. He's a prince. Handsome. Filthy rich. And definitely charming. But he also spent his first few years as a fly-catching, pond-dwelling frog. All that saved him was the kiss of The One, the girl who saw nobility through his slimy form and fell into...

Welcome to Sin City. Liars, cheaters and thieves fill the pages of this twisted short story collection. And let's not forget the dead hooker, beautiful tattooed lady, and a vibrator named after our 43rd president.

A blind spaceship pilot. Cops and maintenance personnel in wheelchairs. Taking on bad guys with only one leg or no arms. It's not what you are that makes you something special. It's who you choose to be. Seventeen stories about people who rise above anything that tries to stop them, even their own...

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Meet Mack Taylor, a man who won't let his past mistakes destroy his future chance for love. The Southern Seductions series continues and it's never been hotter in the South! From bestselling author J.A. Coffey, Book #4 in her hot new contemporary romance series. Allison Dare is having...

A string of pearls makes its way through three generations of women in the Clarendon family. Their behavior changes but will respect for family tradition survive?

SmartYellow™ is the story of a young girl, Katrina Williams, who finds herself on the wrong side of social services. After becoming pregnant with only a slight notion of the father’s identity, she is disowned by her parents and goes to live on a social housing estate. Before long she is being...

Describing himself as a ‘self-imposed griot and poet’, J.A. Roy Bodden turns to the medium of verse to utter an anguished cry for his beloved Cayman Islands. The metaphoric ‘broken mirror’ in the title of this collection of poetry represents a Caymanian society that is fractured and rudderless,...

Continue the saga of Kibwe and his clan of Vampires. This book follows the vampires in the Nile River valley as they live a year of their lives among the kind and accepting west bank natives. The valley faces invasion from the Berbers, domination by the east bank kingdom and the rise of new gods....