Anne Elliot was once engaged to Captain Frederick Wentworth, but she broke off the engagement when a family friend persuaded her that it was an imprudent match.
This lively and ground-breaking collection brings together work on forms of popular television within the authoritarian regimes of Europe after World War Two.
In this domestic, psychological thriller perfect for fans of The Silent Patient and The Woman in the Window, one woman wants nothing more than to prove her innocence.
THE BUZZING, ENEMIES TO LOVERS TIKTOK SENSATION'I absolutely loved this book from the rich world-building to the diverse characters' 'Rina has a way of really drawing you into the worlds she's created' 'The ending left my emotions in tatters' .
David Herrmann's work is the most complete study to date of how land-based military power influenced international affairs during the series of diplomatic crises that led up to the First World War.
#1 International Bestseller In this surging epic, a veritable decathlon of the spirit, Kennedy incisively dramatizes the enigma of chance, petty cruelty, and catastrophic evil, unalloyed grief, and the tensile strength concealed beneath our obvious vulnerability.
Der 1942 geborene József Wieszt wurde im Alter von vier Jahren als Donauschwabe mit seiner kleinbäuerlichen Familie aus dem ungarischen Dorf Perbál bei Budapest nach Nordhessen vertrieben.
While researching in Nantes, a port city enriched by the slave trade, celebrated French novelist Fabienne Kanor came across a chilling report written in 1774 by the commander of a slave ship, Le Soleil.
This first book-length work on Terrence McNally shows how his decades in the theater have refined his thoughts on subjects like growing up gay in mannish, homophobic Texas, Shakespeare's legacy in contemporary drama, and the life-giving power of forgiveness.
This one-volume reference provides a comprehensive overview of gambling in the Americas, examining the history, morality, market growth, and economics of the gaming industry.
In his sixth month of 'delving', Tim Brown finds himself drawn back into newspaper work more and more, while surprises emerge close to home that threaten to upend his life.
Originally published in 1996, ethnic minorities in the UK made up over 5% of the population yet were hardly represented in the hundreds of hours of terrestrial broadcast television each week.
An inspiring and intriguing tale of heroism, Zherois quest for education and self-worth takes him from the rustic village of Amabra to the cities of Port Harcourt and Lagos.
Der weltberühmte Violinvirtuose und Komponist Fritz Kreisler kehrte 1914 nach der Kriegserklärung Österreich-Ungarns aus der neutralen Schweiz zurück und rückte freiwillig als Reserveoffizier bei seinem Regiment in Leoben ein.
Krimischriftstellerin Alberta Rose ist fassungslos: Ihre Trauung im Binzer Rettungsturm hätte so schön werden können, wäre nicht die Standesbeamtin kurz vor der entscheidenden Frage unfreiwillig aus dem Leben geschieden.
This modern classic is “a tough, tender, bitter novel of a black girl struggling towards womanhood” in 1930s Harlem—with a foreword by James Baldwin (Publishers Weekly).
As traditional social hierarchies fall away, ever steeper levels of economic inequality and the entrenchment of new class distinctions lend a new glamor to the idea of aristocracy: witness the worldwide popularity of Downton Abbey, or the seemingly insatiable public fascination with the private lives of the British royal family.
A man of means, Horne Fisher is a well-connected detective who's social and political influence gives him special insight into the underbelly of Britain's elite.
