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One of Britain's leading contemporary playwrights, Howard Brenton is well known for his controversial state-of-the-nation plays, dark comedies and powerful political satires. He has written over 50 works for the theatre and numerous screenplays, including 13 episodes of the hit TV series Spooks. Included here are some of his most acclaimed dramas, including the award-winning Pravda, co-written with David Hare.

From sickly child to pioneering Victorian explorer, Isabella Bird defied convention. After back surgery in 1850 and the recommendation of life in the open air, she finally looked her malaise and her pain in the eye and set off across the world completely alone. In Colorado she covered 800 miles on horseback, climbing mountains, wrangling cattle, sleeping in snow and finding herself drawn to a violent, one-eyed outlaw with a soft spot for poetry, known as ‘Mountain Jim’.

Ireland, 1000 AD. Gormflaith is unhappily married to Brian Boru, High King of Ireland, and although a queen she struggles with her limited position. As an immortal Fomorian with the secret gift of magic, Gormflaith has a burning desire: to find and destroy the hidden fortress of her sworn enemies, the Descendants, who seek to kill her kind at all costs. She begins to use her magical powers, and discovers she is more skilled than she ever realised... but can she control what she will become?

Camilla Läckberg vuelve a Fjällbacka. 30 millones de ejemplares vendidos y publicada en 60 países. La reina europea de la novela negra. Tan escalofriante como emocionante.

Doctor Trustumbarger’s library looks like an old cabin. Nancy and Craig enter, and then Nancy hands Doctor Trustumbarger a list of questions: Can women be preachers? Can women teach men in Sunday school? Do wives have to take orders from their husbands? Can women wear jewelry? Did Eve’s curse apply to all women? Are men and women the same spiritually? Doctor Trustumbarger smiles and nods, for he knows that the answers to Nancy’s questions will both comfort and inspire her. Then Craig also hands Doctor Trustumbarger a list of questions.

When Sam lets in a little fear one night, he’s sure it won’t be any bother. But before he knows it, the fear has grown and grown and grown. Until even the sunniest of sunny days doesn’t feel very sunny any more. There’s only one thing for it. Sam must try and be a little bit brave....

While Scot is taken to the heart of the Right Nation camp before he is released and hunted for sport, Kimberly is trafficked to a ruined plantation called the The Tombs.

Bookish Arabella Bromley never gave a fig for society's rules—until her sister ran off with a man below her station. Now Arabella is desperate to restore her family's ruined reputation to favor amongst the ton. She'll have to marry quickly and well. But in order to carry off her plan, Arabella needs a duke . . . and she has just the rakish fellow in mind.

Eleanor, a crowned Miss Indiana beauty queen, was on her way to college with dreams of one day becoming a star. That was until one-night poor decision derailed her plan and life. Years later, drugs and prostitution have her spiraling so out of control that she finds herself on the path to prison.

Mouse, a foundling, loves her pieced-together family at the Moth Theatre fiercely. When their leading man, Walter, is wrongly arrested for murder, Mouse swears she'll free him. But another member of the cast has a secret identity ­- as a ruthless killer. As Mouse's investigation leads her ever closer to their true, deadly nature, can she outwit them without losing everything she holds dear?

Beth Harper is a highly gifted spiritual medium and clairvoyant. Having fled Scarsdale Hall, she's drawn to the remote coastal town of Crewby in north west England, and it soon becomes apparent she has a job to do. The congeniality here is but a thin veneer masking decades of deeply embedded secrets, madness and fear. Although she has help from her spirit guides and many clues are shown in visions, it isn't until the senseless and ritualistic murders happen on Mailing Street, however, that the truth is finally unearthed.

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s novel The Leopard (Il Gattopardo) is one of the world’s most loved modern classics. A Leopard’s Kiss entwines the story of Tomasi di Lampedusa writing his famous novel with that of a young couple who say farewell to their Sicilian homeland to settle in far-off Australia. The novella moves from the mountains of an ancient Sicilian village to the ornate cafes and lounges of 1950s Palermo. And from the humid Queensland cane-fields in the north of Australia to a Catholic convent school in the south.

First came the woman with the golden spear. Then came Deathwings. The worlds are at war. The wizards, the giants, the dragons and the mortals have a common enemy. Can they come together in time before Deathwings descends? And will Carmen and Brax survive to join the fight?

Evie Gunson is a very busy woman, having a very busy day…in very high heels…. No wonder she’s cranky! She’s young and ambitious, witty and rich. She buys stunning clothes and wears them well…. So why isn’t life giving her that happy ping? It could have something to do with the fact she’s having a doomed affair with a married man, so we all know how that is going to end…. Badly. …But hold on! There’s a handsome Australian zookeeper waiting in the wings, who is going to save her from a deadly pot-plant

Only after his regiment is recalled to the Continent to fight the horrific battle of Waterloo does Captain Geoffrey Mantell at last see the truth: that Miss Emily Chandry, the unfortunate daughter of the miser next door, is more than his childhood playfellow. He comes back to England after the war to claim her hand, but he is too late—Emily is lost to him, the wife of a stranger who does not seem to care for more than her social connections. Reeling from this turn of events, Geoffrey must try to move on. But Emily's situation will continue to haunt him.

Kat Maddox has had her fair share of terrible relationships. And after discovering that her latest boyfriend has been hiding an entire other life from her, it's time for a fresh start. Accepting a job on the Cornish coast, Kat begins a new chapter in Fowey. She is immediately drawn to the beautiful Cornish landscapes and swiftly an old feeling begins to emerge. Ever since she was young, Kat's had a 'gift'—when her paintbrush touches canvas, she's able to see the history of her subject as if by magic.

To find happiness and harmony in your life with the Tao’s wisdom help. Its practice is the key for "a life worth living". The Tao is the universal principle, the absolute Truth, the Absolute and Unique from which all is born. The Tao includes all and every thing. Each thing includes the Tao. The Sage follows the Tao, the Way. After having heard, studied, meditated and understood its universal principles, he practises them and in every thing he sees the sign of the Tao.

Si tienes dificultades para resolver un desafío o alcanzar tus sueños, tú no eres el problema. La cuestión es que aún no has incorporado esta poderosa creencia: todo tiene solución. Tanto si estás en un trabajo que no te hace feliz, como si tienes una adicción y quieres superarla o simplemente no tienes ritmo para bailar y te encantaría aprender, Marie Forleo te mostrará cómo salir adelante en cada reto o situación que se te presente en la vida.

On the surface, Brooke seems to have it all: She lives in Los Angeles with a decent boyfriend and has a steady income as a model and a promising career as an aspiring author. But her life begins to spiral into a vortex of drugs and depression as she learns more about the dark side of her modeling agency. At first, she is just as hollow and jaded as those around her, but behind the painted face, there is a vulnerable person walking down a dark and desperate path.

In Trustworthy AI, award-winning executive Beena Ammanath offers a practical approach for enterprise leaders to manage business risk in a world where AI is everywhere by understanding the qualities of trustworthy AI and the essential considerations for its ethical use within the organization and in the marketplace. The author draws from her extensive experience across different industries and sectors in data, analytics and AI, the latest research and case studies, and the pressing questions and concerns business leaders have about the ethics of AI.