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"Sun Tzŭ on the Art of War: The Oldest Military Treatise in the World" by Sunzi is an ancient Chinese military treatise written in the 5th century BC. Composed of 13 chapters, each explores different aspects of warfare, strategy, and tactics. This influential text emphasizes intelligence...

The Ranger, Joan and Robin is a story that pays homage to classic westerns and the intrigue of time travel. The heroes of the story are a Texas Ranger, Joan of Arc and Robin Hood. They are thrown into a life and death battle while traveling through time. They spend time in France, England, Buffalo (New York) and Nazi Germany.

In Symposium, Plato presents a series of perspectives that move from the practical to the profound. Love is explored as a source of courage, a guide to beauty, and ultimately, a path toward higher truth. As each speaker builds upon—or challenges—the last, the dialogue unfolds into one of philosophy’s most enduring examinations of human connection.

At his Aunt Dahlia’s country estate, Bertie Wooster finds himself surrounded by romantic entanglements, wounded pride, and a cast of eccentrics that seem determined to complicate life at every turn. Confident in his own abilities—and against the better judgment of his ever-reliable valet—Bertie takes it upon himself to set things right. The result? Utter pandemonium.

"Judaism is often called the religion of reason. It is this, but it is also the religion of the soul. It recognises the value of that mystic insight, those indefinable intuitions which, taking up the task at the point where the mind impotently abandons it, carries us straight into the presence of the King."

We have said that Anarchy is society without government. But is the suppression of government possible, desirable, or wise? Let us see.... Errico Malatesta (4 December 1853 – 22 July 1932) was an Italian anarchist. He spent much of his life exiled from Italy and in total spent more than ten years in prison. Malatesta wrote and edited a number of radical newspapers and was also a friend of M. Bakunin.

The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet follows a proud rooster and his clever hen as their cheerful outings spiral into a chain of absurd bargains, clever tricks, and startling consequences. What begins as a playful journey to the mountains for ripe nuts quickly becomes a darkly comic procession of talking animals, strange companions, and escalating misfortune—told with the sharp humor and moral indifference that define the original Grimm tradition.

Long before he hopped across the Australian plains, Old Man Kangaroo was a small, woolly creature with an oversized opinion of himself. Determined to be different from all other animals—and wonderfully run after—he makes his wish to the powerful god Nqong. The answer arrives not by magic words or gentle spells, but in the form of an endless chase led by the ever-hungry Yellow-Dog Dingo. Across deserts, salt-pans, grasslands, and rivers, Kangaroo runs, leaps, and finally hops—his legs stretching longer, his balance shifting, his shape forever altered by necessity.

Step into the courtroom and inside the mind of one of Britain’s most controversial and flamboyant lawyers. From outrageous legal dramas to jaw-dropping tabloid moments, this is the true story of a maverick lawyer whose cases were anything but ordinary. Known as “The Rottweiler”, Rodney Hylton-Potts built a reputation for cutting through hypocrisy and defending clients who shocked the system. From swinging couples and high-profile divorces to courtroom theatrics and absurd legal loopholes, nothing about his career followed the rules.

Long ago, Isolde ran from the Elders—despite their warnings and rules, she chose her own path. Their wrath caught up to her over the miles and waves and made her pay her debts. After killing her partner before her eyes, the Elders curse Isolde with a cruel vise: she’s trapped on the island that she used as her refuge, forced to sing a nightly song that creates maelstroms and lures men to their deaths.

If you are looking at this book, you are looking for a way out of panic attacks, apprehension and poor experience of life. I did it for forty plus years until one day, after many attempts, I found the answer - a simple man's answer. As is the case in many ways, the solution lies in just looking at the problem from another angle. It could be that the answer is one that has been offered by many well meaning people.

A trio of short stories, set in and around Liverpool. Stu, Bob and Nancy - three very different characters, each with something they need to get off their chest. When they finally get the chance, will they find the answers they're looking for? Or will it just open another can of worms? As Nancy remarks in A Blessed Release: "There so much I need to say, but I'm scared I'll feel even worse, because.... well, if it's just there, in your head, you can pretend it's not real, can't you?"

This is the story based on events from 1 Samuel 23; of how three of David’s mighty men became famous at the battle of Keilah.

Billy Brock and his friends discover how they were stranded on Vesula, and who is responsible. Their fate hangs in the balance, as they hunt the evil wizard and an alien witch, who are both determined to kill them. Billy's relationship with a tribe of shape-shifters leads to some surprising events, as they seek every advantage to defeat their nemeses.

Sam, a wealthy industrialist, holds his business rival, Bill, responsible for the death of his wife, Robin. Because of this, he is hell-bent on putting Bill out of business. A strange woman named Dee comes into Sam's life and awakens a heart that had lain dormant for many years following the death of his wife. Dee's appearance triggers a series of dreams of being visited by his deceased wife, trying to give him a message. One event after another seems to drive Sam to find the truth of what he believed, finding the answers to questions and a way to live again.

Why are we here? Why are we on this planet? Why am I going through this? Is this really life? Is this all there is? Ever thought about this? Joe does. In the pit of his agony, he simply asks, "God, are you out there?" Suddenly, life and dreams become intertwined, and he enters an amazing journey. Is God trying to answer his question? Or is he going insane? Regardless, his depression is killing his life, and something has to change.

E. C., the old groundskeeper and tennis teacher, is like a secretary recording the ideas, reflections, observations, and prayers that come through his life as he goes about his rounds of going to church, to work, to teaching tennis, to playing tennis, and to visiting his friends.

"In capitalist society work is the cause of all intellectual degeneracy, of all organic deformity." This essay raises interesting questions: is work really a virtue? Isn't work the source of many social imbalances? These are all questions that lend themselves to an exciting and topical debate on the role of work in our society.

A Journey Beyond the boundaries of ordinary time and space, you will find Divine Timing....

"The Whispers of Wisdom," a collection that bears the imprint of my own daring experiments and the risks I've taken in the intricate dance of life. In this literary odyssey, I invite you not just to explore mythologies but to witness the echoes of my own experiences intricately woven into tales that mirror the complexities of human relationships. My life has been a series of audacious experiments, much like the characters within the stories of this collection.