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In Phineas Finn, the second of the Palliser series, Trollope balances the rival demands of public and private life. Phineas Finn, an irresistible but penniless young Irish barrister enters Parliament and comes to London leaving behind him an Irish sweetheart, Mary Flood-Jones. In London, Phineas wins friends on all sides and is admitted into high society. However, he also falls more-or-less in love, first with politically-minded Lady Laura Standish, then with Violet Effingham, and finally with wealthy widow Madame Max Goesler.

Estranged - A domestic psychological thriller by Philip Anthony Smith with a twist. ★★★★★ "A book so twisted, it's almost corkscrew shaped. It's dark psychological torment, and near on impossible to put down." -@booksandacrochethook ★★★★★ "The suspense builds gradually, weaving in hints of danger and distrust, until it exploded with unexpected twists and revelations that completely caught me off guard." - @_fortheloveofbooksx ★★★★★ "This was yet another psychological masterpiece that had me gaping in shock at the unpredictable twists and turn, and this one is ...

She was my best friend… Until she ruined my life. I’ve spent the last eight years patiently plotting my revenge. Now she’s back in town, and so desperate she’s willing to do anything… Even if it means marrying the person who hates her the most.

Medium Raw marks the return of the inimitable Anthony Bourdain, author of the blockbuster bestseller Kitchen Confidential and three-time Emmy Award-nominated host of No Reservations on TV’s Travel Channel. Bourdain calls his book, “A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who...

In the fourth audiobook in Anthony Trollope's series known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, the values of a Victorian gentleman, the young clergyman Mark Robarts, are put to the test. Though he lives a comfortable life, has a doting wife, children and a patroness in Lady Lufton, his ambitions stretch beyond the little village of Framley. Through a combination of naivety and social climbing, Robarts is compromised and brought to the brink of financial and social ruin by the disreputable politician, Sowerby.

>When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of "rogue" wild elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand, his common sense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival: they would be killed if he wouldn't take them. In order to save their lives, Anthony took them in. In the years that followed he became a part of their family. And as he battled to create a bond with the elephants, he came to realize that they had a great deal to teach him about life, loyalty, and freedom.

Narrated by Rory Kinnear The New York Times bestselling author of the brilliantly inventive The Word Is Murder and The Sentence Is Death returns with his third literary whodunit featuring intrepid detectives Hawthorne and Horowitz. When Ex-Detective Inspector Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick...

Legions of salespeople and their leaders are coming face to face with a cold hard truth: what once gave salespeople a competitive edge—controlling the sales process, command of product knowledge, an arsenal of technology, and a great pitch—are no longer guarantees of success. Yet this is...

Sherlock Holmes is dead. Days after Holmes and his arch-enemy Moriarty fall to their doom at the Reichenbach Falls, Pinkerton agent Frederick Chase arrives from New York. The death of Moriarty has created a poisonous vacuum which has been swiftly filled by a fiendish new criminal mastermind...

In A Year in the Company of Angels: A Pilgrim on Spruce Island, author Anthony Linderman presents true tales from his long pilgrimage to the monastic world of St. Michael’s Skete in Alaska. In these stories he shares in the daily lives of the monks and nuns—subsistence fishing with the fathers in the gulf, splitting winter wood supplies for the sisterhood, and hiking through the evergreen woods to holy sites from the heights of Mount St. Herman to the beach of Monk’s Lagoon.

The new science of why we quit, whether we should, and how to make the right choices for our work and lives, by the organizational psychologist who predicted the Great Resignation Most of us are just one event away from leaving our job. Conventional wisdom and lists of the “top reasons people...

There are times when our toughest enemies are ourselves. These Special Forces Justice novels are a progressive series, not standalone books. These books are void of the standard cliches - the heroes do not always win the day and the protagonists are equally surveilled. Three former US Special Forces operators travel separately to Israel in search of Close Protection contract work. After their initial chance meeting, the trio become embroiled in a lethal terrorist house-cleaning feud. Drugged, bound and driven to the Negev Desert the three are lowered into an unescapable crypt in the middle ...

Jahrhundertelang kannte die Menschheit keine Kriege mehr. Mit dem brutalen Überraschungsangriff auf das Forschungsschiff SRES Argo findet dieses goldene Zeitalter ein gewaltsames Ende. Der CMO Dag Brewer ist der einzige Überlebende an Bord. Nach einer verzweifelten Notlandung am äußersten Rand der Galaxis ist er in der eisigen Ödnis eines unbekannten Planeten auf sich allein gestellt.

Snow gums are the most beautiful trees on Earth. But they're vanishing quickly. In this stunning new book, bestselling author Anthony Sharwood and climate activist Anna Langford help us view Australia's unique high country with fresh eyes, show us what's being lost, what can be saved - and how...

A construction site collapse kills four workers. The investigation calls it an accident. It wasn't. Bartholomew Aldridge — ex-MI6, now running a small corporate investigation firm in Boston — takes the case expecting fraud. He finds fraud. He also finds four dead construction workers, substandard concrete, falsified safety records, a network of front companies employing illegal labour, and a system of corruption so deeply entrenched that the police who investigated the deaths are part of it. When the investigation threatens to expose the truth, the people behind the system respond — ...

River of Prayer with Chaplain CoxYou are loved — by the only One whose love has never had an ulterior motive.River of Prayer is a Christian prayer podcast for the moments when life is too heavy to carry alone. Whether you need a prayer for anxiety, a prayer for strength, a prayer for financial stress, or simply someone to pray with you today — this is that place.Each episode, ordained Chaplain and Deacon Minister Anthony Cox opens the Word of God, speaks directly to where you are, and takes it all to the Lord in prayer. No performance. No fluff. Just a servant, a scripture, and the ...

Lyrical Laureates examines hip-hop albums with the same analytical rigor we bring to great literature. Each month, Dr. Anthony Washington publishes deep literary analyses exploring how artists like J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, and Nas deploy narrative techniques, formal innovations, and creative mastery. Not music criticism, but serious scholarly examination of hip-hop as literature. For hip-hop heads, researchers, educators, and anyone interested in how creative excellence develops.

Narrated by Rory Kinnear Death, deception, and a detective with quite a lot to hide stalk the pages of Anthony Horowitz's brilliant murder mystery, the second in the bestselling series starring Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne. “You shouldn’t be here. It’s too late . . . ” These...

For the first time in its one-hundred-and-twenty-five-year history, the Arthur Conan Doyle Estate has authorized a new Sherlock Holmes novel. Once again, The Game's Afoot... London, 1890. 221B Baker St. A fine art dealer named Edmund Carstairs visits Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson to beg for...

The Adventure of the Seven Christmas Cards – A Sherlock Holmes Christmas Story. As the year comes to a close, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson must set out through snow laden London to investigate the theft of a priceless clock and the receipt of seven macabre Christmas cards. Will they solve...