A moving and gripping drama as one family struggles to survive through the strains of the Second World War[...]
Their love crossed the class divide, but will it survive the ravages of war? When Lucy's father dies and her family is plunged into poverty, she is forced to take a job in service as a housemaid at Windthorpe House, home to the aristocratic Hetherington's, who lost three of their four sons in the Gr[...]
A dramatic and emotional story of one woman's story to keep her family together. For fans of Dilly Court and Kitty Neale.[...]
A joyful and hilarious tale of some very spirited septuagenarians as they overcome innumerable obstacles to save their beloved mutt from a heartless exterminator in a land where bureaucracy reigns above all else. Picaresque at its very best.[...]
What is prim and proper Miss Vivianna Greentree to do when her precious haven for orphans is threatened? She has no choice but to turn to the owner of the property, Sir Oliver Montegomery--yet the heartlessscoundrel refuses to be swayed by reason. So Vivianna must resort to other means of persuasion[...]
The boldest, most unconventional of the three Greentree sisters, Marietta believes her best course would be to emulate her natural mother, the notorious courtesan Madame Aphrodite. Being woefully unschooled in the ways of passion, however, Marietta, at Aphrodite's insistence, must first prove hersel[...]
Prim and proper Francesca detests the chaos and depravity of London--and of one of its most infamous residents, her birth mother, the courtesan Madame Aphrodite--only to have her own darker passions awakened by the mysterious stranger she rescues on the moors, a man who, unbeknownst to her, has been[...]
They were everywhere.They were all beautiful.They were all blond.They were just there.Like they had appeared out of nowhere.When Sam's dad whisks him and his brother off to the beach for the summer, he's all for it--at first. Sam soon realizes, though, that this sleepy little beach town is anything [...]
September Girls is a stunning coming-of-age novel about first loves, oblivious parents, sibling rivalries--and mermaids. This imaginative and painfully honest book garnered five starred reviews, including one from ALA Booklist that proclaimed it "a rare and lovely novel, deserving of attention from [...]
A confidante to Queen Victoria, the proper Lady Portia Ellerslie abandons propriety to seek a single night of passion disguised as a courtesan in Aphrodite's Club, London's most exclusive and erotic bordello, where she encounters Marcus Worthorne, the man with whom she had fallen in love at the age [...]
It is 1837 and the Celebration Ball at Miss Debenham's Finishing School is underway. Miss Lucille (Lucy) Monteith is about to escape to meet with her friends. Beautiful, blonde, with the calm frostiness so celebrated in the typical English beauty, Lucy is very different beneath her cool exterior. Pa[...]
This is the second installment in popular author Sara Bennett's wonderful new series about the Husband Hunter's Club - where the girls at Miss Debenham's Finishing School believe the only husband worth having is the one you capture for yourself.[...]
This is the third installment in popular author Sara Bennett's wonderful series about the Husband Hunter's Club - where the girls at Miss Debenham's Finishing School believe the only husband worth having is a husband you have hunted yourself![...]
Clementina Smythe is in love with Lord Horace Gilfoyle. Or rather, she is certain she could learn to love him. Tina simply cannot admit to her fellow Husband Hunters Club members that the only reason she has set her cap on the old family friend is because her family is in desperate straits. Now only[...]
Catherine de Valois, daughter of the French king Charles VI, is born into troubled times. Though she is brought up in a royal court, it is a stormy and unstable environment. Before she is out of her teens, Catherine is married off to England's Henry V as part of a treaty honoring his victory over Fr[...]
"The road in life forks in every moment, with one path leading toward confusion, separateness, and entanglement, and the other toward clarity, connection, and mental freedom. With mind whispering, the choice can be ours."Why sometimes do even the smallest events send us into a downward spiral? Wheth[...]
"The road in life forks in every moment, with one path leading toward confusion, separateness, and entanglement, and the other toward clarity, connection, and mental freedom. With mind whispering, the choice can be ours."Why sometimes do even the smallest events send us into a downward spiral? Wheth[...]
Sara Bennett concludes her fan-favorite Husband Hunters series with an earl, an heiress, and an accidental attraction . . .Too wicked for proper society and in dire financial straits, Rufus Blainey, the Earl of Southbrook, knows but one solution: to marry an heiress. So when innocent and beautiful L[...]
Hailed as "the successor to Jung and Freud" (Richard Tarnas, author of "The Passion of the Western Mind" ), Stanislav Grof presents his revolutionary unified model of human consciousness that explains our behavior, evolution, personality, and the mind-body connection.[...]
Introduces today's students to the medieval roots of our own society. This work includes coverage of Byzantium and Islam, a revised map program, and an essay program on medieval myths. The author writing about his realization, while in college, says that our world today "is a product of the medieval[...]
This history of medieval village life is told through the experiences of Cecilia Penifader, a peasant woman who lived on one English manor in the early fourteenth century. This truly unique book offers a wealth of insight into medieval peasant society, bringing many of the characteristics of a time [...]
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Addresses law and employment decisions from a managerial perspective. This title instructs students on how to manage effectively and efficiently with full comprehension of the legal ramifications of their decisions. It shows them how to analyze employment law facts using examples of management-relat[...]
UML has established itself as the industry standard for modeling software systems. Schaum's Outline of UML, Second Edition, provides you with a step-by-step guide to the notation and use of UML, with a focus on the new UML 2.0 software. The book features: Complete explanations of UML modeling techn[...]
The fourth edition of "Object- Oriented Systems Analysis and Design" has been revised and updated to reflect the most up-to-date approaches to information systems development. Still a best-seller in its field, Bennett's, McRobb's and Farmer's text remains a key teaching resource for Systems Analysis[...]