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  The Way We Live Now Volume 1

  Anthony Trollope

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  The novel introduces a satirical portrayal of Victorian society, driven by greed, hypocrisy, and social ambition. Central to the story is Augustus Melmotte, a ruthless financier whose rise to power captivates and corrupts London’s elite. As his questionable schemes unfold, characters like Paul Montague and Marie Melmotte navigate love, loyalty, and moral dilemmas amidst a culture obsessed with wealth and status. Trollope critiques the materialism and ethical decay of the era, blending sharp wit with intricate storytelling. This volume sets the stage for a sweeping examination of human folly and societal corruption.

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  Night Heat

  Brenda Jackson

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  A corporate takeover is derailed by a passionate night neither expected in this sizzling Steele story from New York Times bestselling author Brenda Jackson!Sebastian Steele was the kind of man women dreamed about.He was drop-dead gorgeous, wickedly charming and fabulously wealthy. So why wouldn’t Jocelyn Mason accept his offer to help run her struggling company with his reputation and business acumen? But Sebastian was a corporate shark, and Jocelyn knew that big fish didn’t swim with little fish, they swallowed them whole.It had been Sebastian’s intention to take over Mason Builders but, when he started to work with Jocelyn, sparks began to fly and they shared a sizzling, unforgettable night together. And soon it wasn’t clear who was bossing whom….Previously published.Read the bingeworthy Forged of Steele series:Book 1: Never Too LateBook 2: Solid SoulBook 3: Night HeatBook 4: Beyond TemptationBook 5: Risky PleasuresBook 6: Irrestiable ForcesBook 7: Intimate SeductionBook 8: Hidden PleasuresBook 9: A Steele for ChristmasBook 10: Private ArrangementsBook 11: Possesed by PassionBook 12: Seduced by a SteeleBook 13: Claimed by a Steele

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  Elephant Brain

  Amar Abro

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  Captivating stories that will change the way you look at your life’s experiences and remind you of what you were born to do.

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  D H Lawrence - A Short Story...

  D H Lawrence

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  David Herbert Lawrence was born on the 11th September 1885 in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, a coal mining town where the reality of a harsh life was only useful as experiences for future literary works. 
   
  He was educated at Beauvale Board School and became the first local boy to receive a scholarship to attend Nottingham High School. After 3 years he became a junior clerk in Haywood’s surgical appliances factory. He was also attempting a literary career which, in the short term, led to a teacher training position in Eastwood and later a teaching qualification from University College, Nottingham.  
   
  Lawrence’s first efforts were poems, short stories and a draft of ‘The White Peacock’. Moving to London and a teaching position in Croydon his writing attracted the attention of Ford Madox Ford, editor of The English Review, and he commissioned him to write ‘Odour of Chrysanthemums’.  
   
  Wanting to write full-time he now began work on what would become ‘Sons and Lovers.   
   
  In 1912 he met the older and married mother-of-three Frieda Weekley. They eloped to Germany and here Lawrence could see for himself the growing tensions with France.  So keen was his interest that he was arrested and accused of being a British spy.  
   
  In early 1914 Frieda obtained her divorce and they returned to Britain to be married just days before the outbreak of war. Owing to her German parentage, and his own public dislike of militarism and violence, the couple were treated with contempt and suspicion throughout the war years.  
   
  Despite this he continued to write but his reputation in England was so tarnished and, mirrored by his own disdain for the country, he and Frieda left England in November 1919, first for Europe and then America via Ceylon and Australia. 
   
  They bought a ranch in Taos, New Mexico and visited Mexico several times. The third visit in March 1925 caused a near fatal attack of malaria. To convalesce they moved to Florence. Here he continued work on ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ which for many years would cause controversy. A renewed interest in oil painting resulted in an exhibition in 1929 which was raided by the police and several works were confiscated.  
   
  D H Lawrence died of complications arising from a bout of tuberculosis on the 2nd of March 1930 in Vence, France.  He was 44. 
   
  1 - D H Lawrence - A Short Story Collection - Volume 2 - An Introduction 
  2 - The Rocking Horse Winner by D H Lawrence 
  3 - The Border Line by D H Lawrence 
  4 - A Fragment of Stained Glass by D H Lawrence 
  5 - Odour of Chrysanthemums by D H Lawrence 
  6 - The Horse Dealer's Daughter by D H Lawrence

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  To Be a Pilgrim

  John Bunyan

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  From John Bunyan's classic, The Pilgrim's Progress, we find the poem To Be a Pilgrim, an inspiring reminder of who we are in Christ. This was the weekly poem for March 8-15, 2015. - Summary by Esther ben Simonides

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  Five Hundred Carats - An...

  George Griffiths

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  George Chetwynd Griffith-Jones was born on 20th August, 1857, in Plymouth, South-West England to a clergyman father who was frequently moved to different parishes.   
   
  Although Griffith did briefly attend school there were only limited funds to provide a formal education for him and his elder brother.  Consequently, they were primarily home schooled with their father teaching them Latin and Greek and their mother, French.  There was also an extensive family library which Griffith devoured. 
   
  At 15 he joined a ship as an apprentice but deserted when it arrived in Australia to travel around for 4 years before working his passage back to England.  
   
  He settled in Sussex, to teach English at a prep school and studied at night to gain formal qualifications.  After a further year of study at a German university he taught in Brighton but now his passion for writing also led him to journalism.  He contributed to various pamphlets, newspaper and periodicals, writing on secularism and socialism as well as travelogues, volumes of poetry and, of course, short stories.  His vivid writing style and knack for storytelling paved the way for his success as a novelist.  
   
  In 1893, Griffith published his first novel, ‘The Angel of the Revolution’, an instant success of dystopia featuring advanced aerial warfare and anarchist revolutionaries.  Griffith's output of over a dozen novels and numerous short stories influenced later science fiction writers and left a lasting legacy in place.  He also wrote romance, adventure and supernatural stories. 
   
  His writing was not always successful, and he often faced personal and financial difficulties. 
   
  George Griffith died at his home in Port Erin, Isle of Man of cirrhosis of the liver on 10th June, 1906.  He was 48.

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