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  The Short Stories of Franz Kafka...

  Franz Kafka

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  Franz Kafka was born on 3rd July 1883 in Prague, then in Bohemia, the eldest of 6, into a middle-class Jewish family. 
   
  Life for the young Kafka and his passion for literature was often made an ordeal by his over-bearing and domineering entrepreneur of a father.   
   
  In 1889 Kafka was sent to the Deutsche Knabenschule, an elementary school in Prague. His father would only allow him to be educated in German-speaking schools and even went so far as to limit visits to the synagogue to four a year. 
   
  In 1901 he graduated from the classics-oriented Altstädter Gymnasium. Kafka did well there and across a large range of subjects.  He now enrolled at the Charles Ferdinand University, to study chemistry, but quickly switched to law for which he obtained his degree in June 1906 and then performed the mandatory year of unpaid service as clerk at the civil and criminal courts. 
   
  A job at an Italian insurance company left him little time to write and after a year he took another job with the Worker's Accident Insurance Institute for the Kingdom of Bohemia where he stayed until ill health led to his resignation in 1922. 
   
  Although he saw work as a means to pay the bills and to allow him time to write, he received several promotions and was noted as a good employee. 
   
  By 1917 Kafka was suffering from tuberculosis, which required frequent periods of convalescence. Interspersed with this, were several intense affairs before he settled in Berlin with Dora Diamant, a 25-year-old kindergarten teacher who herself having left the ghetto now influenced Kafka's interest in the book of Jewish law, the Talmud. 
   
  Kafka’s on-going health was littered with problems. Apart from TB there were several other ailments, including migraines, insomnia, boils, depression, all usually brought on by excessive stresses and strains. He attempted to counteract all of this by naturopathic treatments, a vegetarian diet and consuming large quantities of unpasteurized milk. 
   
  His tuberculosis still worsened. He returned to Prague, where he died on 3rd June 1924. He was 40. 
   
  His literary works are few in number but towering in influence.  His masterpieces include ‘The Trial’, ‘The Metamorphosis’ as well as a number of short stories which reveal facets of humankind that truthfully could only be born from Kafka’s brain and pen. 
  01 - Franz Kafka - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction 
  02 - In the Penal Colony by Franz Kafka 
  03 - Before the Law by Franz Kafka 
  04 - A Country Doctor by Franz Kafka 
  05 - A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka

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  Eighteenth and Western - A Novel

  Laura Jenski

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  Jean Dickey dreams of doing something important for women’s rights. She failed in 1970, but now she’s in her seventies and has a second chance. Her granddaughter, Dani, arrives to help her start a civil rights center on Chicago’s Lower West Side. But when a cold-case crime on the center’s deteriorating property is connected to Jean, and Jean talks about visits from her grandmother’s ghost, Dani faces a difficult decision about Jean’s future.

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  ONE MORE SEAT AT THE ROUND TABLE...

  Susan Dormady Eisenberg

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  “An utterly engrossing, hilarious, and often tender novel of how one hundred-plus creative people made Broadway’s legendary, much-loved musical Camelot from scraps and sheer determination." 
  -- Stephanie Cowell, award winning author of Marrying Mozart, Claude & Camille, and The Boy in the Rain  
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  What if the most conflicted lovers in Broadway’s Camelot aren’t Lancelot and Guenevere?  
  Set backstage during the out-of-town chaos of Lerner and Loewe’s now-classic 1960 musical, One More Seat at the Round Table portrays the struggles of feisty drama school grad Jane Conroy, who lands a plum Gal Friday job, and Bryce Christmas, a gifted, if insecure, actor on the verge of his big break. When Jane and Bryce fall helplessly in love during Toronto tryouts, their relationship is tested by mistakes they make and endless work woes: Camelot’s four-hour length, poor reviews, the illness of librettist Alan Jay Lerner, and the near-fatal coronary of director Moss Hart who quits. 
  As Lerner, composer Loewe, and their stars, Richard Burton and Julie Andrews, trudge on to Boston, doubts besiege Jane who hopes to buck convention and skip marriage and Bryce who wants a wife. They also discover hidden strengths as Jane gains agency backstage and Bryce takes charge of his talent. But will Jane’s commitment phobia derail their future? Will Camelot become a glittering hit? These questions create a tense roller-coaster ride to the end of Susan Dormady Eisenberg's wise and witty novel, a story about the transformative power of love and the luminous pull of Broadway as it casts its spell on performers and fans alike. 

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  The Story Spinner

  Barbara Erskine

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  The instant Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller. 
  A Welsh princess. A Roman general. Their love story lost to time… 
  The land of the Silures, 382 AD 
  Elen is a princess promised to a general of Rome. Macsen came to Wales seeking an alliance that would advance his quest for power. 
  Despite warnings her marriage is destined for heartache, Elen is determined to honour her vows. 
  But this union will change her destiny forever… 
  Camp Meadow, 2024 
  Cadi is a writer who has discovered Elen’s lost story. As she puts pen to paper, she hears the sound of ghostly marching feet. 
  Opening the gate to the ancient meadow behind her cottage, could the secret behind Elen’s fate lie closer than she thinks? 
  But someone is desperate to keep the past buried, plotting to destroy the meadow… 
  Can Cadi uncover Elen’s story before it’s lost to time? 
  The Sunday Times bestselling author returns with a spellbinding tale of love, ambition, and secrets that have lain silent for over a thousand years…PRAISE for The Story Spinner! 
  ‘A delicious feast of love, drama, suspense, mystery, history, and a ghostly magic… Simply unputdownable!’ Santa Montefiore 
  ‘Intriguing, dramatic, beautifully researched, with characters that bring past and present alive’ Rachel Hore 
  ‘On my best books of the year list.’ Elizabeth Chadwick 
  ‘Beautifully written and vividly evoking the magic of lost worlds, this novel is so breath-taking in its scope that it left me longing for more.’ Alison Weir 
  Readers LOVE The Story Spinner! 
  ‘I loved this book! What a great story! Both gripping and thrilling I could not put this book down! Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘The characters make the story. It sucked me in and kept me reading. I'm sorry to have finished it’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  ‘I thought about this book even when I wasn't reading it which, to me, is the sign of a good book.’ Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 
  Immerse yourself in the fairy tales and legends that have been woven into the fabric of this top Sunday Times bestselling author's work. The romance and mythology that permeate the pages will transport you across multiple timelines, immersing you in a world where the past and present collide. 
  For fans of Elena Collins (The Wicked Lady), Paula Brackston (The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish), Kelley Armstrong (A Stitch in Time), Susanna Kearsley (The Lesser Stars), and Lucinda Riley (The Seven Sisters). 
  HarperCollins 2024

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  The Time Writer and The Hunt - A...

  Alex R Crawford

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  Beware of doorways through time… and a fool’s gold 
  Amelia Spencer, reluctant time traveler, has two goals: settle down with Henry, and get a cat. Hunted by Casper, Amelia and Henry tumble back in time to late 1755. Surviving Braddock’s March was easier than being hunted by a former so-called friend. 
  A drought has devastated crops throughout the colony. Attacks on frontier homesteads are on the rise. And Lord and Lady Spencer have a little problem with safekeeping their stash of Blackbeard’s treasure. 
  How will she keep her newfound family safe from enemies close-to-home and dangers on the frontier? 
  The Time Writer and The Hunt is a Historical Time Travel Adventure exploring the struggles of the Colonial Virginia frontier and the hidden treasures of the past, through the wit and mindset of a 21st Century woman.

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  Ali Pacha

  Alexandre Dumas

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  "Ali Pacha" by Alexandre Dumas is a vivid historical tale of power, ambition, and betrayal set in the Ottoman Empire. The story follows Ali Pacha of Ioannina, a ruthless and cunning ruler who rises to prominence through strategic alliances and brutal force. Dumas explores his complex character, portraying him as both a visionary leader and a tyrant driven by greed and paranoia. As Ali’s quest for dominance unfolds, themes of loyalty, revenge, and cultural conflict come to the fore. Set against a backdrop of political intrigue and war, the novel delves into the tension between tradition and modernity. A gripping blend of drama and history, it reflects on the cost of power and the fragility of legacy in a turbulent era.

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