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  Dear Diary - A Short Story...

  Leo Tolstoy, Charlotte Perkins...

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  The diary is that most intimate of journals, of records. 
   
  Within its pages the writer records and gives expression to their thoughts, their feelings, their emotional state on all the things that make up and surround them in this world. 
   
  For most people the diary is a way to record the milestones of life; a birthday, a new love, the passing of someone as well as the minutiae of everyday life that seems worth passing into written memory.   
   
  It may be a daily task, or an occasional flurry of words whenever it’s deemed necessary yet, apart from politicians and celebrities, these pages are never really shared.  The truth they hold is personal to the writer, and others are not privy to its contents. 
   
  With authors of the calibre of Bulgakov, Woolf, Tolstoy, Twain and many others this volume explores characters who lives seemed dominated by these diaries, and the events that unfold are both compelling and literary journeys into the very personal and intimate side of their characters’ lives. 
   
  1 - Dear Diary - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction 
  2 - Diary of a Lunatic by Leo Tolstoy 
  3 - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 
  4 - The Diary of a God by Barry Pain 
  5 - Eve's Diary by Mark Twain 
  6 - Morphine by Mikhail Bulgakov 
  7 - The Horror of the Heights by Arthur Conan Doyle 
  8 - The Legacy by Virginia Woolf 
  9 - Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol 
  10 - The Horla by Guy De Maupassant

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  Lunatics - Last Men on the Moon

  Brian d'Eon

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  Wernher von Braun, reluctant Nazi, personal friend of President Lyndon Johnson, and master builder of the Saturn V rocket, is on the verge of seeing his lifelong dream fulfilled as he joins to the crew of Apollo XX on mankind’s last visit to the Moon. All his life has been a struggle to get to this moment: surviving Allied bombing, uncomfortable accommodations with the SS, anti-German sentiment in post-war America, and the march of time itself—is he finally just too old to join the astronaut corps? On the moon, von Braun will reach the pinnacle of his professional life but there he also desperately hopes to exorcise demons from his past. 
  Landing men on the moon? Why bother? And, precariously, inside the bowels of Copernicus crater? Crazy? Impossible? And the men and women dedicated to this exploit? What to call them but Lunatics. 
  Two other voices play large roles in telling von Braun’s story: Mission Commander, Alan Bean, the only artist among the corps who hopes to capture the true essence of what it means to step on the moon. What it really looks like, feels like. Because if he doesn’t do it, who ever will? 
    
  The final voice belongs to fellow astronaut, Deke Slayton, a no-nonsense test pilot interested in neither science nor art. His mantra during the mission will be “don’t screw up”.

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  The Metropolitan Emigrant

  John Galt

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  The Metropolitan Emigrant by John Galt is a poignant narrative that explores the challenges and disillusionments faced by emigrants seeking a new life in Canada. The story follows the journey of a group of hopeful settlers who leave London in search of prosperity and opportunity in the New World.

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  Multiple Dilemmas - A fictional...

  John Mucai

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  Multiple Dilemmas is a thriller anchored on historical events that raise significant ethical questions. The book delves deeply into challenging situations where ethical considerations are paramount, but the right choices are not evident. The twists and turns in the story will keep the reader entranced for several hours.

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  City of Silk - The Times...

  Glennis Virgo

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  'My favourite kind of historical fiction ... So beautifully atmospheric ... I loved this book and can't wait to read more from Glennis Virgo' - Frances Quinn, author of That Bonesetter Woman
  Bologna, 1575.
  A talented seamstress
  A powerful merchant
  
  A fierce battle of wills
  
  Bologna, 1575. A talented seamstress. A powerful merchant. A fierce battle of wills.
  
  
  Elena Morandi has gained a fragile foothold in a master tailor's workshop, despite the profession being barred to women. But then Antonio della Fontana, a powerful man from her past, crosses her path and threatens everything she has built. Fontana has every corner of the city in his pocket and Elena knows all too well of his past abuses. Driven to fight for justice, she hatches a daring plan to get retribution for herself, a lost friend and his other victims.
  
  
  The sights, sounds and textures of Renaissance Italy are brought to vivid life in this breathtaking historical fiction debut.
  'I LOVED this. The characters sing. Bravo' - Sara Sheridan, author of The Fair Botanists

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  The Battling Pilot

  L. Ron Hubbard

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  Pilot Pete England used to think there was nothing more exciting than flying off into the wild blue yonder. But lately it's been downright dull. Pete's hungry for adventure — and he's about to get his fill when a princess boards his plane. She's at the center of some international intrigue... and now a mysterious plane is on their tail, bent on shooting them out of the sky. But that's the least of Pete's concerns.

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