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  Unplanned Bride

  Cass Carlton

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  Vezareth Farsight, the Chieftain of the Evos Ephral, is on a mission fraught with danger on the mysterious planet of Sitayah. Tasked with deactivating a powerful and ancient relic, his journey takes an unexpected turn when he encounters Audrey Wythe, a spirited archaeologist with her own agenda. 
   Audrey Wythe, an adventurous archaeologist, finds herself stranded on the enigmatic planet of Sitayah. Determined to unlock its secrets, she teams up with Vezareth, not realizing their collaboration will plunge them into a perilous quest that will test their resilience and their growing bond. 
   Unplanned Bride sweeps you into the mysterious world of Sitayah, where Chieftain Vezareth Farsight faces his most perilous mission yet. The planet's ancient relic holds the key to potentially catastrophic power, and only Vezareth can disable it before it threatens the universe. However, when he encounters Audrey Wythe, a daring archaeologist with her sights set on Sitayah's secrets, their uneasy alliance leads them through a series of challenges that push their abilities to the limit. As they navigate the dangers of a planet that defies all expectations, they must also confront their burgeoning feelings for each other. Can they complete their mission and find love amidst the chaos, or will their explosive chemistry prove as dangerous as the relic they seek to contain?

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  The War of the Worlds

  H. G. Wells

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  "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's..."
  
  From the first mysterious cylinder landing in Horsell Common to the total devastation of London, H.G. Wells crafts a harrowing first-person account of a world under siege. Armed with devastating Heat-Rays and suffocating Black Smoke, the Martian invaders move across the countryside in towering, three-legged fighting machines. The British military—the greatest power of the age—is rendered helpless. As the narrator flees through a landscape transformed by the alien "Red Weed," the novel explores the primal terror of being hunted and the humbling realization that humanity is not the master of its own planet.
  
  The Biological Reality of Mars: Wells avoids the "little green men" tropes of later sci-fi. His Martians are biologically plausible creatures—vast, leathery heads with tentacles, evolved for a dying planet with low gravity. They do not eat; they inject the blood of living creatures directly into their veins. This chilling detail turns the invasion from a political conquest into a biological harvest.
  
  A Masterclass in Suspense and Satire: The War of the Worlds was a shocking critique of British Imperialism, forcing Victorian readers to experience the terror of being colonized by a superior force. Through the narrator's encounters with the broken Curate and the delusional Artilleryman, Wells examines how human social structures—religion, military pride, and logic—crumble under the weight of an existential threat.
  
  Experience the terror that stopped the world. Purchase "The War of the Worlds" today and witness the survival of the human spirit.

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  Forgotten Authors The - Women -...

  Maud Diver, Mollie Frank Bloch,...

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  Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. 
  In literature the ambition is much narrower.  In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published.  And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.  Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be published in any great number. 
  In the 15th Century Gutenberg’s printing press began the revolution to address the second and by the 19th century had gathered pace with startling speed and mass distribution.  Education for the many was brought in to help people understand more of their world and, with new skills, how to have a better place within it.  Now, if the powers that owned the presses and means of distribution agreed an audience would now be able to avail themselves of your ideas, your printed words.  
  All too often the talents of women have been scorned, mocked and laughed at.  In reality that was more usually by those who’s own talents were hardly fit to even grace their shadows.   
  But society in general still connived and set women to one side in almost everything that men considered their rightful territory.  And literature was one such territory.  Remarkably resilient as well as talented these women strove to be published, to show themselves as equals.  The results more often than not proved that they were.   
  Sadly, in the thirst for the new, the recent and the past fell from sight, relegated to dark corners and dusty shelves.    
  But the printed word is rarely without someone, somewhere busying themselves through piles of papers and books rediscovering what a good story is, whatever its age. 
  In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents whose time has now come again.

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  Tough Justice: Countdown (Part 5...

  Janie Crouch

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  The hunter becomes the hunted With just seconds to spare, Special Agent Lara Grant and the team manage to rescue a hostage. Victory! Thanks to this eyewitness, they now know the killer’s name, and might even have a lead on his next target. But not even the FBI’s best can protect everyone from the deadliest, and most dedicated, criminal. And when the entire CMU comes under attack, it’ll take a desperate act to keep the team together. Lara puts her own secrets—and her own life—on the line in an attempt to lure the bomber out of hiding and into the open…once and for all.Part 5 of 8: an explosive new installment in the thrilling FBI serial from New York Times bestselling author Carla Cassidy and Tyler Anne Snell, Emmy Curtis and Janie Crouch.Praise for Special Forces Savior by Janie Crouch:"Compelling. Crouch doesn’t disappoint with another spectacular Intrigue read filled with explosive action and well-developed characters and plot." —RT Book Reviews

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  The Great Western Railway Girls...

  Jane Lark

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  A BRAND NEW gripping and heartwarming wartime saga of courage, friendship and love on the Home Front. Perfect for fans of Nancy Revell, Rosie Clarke and Donna Douglas! 🚂 
  'Friendship, drama and an array of authentic characters make this debut saga a must-read.’ Maisie Thomas, bestselling author of The Railway Girls series 
  September, 1939. 
  When war is declared, Lily sees an opportunity to escape her domineering father: she will join the Great Western Railway factory to win her financial independence and move out of home. 
  Maggie doesn’t want to simply follow in her sisters’ footsteps and work in the laundries at the GWR. So, when the chance comes to volunteer for men’s work in the machine shop, she’s the first to raise her hand. 
  Catherine, a clerk in the GWR office, has been helping with London’s evacuation efforts, organising trains to move children out of the city. But when her task is completed, will she defy her family and fiancé’s wishes and sign up for a more dangerous role? 
  Taking on demanding new duties, Lily, Maggie and Catherine – and others – develop an unexpectedly close bond. 
  But will friendship be enough to carry them through the ups and downs of life at war? 
  The first instalment in a brilliant new wartime series set in Swindon's Great Western Railway works. 
  'Another gem from one of my favourite historical authors, Jane Lark. She brings the Swindon Railway Village to life with characters that we care about as they face the perils of war. I can't wait for the next installment in this series!' May Ellis 
  'A compulsive, absolutely unputdownable read! I was enthralled.' Renita D'Silva 
  Praise for Jane Lark's historical fiction: 
  'What a brilliant read!! Jane Lark has an incredible talent to draw the reader in from the first page' Reader Review 
  'A powerful, many faceted book, intelligent and well written. Exceptional characters, emotionally charged, with mystery and suspense.' Reader Review 
  'I enjoyed it from beginning to end and have decided I would read anything by Jane Lark... hell I'd even read her shopping list!' Reader Review 
  'A worthy five-star read!' Reader Review

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  The Skylight Room - A tender...

  O Henry

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  William Sydney Porter was born on 11th September 1862 in Greensboro, North Carolina. At age 3 his mother died from tuberculosis. From an early age it was clear Porter had a large appetite for reading as he absorbed the world around him. 
   
  He first attended at a school run by his aunt before enrolling at the Lindsey Street High School and then worked at his uncle’s drugstore and gained a pharmacists’ license in 1881.  
   
  A persistent cough took him to Texas in the hope that a change of climate would help his symptoms. He took on various types of work, initially from ranch hand and cook and then as varied as pharmacist, draftsman, bank teller and journalist. He also began to write, though for now, purely as a hobby. 
   
  He was a member of several singing and dramatic groups when he met 17 year old Athol Estes, daughter of a wealthy Austin family. Despite her mother’s objection owing to Athol’s tuberculosis, they began courting and in July 1887, they eloped and soon married. 
   
  Athol, impressed by his writing, encouraged him to get them published. A job as a draftsman at the Texas General Land Office paid a healthy $100 dollars per month and life was good. 
   
  But then life turned cruel. His son died a few hours after birth although a daughter, Margaret, came the following year.  His job had to be vacated but another was found at the First National Bank of Austin. The bank operated informally and Porter was careless in keeping the books. He lost that job but began writing for the humourous weekly The Rolling Stone and the Houston Post. Some time later the federal Bank auditors went through his former accounts and he was arrested on charges of embezzlement. 
   
  Porter fled the day before his trial to Honduras. Holed up for several months he began to write.  Athol had become too ill to travel to meet him and learning that her health was deteriorating he surrendered to the court in February 1897.  Bail was obtained so that he could stay with Athol during her final days.  
   
  Porter was sentenced to five years at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus. His pharmacy qualifications got him the job of night druggist.  His sentence also gave him time to write and publish fourteen short stories. In December 1899 in McClure’s Magazine he published a short story as O Henry.  
   
  He was released two years early in July 1901, and reunited with Margaret, now 11, in Pittsburgh.  He now began his most prolific period of writing; a short story per week for the New York World, while also publishing works in other magazines.  Eventually over 600 of his short stories were published. 
   
  Porter was a heavy drinker and in 1908 his health, which had deteriorated for several years, took a dramatic turn for the worse, as did his writing. 
    
  O Henry died of cirrhosis of the liver complicated by diabetes and an enlarged heart on 5th June 1910.

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