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  Christmas at Red Butte - From...

  Lucy Ward Montgomery

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  The bookshelves of American literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors.  From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure.  Among them is Lucy Ward Montgomery.

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  Master Tara Singh

  Prithipal Singh Kapoor

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  A detailed account of Master Tara Singh’s life and his pivotal role in Sikh politics. The book highlights the transformations within the Sikh community during the early 20th century, including the Gurdwara Act and the challenges faced by Sikh leaders.

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  My Secret Life Vol 6 Chapter 8

  Dominic Crawford Collins

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  My Secret Life is the longest erotic autobiography ever written. Penned anonymously during the 1800s by a wealthy English gentleman called Walter, it offers an eye and thigh opening account of life behind closed doors in the Victorian era. Banned from publication for its extreme and explicit content for nearly a century, My Secret Life has now come to life in the 21st century as an immersive audio book, narrated and scored by film composer Dominic Crawford Collins.
  
  Volume 6 Chapter 8
  
  ​Promiscuous whorings. • Mrs. Eliza F***m**g. • Her fling. • An expensive establishment. • Mutual likings. • I am her fancy. • Lord E**t*r. • Caught by her with a woman. • My gift. • She marries. • A Rotterdam saloon. • A flaxen-haired North Hollander. • The young Englishman. • An Amsterdam bitch. • A difficult poke and queer cunt. • A Dutch sailor's whore. • Polyglot baudiness. • A pomatum pot. • At B***s**s. • Mrs. W***t*r again. • Acquaintance renewed. • A shallow cupboard. • A cough and a fart. • Four brothels and eight whores. • A larkish maid-servant. • Unsuccessful attempts.

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  Gabriel-Ernest - From their pens...

  Saki Saki

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  Hector Hugh Munro, more familiarly known by his pen-name ‘Saki’ was born in what was then Akyab in British Burma on 18th December 1870. His father was an Inspector General for the Indian Imperial Police, and his mother the daughter of a Rear Admiral. 
  When he was 2 his mother died and he and his siblings were sent back to England to be raised by their grandmother and paternal maiden aunts in a strict, puritanical household near Barnstaple, Devon. Educated by governesses Saki used many of these women as character models for his later writing. 
  At 17 his father retried and returned to England and then embarked on a series of European travels with Saki and his siblings. 
  After a short stint working in Burma with the Indian Imperial Police Saki decided to move to London to make a living as a writer. Initially he wrote as a journalist for a number of newspapers and magazines before attempting an historical study, ‘The Rise of the Russian Empire’, whose real value lay in directing him to writing short stories instead, the first of which, ‘Dogged’, he published in 1899. 
  From here it was a short stab of the pen to writing political satire before in 1902 he became the foreign correspondent for The Morning Post, first in the Balkans, then Russia, Paris and back to London in 1908, where 'the agreeable life of a man of letters with a brilliant reputation awaited him.'  
  Collections of his short stories full of witty, mischievous and often macabre stories that satirized Edwardian society and two novels now appeared in the years up to the Great War.  At its’ outbreak he was 43 but managed to join as an ordinary trooper. More than once he returned to the battlefield when officially too sick or injured.  
  On 14th November 1916 Hector Hugh Munro was sheltering in crater during the Battle of the Ancre, when he was shot and killed by a German sniper. According to several sources, his last words were "Put that bloody cigarette out!"

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  A Little Hero - Innocence First...

  Fyodor Dostoevsky, Tim Zengerink

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  Before we understand love, we feel it. 
  In A Little Hero, Fyodor Dostoevsky invites us into the heart and mind of a child experiencing the dizzying emotions of a first infatuation.  
  At a glittering adult party, a shy boy quietly observes the world around him—until a graceful, kind woman captures his full attention. What follows is a swirl of emotion, self-consciousness, and innocent joy. 
  This modern audiobook adaptation refreshes Dostoevsky’s tender story for today’s listener while preserving its delicate emotional landscape. 
  What You’ll Hear in This Modern Translation: 
  •	A charming, bittersweet portrayal of childhood’s first brush with love 
  •	Vivid scenes of social gatherings seen through a child’s wondering eyes 
  •	Emotional reflections that bridge innocence and self-discovery 
  Included in This Edition: 
  Updated for clarity and accessibility, this audiobook makes A Little Hero feel just as fresh and moving today as when it was first written. 
  Listen now—and revisit the sweet ache of childhood emotions.

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  Losing It - The Conservative...

  Michael Ashcroft

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  The 2024 general election produced the worst defeat in the Conservative Party's history. Five years after winning a commanding majority, the Tories lost half their vote and two thirds of their seats in parliament.
  In Losing It Michael Ashcroft examines the seismic result and its causes. Drawing on extensive polling and analysis – as well as conversations with voters across the country, who describe in their own words how the Tories squandered not just the election but their reputation for competent government – this is a pitiless account of how the Conservative Party came to be seen by those who elected it to office.
  Before the Tories can begin any kind of recovery, they need to understand and accept what happened and why. This book sets out the reasons in uncompromising terms.

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