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  Self-Portrait

  Celia Paul

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  A rich, penetrating memoir about the author's relationship with a flawed but influential figure—the painter Lucian Freud—and the satisfactions and struggles of a life lived through art. 
   
   
   
  One of Britain's most important contemporary painters, Celia Paul has written a reflective, intimate memoir of her life as an artist. Self-Portrait tells the artist's story in her own words, drawn from early journal entries as well as memory, of her childhood in India and her days as a art student at London's Slade School of Fine Art; of her intense decades-long relationship with the older esteemed painter Lucian Freud and the birth of their son; of the challenges of motherhood, the unresolvable conflict between caring for a child and remaining committed to art; of the "invisible skeins between people," the profound familial connections Paul communicates through her paintings of her mother and sisters; and finally, of the mystical presence in her own solitary vision of the world around her. 
   
   
   
  Self-Portrait is a powerful, liberating evocation of a life and of a life-long dedication to art. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Our Georgia - The devastating...

  Lynette Williams, Robin Eveleigh

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  Georgia Williams’ murder at the hands of college pal Jamie Reynolds was a crime that shocked the nation: chillingly executed and horrific in its sexual depravity. 
  But when Georgia’s devastated mother, Lynnette, and father, Steve, questioned the events leading to their daughter’s death, they discovered it was also entirely preventable. 
  At the time of Georgia’s disappearance, Steve was – ironically – a highly-commended murder squad detective serving with West Mercia Police. 
  The same force, Steve and Lynnette discovered, had had Reynolds in its sights for years before Georgia’s murder, but let him slip their net. 
  Drawing on Steve’s inside police knowledge, the couple exposed the litany of failures that let Reynolds infiltrate their daughter’s life, and allowed him to kill. 
  Now, in her powerful and moving memoir, Lynnette tries to get beyond the platitudes of ‘mistakes made and lessons learned’ to effect real change, and also details the heartbreaking aftermath of a crime that should never have happened.

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  25+ The World's Greatest Short...

  Washington Irving, Edgar Allan...

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  Contents:
   • Washington Irving: Rip Van Winkle
  • Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders In The Rue Morgue
  • Fyodor Dostoevsky: Notes From The Underground
  • Franz Kafka: The Metamorphosis
  • Charles Dickens: The Chimes
  • Ivan Turgenev: Mumu
  • Francis Scott Fitzgerald: The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
  • Joseph Conrad: Heart Of Darkness
  • Ambrose Bierce: Chickamauga
  • Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study In Scarlet
  • H. P. Lovecraft: At the Mountains of Madness
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne: Roger Malvin's Burial
  • Guy de Maupassant: Necklace
  • Leo Tolstoy: God Sees The Truth, But Waits
  • Anton Chekhov: The Lottery Ticket
  • Virginia Woolf: The Mark On The Wall
  • Katherine Mansfield: The Garden Party
  • H.G. Wells: The Star
  • Stendhal: Vanina Vanini
  • Honoré De Balzac: The Unknown Masterpiece
  • Mark Twain: The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
  • Aldous Huxley: Crome Yellow
  • Ernest Hemingway: Up In Michigan
  • Nikolay Gogol: A May Night
  • O. Henry: The Ransom Of Red Chief
  • Jack London: To Build a Fire

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  Forgotten Authors The - Volume 2...

  Camillo Boito, Guy Boothby, D K...

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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.  
  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. 
  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 those talents whose time has now come again.

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  A Life For A Life - Poor Choices...

  Kevin Shird

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  A gripping true story exploring violence, mental health, and trauma, A Life for a Life follows Kevin Shird and Damion Neal, who meet as inmates in Federal Correctional Institute Allenwood. Kevin is serving time for drug trafficking, and he suffers from severe nightmares and sleep deprivation due to past traumas and copes through rigorous exercise instead of medication. He tries to guide Damion, a temperamental young man, hoping to keep him out of trouble in a dangerous environment and reunite him with his young daughter. 
   
   
   
  In 2004, Kevin is transferred to another prison while Damion is released from Allenwood and returns to Baltimore. Two years later, Kevin also returns to Baltimore, where he uses writing as therapy to heal from the trauma of the past. Surprisingly, a mental health worker suggests he may have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Kevin hopes Damion has successfully reintegrated into society and returned to his family. However, one afternoon, he searches for Damion online and finds a newspaper article that reads, "Delaware State Police have arrested Damion Neal, the man responsible for the deaths of two Dover residents over the weekend." Court documents allege that Damion was suffering from a serious mental health ailment at the time of the murders. Kevin goes on a journey to understand why his former cellmate committed a heinous crime.

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  The Prussian Officer

  D. H. Lawrence

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  Power, desire, and violence collide in The Prussian Officer, a haunting exploration of the human psyche by D.H. Lawrence. This novella peels back the façade of authority to reveal the seething passions and suppressed emotions lurking beneath. With prose that strikes like a thunderclap, Lawrence immerses the reader in a world where rigid discipline clashes with primal instincts, and the cost of obedience is measured in human suffering.
  In this gripping narrative, Lawrence examines the tension between the oppressor and the oppressed, unraveling the fragile balance between control and rebellion. The story pulses with psychological intensity, as unspoken emotions erupt in unexpected ways, leading to a shattering crescendo. It's a tale that doesn't flinch from the darkness of human nature but also offers glimmers of raw humanity and the longing for freedom.
  Rich in symbolism and driven by an almost cinematic sense of foreboding, The Prussian Officer captures Lawrence's unparalleled ability to probe the depths of passion and power dynamics. This is not merely a story—it's an experience, a journey into the heart of what it means to feel trapped and to yearn for release.

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