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  Legacy - Sir John Hawkwood Book 7

  Griff Hosker

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  Sir John Hawkwood may be getting old but he is still as wily as a fox. Feared and revered in equal measure, one of the greatest military leaders the world has ever known is drawn once again into a territorial dispute, beginning at the Florentine borderlands. Leading a coalition of city-states, he strikes deep into the nest of Milanese vipers and their allies. Using the skills honed over a long and illustrious career, the English mercenary takes the war to the very gates of Milan, cementing his legacy as ‘Giovanni Acuto’ – supreme condottiero. 
   
  The bittersweet final instalment in the engaging tale of Sir John Hawkwood; the English Mercenary who became an Italian legend. Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell, David Gilman and Ben Kane.

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  Mimi - Story from a master of...

  Arnold Bennett

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  Arnold Bennett was born in 1867 in Hanley one of the six towns that formed the Potteries that later joined together to become Stoke on Trent; the area in which most of his works are located. For a short time he worked for his solicitor father before realising that to advance his life he would need to become his own man. Moving to London at twenty-one he obtained work as a solicitor’s clerk and gradually moved into a career of journalism. At the turn of the century he turned full time to writing and shortly thereafter in 1903 he moved to Paris and in 1908 published to great acclaim The Old Wives Tale. With this his reputation was set. Clayhanger and The Old Wives Tale are perhaps his greatest and most lauded novels.

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  A Mummer's Wife

  George Moore

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  "A Mummer's Wife" by George Moore is a stark portrayal of the theatrical world's underbelly in Victorian London. The novel follows Kate Ede, a young woman who marries a traveling actor, and delves into her struggles, desires, and the harsh realities of her life. Moore's narrative exposes the tension between public performance and private identity, exploring themes of love, infidelity, and societal expectations. With gritty realism, the novel offers a candid look at the sacrifices and compromises individuals make in pursuit of artistic and personal fulfillment in a society marked by hypocrisy and judgment.

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  Top 10 Short Stories The - The...

  Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Edgar...

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  Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart.  A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. 
   
  In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?  
   
  The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme.  Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature. 
   
  Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made.  If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something. 
   
  In this small corner of the United States there is to be found a part of America that is both recognizable and yet distinct and of itself.  Whilst others pushed Westward these authors found much amongst their experiences that detailed and charted the world around them.  These are their stories. 
   
  1 - The Top 10 - US Authors of New England - An Introduction 
  2 - The Yellow Wall Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 
  3 - The Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe 
  4 - The Color Out of Space by H P Lovecraft 
  5 - Conversation on Conversation by Harriet Beecher Stowe 
  6 - Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne 
  7 - The Tachypomp by Edward Page Mitchell 
  8 - A White Heron by Sarah Orne Jewett 
  9 - The Man Without a Country by Edward Everett Hale 
  10 - A Responsibility by Henry Harland 
  11 - A New England Nun by Mary E Wilkins Freeman

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  Molly's Flight - Women and War...

  Rachel Wesson

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  Molly wants to fight Hitler by using her skills as a pilot. But the USA says no to female pilots. 
   
  America is at war and Molly, a qualified pilot, is determined to use her skills in the air against the Nazis. The American Air Force isn’t ready to admit female pilots just yet but the British are desperate for pilots following their devastating losses in the Battle of Britain. 
   
  Travelling to England means crossing the Atlantic - a journey filled with peril as the German U-boats patrol these waters. Determined to fly, Molly and her friends cross the sea to fulfil their dream only to find the cost of the trip is much higher than Molly ever imagined.

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  Neglected Authors The - North...

  Edward Page Mitchell, W C...

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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.  
  In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents from the literary landscape of the North American male author whose time has now come again.

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