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Murder in the quiet, dignified precincts of the Inner Temple, and Cromwell and Lister quickly follow a trail which leads to the ancestral home of the Earl of Ellsworth. They arrived to find the household in a state of panic... a phantom figure which heralds the death of an Ellsworth heir. A further death is swiftly followed by another attempt as murder...
When the renowned entrepreneur and inventor Alfred Nobel died, his last will contained the establishment of a foundation for the betterment of science and peace. However, the testament disappears and Sherlock Holmes is called to Stockholm.Show book
Book 16: Psychic VisionsBorn and raised in a cult with a fanatical father who believed she was destined for greater things, Phoenix endured a childhood of pain and torment. Not only was her father preparing her for the future he saw, he hated that she was stronger, better than he was. When she’s finally rescued, her life slowly improves, but still her past hinders her future. Her father has gifted her with one special note, written on a material she has yet to destroy. In order to get rid of it forever, she travels to Iceland to her father’s hometown to visit a fissure of lava that opens every summer. Surely the material will burn in the lava? And she can then be rid of her father and the special note forever. Detective Rowan Einar hates when the damn fissure opens as it always signifies the suicide season—a despicable time of year where people travel to his small corner of the world to end their lives. When a waif shows up with huge eyes and scars, both external and internal, he wants to ensure she won’t be the next suicide in town. But, when he hears her story, he wonders what is going on.Then the deaths begin, and he witnesses the visions and energies that he’s always been able to see have now merged with Phoenix’s energies, making the two of them stronger and more powerful. What they see though is even more terrifying.Show book
His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of previously published Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, including the titular short story, "His Last Bow. The War Service of Sherlock Holmes" (1917). The collection's first US edition adjusts the anthology's subtitle to Some Later Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes. All editions contain a brief preface, by "John H. Watson, M.D.", that assures readers that as of the date of publication (1917), Holmes is long retired from his profession of detective but is still alive and well, albeit suffering from a touch of rheumatism.Show book
Darriby Hall is famous for entertaining busybody aristocrats, tales from distant lands and a dead body . . . now and then. Lady Darriby-Jones had hoped for a peaceful Mothering Sunday, a quiet return to her charming estate after the chaotic business of sorting out her daughter's trust fund in London. But serenity is swiftly derailed when she's met at Darriby Halt station by none other than DCI 'Rude' Manners—Britain's most bumbling detective—who promptly accuses her of murdering her own maid. As if that weren't enough to ruin a weekend, things take an even darker turn when a distinguished guest is found bound, gagged, and extremely dead at her estate! As suspicion tightens around her and her family, the situation spirals further when a close relative is imprisoned for the second murder. Lady Darriby-Jones must summon all her wit and resolve to unmask the real killer before her family's name is forever tarnished—and before this Mothering Sunday becomes a day no one will ever forget, for all the wrong reasons. But with a cunning murderer on the loose and secrets swirling around every corner, can she uncover the truth in time, or will the killer strike again?Show book
A murder mystery infused with spirituality: Why do these women dance among funeral pyres? Will the ancient wisdom of Varanasi lead Riya to the truth she so desperately seeks? This poignant and gripping novel is about Riya, a young woman from Rajasthan whose father disappears mysteriously and her brother has been murdered. To unravel these mysteries, she goes to Mumbai. Here she finds solace in her work as a graphic designer and meets the charismatic Ravi. Their growing romance brings moments of happiness, but an unscrupulous colleague manipulates Riya, which challenges her confidence. A twist of fate throws her life into chaos as dark shadows are cast upon the legitimacy of her birth. The fury of nature delivers the most tragic blow of all at Kedarnath. Shattered, Riya embarks on a journey to Varanasi, the spiritual city where life and death intertwine. Here she observes mystic rituals. Amidst the burning funeral pyres, she sees sex-workers dancing passionately. Could these women hold the key to her problems? Will the ancient wisdom and culture of Varanasi offer her the peace she so desperately seeks? Will she find her father and will she be able to avenge her brother’s murder? Can she overcome the shadows of her past and find ultimate peace within herself? As she navigates through life’s challenges, we find ourselves reflecting on our own destinies, for aren’t we all searching for love, truth, and joy? Riya’s journey of self-discovery is one of resilience and spiritual and emotional growth. A tale strung with heartwarming and heartbreaking moments, this story is ultimately about the power and strength of love, the inevitability of loss and the truly empowering journey of acceptance and release from attachment. The plot flows forward smoothly, as the readers become one with Riya in this emotionally charged novel. Open the pages and let Riya's journey illuminate your own path.Show book
Animal Farm is an allegorical novella by George Orwell, first published in England on 17 August 1945. The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, however, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon.
According to Orwell, the fable reflects events leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917 and then on into the Stalinist era of the Soviet Union. Orwell, a democratic socialist, was a critic of Joseph Stalin and hostile to Moscow-directed Stalinism, an attitude that was critically shaped by his experiences during the Spanish Civil War. The Soviet Union had become a brutal dictatorship built upon a cult of personality and enforced by a reign of terror. In a letter to Yvonne Davet, Orwell described Animal Farm as a satirical tale against Stalin ("un conte satirique contre Staline"), and in his essay "Why I Write" (1946), wrote that Animal Farm was the first book in which he tried, with full consciousness of what he was doing, "to fuse political purpose and artistic purpose into one whole".
The original title was Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, but U.S. publishers dropped the subtitle when it was published in 1946, and only one of the translations during Orwell's lifetime kept it. Other titular variations include subtitles like "A Satire" and "A Contemporary Satire". Orwell suggested the title Union des républiques socialistes animales for the French translation, which abbreviates to URSA, the Latin word for "bear", a symbol of Russia. It also played on the French name of the Soviet Union, Union des républiques socialistes soviétiques.
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