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  Eighteen - The Sunday Times...

  Alice Loxton

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  Read by the author, Alice Loxton.Biggest books to look out for in 2024 – The Guardian'Loxton is the next big thing in history' – Dan SnowAt eighteen, your life is full of of what-ifs and why-nots. You have everything to look forward to – unless you’ve got the plague.From a young Elizabeth Tudor, the orphan facing deadly intrigue at court, to a teenage Richard Burton, the rugby-obsessed son of a Welsh miner, historian Alice Loxton explores Britain’s past through the lives of eighteen figures at this crucial age.How do you make a living in Georgian London with no arms or legs? What would you do if a world war interrupted your university studies? With plenty of wit and insight, Eighteen invites readers to join an eclectic cast of young Britons across the nation and throughout its history, to find out what makes us who we are.Filled with fascinating stories of royalty, explorers, writers and entertainers, Eighteen asks what lessons we can learn for modern Britain.'A whirlwind of historical energy . . . one of the brightest new stars of popular history' – Dan Jones

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  Some Sort of Epic Grandeur - The...

  Matthew J. Bruccoli

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  “Epic indeed, this is the definitive biography of Fitzgerald, plain and simple. There’s no reason to own another.” —Library Journal  The Great Gatsby, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender Is the Night, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” These works and more elevated F. Scott Fitzgerald to his place as one of the most important American authors of the twentieth century. After struggling to become a screenwriter in Hollywood, Fitzgerald was working on The Last Tycoon when he died of a heart attack in 1940. He was only forty-four years old.   Fitzgerald left behind his own mythology. He was a prince charming, a drunken author, a spoiled genius, the personification of the Jazz Age, and a sacrificial victim of the Depression. Here, Matthew J. Bruccoli strips away the façade of this flawed literary hero. He focuses on Fitzgerald as a writer by tracing the development of his major works and his professional career. Beginning with his Midwest upbringing and first published works as a teenager, this biography follows Fitzgerald’s life through the successful debut of This Side of Paradise, his turbulent marriage to Zelda Sayre, his time in Europe among The Lost Generation, the disappointing release of The Great Gatsby, and his ignominious fall. As former US poet laureate James Dickey said, “the spirit of the man is in the facts, and these, as gathered and marshalled by Bruccoli over thirty years, are all we will ever need. But more important, they are what we need.”

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  Revolutionary Heroes: Untold...

  Thaddeus Mercer

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  Revolutionary Heroes: Untold Stories of the Patriots 
  ⭐⭐ Simplified Narratives and Detailed Explanations Included ⭐⭐ 
  Are you eager to advance in your understanding of history and explore the remarkable courage that shaped our nation? 
  Searching for an all-encompassing resource that reveals the bravery and determination of our fearless patriots? 
  Your quest ends here! 
  This guide is your ultimate companion for immersing yourself in the chronicles of heroic deeds, applying historic lessons, and engaging in introspective exercises. With this, you're prepared to appreciate the legacy of courage. 
  Updated to reflect a deeper exploration of historic valor. 
  Key features of this enhanced guide: 
  - Profound insights into the stories of unsung Revolutionary Heroes 
  - Detailed explanations of their brave contributions to freedom 
  - Effective strategies for understanding and appreciating revolutionary history 
  Our guide stands apart with its thorough coverage, which is crucial for grasping the essence of these historical figures. Stories are not merely touched upon; they are explored with depth and accuracy. 
  Please note, this guide is an independent resource dedicated to enhancing your understanding of historic courage. 
  Structured with clarity and written in accessible language, our guide ensures smooth transitions from tale to tale. Say farewell to confusing historical jargon and embrace clear, precise, and engaging content. 
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  Beneath the Silence

  Trinity Lease

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  Beneath the Silence 
  One woman’s journey from pain to purpose—through heartbreak, loss, and healing. 
  For years, she lived beneath the silence—trapped in a world of fear, addiction, and broken promises. A childhood shadowed by chaos gave way to a young adulthood filled with heartache, shattered trust, and desperate struggles to survive. Every day was a battle against the darkness inside and around her. 
  But beneath that silence, something fierce and unbreakable was hope. 
  She becomes a mother, a sister, a wife, and a student—roles she never imagined for herself but embraces with courage. With every scar she carries, she finds strength. With every tear, she finds grace. Beneath the Silence is a powerful story of resilience that will touch the hearts of anyone who has ever felt lost, broken, or silenced—and remind them that healing is possible, one step at a time. 
  This memoir is a raw and honest account of the slow, messy climb from trauma to healing. It is about learning to forgive, learning to love, and learning to believe that a better life is possible—even when it feels out of reach. 
  Trinity Lease is a mother, wife, and college student who has transformed her past pain into a story of hope and healing. She believes that sharing our darkest moments can light the way for others.

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  Russian Short Story The - Volume...

  Nikolai Gogol, Ivan Turgenev,...

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  The Russian novel has a reputation that is immense, both in narrative and in length.  Unquestionably though the ideas, themes and characters make many novels rightly revered as world class, as icons of literature. 
   
  Perhaps an easier way to enjoy a wider selection of the Russian heritage, with its varied and glorious literary talents, is with the short story.  These gems sparkle and beguile the mind with their characters and narrative, exploring facets of society and the human condition that more Western authors somehow find more difficult to navigate, or to explore, explain and relate to.   
   
  The Russian short story is, in many respects, in a genre of its own.  It is at its captivating best whether it’s an exploration of real-life experiences, through fantasy and fables and on to total absurdity. 
   
  In a land so vast it is unsurprising that it is a world almost unto itself. Cultures and landscapes of differing hues are packed together bound only by the wilful bonds and force of Empire. 
   
  The stories in this collection traverse the decades where one might be a serf under an absolute monarch, and the reality of that was pretty near to slavery, into an emancipation of sorts in the fields, or towns under the despotic will of landowners and the rich into the upheavals of Empire and then the overthrow of the ruling class and its replacement by the communists, who promised equality for all and delivered a society where the down-trodden remained the lowest yet vital cog of the state machine and its will.  
   
  Whilst Tolstoy, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Pushkin and Chekhov are a given in any Russian collection we also explore and include Andreyev, Korolenko, Turgenev, Blavatsky and many others to create a world rich and dense across a sprawling landscape of diverse people, riddled with the class and unfairness in perhaps some of the most turbulent times that Russia has ever experienced. 
   
  01 - The Russian Short Story - Volume 2 - An Introduction 
  02 - Diary of a Madman by Nikolai Gogol 
  03 - Taman by Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov 
  04 - The Jew by Ivan Turgenev 
  05 - The Rendezvous by Ivan Turgenev 
  06 - A Strange Story by Ivan Turgenev 
  07 - Mumu by Ivan Turgenev 
  08 - The District Doctor by Ivan Turgenev 
  09 - The Dream of a Ridiculous Man by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 
  10 - The Beggar Boy at Christ's Christmas Tree by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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  Grant at 200 - Reconsidering the...

  Frank J. Scaturro, Chris Mackowski

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  Ulysses S. Grant stood at the center of the American Civil War maelstrom. The Ohio native answered his nation's call to service and finished the war as a lieutenant general in command of the United States Army. Four years later, he ascended to the presidency to better secure the peace he had helped win on the battlefield. Despite his major achievements in war and peace, political and sectional enemies battered his reputation. For nearly a century, his military and political career remained deeply misunderstood. 
   
   
   
  Since the Civil War centennial, however, Grant's reputation has blossomed into a full renaissance. His military record garners new respect and, more recently, an appreciation for his political career—particularly his strong advocacy for equal rights—is quickly catching up. 
   
   
   
  Throughout these decades, his personal memoirs marking him as a significant American "Man of Letters" have never gone out of print. Grant at 200: Reconsidering the Life and Legacy of Ulysses S. Grant celebrates the bicentennial of the birth of a man whose towering impact on American history has often been overshadowed and, in many cases, ignored. This collection of essays by some of today's leading Grant scholars offers fresh perspectives on Grant's military career and presidency, as well as underexplored personal topics such as his faith and family life.

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