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City Kid: Part 1 of 3
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City Kid can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts. This is PART 1 of 3. You can read Part 1 two weeks ahead of release of the full-length eBook and paperback. From the author of international bestsellers A Circle of Children and Lovey comes an inspiring true story of a gifted teacher’s determination to understand the ‘rotten’ city kid everyone has given up on. Sitting quiet and withdrawn at a battered school desk, Luke had the looks of a shy angel – and a past that special needs teacher Mary MacCracken could barely believe. Already Luke had been picked up 24 times by the police. He’d set over a dozen major fires, and had a staggering record of thefts. No adult could reach him, no teacher could control him, and no policeman could cow him. All this – and Luke was only seven and a half years old. Trying to help Luke was Mary MacCracken’s job – and a seemingly impossible challenge. This is the remarkable story of how the impossible came true.
The Girl Without a Voice: Part 1 of 3
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The Girl Without a Voice can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 serialised eBook-only parts. This is PART 1 of 3. You can read Part 1 two weeks ahead of release of the full-length eBook and paperback.
A Burnable Book: Free Sampler
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TRY A FREE SAMPLE OF THIS STUNNING DEBUT HISTORICAL THRILLER. Set in the turbulent 14th Century, this is perfect for fans of CJ Sansom, The Name of the Rose and An Instance of the Fingerpost.
Guided By Angels: Part 1 of 3
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Guided by Angels can either be read as a full-length eBook or in 3 eBook-only parts. This is PART 1 of 3 (Chapters 1-4 of 17).
Naughty or Nice？
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Charlotte sat at the bus stop wondering whether she would make the naughty or nice list this year. Last year she had rescued a stray kitten and therefore considered herself most definitely “nice”. This year she had broken Daniel’s heart into a million tiny pieces, so “naughty” seemed to be the only answer. There’d be no Santa Claus coming down her chimney anytime soon.
Sixty Years a Nurse Part 1 of 3
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When 18-year-old Mary Hazard touched down in post-war Putney to begin her nurse’s training, she could never have known that it was the beginning of a colourful career that would still be going 60 years later – one of the longest ever serving NHS nurses. For Mary, raised in a strict convent in rural south Ireland, working in her first London hospital was a shocking and life-changing experience. Against a backdrop of ongoing rationing and poverty, she saw for the first time the horrors of disease, the heart-breaking outcomes of failed abortions – and faced the genuine shock of seeing a man naked for the first time! 60 Years a Nurse follows the dramas and emotions as Mary found her feet during those early years. From the firm friends she made under the ever-watchful gaze of Matron and the sisters, to the eclectic mix of Londoners she strove to care for; the Teddy Boys she danced with and the freedom of living away from home; and her own burgeoning love story, as extraordinary as it was romantic – these are the funny and heartwarming moments that helped Mary to follow her dream.
The Show (sampler) (Swell Valley Series, Book 2)
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Welcome to Swell Valley – where the scandal is in a class of its own… The second book in the Swell Valley series by bestselling author Tilly Bagshawe Nestled in a glorious patchwork of fields, surrounded by chocolate box villages, Wraggbottom farm means everything to Gabe and Laura Baxter. But love and tradition doesn’t pay the bills. Luckily, Laura has an idea that will share the secret of her happy (if sometimes muddy) country life: producing a reality show that will save the farm! Until the interfering new vicar, ‘Call-me-Bill’ takes it upon himself to lead a protest against the show. Suddenly the village is divided; even Gabe is torn between his new found fame and his old, happy life. With so much at stake for her village and her marriage, will Laura be able to weather the storm or will her big idea turn out to be her biggest mistake?
Hidden：Free Sampler
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Discover the incredible memoirs of internationally bestselling author Cathy Glass with this free extended eBook sample of Cathy’s second book, and Sunday Times bestseller, Hidden. Tayo is a young boy whose good behaviour and polite manners hide a shocking and terrible past. Tayo arrives at Cathy’s with only the clothes he stands up in. He has been brought to her by the police, but he is calm, polite, and very well spoken, and not at all like the children she normally fosters. The social worker gives Cathy the forms which should contain Tayo’s history, but apart from his name and age, it is blank. Tayo has no past. Tayo is an 'invisible' child, kidnapped from his loving father in Nigeria and brought illegally to the UK by his drink and drugs dependent prostitute mother, where he is put to work in a sweat shop in Central London. When he sustains an injury and is no longer earning, he is cast out. When Cathy takes Tayo to school and he points out a dozen different addresses where he has stayed in the last six months, often being left alone. Tayo lies, and manipulates situations to his own advantage and Cathy has to be continually on guard. Tayo’s social worker searches all computer databases but there is no record of Tayo – he has only attended school for 3 terms and has never seen a doctor. He and his mother have been evading the authorities by living ‘underground’. With his mother recently released from prison, Tayo is desperate to live with his father in Nigeria, but no one can track him down or even prove that he exists.
Daddy’s Little Princess：Free Sampler
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The latest title from the internationally bestselling author and foster carer Cathy Glass. Beth is a sweet-natured child who appears to have been well looked after. But it isn’t long before Cathy begins to have concerns that the relationship between Beth and her father is not as it should be. Little Beth, aged 7, has been brought up by her father Derek after her mother left when she was a toddler. When Derek is suddenly admitted to hospital with psychiatric problems Beth is taken into care and arrives at Cathy’s. Beth and her father clearly love each other very much and Derek spoils his daughter, treating her like a princess, but there is something bothering Cathy, something she can’t quite put her finger on. Meanwhile Cathy’s husband is working away a lot and coming home less at weekends. Then, suddenly, everything changes. Events take a dramatic turn for both Beth and Cathy and her family; as Cathy strives to pick up the pieces all their lives are changed forever.
I Miss Mummy：Free Sampler
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Discover the incredible memoirs of internationally bestselling author Cathy Glass with this free extended eBook sample of I Miss Mummy, the story of Alice, a young and vulnerable girl who is desperate to return home to her mother. Alice, aged four, is snatched by her mother the day she is due to arrive at Cathy's house. Drug-dependent and mentally ill, but desperate to keep hold of her daughter, Alice's mother snatches her from her parents' house and disappears. Cathy spends three anxious days worrying about her whereabouts before Alice is found safe, but traumatised. Alice is like a little doll, so young and vulnerable, and she immediately finds her place in the heart of Cathy's family. She talks openly about her mummy, who she dearly loves, and how happy she was living with her maternal grandparents before she was put into care. Alice has clearly been very well looked after and Cathy can't understand why she couldn't stay with her grandparents. It emerges that Alice's grandparents are considered too old (they are in their early sixties) and that the plan is that Alice will stay with Cathy for a month before moving to live with her father and his new wife. The grandparents are distraught – Alice has never known her father, and her grandparents claim he is a violent drug dealer. Desperate to help Alice find the happy home she deserves, Cathy's parenting skills are tested in many new ways. Finally questions are asked about Alice's father suitability, and his true colours begin to emerge.
All Is Not Forgotten: Free sample: The gripping thriller you’ll never forget
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Free Sample How far would you go to protect your daughter? ‘Deeply intriguing and provocative,… ALL IS NOT FORGOTTEN is not to be missed’ –KARIN SLAUGHTER
Inner Beauty Bible – Finding Hope in Cloudy Moments
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Laurey Simmons is the creator of The Colourful Dot, the online sanctuary for Inner Beauty. A professional make-up artist, her work has been published in magazines such as Elle, Vogue and Grazia. Laurey is a fully qualified Crystal and Energy healer known for adding a deeper, spiritual dimension to the beauty process, creating sacred spaces with crystals, essential oils, meditation and ritual. Laurey has travelled far and wide, from the High Andes in Peru to the lakes and ashrams of India, seeking out inspiration, insights and practices from traditional alternative healers, spiritual teachers and sacred places around the world to include in this, her first book. Laurey’s husband Louis has brought to this book his insights as a therapist, coach, former Headspace consultant and meditation teacher. He has spent most of his working life helping people in need and studying meditation and spiritual practices as a path to enriching other people’s lives.
Death Knocks Twice: Free sample (A Death in Paradise Mystery, Book 3)
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Free Sample of the first 3 chapters of the new Death in Paradise mystery Death Knocks Twice by Robert Thorogood. Two dead bodies. A family of suspects. One grumpy detective.
Holiday In The Hamptons: Free sample
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‘The literary equivalent of an ice cream on a summer afternoon’ - Daily Express 'An absolute delight.’ – Veronica Henry She’s moved on… Felicity Knight loves New York. But when she spots her ex-husband in the city, Fliss is desperate to escape! He’s moved back… Vet Set Carlyle is back from California to establish his own practice and settle down. When he learns that his ex Fliss still lives close by, that future is looking a whole lot brighter… Will a perfect escape bring them back together? With the help of his adorable dog Lulu, and a sprinkling of beachside magic, Seth is determined to make Fliss see he’s never stopped loving her! ’Wonderfully romantic and sumptuously atmospheric.’ – Alex Brown, author of The Secret Orchard Cottage
The Forgotten Soldier (Part 1 of 3)
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Bestselling author Charlie Connelly returns with a First World War memoir of his great uncle, Edward Connelly, who was an ordinary boy sent to fight in a war the likes of which the world had never seen. But this is not just his story; it is the story of all the young forgotten soldiers who fought and bravely died for their country The Forgotten Soldier tells the story of Private Edward Connelly, aged 19, killed in the First World War a week before the Armistice and immediately forgotten, even, it seems, by his own family. Edward died on exactly the same day, and as part of the same military offensive, as Wilfred Owen. They died only a few miles apart and yet there cannot be a bigger contrast between their legacies. Edward had been born into poverty in west London on the eve of the twentieth century, had a job washing railway carriages, was con*ed into the army at the age of eighteen and sent to the Western Front from where he would never return. He lies buried miles from home in a small military cemetery on the outskirts of an obscure town close to the French border in western Belgium. No-one has ever visited him. Like thousands of other young boys, Edward’s life and death were forgotten. By delving into and uncovering letters, poems and war diaries to reconstruct his great uncle’s brief life and needless death; Charlie fills in the blanks of Edward’s life with the experiences of similar young men giving a voice to the voiceless. Edward Connelly’s tragic story comes to represent all the young men who went off to the Great War and never came home. This is a book about the unsung heroes, the ordinary men who did their duty with utmost courage, and who deserve to be remembered.
Iron and Rust: free sampler (Throne of the Caesars, Book 1)
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From the bestselling author of WARRIOR OF ROME comes the first book in a new series set in third century Rome, a dramatic era of murder, coup, counter-rebellions and civil war. In a single year six Emperors will lay claim to the Throne of the Caesars… SPRING AD235 Dawn on the Rhine. A surprise attack and the brutal murder of the Emperor Alexander and his mother ends the Severan dynasty and shatters four decades of Roman certainty. Military hero Maximinus Thrax is the first Caesar risen from the barracks. A simple man of steel and violence, he will fight for Rome. The Senators praise the new Emperor with elaborate oratory, but will any of them accept a Caesar who was once a shepherd boy? And in the streets of the eternal city, others merely pray to escape imperial notice. In the north, as the merciless war against the barbarians consumes men and treasure, rebellion and personal tragedy drive Maximinus to desperate extremes, bloody revenge and the borders of sanity. Iron & Rust, the first book in a major new series, creates a world both sophisticated and brutal, yet firmly rooted in history; a world of intrigue, murder, passion and war, a world where men will kill to sit on the Throne of the Caesars.
The Inheritance: Part One, Chapters 1–7 of 34
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Welcome to Tilly Bagshawe’s Swell Valley, where the scandal is in a class of its own. Tilly Bagshawe’s first Swell Valley novel, The Inheritance, has been serialized into 4 parts – this is PART 1 OF 4 (Chapters 1 to 7 of 34). *The first three parts of The Inheritance are being released weekly from 29th May 2014, before the full novel is published. The final part will be released on 19th June 2014, when the full novel will also be available to buy in ebook and paperback* Tatiana Flint-Hamilton’s gilded cage is torn away when her estranged father dies. As the beloved family estate slips through Tati’s fingers, the portraits of her ancestors look down disapprovingly. The new Lord of the Manor is just as ruthless as Tati. The old-world status of Furlings is everything the wealthy, self-made Brett Cranley has ever wanted. Luckily his wife Angela is the perfect homemaker, happy to fall into line with whatever Brett desires. Along with her two children, Furlings soon becomes Angela’s lifeline, a place she can finally belong. And one she’s not going to give up easily. Losing everything has made Tati realise that her rightful inheritance is all that she now lives for… and she will do anything to get it back. But the fate of Furlings lies in the hands of the villagers. Let the Fittlescombe fireworks begin!
南海寄归内法传校注--中国佛教典籍选刊(试读本)
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唐代高僧义净在南海室利佛逝国（今印度尼西亚苏门答腊岛）时撰成《南海寄归内法传》四卷。书中详细介绍了印度及其所历南亚诸国所行佛教仪轨四十条，为我们今天了解7世纪印度佛教僧伽内部宗教生活的状况提供了多详细的信息，同时也是研究南亚次大陆历史、地理的重要资料。
数字人文(创刊号)(试读本)
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2009年，“数字人文”作为一个舶来概念进入中国学界，其内涵与外延已日渐明朗，即旨在针对计算与人文间的交叉领域进行学习、研究以及创新的一门学科。现今“数字人文”已在人文学术研究与发展上发挥着越来越大的作用，本书即聚焦这一热点，收录数字人文领域论文15篇，其中收录了基础平台建设、历史地理研究、文本风格、社会网络、方法新阐、数字人文教育等六个方向的11篇研究论文以及4篇通讯与综述文章。
华年锦瑟谁与度——杨雨讲诗歌里的爱与情(试读本)
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本书依作者在中央电视台《百家讲坛》所做讲座的讲稿整理润色而成。 爱情以其纯洁和神圣，让诗人着迷，让世俗痴狂，所以描述爱情的诗歌，往往是动人而又能反映人性的。古典诗词中对诸如游子思妇、青年男女热恋、婚姻破裂、妇女被弃等爱与情，都有真实、精彩的描写，活跃在诗中的男女各色人物的形象也极为鲜活而生动。央视《百家讲坛》受观众喜爱的美女主讲人杨雨教授以女性的细腻，从独特的视角，倾情讲述中国古代美的爱情诗，以华丽的文字、朴素的情怀，在超越现实与空间的美妙境界里，让读者深切感受古代爱情诗里的爱恨情仇。
元代诗论校释(上下册)精(试读本)
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《元代诗论校释》为元代诗歌理论的汇编注释本，所录范围首以《全元文》为线索，再尽量以善本覆校，作者大致为宋末至明初，主要生活经历在元代。元人诗学专著则不在收罗之列，仅限于单篇诗论作品。注释力求简洁明了，校勘务求可靠。每篇作品之后，均注明所据之版本。
