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With opportunities for black men limited in post-World War II London, Rick Braithwaite, a former Royal Air Force pilot and Cambridge-educated engineer, accepts a teaching position that puts him in charge of a class of angry, unmotivated, bigoted white teenagers whom the system has mostly abandoned. When his efforts to reach these troubled students are met with threats, suspicion, and derision, Braithwaite takes a radical new approach. He will treat his students as people poised to enter the adult world.

Sir Phillip knew that Eloise Bridgerton was a spinster, and so he'd proposed, figuring that she'd be homely and unassuming, and more than a little desperate for an offer of marriage. Except...she wasn't. The beautiful woman on his doorstep was anything but quiet, and when she stopped talking long enough to close her mouth, all he wanted to do was kiss her... and more. Did he think she was mad?

Perpetually cheerful and eager to please, Gracie Cooper strives to make the best out of every situation. So when her father dies just months after a lung cancer diagnosis, she sets aside her dreams of pursuing her passion for art to take over his Midtown Manhattan champagne shop. She soon finds out that the store’s profit margins are being squeezed perilously tight, and complicating matters further, a giant corporation headed by the impossibly handsome, but irritatingly arrogant Sebastian Andrews is proposing a buyout.

When Judith Newman shared the story of how Apple's electronic personal assistant, Siri, helped Gus, her son who has autism, she received widespread media attention and an outpouring of affection from listeners around the world. Basking in the afterglow of media attention, Gus told anyone who would listen, "I'm a movie star". Judith's story of her son and his bond with Siri was an unusual tribute to technology. While many worry that our electronic gadgets are dumbing us down, she revealed how they can give voice to others.

My dear Miss Bridgerton, We have been corresponding now for quite some time, and although we have never formally met, I feel as if I know you. I am writing to invite you to visit me here at Romney Hall. It is my hope that after a suitable period of time, we might decide that we will suit, and you will consent to be my wife. Did he think she was mad? Eloise Bridgerton couldn't marry a man she had never met! But before she knew it, she was in a hired carriage in the middle of the night, on her way to meet the man she hoped might be her perfect match.

From the author of the viral New York Times op-ed column "To Siri with Love" comes a collection of touching, hilarious, and illuminating stories about life with a 13-year-old boy with autism that hold insights and revelations for us all.

No one would consider Judith Newman's domestic life normal. She and her husband keep separate apartments - his filled with twin grand pianos, as befits a former opera singer; hers packed with the clutter and chaos of twin adolescent boys conceived late in life. And one of those boys is Gus, her sweet, complicated, autistic 13-year-old. With honesty and humour, To Siri, with Love chronicles one year in the life of Gus and the family around him - a family with the same crazy ups and downs as any other.

The textbook Southern romance; President Jefferson and President Jefferson Davis had these types of extremely successful relationships in their lives. In this story, a hellfire and brimstone revisionist history teacher meets his soul mate, and together, they form a bond as deep as the one Varina Howell and Jefferson Davis enjoyed... (17 and 35, respectively). A fun read, with true American history being taught in the process...

History begets legends. Swords versus sorcery. Mortals cross paths with faeries. A high adventure of love, loss, treachery, and redemption. When John of Dumnonia visits his cousin, Rhys, he learns of the House of the Dragon. With renewed purpose, John sets out to seek the legendary Dragon’s Spire. John has his quest, but Owain has a mission, too. A chieftain with dangerous secrets, Owain leads his force of Silurian rebels against the Romans. However, when they’re betrayed, an ambush results. Owain retreats with the survivors, but now, there’s a price on his head. A Roman price. In ...

History begets legends. Swords versus sorcery. Mortals cross paths with faeries. A high adventure of love, loss, treachery, and redemption. This noble tale continues as Rhys arrives at the family estate with a wound from a poisoned arrow. He stops to recover and to present heirloom gifts to his three sisters from his aunts, Morgana La Fae, Morgause, and Elaine. Rhys receives a birthright which signals patriarchal approval and impending adulthood. As he resumes the King’s business, he calls to his beloved, Naida, and asks for the location of Eon, the faery world. What she tells him only ...

"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love", known for its first line, "Come live with me and be my love," is a poem written by the English poet Christopher Marlowe and published in 1599 (six years after the poet's death). In addition to being one of the best-known love poems in the English language, it is considered one of the earliest examples of the pastoral style of British poetry in the late Renaissance period. The poem was the subject of a well-known "reply" by Walter Raleigh, called "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd".

History begets legends. Swords versus sorcery. Mortals cross paths with faeries. A high adventure of love, loss, treachery, and redemption. Five years after Mordred’s defeat, John of Leeds returns home to learn that his father is missing. Is he lost, kidnapped, or dead? John and Thomas ride through the near-ruins of Cumbria toward the high country to search for him. A mysterious woman rides with them. Merlin also joins their traveling party, though he’s on a quest for something magical. Meanwhile, an unexpected betrayer is in pursuit with a diabolical plan to usurp the wizard’s place ...

History begets legends. Swords versus sorcery. Mortals cross paths with faeries. A high adventure of love, loss, treachery, and redemption. In CREATURES OF ARCADIA, Rhys joins a group of knights who are headed for Kendal to pick up more warriors. However, Mordred, the son of King Arthur, gathers his forces with a plan to usurp his father’s throne. In the faery world, Naida of the Lake follows Rhys through reflections in ponds, but yearns to see him in the flesh. Queen Mab worries about the fall of Avalon. If Camelot is taken and the Glastenning Sisterhood perishes, then the Lifetree will ...

History begets legends. Swords versus sorcery. Mortals cross paths with faeries. A high adventure of love, loss, treachery, and redemption. With the Battle of Camlann in the past but still fresh in their minds, the Sons of Camelot have done all they can to return to a somewhat normal life. Their duties at home and at court keep them too busy to dwell on their losses; indeed, things are settling smoothly—until the news of Mordred’s escape from the dungeons under the castle at Camelot reach the ears of King Arthur and Morgana le Fae. Those who best know the true threat of Mordred’s ...

History begets legends. Swords versus sorcery. Mortals cross paths with faeries. A high adventure of love, loss, treachery, and redemption. This noble tale begins within the mists of Avalon as Rhys, a page for Morgana le Fae, is chosen to compete for the honor of becoming a Son of the Round Table. He’s been learning the sword, the spear, and the shield—and seeks to use them for a higher purpose. Rhys is eager to fight a growing threat in the north, but to do so, he must leave his beloved Naida behind—a faery who has warned that strange forces are crossing into the Earth world. Worse, ...

New podcast weblog. So here we will be discussing our daily experiences as students and we will also be giving you the platform what you, as the listener, would like to just be a little bit easier on you in your life I WANT THE ; ”let’s talk about it.” type of conversations. It’s like speaking about the things we deem to be unfair in this life you know, and also share maybe our views on what karma actually is. Because we like saying karma is a b**** in our world, but Karma is actually OUR ”b****”, you know, that’s the thing. Interesting? Let’s START TALKING about it!! Let the ...

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Kade Eiba is the successful MD of Decoy Holdings. To crown his business success was his engagement to Joyce King, a model who had won the most coveted world beauty title, Miss World. The duo had everything going for them.Then one day, a lady called Joy walked into the plush grounds of Decoy Holdings and nothing remained the same for anyone.In a tale of fantasy and faith, retribution and reality, Kade’s once organized life is thrown into confusion; his toughest principles put to the hardest tests and his deepest convictions forced to answer the oddest of questions.