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Chess champion Mirko Czentovic is travelling on an ocean liner to Buenos Aires. Dull-witted in all but chess, he entertains himself on board by allowing others to challenge him in the game, before beating each of them and taking their money. But there is another passenger with a passion for chess: Dr B, previously driven to insanity during Nazi imprisonment by the games played in his imagination. In agreeing to take on Czentovic, what price will Dr B ultimately pay?Stark, intense, overpowering, A Chess Story is a grandmasters examination of madness and the power of a mind willing to sacrifice everything to win.

Novella that tells the story of transformation of the bitter old miser Ebenezer Scrooge resulting from supernatural visits by Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Yet to Come.

The precarious equilibrium among the four Londons has reached its breaking point. Once brimming with the red vivacity of magic, darkness casts a shadow over the Maresh Empire, leaving a space for another London to rise. Kell begins to waver under the pressure of competing loyalties. Meanwhile, an ancient enemy returns to claim a crown and a fallen hero is desperate to save a decaying world

Single mother and Diocesan Exorcist Merrily Watkins must keep the peace in rural Hereford, quelling a modern witch hunt, and a killer with an old tradition to guard...Ancient history, violent deaths, feuds, intrigues and murder. A most original sleuth. - The TimesWhen a pagan couple buy a ruined church on the Welsh Border, theres an extreme reaction from the local fundamentalist priest. Is it a hate campaign or a nightmarish modern witch-hunt? Merrily Watkins is sent in to keep the lid on the cauldron and uncovers the sinister dynamics of the isolated village of Old Hindwell.

Most people only know one London; but what if there were several? Kell is one of the last Travelersmagicians with a rare ability to travel between parallel Londons. Theres Grey London, dirty and crowded and without magic, home to the mad king George III. Theres Red London, where life and magic are revered. Then, White London, ruled by whoever has murdered their way to the throne. But once upon a time, there was Black London...

THE FOURTH INSTALMENT IN THE SANDRO CELLINI SERIES: a dark, unsettling psychological mystery set in a Florence mired in crisis. When Niccolo Rosselli, the driven, charismatic leader of a Florentine political movement, collapses at a rally, his young party immediately comes under threat. And when it emerges that his long time partner, Flavia, has disappeared, leaving behind not only a devastated husband but their newborn son, the political becomes dangerously personal - and Sandro Cellini is drafted in to investigate. The trail leads to a tired sea-side town and a modest hotel, where Flavia chose to end her life. But Cellini isnt satisfied - why would one so young and with so much to live for, walk away from all she loves? As he digs into Flavias secret world, however, Sandro uncovers the hidden life of a woman consumed with private passions and a deadly, dark obsession. And as the private and public realms intersect, he cannot forget that life in modern Italy has a perilous edge - fuelled as much by rage as desire.

In a decade of researching and writing about crime, Simon Farquhar has met many of those professionally or personally affected by it. They all carry with them stories that the rest of the world has forgotten, but which to them remain unforgettable.In A Deafening Silence, five of these stories are told, in full, for the first time. Retracing these historic tragedies with a modern eye, talking to surviving witnesses and police officers, exploring Home Office files and even previously unseen evidence, each investigation reveals powerful truths about those who take away a human life and those bereaved by their actions, while shining a new light on how our society has changed or still needs to change.Time is also taken to explore the untold stories of what happens after sentence is passed, after the press packs up and leaves, once the rest of the world has moved on. What becomes of the survivors, and what becomes of the criminals? What traces of these crimes still remain today?Exhaustively researched and sensitively written, these remarkable accounts are both harrowing and heartbreaking, presenting us with humanity at its cruellest, at its most vulnerable, at its most compassionate and at its most courageous.

In the hours of darkness what will come to light? In the Dartmoor town of Ashburton, reluctant antique shop owner and accidental amateur sleuth, Juno Browne, has cash-flow problems. So, when the mild and gentlemanly bookbinder, Frank Tinkler, rents a room above the shop, he seems like the answer to a prayer. At home, Juno accidentally disturbs intruders and shortly afterwards, one of them falls to his death from a viaduct. Was it accident, suicide or murder? When Juno recognises his accomplice as Franks nephew, Scott, she decides to investigate .

Never again Max Mannheimer swore to himself that he never wanted to return to Germany, the land of his tormenters. He had suffered everything that a person could encounter in the inferno created by the Germans: humiliation, forced exile, internment in a ghetto, death of almost his entire family in the gas chamber, concentration camp, hunger, sickness and abuse. By some miracle he survived. But then Mannheimer became acquainted with a young German who had been active in the resistance and started a family with her. For many years he never spoke about his suffering. Only when he thought he was close to death did he decide to record his experiences for posterity in this "late diary."

In "A Dolls House", housewife Nora hides her financial problems from her husband Torvald. When Torvald learns of her deceit, he becomes angry. Disgusted by his selfishness and after realizing that she is no longer content to be anyones doll wife", Nora leaves him to become an independent woman.First performed in December of 1879, Henrik Ibsens play "A Dolls House" was met with both incredible success and immediate criticism for its, at the time, highly controversial views on marriage and family. Whereas critics claimed "A Dolls House" threatened to dismantle traditional Victorian values, fans found its realistic, complex depictions of individuals and families relatable, inspiring, and refreshing.

Caryl Churchills spare and resonant version of Strindbergs enigmatic masterpiece.Written in 1901, a mysterious amalgam of Freud, Alice in Wonderland and Strindbergs own private symbolism, A Dream Play follows the logic of a dream:A young woman comes from another world to see if life is really as difficult as people make it out to be. Characters merge into each other, locations change in an instant and a locked door becomes an obsessive recurrent image. As Strindberg wrote in his preface, he wanted to imitate the disjointed yet seemingly logical shape of a dream. Everything can happen, everything is possible and probable. Time and place do not exist.This version of A Dream Play, from a literal translation by Charlotte Barslund, is by leading playwright Caryl Churchill. It was first performed in the Cottesloe auditorium of the National Theatre, London, in February 2005, in a production directed by Katie Mitchell, with additional material by Katie Mitchell and the company.Also included is an introduction by Caryl Churchill.

As Sandro gets to grips with the dispiriting realities of life as a private detective, touting for business among old contacts and following errant teenagers, an old case comes back to haunt him... As Sandro Cellini gets to grips with the dispiriting realities of life as a private detective, touting for business among old contacts and following errant teenagers, an old case comes back to haunt him...Once the subject of a routine investigation back in Sandros early days as an investigator, Loni Meadows - the glamorous, charming and ruthless director of an artistic Trust based in a castle in the hills outside Florence - is found dead in circumstances Sandro cannot convince himself are accidental. However inconvenient his suspicions might be, both to Sandro - whose marriage appears to be disintegrating - and to Meadowss erstwhile employers at the Trust, he presses ahead with the case. And as Sandro attempts to uncover the truth of Loni Meadowss violent and lonely death, he finds himself drawn into the lives of the castles highly strung community and the closed world they inhabit in the Casentinos isolated hills.

Kell is plagued by his guilt. Restless, and having given up smuggling, he is visited by dreams of ominous magical events, waking only to think of Lila. As Red London prepares for the Element Games - an extravagant international competition of magic - a certain pirate ship draws closer. But another London is coming back to life, a shadow that was gone in the night reappears in the morning. Black London has risen again - and so to keep magics balance, another London must fall.

This carefully crafted ebook: "A History of New York: From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty (Complete Edition Volume 1&2)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Knickerbockers History of New York, From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty is a work of history, disguised as satire, which was published in 1809 by the American writer Washington Irving under the pseudonym Dietrich Knickerbocker. The full title of the work is "A history of New York, from the beginning of the world to the end of the Dutch dynasty. Containing, among many surprising and curious matters, the unutterable ponderings of Walter the Doubter, the disastrous projects of William the Testy, and the chivalric achievements of Peter the Headstrong, the three Dutch governors of New Amsterdam: being the only authentic history of the times that ever hath been published." Irving draws an unflattering image of the settlers of the colony New Nederland and the Dutch are drawn as lazy pipe smokers of little minds. The work is considered a satire on the political leadership of the United States. Washington Irving (17831859) was an American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of George Washington and Oliver Goldsmith, and several histories of 15th-century Spain, dealing with subjects such as the Moors and the Alhambra. Irving served as the U.S. ambassador to Spain from 1842 to 1846.

A twisty dark academia thriller about a centuries-old, ivy-covered boarding school haunted by its history of witchcraft and two girls dangerously close to digging up the past. Perfect for fans of V.E. Schwab, Leigh Bardugo, M.L. Rio and Donna Tartt.Felicity Morrow is back at the Dalloway School to finish her senior year after the tragic death of her girlfriend. She even has her old room in Godwin House, the exclusive dormitory rumored to be haunted by the spirits of five Dalloway studentsgirls some say were witches.Witchcraft is woven into Dalloways past. The school doesnt talk about it, but the students do. In secret rooms and shadowy corners, girls convene. And before her girlfriend died, Felicity was drawn to the dark. Shes determined to leave that behind now, but its hard when Dalloways occult history is everywhere. And when the new girl wont let her forget.Its Ellis Haleys first year at Dalloway. A prodigy novelist at seventeen, Ellis is eccentric and brilliant, and Felicity cant shake the pull she feels to her. So when Ellis asks Felicity for help researching the Dalloway Five for her second book, Felicity cant say no. And when history begins to repeat itself, Felicity will have to face the darkness in Dallowayand in herself.

Alfonso the bank clerk wants to be a poet and seems to be falling in love with Annetta, the vain and arrogant daughter of his boss. But the emptiness of his attempts at both writing and love lead to an ironic and painful conclusion.A Life is the gruelling tale of the frustrated existence of a bank clerk with a poetic soul. The artistic aspirations of the protagonist and the emptiness of his daily life become tragic in the great divide between what he wants and what he actually has and gets.

Frnaces Hodgson Burnett. A Little Princess is a 1905 childrens novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It is an expanded version of Burnetts 1888 short story entitled Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchins, which was first serialized in St. Nicholas Magazine from 1887 to 1888.

Generations of children have treasured the story of Sara Crewe, the little girl who imagines shes a princess in order to survive hard times at Miss Minchins London boarding school.

Dr. Kelsie Madison cant remember the last time shes had no-strings sex and thats her clue shes been working way too hard. Its time to unwind at the Key Club by indulging in a yummy Christmas present for herself. Something shes never experienced before - a red-hot menage.ER Dr. Ryder Greene and his roommate, physiotherapist, Dixon Flynn love sharing their women. Theyve had their eye on cute Dr. Kelsie Madison for quite some time, but shes a workaholic and she never has time to play.When they learn shell be at the Santa Claus Menage Night festivities, theyll make sure theyre the ones kissing Kelsie under the mistletoe. And if they get their wish, Kelsie will be taking them home for Christmas.

In "A Midsummer Nights Dream," William Shakespeare masterfully weaves together themes of love, illusion, and transformation within a whimsical narrative set in a forest inhabited by both fairy and human characters. Through a rich tapestry of poetic dialogue and eclectic styles, including lyrical verse and humorous prose, Shakespeare explores the complexities of romantic relationships and the thin line between reality and imagination. With a backdrop of the Athenian court and the enchanting woodland realm, this play reflects the Elizabethan fascination with the supernatural, loves folly, and the nature of dreams, providing a framework that continues to resonate with audiences today. Shakespeare, regarded as one of the greatest playwrights in history, often drew upon his observations of human nature and the societal dynamics of his time to create relatable and enduring characters. His experiences as an actor and a playwright in Londons vibrant theatrical scene in the late 16th century undoubtedly influenced his exploration of loves comedic and transformative aspects in "A Midsummer Nights Dream." The play not only showcases his unparalleled linguistic dexterity but also his keen insight into the human condition. This enchanting play is highly recommended for readers and theater enthusiasts alike, as it offers a delightful blend of humor, romance, and magical realism. Shakespeares exploration of themes such as the folly of love and the power of dreams invites readers to reflect on their own experiences, making this timeless work a quintessential exploration of romantic entanglements amidst the fascinating interplay between reality and fantasy.