The Roots of Romanticism at last makes available in printed form Isaiah Berlin's most famous lecture series, the Mellon Lectures, delivered in Washington in 1965, recorded by the BBC, & broadcast several times. A published version has been keenly awaited ever since the lectures were given, & indeed Berlin had always hoped to complete a book based upon them. But, despite extensive further work, this hope was not fulfilled, & this book is an edited transcript of his spoken words. For Berlin, the Romantics set in train a vast unparalleled revolution in humanity's view of itself. They destroyed the traditional notions of objective truth & validity in ethics, with incalculable, all-pervasive results. As he said of them elsewhere: 'the world has never been the same since, & our politics & our morals have been deeply transformed by them. Certainly this has been the most radical, & indeed terrifying...change in men's outlook in modern times.' In these brilliant lectures Berlin surveys the myriad attempts to define Romanticism, distils its essence, traces its development from its first stirrings to its unbridled apotheosis, & shows how its lasting legacy permeates our contemporary outlook. ...

Only a killer hears their prayers...
In the most brutal killing crusade Philadelphia has seen in years, a series of young Catholic
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Only a killer hears their prayers...
In the most brutal killing crusade Philadelphia has seen in years, a series of young Catholic
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It is the 14th of July, & the world is about to change... Set at the start of the French Revolution, the story centres on a young woman, from a down-at-heel aristocratic family, caught up in the bloodthirsty early years of the Terror, as events in Paris are duplicated in a small town in the South-West of France. But her private passion is her search to create, by grafting, cross-pollination & experiment, an exotic repeat-flowering crimson rose such as had never been grown before then in Europe. Meanwhile, an American balloonist lands in the fields nearby, & falls in love with her sister; & the young local working-class doctor is torn between ethics, reason, revolutionary zeal & unrequited love.A beautiful, elliptical novel about history, love, revolution, the march of science & progress, all beautifully mirrored in the rose-growing metaphor & the rose-grower's passion. ...

When May teams up with Sally & Harriet it is the best day's work she's ever done. Each of them needs money, badly. Which is why they are reduced to working for Quality Cleaners under the watchful eye of ' Slimeball' Slater. When they discover it is them being taken to the cleaners, they set up as an independent team. & that is when things really begin to take off. With more lucrative jobs coming in, they soon find that they are able to take the first steps towards freedom & independence. For May that means paying the mooring fees for her adored houseboat. Harriet can take art classes & reveal her gift for painting, & Sally can save up for a place of her own. But while they are making a success of their working lives, they risk overlooking the romantic possibilities they have created- ...

Will it all come out in the wash?

If May, Sally & Harriet didn't need the money so badly, they definitely wouldn't

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The first girl had a bite mark on her neck. When the tabloids got hold of the story, they immediately called the killer ' The Rottweiler', & the name stuck. The latest body was discovered very near Inez Ferry's antique shop in Marylebone. Someone spotted a shadowy figure running away past the station, but couldn't say for sure if it was a man or a woman. There were only two other clues. The murderer seemed to have a preference for strangling his victims & then removing something personal
- like a cigarette lighter or a necklace... Since her actor husband died, too early into their marriage, Inez supplemented her modest income by taking in tenants above the shop. The unpredictably obsessive activities of ' The Rottweiler' would exert a profound influence on this heterogeneous little community, especially when the suspicion began to emerge that one of them might be a homicidal maniac.
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The first girl had a bite mark on her neck. When the tabloids got hold of the story, they immediately called the killer ' The Rottweiler', & the name stuck. The latest body was discovered very near Inez Ferry's antique shop in Marylebone. Someone spotted a shadowy figure running away past the station, but couldn't say for sure if it was a man or a woman. There were only two other clues. The murderer seemed to have a preference for strangling his victims & then removing something personal
- like a cigarette lighter or a necklace... Since her actor husband died, too early into their marriage, Inez supplemented her modest income by taking in tenants above the shop. The unpredictably obsessive activities of ' The Rottweiler' would exert a profound influence on this heterogeneous little community, especially when the suspicion began to emerge that one of them might be a homicidal maniac.
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The first girl had a bite mark on her neck but they traced the DNA to her boyfriend. But the tabloids got hold of the story & called the killer ' The Rottweiler' & the name stuck. The latest murder takes place very near Inez Ferry's antique shop in Marylebone. Someone saw a shadowy figure running away past the station, but the only other clues are that the murderer usually strangles his victims & removes something personal
- like a cigarette lighter or a necklace... Since her husband died, too soon in their relationship, Inez has supplemented her income by taking in tenants. The murderous activities of the sinister ' Rottweiler' will exert a profound influence on the lives of this heterogeneous little community, especially when the suspicion emerges that one of them may be a homicidal maniac.
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