A Handmaid's Tale for a new generation! Sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery has only four years left to live when she is kidnapped by the Gatherers & forced into a polygamous marriage. Now she has one purpose: to escape, find her twin brother, & go home -- before her time runs out forever. ...

Abandoned Olivia Copley is an orphan. Sent to live with her uncle, the ruthless mine owner Hesley Mexton, she soon discovers that a house ruled by men can not only be desperate: it can be cruel. Humiliated A new governess, Harriet Trent, offers Olivia a glimpse of hope. But Harriet's past is full of secrets &, alone & without protection, Olivia realises that Hesley Mexton will take full advantage of her vulnerability ï ½ despite her governessï ½s protests. Determined Starved of love, Harriet & Olivia form a close bond. But when forced to fight for their freedom, will they find the courage to defy the man who seeks to hold them captive? ...

Charismatic, handsome property developer Charlie Fitzgibbon has disappeared, leaving behind more than just a property empire in chaos... Shelley, his stunning, elegant wife, has lost everything
- her adored husb&, her home & the luxurious life she took for granted. Charlie's eldest daughter, Olivia, a beautiful, aspiring TV-presenter, has lost her designer apartment, her trust fund & now her social-climbing boyfriend. When Charlie's estranged mother, Vera, opens her doors to the broken family, secrets emerge that reveal there's more to Charlie than meets the eye.
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Barbara's father was a sadistic man at the best of times
- his idea of fun was to kill the family dog by tying it to the back of
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Meg Kirkland fears her impudent tongue has caused her fathers dismissal from his job & forced her whole family from their home on Middleditch Farm. Worse still, her father abandons them outside the workhouse, leaving Meg to care for her devastated mother, Sarah, & little brother as tragedy continues to haunt the family. Isaac Pendleton, Master of the workhouse, rules the lives of all those within its walls but when Sarah becomes his latest mistress, Meg is disgusted. Her loyal friend, Jake, born & bred in the workhouse, has a maturity & understanding beyond his years. Yet it is Megs fiery independence that encourages Jake to leave the workhouse & seek employment on Middleditch Farm. His future is assured, but who will take care of Meg? The pretty, vivacious girl, once so innocent, becomes a calculating & manipulative young woman who will stop at nothing to get her own way even if it means betraying those she has loved. WITHOUT SIN is Margaret Dickinsons spirited historical saga of a passionate young woman who learns to fight for her own survival in a cruel world. ...

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1984, Suffolk.

When 17-year-old Eva goes missing at sea, everyone presumes that she drowned.



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It is 2011, & all universities in North Korea have been shut down for an entire year, except for the all-male Pyongyang University of Science & Technology. This is where Suki Kim has accepted a job teaching English. Life at the university is lonely. This book offers a glimpse of life inside the world's most inscrutable country. ...

Presents a comprehensive visual survey of Alan Pogue's documentary photography. This work opens with images of social protests of the 1960s & early 1970s, along with the countercultural scene around Austin, Texas, & prominent cultural & political figures, from William Burroughs & Allen Ginsberg to Ann Richards & George W Bush. ...

Witness to History is a collection of first-hand accounts written by people who saw major historic events take place. Some of the witnesses are bystanders or non-players in the big evens of history. They are people like Jean Hill, the American schoolteacher who saw from very close at hand the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. They are ordinary people, people like us, who just happened to be there when some historic even took place; we can identify with them. Other witnesses are major players in the events they describe: people like Orville Wright describing his historic first flight. They are the makers of history. The mix of people who are witnesses to history is itself remarkable & fascinating. It is their testimonies, collectively, with all their intriguing & sometimes mystifying inconsistencies & contradictions, which become the raw material of history. ...

Documentary about the life of Pope John Paul II: poet, playwright, actor, mystic
- & head of the Roman Catholic Church. Shaped
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