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Andrew Taylor is the author of Miss Penhows blødende hjerte (2015), The Philosophy and Mechanical Principles of Osteopathy... - Scholar's Choice Edition (2015), Osteopathy, Research and Practice - Scholar's Choice Edition (2015), Andrew Taylor 2-Book Collection: The American Boy, The Scent of Death (2015), 179W one seven nine west (2015).

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Miss Penhows blødende hjerte

release date: Aug 25, 2015
Miss Penhows blødende hjerte
I London i 1934 vækker det en vis opsigt, at den unge Lady Langstone forlader sin ægtemand og sit aristokratiske overklasseliv fra den ene dag til den anden. Lydia Langstone mister med et slag alle sine privilegier og har nu kun sin far at ty til, den forsumpede kaptajn Ingleby-Lewis, der bor på Bleeding Heart Square nr. 7. Hvad Lydia ikke ved, da hun flytter ind i hos sin far i den skumle London-bydel, er, hvilke grusomme hemmeligheder huset gemmer på. Hvad skete der med dets tidligere ejer, miss Penhow, der forsvandt sporløst for fire år siden. Hvem er den mand i det lurvede jakkesæt, der holder øje med huset dag og nat? Og hvorfor ankommer der blodige pakker med halvrådne svinehjerter i adresseret til Joseph Serridge - den sidste, der så miss Penhow i live? "Beskrivelsen af 30''ernes mørke, tågede og politisk usikre London gør ''Miss Penhows blødende hjerte'' til en rig læseoplevelse." Politiken "Den fritstående kollektivroman ''Miss Penhows blødende hjerte'' sætter en eftertrykkelig streg under Taylors originalitet. (...) viser Taylor som antydningens mester. Han lader os ane konturer, skjult bag myriader af løgne, halve sandheder og fortielser. Når det gælder kvindelist og intuition, er Andrew Taylor stadig den bedste femikrimi-forfatter i miles omkreds." Mogens Rude, Jyske Vestkysten "Klassisk engelsk kriminalroman i moderne indpakning om en stærk kvinde i en brutal verden. Andrew Taylors nyeste krimi skildrer en Dickens underverden i 1930'' ernes klassedelte England" Helsingør Dagblad "Andrew Taylor har valgt London hvor et crime of passion er blevet begået. Han giver et intenst billede af livet i 1930’ernes storby, hvor tingene ikke helt er som de ser ud til: Charles Dickens-ånden har været henover Bleeding Heart Square. Taylor er en fremragende story-teller. Han kan den ædle metier at fastholde læseren med sit plot og sin pen hvorved han giver en medrivende skildring af sædernes forfald og menneskers udnyttelse af hinanden." Helle Regitze Boesen, Litteratursiden

The Philosophy and Mechanical Principles of Osteopathy... - Scholar's Choice Edition

release date: Feb 11, 2015
The Philosophy and Mechanical Principles of Osteopathy... - Scholar's Choice Edition
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Osteopathy, Research and Practice - Scholar's Choice Edition

release date: Feb 08, 2015
Osteopathy, Research and Practice - Scholar's Choice Edition
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Andrew Taylor 2-Book Collection: The American Boy, The Scent of Death

release date: Jan 29, 2015
Andrew Taylor 2-Book Collection: The American Boy, The Scent of Death
Two historical thrillers from the award-winning and bestselling Andrew Taylor. ‘Taylor wrote superb historical fiction long before Hilary Mantel was popular’ Daily Telegraph

179W one seven nine west

release date: Jan 28, 2015
179W one seven nine west
Sunday 30th March 2014. Andrew Taylor, an amateur sailor, taking part in the 9th Clipper round the world yacht race, aboard the 70'' ocean racing yacht ''Derry LondonDerry Doire''. Fell overboard during horrific weather conditions and was lost at sea for 1hour and 40minutes in the very middle of the icy cold North Pacific. The crew of the yacht were totally alone in their search and the eventual dramatic recovery of Andrew, who was deeply hypothermic when recovered. This book sets the scene as to how Andrew initially came to be competing in the race, his team''s eventful and truly amazing journey yacht racing over 45,000 miles around the world. The epic story of his desperate fight for survival in the North Pacific. Andrew''s miraculous, surprising, and almost immediate return to ocean yacht racing. All sales proceeds from this book go to charity, split equally between; The Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust and The Newmarket Day Centre

Hvor rosen mister sin pragt

release date: Jan 06, 2015
Hvor rosen mister sin pragt
Mattie var servitrice, og ikke særlig indflydelsesrig. Så hvorfor har nogle af byens bedsteborgere så travlt med udbasunere, at hendes død skyldes et uheld? Rygter begynder at versere, og i deres kølvand endnu et dødsfald. En lun aften mellem endnu et forår og endnu en sommer hører man for sidste gang Mattie Harris'' latter. Kort tid efter bliver hendes lig skyllet på land i Lydmouth. Mattie kunne ikke svømme. Faldt hun i vandet, eller er hun selv hoppet i? Mens frygten holder byen i et jerngreb, kan journalisten Jill Francis og kriminalassistent Thornhill ikke holde sig på afstand af hinanden og undgå de bittersøde konsekvenser af deres gensidige følelser. Men flere hemmeligheder ligger begravet her. De levende har deres hemmeligheder, lige så vel som de døde ... Femte bind i serien om kriminalassistent Thornhill.

Blottet for bødlen

release date: Jan 06, 2015
Blottet for bødlen
Som ung politimand i de sidste måneder af mandattiden i Palæstina – den mellemøstlige terrorismes vugge – så og oplevede Richard Thornhill ting, som stadig forfølger ham i hans drømme og gør ham bange for, at han kan være ved at miste sin tilregnelighed. Nu hvor en pensioneret kollega findes død i ruinerne af Lydmouth Castle, kommer fortiden tilbage for at gøre krav på ham – og kriminalkommissær Thornhill må konstatere, at han selv er under mistænke. Komplikationerne hober sig op. Der rettes grove beskyldninger mod miss Awres danseskole, Ruispidge Fondens årlige velgørenhedsbal er truet, teenagere mødes på den nyåbnede italienske kaffebar og længes efter famlende kærtegn i ly af Rex-biografens mørke, en universitetslærer fra Oxford er på jagt efter kærligheden, dødens engel optræder i kakishorts og kører i en Ford-varevogn. ''Blottet for bødlen'' er ottende bind i serien om kriminalassistent Thornhill og byen Lydmouth.

Morderisk mørke

release date: Jan 06, 2015
Morderisk mørke
Koreakrigen og kommunistforskrækkelsen er på sit højeste, og den i 1946 forladte militærlejr Farnock uden for Lydmouth skal tages i brug igen. Men der er et problem: Lejren er beboet af husvilde, som ikke er til sinds at rømme den frivilligt. Luften er tæt af mistro og had. Midt i denne hadske stemning gæster tre fremmede Lydmouth: Sensationsjournalisten Cameron Rowse, som gerne vil puste til hadet mod alle såkaldte ikke-nationalsindede elementer; Labour-parlamentsmedlemmet Oliver Yately, som har brug for hjælp fra sin tidligere kæreste Jill Francis; og endelig ''Manden med fisken'' – en nylig løsladt forbryder med sin helt egen dagsorden. Fjerde bind i serien om kriminalassistent Thornhill.

Newport County AFC The First 100 Years

release date: Oct 15, 2014
Newport County AFC The First 100 Years
In Newport County AFC: The First 100 Years, author and club historian Andrew Taylor celebrates Newport County AFC’s first century, detailing the club’s highs and lows over the years..

Voyage Charters

release date: Sep 19, 2014
Voyage Charters
Widely regarded as the leading authority on voyage charters, this book is the most comprehensive and intellectually-rigorous analysis of the area, is regularly cited in court and by arbitrators, and is the go-to guide for drafting and disputing charterparty contracts. Voyage Charters provides the reader with a clause-by-clause analysis of the two major charterparty forms: the Gencon standard charterparty contract and the Asbatankvoy form. It also delivers thorough treatment of COGSA and the Hague and Hague-Visby Rules, a comparative analysis of English and United States law, and a detailed section on arbitration awards. Key features of the fourth edition: The only textbook to deal specifically with this key area of maritime law Written by an impressive team of highly-regarded maritime authorities from both sides of the Atlantic Contains a wealth of updated English and American case law and arbitrations, as well as addressing broader issues such as Rome II Regulation Convention regarding the conflict of laws Practical user-friendly guide, which is accessible not only to lawyers but also shipping professionals A new, detailed United States law section on COGSA This book is an indispensable, practical guide for both contentious and non-contentious shipping law practitioners, and postgraduate students studying this area of law.

The Philosophy and Mechanical Principles of Osteopathy (1902)

release date: Aug 07, 2014
The Philosophy and Mechanical Principles of Osteopathy (1902)
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1902 Edition.

Parables of Parenthood

release date: Jan 22, 2014
Parables of Parenthood
Jesus told simple stories about common items; yet his parables profoundly address our hearts and minds. We offer an interpretation, not only about what we read, but also what we think and feel. Parables of Parenthood presents modern biblical scholarship in an accessible writing style in order to model how these ancient stories continue to enrich life in the twenty-first century. Andrew Taylor-Troutman closely analyzes each parable with deep appreciation before applying these interpretations to his life, because he believes the genius of the parables offers a glimpse of the kingdom of heaven in our everyday experience. By interpreting from the author''s head and heart, Parables of Parenthood gives new luster to well-known, narrative gems about sowing seeds and lost sheep through personal insights about anxiety and hope. Lessons about wise builders and wicked tenants are illustrated with anecdotes about a baby''s food and a grandmother''s rocking chair. Through interpretations of other parables, moments as diverse as a beach trip and an ultrasound appointment invite movement from fear to faith. Through the combination of his informed Bible study and practical life experience, Taylor-Troutman empowers readers to connect the teachings of Jesus to our world in comforting and challenging ways.

Walking Wounded

release date: Oct 24, 2013
Walking Wounded
This uncompromising biography tells the story of a wounded D-Day veteran, a deserter, a violent drunk, a loving father who abandoned his first child, a boxer and brawler, a wife-beater, a bigamist, and a passionately romantic lover. It is also, most importantly, the story of a poet. Vernon Scannell wrote some of the finest poetry to come out of the Second World War. He won the Chomondeley Prize and the Heinemann Award, and for half a century he was acknowledged as one of the leading poets in the country. His Collected Poems are still in print, and his poetry for both adults and children is regularly anthologised and appears on English Literature examination papers. Scannell died in 2007, and Walking Wounded draws on his personal diaries, poems, and other writings to offer the first detailed study of this complex, controversial, and occasionally tragic life. For the first time, the women who loved him tell their stories; his children describe growing up with a father who was funny, affectionate, sometimes violent, and often not there at all; and his fellow poets, including Seamus Heaney, Anthony Thwaite, Alan Brownjohn and Kit Wright, speak of the dedicated stylist, assured performer, and occasionally roistering drunk that they knew. Scannell was seriously wounded in Normandy shortly after D-Day, but the book looks at the deeper, mental scars from the War that he bore all his life, and of the suffering they caused to him and the people who loved him. It is an important book about an important poet, which investigates where poetry comes from, and the terrible price that sometimes has to be paid for it.

The Long Sonata of the Dead

release date: Aug 13, 2013
The Long Sonata of the Dead
In pursuit of the find of a lifetime, an academic confronts an old rival. Once visited by the likes of Charles Dickens, William Thackeray, and George Eliot, the London Library is a maze of books—a jumble of first editions and forgotten texts. For Tony, it is a refuge from the failure his life has become—and it is about to be invaded by a destructive old friend. Adam is a world-renowned novelist who spends so much time writing articles and appearing in documentaries that it seems impossible he actually has time to write books. He visits the library to research a nearly-forgotten English poet, Francis Youlgreave, who just happens to be Tony’s obsession. Tony has staked his career on the long-dead clergyman, and will do whatever it takes to keep Adam from stealing his research. In this ghostly library, scholarly conflict is anything but academic. The Bibliomysteries are a series of short tales about deadly books, by top mystery authors.

Flavour Science

release date: Jul 29, 2013
Flavour Science
Sensory testing to determine odor thresholds has produced very variable values (literature values can vary by two to three orders of magnitude). Some of this variation is due to interperson genetic and physiological differences, but variation in odor delivery during such tests is also likely to have a significant impact. Olfactometers deliver odor reliably, but are relatively expensive and usually deliver to a single panelist, making testing of the full panel time-consuming. Simpler ways of delivering odors were tested using online APCI-MS to determine the variability in the delivered odor concentration over periods of time associated with sensory panel testing.

The Office of the Dead (The Roth Trilogy, Book 3)

release date: Jun 20, 2013
The Office of the Dead (The Roth Trilogy, Book 3)
The final novel in Andrew Taylor’s ground-breaking Roth trilogy, which was adapted into the acclaimed drama Fallen Angel. A powerful thriller for fans of S J Watson.

The Anatomy of Ghosts

release date: Jun 18, 2013
The Anatomy of Ghosts
1786, Jerusalem College, Cambridge The ghost of Sylvia Whichcote is rumored to be haunting Jerusalem ever since student Frank Oldershaw claimed to have seen the dead woman prowling the grounds and was locked up because of his violent reaction to these disturbed visions. Desperate to salvage her son''s reputation, Lady Anne Oldershaw employs John Holdsworth, author of The Anatomy of Ghosts -- a stinging account of why ghosts are mere delusion--to investigate. But his arrival in Cambridge disrupts an uneasy status quo as he glimpses a world of privilege and abuse, where the sinister Holy Ghost Club governs life at Jerusalem more effectively than the Master, Dr. Carbury, ever could. And when Holdsworth finds himself haunted--not only by the ghost of his dead wife, Maria, but also by Elinor, the very-much-alive Master''s wife--his fate is sealed. He must find Sylvia''s murderer, or else the hauntings will continue. And not one of this troubled group will leave the claustrophobic confines of Jerusalem unchanged. CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger winner Andrew Taylor returns with an outstanding historical novel that will simultaneously keep the reader riveted, and enchant with its effortless elegance.

The European Union and South East Europe

release date: May 02, 2013
The European Union and South East Europe
This book explores the interaction of the EU in Greece, Slovenia, Croatia, and Macedonia in three key policy sectors – cohesion, border managements and the environment – and assesses the degree to which the European Union’s engagement with the democracies of South East Europe has promoted Europeanization and Multi-Level Governance. Although there is a tendency to view the Balkans as peripheral, this book argues that South East European states are central to what the EU is and aspires to become, and goes to the heart of many of the key issues confronting the EU. It compares changing modes of governance in the three policy areas selected because they are contentious issues in domestic politics and have trans-boundary policy consequences, in which there is significant EU involvement. The book draws on over 100 interviews conducted to explore actor motivation, preferences and perceptions in the face of pressure to adapt from the EU and uses Social Network Analysis. Timely and informative, this book considers broader dilemmas of integration and enlargement at a time when the EU’s effectiveness is under close scrutiny. The European Union and South East Europe will be of interest to students and scholars of European politics, public policy, and European Union governance and integration.

Demography at the Edge

Demography at the Edge
Addressing the methodological and topical challenges facing demographers working in remote regions, this book compares and contrasts the research, methods and models, and policy applications from peripheral regions in developed nations. With the emphasis on human populations as dynamic, adaptive, evolving systems, it explores how populations respond in different ways to changing environmental, cultural and economic conditions and how effectively they manage these change processes. Theoretical understandings and policy issues arising from demographic modelling are tackled including: competition for skilled workers; urbanisation and ruralisation; population ageing; the impacts of climate change; the life outcomes of Indigenous peoples; globalisation and international migration. Based on a strong theoretical framework around issues of heterogeneity, generational change, temporariness and the relative strength of internal and external ties, Demography at the Edge provides a common set of approaches and issues that benefit both researchers and practitioners.

The Suffocating Night

release date: Sep 13, 2012
The Suffocating Night
''Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller'' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the fourth instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series The Korean war rumbles in the background throughout this novel as a reporter is found murdered at the Bathurst Arms, squatters are evicted from a military camp and there are new developments in the three-year-old hunt for a missing teenager. And in spite of all that''s going on, Jill Francis, a local journalist, and DI Richard Thornhill find they can no longer resist their feelings for each other. ''An excellent writer. He plots with care and intelligence and the solution to the mystery is satisfyingly chilling'' The Times ''The most under-rated crime writer in Britain today'' Val McDermid ''There is no denying Taylor''s talent, his prose exudes a quality uncommon among his contemporaries'' Time Out

Death's Own Door

release date: Sep 13, 2012
Death's Own Door
''Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller'' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the sixth instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series When the body of Rufus Moorcroft, a middle-aged widower with a distinguished war record, is found in his summerhouse, the verdict is suicide. But both reporter Jill Francis and her lover, Detective Richard Thornhill, approaching the case from different angles, discover there''s more to it than that. The key to the mystery stretches back to a highly-charged summer before the war, and back to another death. A local asylum plays a part, as do a moderately famous artist and his wife; Superintendent Williamson, now retired and loathing it; Councillor Bernie Broadbent - a man with more pies than fingers to put in them; a Cambridge don; an aristocratic unmarried mother, now gleefully drawing her old-age pension; and - to Thornhill''s surprise and growing horror - his own wife, Edith. ''An excellent writer. He plots with care and intelligence and the solution to the mystery is satisfyingly chilling'' The Times ''The most under-rated crime writer in Britain today'' Val McDermid ''There is no denying Taylor''s talent, his prose exudes a quality uncommon among his contemporaries'' Time Out

Where Roses Fade

release date: Sep 13, 2012
Where Roses Fade
''Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller'' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the fifth instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series When Mattie Harris''s body is found drowned in the river, everyone in Lydmouth knows something is wrong. Mattie wasn''t a swimmer - it can''t have been a simple accident. She was drunk on the last night of her life - could she have fallen in? Or was she pushed? Mattie was a waitress, of no importance at all, so when Lydmouth''s most prominent citizens become very anxious to establish that her death was accidental, Jill Francis''s suspicions become roused. In the meantime she is becoming ever closer to Inspector Richard Thornhill, and discovering that the living have as many secrets as the dead... ''An excellent writer. He plots with care and intelligence and the solution to the mystery is satisfyingly chilling'' The Times ''The most under-rated crime writer in Britain today'' Val McDermid ''There is no denying Taylor''s talent, his prose exudes a quality uncommon among his contemporaries'' Time Out

Our Fathers' Lies

release date: Sep 13, 2012
Our Fathers' Lies
The third instalment of the brilliant William Dougal series, from the bestselling author of The American Boy and The Ashes of London. There''s unfinished business between William Dougal and his widowed father. Part of it has to do with Celia Prentisse, William''s ex-girlfriend. When her historian father is found drowned, it''s declared suicide, but Celia remains unconvinced - not least because his abandoned clothes were found with a bottle of the wrong brand of gin and a slim volume of Schopenhauer''s essays. It''s not much evidence, but it''s enough to send her godfather, retired British intelligence officer Major Ted Dougal, and his son William off on a trail that leads to a 1930s arsenic poisoning and a still-classified World War I court martial . . .

The Lover of the Grave

release date: Sep 13, 2012
The Lover of the Grave
''Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller'' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the third instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series After the coldest night of the year, they find the man''s body. He is dangling from the Hanging Tree on the outskirts of a village near Lydmouth, with his trousers round his ankles. Is it suicide, murder, or accidental death resulting from some bizarre sexual practice? Journalist Jill Francis and Detective Inspector Thornhill become involved in the case in separate ways. Jill is also drawn unwillingly into the affairs of the small public school where the dead man taught. Meanwhile a Peeping Tom is preying upon Lydmouth; Jill has just moved into her own house and is afraid she is being watched. And there are more distractions, on a personal level, for policeman and reporter . . . ''An excellent writer. He plots with care and intelligence and the solution to the mystery is satisfyingly chilling'' The Times ''The most under-rated crime writer in Britain today'' Val McDermid ''There is no denying Taylor''s talent, his prose exudes a quality uncommon among his contemporaries'' Time Out

Naked to the Hangman

release date: Sep 13, 2012
Naked to the Hangman
''Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller'' Daily Telegraph From the No.1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court, this is the final instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series As a young police officer in Palestine during the closing months of the Mandate - the cradle of Middle Eastern terrorism - Richard Thornhill saw and did things which still haunt his dreams and make him fear for his sanity. Is he himself a killer? Now, when a retired police officer is found dead in the ruins of Lydmouth Castle, the past has come back to claim Detective Inspector Thornhill, and he is under suspicion of another murder. His wife Edith and former lover Jill Francis join forces in an uneasy alliance to try to help him. But there are many complications - scandalous allegations have been made about Miss Awre''s School of Dancing; the Ruispidge Charity''s annual dance for young people is under threat; teenagers haunt the newly opened Italian coffee bar and yearn for fumbled intimacies in the sheltering darkness of the Rex Cinema. And the Spring floods are rising higher than they have in living memory, drowning a multitude of secrets . . . ''An excellent writer. He plots with care and intelligence and the solution to the mystery is satisfyingly chilling'' The Times ''The most under-rated crime writer in Britain today'' Val McDermid ''There is no denying Taylor''s talent, his prose exudes a quality uncommon among his contemporaries'' Time Out

Take My Hand

release date: Jan 27, 2012
Take My Hand
Take My Hand is an invitation to experience a year of preaching through the eyes of a first-year pastor. Andrew Taylor-Troutman reflects on his experience of ministry as a dynamic exchange between his theological education and the people in the pews. Each chapter consists of Taylor-Troutman''s reflections about a particular aspect of living as a faith community and concludes with a sermon exploring similar themes and ideas. As this book journeys through the Christian liturgical year, Taylor-Troutman considers a wide range of contemporary church issues, including the role of children in worship and the communal practice of Sabbath. He discusses topics as diverse as the Rapture, the death penalty, and church league softball. Along the way, readers will laugh at Sunday morning bloopers, study biblical texts from new perspectives, wrestle with theological questions, and discover parallels between their own experience of faith and the life of this small, rural congregation. More than just a retrospective summary of events, Take My Hand poignantly illustrates how a pastor''s work on Sunday morning grows out of his or her engagement with the hopes and fears of daily life, and the inspiring faith of men, women, and children in a church. Connect with the author: www.takemyhandmemoir.com

Blood Relation

release date: Jan 01, 2012
Blood Relation
Now working with his old rival, Hanbury, in a private detection agency, Dougal is given the task of finding missing publisher Oswald Finwood. Has he done a runner from his lover, the daughter of Dougal''s boss? What does his estranged wife know about it? And who is the mysterious A.J. McQuarm with whom Finwood had an appointment on the day he disappeared? The deeper private detective Dougal digs, the murkier the investigation becomes - especially when the first body turns up.

How to Be Kind

release date: Oct 21, 2011
How to Be Kind
Delve into this trove of anecdotes and stories to prove the core decency of humankind at a time when kindness can seem in short supply. This engaging collection demonstrates that courteous behaviour transcends all barriers, from gender and wealth to age and class – here are noble acts by footballers and fashionistas, television personalities and teenagers, great commanders and humble private soldiers, society ladies and modest housewives, elderly philosophers and very young children.It includes Alexander the Great, Marie Antoinette, the Duke of Wellington, Evelyn Waugh, Winston Churchill, Sammy Davis Junior and Colonel Tim Collins. Often amusing, sometimes moving, occasionally astounding and always fascinating, How to Be Kind is a tribute to the finest, albeit often overlooked, qualities of humankind

A Stain on the Silence

release date: Feb 16, 2010
A Stain on the Silence
What if a childless man in his forties discovers that he has a daughter, the result of an affair twenty-five years earlier? What if the daughter is pregnant? And what if she''s on the run for murder? Praise for A Stain on the Silence "It''s the high level of emotional literacy, coupled with Taylor''s beautifully controlled style, that makes this book a page-turning, one-sitting read from a master of psychological suspense." --Laura Wilson, Time Out "A beautifully constructed novel, one of Taylor''s best." --Margaret Cannon, Toronto Globe and Mail "The story displays Taylor''s usual skilful plotting and characterization as it moves between past and present, gradually exposing long-hidden secrets." --Sunday Telegraph "Taylor is brilliant at capturing teenage angst . . . he excels not only in narrative control, but in depth of characterization." --Jane Jakeman, Independent

Thinking America

release date: Jan 01, 2010
Thinking America
A penetrating literary and philosophical examination of major figures in the development of American intellectual culture, from Emerson to Santayana
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