Best Selling Books by SARAH SMITH

Truths of the heart and human nature affect all in the eighth installment of Whitehall, an episodic royal tale full of true history and sensual intrigue, new from Serial Box Publishing. Even amidst the swirl of court intrigue, the residents of Whitehall keep their eyes on the prize – and the throne. While some long-held aspirations finally see light, others remain left in darkness with fate proving itself a fickle friend. This episode is brought to you by Madeleine Robins, who knows life and fiction are seldom fair.

Moments in the Chimes of Time encompasses a wide range of experiences. Both autographic and vicarious—not all to be taken literally. With the inclusion of an autobiographical essay, which can be taken literally, the messages comprising this book tell a universal story of a life''s journey from the innocence of childhood to the eye-opening reality of a world that is often harsh and relentless on its seamy side, and finally, to the stage of life where the journey gets reviewed and approved. Essentially, readers will find Moments in the Chimes of Time an interesting and compelling read, brimming with history and nostalgia for the past and with hope for the future. As an added delight, the book is written in highly accessible language and is rich in imagery.

It’s curtain call at the Theatre Royal in the season finale of Whitehall, an episodic royal tale full of true history and sensual intrigue, new from Serial Box Publishing. Catherine makes a splash as she returns to society with a special performance at Charles’ Theatre Royal. The season’s long journey finds all its players glittering in their finest (some, scandalously so) as the lights go up climactic season finale of Whitehall! This episode is brought to you by Liz Duffy Adams and Delia Sherman, who very much hope you enjoyed your stay in Whitehall this season.

Grey days leave hope for bright dawns in the ninth installment of Whitehall, an episodic royal tale full of true history and sensual intrigue, new from Serial Box Publishing. It’s high time for a holiday when an unseasonably cold summer leaves spirits suppressed and Catherine in ill health. Empty kingdom coffers and nefarious gossip and accusations do little to raise moral which means only one thing: a vacation is in order. This episode is brought to you by Barbara Samuel who encourages all to take in the waters.

New arrivals cause a stir in the fifth installment of Whitehall, an episodic royal tale full of true history and sensual intrigue, new from Serial Box Publishing. Changes at court reflect the nation’s own transformation as new faces and sleeping arrangements upset the status quo. But not everyone is happy, and plots against the queen grow amongst the discontented. This episode is brought to you by Liz Duffy Adams and Delia Sherman, who advise you to be wary of newcomers.

A king and queen wage a war of wills in the third installment of Whitehall, an episodic royal tale full of true history and sensual intrigue, new from Serial Box Publishing. The honeymoon is over as Charles and Catherine cross swords over the matter of his sultry mistress. With her eye on a lofty position in the queen’s inner circle, Barbara’s manner of persuasion proves pleasurable for some and painful for others. This episode is brought to you by Barbara Samuel, who could persuade the devil himself.

She who would be queen must win the love of a king—and a country. Whitehall is a royal tale full of true history and sensual intrigue, from Serial Box Publishing. Set in the 17th century court of King Charles II and his queen, Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza. Her journey to find her place as the foreign wife in a court riddled with political and religious intrigue -- not to mention the many mistresses of Charles the “Merry Monarch” -- is a tale of perseverance only a true queen could endure. Love mingles with betrayal before a sensual renaissance of art, culture, and sex in this lush historical serial. Whitehall is written by Liz Duffy Adams, Delia Sherman, Barbara Samuel, Mary Robinette Kowal, Madeleine Robins, and Sarah Smith. Originally presented serially in 13 episodes, this omnibus collects installments 1 through 7 of Whitehall Season One into one edition.

Whispers behind closed doors carry substantial weight in the tenth installment of Whitehall, an episodic royal tale full of true history and sensual intrigue, new from Serial Box Publishing. Matters of national import become the purview of closed-door conferences as one plot is exposed while another is reconsidered. Meanwhile Jenny gets a surprising offer, and Catherine learns that being queen means little when it comes to certain womanly woes. This episode is brought to you Liz Duffy Adams and Delia Sherman who know exactly what power lies in the private conversations of women.

Love and loss sketch a desperate dance through the eleventh installment of Whitehall, an episodic royal tale full of true history and sensual intrigue, new from Serial Box Publishing. Sickness descends upon the vulnerable Catherine, setting all of Whitehall into chaos – but none more so than those who love her most. Fears raise doubts in many and gives steel to others, and may even create a common purpose in king and servant. This episode is brought to you by Sarah Smith who reminds you to cherish your health and loved ones.

England gets a new queen in the first episode of Whitehall, an episodic royal tale full of true history and sensual intrigue, new from Serial Box Publishing. Winds of change carry a young Portuguese princess towards her destiny as the sun rises on Whitehall. Sheltered but curious, Catherine of Braganza arrives in her new English home full of eager excitement, but what this pious foreigner’s arrival will mean for the Merry Monarch she is to wed – and the mistress who holds his heart – is what everyone is talking about. This episode is brought to you by Liz Duffy Adams and Delia Sherman, who know every embarkation is an adventure about to happen.

She who would be queen must win the love of a king—and a country. Whitehall is a royal tale full of true history and sensual intrigue, from Serial Box Publishing. Set in the 17th century court of King Charles II and his queen, Portuguese princess Catherine of Braganza. Her journey to find her place as the foreign wife in a court riddled with political and religious intrigue -- not to mention the many mistresses of Charles the “Merry Monarch” -- is a tale of perseverance only a true queen could endure. Love mingles with betrayal before a sensual renaissance of art, culture, and sex in this lush historical serial. Whitehall is written by Liz Duffy Adams, Delia Sherman, Barbara Samuel, Mary Robinette Kowal, Madeleine Robins, and Sarah Smith. Originally presented serially in 13 episodes, this omnibus collects installments 8 through 13 of Whitehall Season One into one edition.

Fortune favors the bold in the fourth installment of Whitehall, an episodic royal tale full of true history and sensual intrigue, new from Serial Box Publishing. Stars rise and fall and tides turn when a royal ball causes quite the stir in more ways than one. Charles makes a dramatic move in his war of wills with Catherine – but the battle’s true victor remains to be seen. This episode is brought to you by Madeline Robbins, who knows how to make an entrance and a stand.

Weddings, baptisms, and a birth make up a recipe for drama in the second installment of Whitehall, an episodic royal tale full of true history and sensual intrigue, new from Serial Box Publishing. Weddings and births are usually causes for celebration – but no joys are simple when a royal family is involved. Jealousy and suspicion lurk everywhere as questions of loyalty – to faith, to promises, and to the heart – shadow the new king and queen of England. This episode is brought to you by Mary Robinette Kowal, who cautions all against the green-eyed monster.

This well respected textbook has been fully updated to reflect how economic policies on housing, crime, the environment, pensions among other areas, have changed in recent years. The book offers a lucid, non-technical introduction to important economic concepts, showing how they are applied in a real world setting.

Piety, hedonism, and some Russians bring excitement to the seventh installment of Whitehall, an episodic royal tale full of true history and sensual intrigue, new from Serial Box Publishing. A delegation from Muscovy sets Whitehall awhirl with ambassadors from the East and their exotic gifts. But while Catherine seeks solace in her faith, others find comfort in more recklessly carnal pleasures. This episode is brought to you by Barbara Samuel, who knows how to titillate.

A flood of change sweeps through the twelfth installment of Whitehall, an episodic royal tale full of true history and sensual intrigue, new from Serial Box Publishing. Recovering from her loss, Catherine seeks a rainbow after the rains. Flooded cellars at Whitehall have Charles wading in to fix more than just the masonry. This episode is brought to you by Madeleine E. Robins who hopes you stay dry no matter the storm.

Welcome to Sally’s world, where the impossible becomes possible. Where imagination has no boundaries. Travel with her and her friends through countless journeys from the Amazon rain forest to the end of the universe with fun, laughter, a tinge of sadness and learn along the way. Witness Sally’s transformation into a lion with an attitude, her doll Sarah transforms into a bird as mad as a March hare. A cross dressing frog Trichobatrachus and his long -suffering Brother Robusius. They begin their adventure to find a name for a little elephant as only Parents together can name their babies, and with her Mother Rebecca Alice Pompadour Numpty by her side off they go into the great unknown. You will meet a crocodile called Gum Drop with a bad case of halitosis, a heart as big as the sun, with a philosophy in life to smile, think, give, laugh, love, dream and not to look back as he wasn’t going that way. A family of giraffes that will have you laughing you socks off, but that is okeydokey as a very big pink hairy yak called Zak likes to wear a pretty one. Follow these animals and more and build up a kaleidoscope of wonderful colours and memories, to enjoy whenever you wish.

From pre-historic grooming rituals to New Age medicine, from ascetics to cosmetics, Clean looks at how different cultures have interpreted and striven for personal cleanliness and shows how, throughout history, this striving for purity has brought immense social benefits as well as great tragedies. Looking at human history through the lens of public baths, lavatories, laundry, teeth cleaning, cosmetics, food storage and panty liners, Virginia Smith here combines archeology, psychology, biology, and other fields to illuminate our modern obsession cleanliness. She peppers her entertaining account with engaging and often surprising details. The book reveals, for instance, that even at the earliest stages of human development, our bodies produced pleasure-giving chemical opiates when things smelled or felt clean, inducing us to bathe or at least remove dirty clothes. She describes how, during the Bronze Age, an emerging hierarchy of wealthy elites turned their love of grooming into an explosion of the cosmetic and luxury goods industry, greatly affecting the culture and economy of Eurasia and leading to advances in chemistry and medicine. Likewise, in Greece and Rome, citizens focused much of their leisure time on perfecting, bathing, or just writing about the model athletic body. Even today, our enlightened medical knowledge could not stop an onslaught of health remedies, treatments, spas, and New Age nature cures--all in the pursuit of purity. This engrossing and highly original work will introduce you to the customs and ideas of a myriad of cultures across centuries of human history, providing a marvelous new perspective on the importance of cleanliness to human civilization.

Family, heart, and a Merry Christmas Happily Ever After. ‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all ''round Hacienda Luz bustled in celebration of Natividad Luz Moore’s 100th birthday. A Filipino American woman of courage, strength, and heart, Lola Naty has touched the lives of many. Celebrities and politicians make merry, fine dresses and barong Tagalogs shimmer, and food and drink flow freely. And it''s all to honor family, tradition, and the very essence of that thing called love. While Filipino ballads fill the chilly Northern California air, hearts throb and passions ignite as six remarkable couples find love in all the right—or wrong—places. From acclaimed and bestselling Filipino American authors—Elle Cruz, Maan Gabriel, Maida Malby, Mia Hopkins, Sarah Smith, and Tif Marcelo—comes Pasko Na, My Love, a holiday romance collection that is sure to warm your heart and uplift your Christmas spirit.

From an author the San Francisco Chronicle hails as "daring and splendid" comes an exhilarating novel of passion and ideas that cuts to the heart of one of literature''s most fascinating and enduring mysteries: the enigma of Shakespeare. Meet Joe Roper, tough-minded young graduate student, who has been lucky enough to land a job cataloging the famed Kellogg Collection of Elizabethan texts and curiosities. Joe''s been passionate about Shakespeare since he read a duct-taped paperback at age nine and found the witches, warriors, murders, and ghosts as much fun as Stephen King, but his working-class roots make him a fish out of water in the academic world. He is seemingly as far from adventure as it''s possible to be -- until the delicious Posy Gould enters, stage right. A glamorous rising star at Harvard, she insists that a letter Joe has found, signed by one W. Shakespeare of Stratford, is a career-making discovery for them both -- because the letter says Shakespeare didn''t write the plays. To Joe''s mind, the letter is a forgery. When Posy insists they test it, the two literary sleuths head for England to prove their clashing theories. But they find themselves in a world where the London Eye looks out over Shakespeare''s city, Hollywood producers rub elbows with Elizabethan spies, and mystery shadows the heart of Westminster Abbey and the lanes of rural England. And Joe and Posy find that, when you start chasing Shakespeares, what you find is not only who he was, but who you are, and how far you''re willing to go.... A first-rate mystery from one of the masters of the genre, Chasing Shakespeares is also a literary shell game, a love story, and a profound meditation on identity and ownership. Sarah Smith has created a novel that rivals A. S. Byatt''s Possession in its rich and fast-moving blend of literary history and page-turning suspense.

Katie Mullens is known as the weird kid. Dead dad. Dead mom. Loner. Maybe crazy. Always drawing in her sketch pad, and she talks to herself—or at least that’s what it looks like. But Katie is talking to real people…they’re just dead. Law Walker is drawn to Katie when he sees the sketch she’s made of a historic home—the way it looked before it burned. Law soon discovers that Katie’s sight goes beyond death, and what she sees reveals the strange, twisted history of a famous Boston family’s connection to the illegal post-emancipation slave trade. Past, present. Living, dead. Black, white. This is a powerhouse debut about ugly histories, unlikely romances, and seeing people—alive and otherwise—for who they really are.

In an obscure old volume in the British Library, bestselling mystery writer Sarah Smith found an ancient poem. Who wrote it? Ex-English professor Smith writes a snarky and accessible preface that introduces the reader to authorship studies and, with deduction worthy of Sherlock Holmes, she identifies the writer of the poem as the major alternate Shakespeare candidate, Edward de Vere.