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The Art of the Rosenman takes place between 1914 and 1938 in Germany and follows the extraordinary life of Franz Strasser, an artist with an amazing talent for painting portraits in the Rosenmans' style. His paintings and his relationships take him across the European continent during the birth and transformation of National Socialism through to the uprising of Hitler and the S.S.. At the heart of Franz' very being is an extraordinary desire to find his father whom he has never seen. As the Nazification of the Reich continues, will Franz succeed in his search?

Albert Dixon was an Artillery instructor in the US Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton in California in 1966 as the US involvement in Vietnam was beginning to escalate. This the story of his one year in Vietnam serving in two units of artillery. A 105mm howitzer battery and a 155mm battery.The author describes the arduous training undertaken in the US, Okinawa and the Philippines to prepare for the fighting in Vietnam as well as the long and cramped sea voyage.Once in Vietnam the author soon discovered that conventional artillery procedure was obsolete. The field manual had been rewritten to adjust to the kind of warfare being waged in Southeast Asia. Dixon describes in graphic detail the year he spent with his crew manning their howitzer in difficult and dangerous conditions for often days on end, giving supporting fire to the infantry fighting in the dense jungle.

This collection of poems from Norwegian writer, L. A. Johnsen, is a moving study of the exquisite pain of love, particularly unrequited love. The poems are sometimes railing, raging against the unfairness of being played. They are sometimes despairing, sometimes calm and contemplative. Here we can see the great strength that can be found in emerging changed but whole from a heart-breaking relationship.Images of the ocean in all its desolate majesty are ever-present in this collection, and give the reader a sense of being unmoored on an unpredictable sea. There is strength, ferocity and even calm to be found here.This collection ultimately strikes a note of defiant hope, that after being broken, the self can be dusted off, pieced back together and sent out into the world again, stronger than before.

A poet''s spiritual homeland is oftentimes not exactly the same as his or her homeland by birth. This book is a book of poems composed over a lifetime lived entirely in the northeastern United States and Toronto, Canada. It features a wide range of literary and personal topics with which the author hopes to enliven, instruct without condescension, move, and above all entertain her audience. It is hoped that there is something in this book for nearly everyone, from the full-fledged poetic connoisseur to the most casual of poetry readers.

Two small boys living very different lives on the same estate.Jimmy loves his Mummy and Daddy; Willy wishes he could love his.Jimmy can''t wait to get to School; neither can Willy, but for very different reasons.Two boys thrust together by events way beyond their control.Too Late, Too Little shines an uncomfortable light on middle class suburban Britain and what can happen behind closed doors.This is the first in a series of six linked essays examining the complex relationship between adults and children. More importantly, it assesses the impact that adult behaviour can unknowingly have on those relationships.

"You should be writing all of this down," she said. ''She'' being a close friend of the author, Jim Tincher, who would often tell her all about his wife and his two daughters. Almost all of the stories focused on the many and various health problems the couple had endured. The author worried he sounded like a complainer. He really isn''t it is just that illness had become a major part of the couple''s life in recent years.One day the author heeded his friend''s advice and started writing. This book is the result. As Jim Tincher writes, ''The means to this end was very non-traditional, from what I understand. There were no outlines, no preparation, no nothing. I just started writing, not knowing when I would stop. Many, many people are dealing with situations like these. Maybe hearing someone else''s trials and tribulations will bring you some sort of peace. It''s not a solution to your problem but it may be comforting knowing you are not alone.''

This book is a compendium of drastic changes that occurred in the fortunes of nations in the last 500 years. Seventeenth century China and India held one half of the world''s wealth. Europe was crazy for Chinese silks, porcelain, tea and India''s artifacts, muslins, printed calicos and spices. Portugal''s lucrative trade with the East enticed other maritime Europeans. It was the trading companies which laid foundations of colonialism. Britain exploited India until it was rendered a basket case. Europeans and the United States ganged up against China which blocked their clandestine opium trade and profited from post-war reparations. Spanish conquistadors smashed exquisite Aztec and Inca kingdoms to establish Spanish rule. Spain enriched from South America''s gold and silver, began eyeing North America. An alarmed Britain established colonies on the east coast. These colonies prospered but Britain lost them due to her fiscal and patronizing policies. Unfortunately for her natives, Britain selected Australia to exile her convicts. African slaves were introduced to fully exploit the colonies. Colonials deployed draconian laws to suppress dissent to their despotic rule. Their inhuman treatment of natives of the colonies reveals a darker side of European civilization.

No figure in history has achieved such universal fame for the power and accuracy of his dreams as Joseph. Sold into slavery by his brothers, exiled to a foreign land, falsely accused of abuse of his position and thrown into prison, it would have been easy for him to have given up on God and the dreams he had received. Drawing on personal experiences of exile, Oregbe Osayimwen sheds searching new light on the famous Old Testament story of the dreamer and how we can be inspired to pursue our dreams. How Joseph persisted in the face of adversity, refused to be derailed in the midst of temptation and discouragement, was used to save two countries from the ravages of famine and miraculously reunited with his family after years of separation offers a powerful object lesson that is just as relevant today as then.

Octodurus is a market town that is occupied by the Romans. There is harmony between most of the local villagers and the Romans, but some resent the occupation and are determined to cause trouble.Gaius is a young herdsman living in a local village who visits on market day to help his father with the family''s stall. Whilst in town, he meets an intelligent and attractive centurion''s daughter, Cordelia. He falls in love with her and so begins a passionate relationship, but how will this be viewed by the local villagers...Whilst grazing his goats up in the mountains, Gaius is caught up in an earthquake, which reveals hidden treasures within the mountain. Gaius'' family are excited by his find but are somewhat trepidatious as to whether the Roman legion stationed in the garrison will allow them to profit from the find. Will Cordelia''s father help them to benefit from it?

Something is different, the park is quiet and a little robin has no one to sing to. Join Pete and his feathered friends as they come together and work out a way to help the people around them cope in a pandemic.

This story is about Mrs Mouse''s nest of new ''mouselings'' that were lost and then found and moved to safety. The reward for Monty, a piano. With Freddie Frog and Liam Lizard, they help to build Monty''s piano and what happens next...

Adam Newton has hunted for true love his whole life, but it is only when the reality of the multiverse is opened up to him that he can really begin to search. Adam must journey through all sorts of weird and wonderful worlds, and battle the forces of evil to find his one true love.

Can meaning be found in a multiverse gutted of God by science, rationalism and secularism?How would we know what meaning life may have, if anyone found any?How well are you doing?No matter how long ago you lost patience with the claims of organised religion, its gods andits theologians, or whether you are only beginning to develop doubts aboutyours, Whimsical Dice is a treasure trove of refreshing and reflectivetales, whether wise or whimsical, in verse as well as prose, forthose made curious by any quest to see whether anythingcould bring order to a chaotic cosmos.To see how well Mallikarjun Mulimani has done, or just how right he got thequestions, readers of all educational backgrounds and none will find food forthought, and for many a wry smile, seeing how well his whimsicaldice roll - and what they come up with.

Flint and Kiffy by Phito Panayiotou begins with a conversation between Adrienne Kiff and her ex-boyfriend Jonas, about how Adrienne had met her partner, Flint. The meeting involved a train journey, make-up and train etiquette. The story goes on to describe the early part of the relationship between Kiffy, a French and Spanish teacher at Westminster School and Flint, a lawyer. They are an unlikely couple, if for no other reason than the age difference and the fact that they seemingly have nothing in common, other than the early morning training commute to work. However, things seem to be progressing along nicely.The reader is told about the very early stages of Flint and Kiffy''s relationship and is left to decide whether it will blossom into something so much more. Is it a one-sided relationship or are both Flint and Kiffy as invested as each other?Flint and Kiffy is a love story which includes all sorts of emotions from humour, to love, to sarcasm, to heartbreak, to eroticism and beyond.