None Such Like It

Author : Georgette Heyer
Publisher : Random House
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781446456941

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The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer Pdf

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer ! 'The greatest writer who ever lived' Antonia Fraser 'A rollicking good read that will be of particular joy to Bridgerton viewers' Independent 'My generation's Julia Quinn' Adjoa Andoh, star of Bridgerton _____________ Handsome, wealthy Sir Waldo Hawkridge is the envy of all those around him. So when the people of Oversett get word of his impending visit, excitement ripples. But his planned visit ruffles a few feathers, too; not least for Miss Ancilla Trent, who worries about the relationship that may unfold between Waldo and her hot-headed young pupil, Tiffany. And when Waldo eventually arrives in the village, his presence leads to the most entertaining of ramifications . . . _____________ 'One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' Joanne Harris 'Elegant, witty and rapturously romantic' Katie Fforde 'Utterly delightful' Guardian 'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes. . . Utter, immersive escapism' Sophie Kinsella 'Georgette Heyer's Regency romances brim with elegance, wit and historical accuracy, and this is one of her finest and most entertaining ... Escapism of the highest order' Daily Mail 'If you haven't read Georgette Heyer yet, what a treat you have in store!' Harriet Evans 'Georgette Heyer is unbeatable.' Sunday Telegraph _____________ Readers love The Nonesuch ... ***** 'The book was a marvel. Whatever I'm going to read next might seem pretty poor after this!' ***** 'The Nonesuch was simply a charming and witty book. I've added it to my favourite list for the fantastic ending and banter.' ***** 'Just as wonderful as every other time I read it!! Still an absolute favourite.' ***** 'This was beautiful! So enjoyable, and so Austen-like! :)' ***** 'Magical. Still five stars - of course. As enjoyable as ever - or maybe even more.'

Author : Brian Lumley
Publisher : Crossroad Press
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Nonesuch and Others by Brian Lumley Pdf

The Nonesuch and Others features a new Brian Lumley hero, the Man With No Name. As stated in the introduction, the Man With No Name "is just an innocent bystander who happens to be standing by in the wrong place at the wrong time: a witness to terrifying occurrences, monstrous events, who can never be one hundred percent positive that the things he has experienced are real. And why not? Because a man who sees pink elephants might as easily see just about anything." Neither hero nor anti-hero, the Man With No Name is narrator of the three stories in this collection, but in The Nonesuch he's at least seen to be brave if not actually heroic. However, "if you the reader were confronted by the bizarre, inexplicable nonesuches whose paths tend to cross his in the following stories…well, how brave would you be?" Stories included in this collection: The Thin People Stilts The Nonesuch

Author : Gabriel King
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781786699381

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Nonesuch by Gabriel King Pdf

'Absolutely magical... Always intriguing' Richard Adams author of Watership Down. Behind the realm of man lie the wild roads. Weaving through time and space, these hidden pathways carry the natural energies – the spirits, the dreams – of the world. No creature can slip into the shadows and travel the wild roads better than the cat. For millennia, cats have patrolled the tangled paths, maintaining balance and order, guarding against corruption and chaos. It is dangerous territory: for those who control the wild roads hold the key to the world. Amid the struggle between the purest good and the darkest evil, here are tales of duty and destiny, of courage and comradeship among the extraordinary creatures who brave the wild roads... After his cousin died in a fire that ravaged the house, John Dawe has inherited the old manor Nonesuch. John adores the crumbling house, but for his wife, Anna, the legacy is tainted, inextricably linked with John's cousin, known as the Witch of ashmore, who tried so hard to destroy Anna and the cats she holds dear. As John's obsession with rebuilding Nonesuch intensifies, their relationship disintegrates. And Eleanor, the baby that should have brought them together, drives them further apart, for along with John's family's disconcertingly green eyes, she has also inherited some unnerving characteristics. A house full of memories quickly becomes a family full of secrets. As Anna battles to throw off her growing sense of dread, the grim mystery at the heart of Nonesuch will be revealed.

Author : W. Glasgow Phillips
Publisher : Black Cat
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780802170286

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The Royal Nonesuch by W. Glasgow Phillips Pdf

"The Royal Nonesuch" is the story of Phillips's rollercoaster ride through the twisted world of underground Hollywood and the funhouse of the Internet during the boom.

Author : T. Tyler Potterfield
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614232834

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Nonesuch Place by T. Tyler Potterfield Pdf

Intentionally built on the fall line where the Piedmont uplands meet the Tidewater region, Richmond has always been a city defined by the land. From the time settlers built a city on rugged terrain overlooking the James River, the people have changed the land and been changed by it. Few know this better than T. Tyler Potterfield, a planner with the City of Richmond Department of Community Development. Whether considering the many roles of the "romantic, wild and beautiful" James River through the centuries, describing the rationale for the location of the Virginia State Capitol on Shockoe Hill or relating the struggle to reclaim green space as industrialization and urban growth threatened to remove nature from the city, Potterfield weaves a tale as ordered as the gridded streets of Richmond and just as rich in history.

Author : Annie Dike
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1533359733

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None Such Like It by Annie Dike Pdf

"Bilge? What bilge?" "Sink? It can't sink ... can it?" First he was in shock, then he was angry. Then he pretended like it never even happened, like he didn't just buy a magnificent chore-of-a-boat that needed to be stocked, cleaned, repaired and maintained. But we've all been there, and I knew one thing for sure. Helping our hapless buddy bring his new boat home across the Gulf of Mexico was going to make for one heck of a story and endless entertainment when the boat-as boats tend to do-started to give him plenty of grief.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11795870

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The classical review by Anonim Pdf

Author : South Carolina. Supreme Court,J. S. G. Richardson,Robert Wallace Shand,Cyprian Melanchthon Efird,William Hay Townsend,Duncan C. Ray,William Munro Shand
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Law reports, digests, etc
ISBN : UOM:35112103368579

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Reports of Cases Heard and Determined by the Supreme Court of South Carolina by South Carolina. Supreme Court,J. S. G. Richardson,Robert Wallace Shand,Cyprian Melanchthon Efird,William Hay Townsend,Duncan C. Ray,William Munro Shand Pdf

Author : George Orwell
Publisher : Renard Press Ltd
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781913724269

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Why I Write by George Orwell Pdf

George Orwell set out ‘to make political writing into an art’, and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of authoritarian regimes helped to form a new vocabulary that is fundamental to understanding totalitarianism. While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell’s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership. In Why I Write, the first in the Orwell’s Essays series, Orwell describes his journey to becoming a writer, and his movement from writing poems to short stories to the essays, fiction and non-fiction we remember him for. He also discusses what he sees as the ‘four great motives for writing’ – ‘sheer egoism’, ‘aesthetic enthusiasm’, ‘historical impulse’ and ‘political purpose’ – and considers the importance of keeping these in balance. Why I Write is a unique opportunity to look into Orwell’s mind, and it grants the reader an entirely different vantage point from which to consider the rest of the great writer’s oeuvre. 'A writer who can – and must – be rediscovered with every age.' — Irish Times

Author : Twenty-five old ballads
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590997947

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Twenty-five old ballads and songs: from MSS. in the possession of J.P. Collier [and ed. by him.]. by Twenty-five old ballads Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : College student newspapers and periodicals
ISBN : PRNC:32101077277331

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The Cambridge Review by Anonim Pdf

Vols. 1-26 include a supplement: The University pulpit, vols. [1]-26, no. 1-661, which has separate pagination but is indexed in the main vol.

Author : Baker Publishing Group
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1904 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2005-03-10
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 0521843863

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The New Cambridge Paragraph Bible, with the Apocrypha by Baker Publishing Group Pdf

The standard editions of the 1611 King James Bible (or Authorised Version) currently available give, with little variation, the text as established by the Oxford edition of 1769. They give the reader, therefore, a seventeenth-century text in mid-eighteenth century clothes - clothes which are neither original nor modern. In this new edition of the King James Version the text has been collated with the translators' original work in order to give the reader as closely as possible the exact text on which the translators decided. It has also been given consistent modern spelling and presentation in order to make it easier to read and study than standard editions. The text is presented is paragraph form, with marginal notes. The type is 10/12.5 Swift.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11653204

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Edinburgh Medical Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : 太宰治
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1958
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0811204812

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No Longer Human by 太宰治 Pdf

A young man describes his torment as he struggles to reconcile the diverse influences of Western culture and the traditions of his own Japanese heritage.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 872 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IOWA:31858021774843

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Littell's Living Age by Anonim Pdf