The Seductive Scent Of Empire

Author : James Ward
Publisher : Cool Millennium
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Seductive Scent of Empire by James Ward Pdf

When Ruby Parker, Head of MI7’s Red Department, is hospitalised by a burglar, all is not as it seems. Her removal coincides with a series of catastrophes for British spies in hostile territories abroad, and some very shifty behaviour by the new Acting Head of Red Department, Patrick Atherton. Atherton dislikes Red’s established hierarchy, which includes all its officers without exception, and possibly John Mordred in particular. The idea that there’s something fishy going on, and that all this is linked, seems intuitively obvious, and probably worth investigating. But then things take a turn for the strange. Atherton has an apparent breakdown; he gets up from his desk, leaves Thames House and apparently goes off radar. Important men and women across London start dying in violent circumstances. It simultaneously transpires that the mysterious Black Department is taking a close interest in all this. And not quite from its usual distance. Suddenly, John Mordred himself becomes the focus of intensely hostile scrutiny. And when he, too, goes off radar, it’s because he no longer has a choice. At least, not if he wants to live. For a while, nothing seems to make sense. Then, shockingly, it does.

Author : Karl Schlögel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781509546602

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The Scent of Empires by Karl Schlögel Pdf

Can a drop of perfume tell the story of the twentieth century? Can a smell bear the traces of history? What can we learn about the history of the twentieth century by examining the fate of perfumes? In this remarkable book, Karl Schlögel unravels the interconnected histories of two of the world’s most celebrated perfumes. In tsarist Russia, two French perfumers – Ernest Beaux and Auguste Michel – developed related fragrances honouring Catherine the Great for the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty. During the Russian Revolution and Civil War, Beaux fled Russia and took the formula for his perfume with him to France, where he sought to adapt it to his new French circumstances. He presented Coco Chanel with a series of ten fragrance samples in his laboratory and, after smelling each, she chose number five – the scent that would later go by the name Chanel No. 5. Meanwhile, as the perfume industry was being revived in Soviet Russia, Auguste Michel used his original fragrance to create Red Moscow for the tenth anniversary of the Revolution. Piecing together the intertwined histories of these two famous perfumes, which shared a common origin, Schlögel tells a surprising story of power, intrigue and betrayal that offers an altogether unique perspective on the turbulent events and high politics of the twentieth century. This brilliant account of perfume and politics in twentieth-century Europe will be of interest to a wide general readership.

Author : Tilar J. Mazzeo
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780062020772

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The Secret of Chanel No. 5 by Tilar J. Mazzeo Pdf

“Who knew that such a tiny bottle housed so many secrets?” —Michael Tonello, author of Bringing Home the Birkin Tilar J. Mazzeo, author of the New York Times bestseller The Widow Clicquot (an Amazon Best of the Month book in October 2008) returns with a captivating history of the world’s most famous, seductive, and popular perfume: Chanel No. 5. Mazzeo’s sweeping story of the iconic scent (known as “le monstre” in the fragrance industry) stretches from Coco Chanel’s early success to the rise of the seminal fragrance during the 1950s to the confirmation of its bestseller status in today’s crowded perfume market. “Here is the life of one of the 20th century’s most interesting and deeply complicated women, a fascinating cultural history, and the story of an extraordinary perfume.” —Chandler Burr, New York Times scent critic and author of The Perfect Scent

Author : L. R. W. Lee
Publisher : LRW Lee Publishing
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 101-01-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Empire of Ash by L. R. W. Lee Pdf

Ancient and deadly secrets. Rogue magic. A dark and sexy god. They're nothing she wants, but everything she needs. Archaeologist Pellucid Rose discovers THE find of the century when an earthquake hits her Mycenae, Greece dig. But before she can claim it, a dark, dangerous, and very sexy stranger steps from a swirl of shadows claiming she’s loosed a sphinx on the world by translating an ancient secret on one of the scrolls. What’s more, he insists Secret Magic requires her to go with him to capture the ferocious creature. Against better judgment, Pell teams up with the hot stranger to protect the world from her mistake only to discover more than she bargained for about Secret magic and the influence it has on Earth. But worse, she discovers that this ancient god has dangerous secrets of his own that could destroy the world, and only she has what it takes to stop him. Empire of Ash is the first book in the enthralling God of Secrets paranormal romance series. If you love discovering little known Greek gods, you’ll enjoy the mystery that is Harpocrates, Greek god of secrets, by USA Today Bestselling author L. R. W. Lee. It's a slow-burn, fated mates, paranormal romance with potent sorcery and mythical intrigue. Buy Empire of Ash to dive into a secret affair today! ★★★★★ "A strong-willed and feisty woman is thrown into a new world, creating a comedic adventure that will soon become your next favorite read. The snark is charming and funny while also making the heroine instantly likable. Well worth the ride, Empire of Ash is a brilliant tapestry of adventure, romance, and mythology." - L. Konkel, Readers' Favorite ★★★★★ "It's been a hot minute since I've been able to truthfully say I can't wait to see what happens next, but here it is! Very descriptive, very original, I've honestly not read a book like it before, and I have Kindle Unlimited for a reason! Bravo!!!!!!!!!!! - Alicia L. Amazon Reviewer ★★★★★ "Ohh, I love this story so very much! The healthy dose of humor mixed with physical attraction and intrigue are definitely a winner." - Peggy Frese, Senior Editor ★★★★★ "The characters are complex and genuine with traits and qualities that add depth and diversity, transforming into charismatic personalities." - Kaye, Amazon Top 500 Reviewer ★★★★★ "An awesome start to a new series written by a brand new author for me. I highly recommend." - Scarolet Ellis, Amazon Top 1000 Reviewer What are you waiting for? Scroll up and click buy now to be captivated by the secrets and slow-burn romance of these fated mates!

Author : James Ward
Publisher : Cool Millennium
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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An Evening at the Beach by James Ward Pdf

Twenty-eight short stories about contemporary British morals and mores.

Author : James Ward
Publisher : Cool Millennium
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The BBC Hunters by James Ward Pdf

2019. Russia's Web Brigades have created a divided West, but both the European and the American intelligence services are getting wise to their tactics. When Stanislav Kuznetsov, the FSB’s Director of Overseas Strategic Affairs, entrusts a group of young idealists with the task of devising the next phase in the disruption of Russia’s enemies, little does he suspect that six weeks later, they’ll come up with a plan to suborn the British Broadcasting Corporation. His first reaction is mingled incredulity and exasperation. Have they taken leave of their senses? But then he studies the details. And actually, it’s not as far-fetched as it looks. In fact it's entirely workable. It might even be worth passing off as his own idea... Which, technically speaking, is intellectual property theft, and certain to offend the hard-working members of his young focus group. One night, by way of showing how angry they are, they all disappear from Moscow simultaneously. Which is bad enough. But what makes it far worse is that there’s evidence to suggest they’re intent on contacting a British MI7 agent called John Mordred. Talk about getting their revenge. This could be the crisis to end all crises. Heads will definitely roll.

Author : James Ward
Publisher : Cool Millennium
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Humankind 2.0 by James Ward Pdf

It’s early 2020. MI7 is expecting an eccentric new recruit in the person of Chasha Jones, self-described (only partly tongue-in-cheek) as "the most intelligent woman in London." Perceptive, cerebral, fun to work alongside, everyone looks forward to her arrival. But on the day she's due to start work, there's no sign of her. Nor the day after. Then shockingly, it turns out she's joined an obscure cult run by an eccentric Briton called Hector Raynebow. Raynebow used to be a dedicated eco-warrior, but he's ditched environmentalism on the grounds that humanity, in its present form, isn't really capable of saving the world: the rot has gone too far. But don't worry, he has a solution: Humankind 2.0, a new type of human being, developed by means of cutting-edge gene technology. The trouble is, when more than a few governments encounter the words, "a new type of human being", what they actually hear is "super-soldiers". And their only question then is, assuming Raynebow really is capable of developing such things, who’s going to get their hands on them first? John Mordred is assigned to investigate. But of course, he's not the only one. And to make things even cosier, the investigators are explicitly briefed not to get on with each other.

Author : James Ward
Publisher : Cool Millennium
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Bright Fish by James Ward Pdf

Something’s not right aboard the cruise ship Aurora. Yet that’s probably what you would think when you’re with the girl you love and everyone else is about fifty years your senior. You’re 3000 miles from home, young, and high on emotion. Maybe it just ratchets up the sense of adventure. And yet perhaps something really is wrong. There’s the passenger everyone thought was dead, but who reappears one evening in the lounge without comment or explanation. And eighty-year-old Celia Soper who reads Tarot cards, but only for ‘the history of the world’ … whatever that means. And then, of course, the disappearances. Which, apparently, only you two have noticed. Above all, there are the bright fish, creatures the size of dolphins that materialise unexpectedly, at intervals, alongside the hull, glowing with indescribable colours. And which never seem to inspire the sort of delight one might expect. Quite the opposite, in fact. The Bright Fish is a love story. It deals with what it means to live, lose one’s heart, and ultimately, to die in the metaphysically reticent context of the present century. Are we always essentially alone, or is true interdependency possible? Is death our beginning or end? Or both? Conversely, is the truth stranger than we can possibly imagine?

Author : Louis Tracy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Americans
ISBN : HARVARD:HN1HYI

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An American Emperor by Louis Tracy Pdf

Author : James Ward
Publisher : Cool Millennium
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Ruby Parker's Last Orders by James Ward Pdf

The last instalment in the Tales of MI7 series! Ruby’s Parker’s retirement hangs like a dark cloud over MI7. She herself has only a vague idea what the future might hold – both personally, and in terms of national security. But for many of her team, she’s irreplaceable. To cap it all, there’s a massive organisational overhaul on the cards at Thames House. Everyone’s nervous, and with good reason. In the middle of all this uncertainty, there’s an assassin at large. He’s already murdered a British returnee from Syria who claimed to have ‘information’ about the latest Russian plot to destabilise Western Europe. He may also be pursuing her sole British confidante. And he’s definitely seeking an American secret servicewoman named Daisy Hallenbeck. There are reasons to think Daisy knows precisely what’s going on but, disturbingly, she seems to have fallen off the map. Not even the US embassy knows where she is. John Mordred is assigned to investigate. He finds himself up against the clock in a completely unconventional way. Among his top priorities is that Ruby Parker doesn’t leave MI7 with the words ‘unsolved case’ against her name.

Author : Mercedes Lackey,James Mallory
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429944045

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Blade of Empire by Mercedes Lackey,James Mallory Pdf

FROM THE AUTHORS OF NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS WHEN DARKNESS FALLS AND THE PHOENIX TRANSFORMED, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER TO LIGHT A CANDLE They thought the war was over. They were wrong. Runacarendalur Caerthalien has been a master of battle for hundreds of years, but he found himself on the wrong side—the losing side—in the last war. Betrayed by his brother, trapped in a prophecy he does not understand, Runacar flees the battlefield. Yet Runacar is no coward. In a twist he could never have imagined, the Elven War-Prince finds himself leading a new army into battle—a force of centaurs, merfolk, gryphons, minotaurs, and talking bears who can perform magic. For centuries they have been trying to reclaim their lands from Elven invaders. With Runacar at the helm, they just might manage it. Mercedes Lackey and James Mallory’s first collaboration, the Obsidian Mountain trilogy, introduced readers to a brilliant, continent-spanning fantasy world of high adventure and epic battle. Civilization shimmered with magic while in the nooks and crannies of the world, dragons and unicorns hid from people who believed them to be nothing more than legends. The Dragon Prophecy, set thousands of years before that story, illuminates a time when long-lived Elves rule the Fortunate Lands. It is a time of dire prophecy, of battle and bloodshed, of great magics unlike any the Elvenkind have seen before. It is the story of the end of one world and the beginning of the next. The Obsidian Mountain Trilogy #1 The Outstretched Shadow #2 To Light a Candle #3 When Darkness Falls The Enduring Flame Trilogy #1 The Phoenix Unchained #2 The Phoenix Endangered #3 The Phoenix Transformed The Dragon Prophecy Trilogy #1 Crown of Vengeance #2 Blade of Empire At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : M. K. Hume
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 491 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-05-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781476715148

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The Merlin Prophecy Book Two: Death of an Empire by M. K. Hume Pdf

Determined to discover his father's identity, Merlin, along with his band of loyal companions, travels across war-ravaged Europe, a trip that cements his reputation as a great healer.

Author : Sasha Wagstaff
Publisher : Review
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-03-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755378166

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Heaven Scent by Sasha Wagstaff Pdf

For a family in need of rescue, she's the perfect remedy... Sasha Wagstaff transports readers to the sun-soaked south of France in Heaven Scent, for a scorching summer of sex, scandal and scent. The perfect read for fans of Cathy Bramley and Debbie Johnson. When Cat Hayes impulsively marries a handsome, penniless French waiter in St Tropez, she didn't realise she'd be widowed in just a few weeks. Neither did she know that her late husband was actually Oliver Ducasse, heir to the Ducasse perfume empire. Invited by the Ducasse family to their glamorous French mansion, Cat finds a family in chaos. What's more she's regarded with suspicion and hostility, especially by Olivier's playboy cousin Xavier. Will she run for the hills as fast as her high heels can carry her? Or will she realise that she is exactly what this mixed-up family truly needs? What readers are saying about Heaven Scent: 'Full of elegant French chic, fabulous locations and the most beautiful perfumes, this book has you turning each page with lots of unexpected twists and turns from the very start' 'Wonderful read, filled to bursting with a good plot and brilliant characters - characters you care about' 'Fascinating to read about the world of perfume and the intricate way in which a scent is created. Sasha Wagstaff's research into this shines throughout the book'

Author : Jonathan Reinarz
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780252096020

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Past Scents by Jonathan Reinarz Pdf

In this comprehensive and engaging volume, medical historian Jonathan Reinarz offers a historiography of smell from ancient to modern times. Synthesizing existing scholarship in the field, he shows how people have relied on their olfactory sense to understand and engage with both their immediate environments and wider corporal and spiritual worlds. This broad survey demonstrates how each community or commodity possesses, or has been thought to possess, its own peculiar scent. Through the meanings associated with smells, osmologies develop--what cultural anthropologists have termed the systems that utilize smells to classify people and objects in ways that define their relations to each other and their relative values within a particular culture. European Christians, for instance, relied on their noses to differentiate Christians from heathens, whites from people of color, women from men, virgins from harlots, artisans from aristocracy, and pollution from perfume. This reliance on smell was not limited to the global North. Around the world, Reinarz shows, people used scents to signify individual and group identity in a morally constructed universe where the good smelled pleasant and their opposites reeked. With chapters including "Heavenly Scents," "Fragrant Lucre," and "Odorous Others," Reinarz's timely survey is a useful and entertaining look at the history of one of our most important but least-understood senses.

Author : James F. Hancock
Publisher : CABI
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781789249743

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Spices, Scents and Silk by James F. Hancock Pdf

Spices, scents and silks were at the centre of world trade for millennia. Through their international trade, humans were pushed to explore and then travel to the far corners of the earth. Almost from their inception, the earliest great civilizations - Egypt, Sumer and Harappa - became addicted to the luxury products of far-off lands and established long-reaching trade networks. Over time, great powers fought mightily for the kingdoms where silk, spices and scents were produced. The New World was accidentally discovered by Columbus in his quest for spices. In this book, eminent horticulturist and author James Hancock examines the origins and early domestication and culture of spices, scents and silks and the central role these exotic luxuries played in the lives of the ancients. The book also traces the development of the great international trade networks and explores how struggles for trade dominance and demand for such luxuries shaped the world.