A Memoir of Abraham Lincoln (Classic Reprint)

History

Black, Robert

Americas

Forgotten Books

Tom Garret operates the Big Wheel at Gamlin's fair. When young runaway Jason Bradley tries to rob him of his night's take, a chain of events is set in motion which draws the two together in a tangled web of mutual mistrust and growing fascination. Each carries a burden of guilt and tragic unspoken history; each is running from something. But the fair is a place of magic and mystery where the normal rules of life don't seem to apply, and Jason finds himself on an intense journey of self-discovery in an atmosphere of unbridled sexuality and growing love.

Hall of Mirrors

Literature & Fiction

Erotica

London Bridge

The year is 1885, and Dr Reynard, a brilliant young surgeon, is desperate for excitement. A chance meeting with Lord Spearman opens up a whole new world of sexual adventure. Swept along, Dy Reynard finds blackmail threatening to destroy him, and an even darker menace in the fog-bound streets.

Doctor Reynard's Experiment (Idol Series)

Contemporary

Virgin Pub

Three men are committed to Her Majesty's Prison Cairncrow on the same day. There's Paul - a young, tough inner-city robber. Simon, by contrast, is gentle, feminine, and obviously gay, and the third, John, is an ex-vicar. The prison is a corrupt and cruel institution, run by sadistic officers and bullying hard men. It's also a sexual minefield - the old-timers prey on the newcomers and the guards prey on everybody. Will the three new inmates find their niche in this brutish new environment?

Hard Time (Idol Series)

Three men are committed to prison on the same day. It's a cruel institution, run by sadists and bullies and a sexual minefield - the old-timers prey on the newcomers and the guards prey on everybody. Will the three new inmates find their niche in this brutish new environment? A hot, horny story of love, sex and redemption behind prison walls.

Hard Time

Idol, Two Books In One Edition STREET LIFE: Tired of life in the suburbs and raring for sexual adventure, Ben abandons his studies and comfortable home for the excitement of London. Forced to spend the night on the streets Ben is befriended by Lee, a homeless Scottish lad who offers him the comfort of his sleeping bag. But the excitement soon turns to something darker when the friends become involved in a web of prostitution and sexual conspiracies culminating in Ben's kidnapping. Lee takes it upon himself to unravel the mystery, going deep into the sleazy underworld of inner city street life to find the identity of the mysterious kidnapper.  HARD TIME: Three men are committed to the corrupt and cruel institution of Her Majesties Prison Cairncrow on the same day: Paul, an agressive, inner-city tough guy; John, an ex-vicar convicted of a sexual offence with a young man; and Simon, who is gentle, feminine and obviously gay. The prison is a sexual minefield run by sadistic officers and bullying hard cases, where the old-timers prey on the newcomers and the guards prey on everybody. This gritty prison story tells how the new inmates find a niche in a brutish environment, experiencing sex, redemption and love behind bars.

Street Life & Hard Time

Thomas, Rupert

Renaissance Thought (Routledge Readers in History)

Renaissance Thought is a fascinating collection of essays on the Renaissance, focusing on humanism and thought. The concept of the Renaissance has always been challenging to define and this book enables a deeper understanding of the essential features of the Renaissance and humanism. Knowledge of Renaissance thought illuminates other key aspects of Renaissance culture such as philology, political thought and scholastic and platonic philosophy.Renaissance Thought explores all the important themes and influential figures including:* humanism and scholasticism* the scholarship of Politician* printers and readers in Italy * Ptolemy of Lucca* Petrarch* Florentine constitutionalism and Medici ascendancy* the humanist challenge to medieval German culture.This collection of articles is essential reading for students of the Renaissance. The book will allow readers to contribute to the debate on the Renaissance, a theme which has never ceased to stimulate intellectual interest since the earliest days of the Renaissance itself.

Renaissance Thought: A Reader (Routledge Readers in History)

Europe

Routledge

Renaissance Thought is a fascinating collection of essays on the Renaissance, focusing on humanism and thought. The concept of the Renaissance has always been challenging to define and this book enables a deeper understanding of the essential features of the Renaissance and humanism. Knowledge of Renaissance thought illuminates other key aspects of Renaissance culture such as philology, political thought and scholastic and platonic philosophy. Renaissance Thought explores all the important themes and influential figures including: * humanism and scholasticism * the scholarship of Politician * printers and readers in Italy * Ptolemy of Lucca * Petrarch * Florentine constitutionalism and Medici ascendancy * the humanist challenge to medieval German culture. This collection of articles is essential reading for students of the Renaissance. The book will allow readers to contribute to the debate on the Renaissance, a theme which has never ceased to stimulate intellectual interest since the earliest days of the Renaissance itself.

Machiavelli

Machiavelli is history's most startling political commentator. Recent interpreters have minimised his originality, but this book restores his radicalism. Robert Black shows a clear development in Machiavelli's thought. In his most subversive works The Prince, the Discourses on Livy, The Ass and Mandragola he rejected the moral and political values inherited by the Renaissance from antiquity and the middle ages. These outrageous compositions were all written in mid-life, when Machiavelli was a political outcast in his native Florence. Later he was reconciled with the Florentine establishment, and as a result his final compositions including his famous Florentine Histories represent a return to more conventional norms. This lucid work is perfect for students of Medieval and Early Modern History, Renaissance Studies and Italian Literature, or anyone keen to learn more about one of history's most potent, influential and arresting writers.

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

A psychopathic serial killer, who alerts his victims of his lethal intentions, is thwarted when young Johnny Wright's parents leave town, but Johnny's return years later affords the killer a second chance

Death Angel

Genre Fiction

Random House, Inc.

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