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From the author of the Samuel Johnson prize-shortlisted ‘Return of a King’, the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time.James Achilles Kirkpatrick was the British Resident at the court of Hyderabad when he met Khair un-Nissa – ‘Most Excellent among Women’ – the great-niece of the Prime Minister of Hyderabad. He fell in love with her and overcame many obstacles to marry her, converting to Islam and, according to Indian sources, becoming a double-agent working against the East India Company.It is a remarkable story, but such things were not unknown: from the early sixteenth century to the eve of the Indian Mutiny, the ‘white Mughals’ who wore local dress and adopted Indian ways were a source of embarrassment to successive colonial administrations. Dalrymple unearths such colourful figures as ‘Hindoo Stuart’, who travelled with his own team of Brahmins to maintain his temple of idols, and Sir David Auchterlony, who took all 13 of his Indian wives out for evening promenades, each on the back of her own elephant.In ‘White Mughals’, William Dalrymple discovers a world almost entirely unexplored by history, and places at its centre a compelling tale of seduction and betrayal.

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In August 1765 the East India Company defeated the young Mughal emperor and forced him to establish a new administration in his richest provinces. Run by English merchants who collected taxes using a ruthless private army, this new regime saw the East India Company transform itself from an international trading corporation into something much more unusual: an aggressive colonial power in the guise of a multinational business.William Dalrymple tells the remarkable story of the East India Company as it has never been told before, unfolding a timely cautionary tale of the first global corporate power.

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India is the forgotten heart of the ancient world For a millennium and a half, India was a confident exporter of its diverse civilisation, creating around it a vast empire of ideas. Indian art, religions, technology, astronomy, music, dance, literature, mathematics and mythology blazed a trail across the world, along a Golden Road that stretched from the Red Sea to the Pacific. William Dalrymple draws from a lifetime of scholarship to highlight India’s oft­forgotten position as the heart of ancient Eurasia. For the first time, he gives a name to this spread of Indian ideas that transformed the world. From the largest Hindu temple in the world at Angkor Wat to the Buddhism of China, from the trade that helped fund the Roman Empire to the creation of the numerals we use today (including zero).

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One of the most successful, influential and acclaimed travel books of recent years from the author of 'Return of a King', which has been shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize.At the age of twenty-two, William Dalrymple left his college in Cambridge to travel to the ruins of Kublai Khan's stately pleasure dome in Xanadu. This is an account of a quest which took him and his companions across the width of Asia, along dusty, forgotten roads, through villages and cities full of unexpected hospitality and wildly improbable escapades, to Coleridge's Xanadu itself.At once funny and knowledgeable, In Xanadu is in the finest tradition of British travel writing. Told with an exhilarating blend of eloquence, wit, poetry and delight, it is already established as a classic of its kind.

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India is the forgotten heart of the ancient worldFor a millennium and a half, India was a confident exporter of its diverse civilisation, creating around it a vast empire of ideas. Indian art, religions, technology, astronomy, music, dance, literature, mathematics and mythology blazed a trail across the world, along a Golden Road that stretched from the Red Sea to the Pacific. William Dalrymple draws from a lifetime of scholarship to highlight India’s oft-forgotten position as the heart of ancient Eurasia.For the first time, he gives a name to this spread of Indian ideas that transformed the world. From the largest Hindu temple in the world at Angkor Wat to the Buddhism of China, from the trade that helped fund the Roman Empire to the creation of the numerals we use today (including zero), India transformed the culture and technology of its ancient world – and our world today as we know it.

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Published to coincide with the first UK exhibition of these masterworks at The Wallace Collection, Forgotten Masters celebrates the work of a series of extraordinary Indian artists.As the East India Company extended its sway across India in the late eighteenth century, many remarkable artworks were commissioned by Company officials from Indian painters who had previously worked for the Mughals. Each had their own style, tastes and agency, and all of them worked for British patrons between the 1770s and the bloody end of the Mughal rule in 1857. Edited by writer and historian William Dalrymple, these hybrid paintings explore both the beauty of the Indian natural world and the social realities of the time in one hundred masterpieces, often of astonishing brilliance and originality. They shed light on a forgotten moment in Anglo-Indian history during which Indian artists responded to European influences while keeping intact their own artistic visions and styles.These artists represent the last phase of Indian artistic genius before the onset of the twin assaults - photography and the influence of western colonial art schools - ended an unbroken tradition of painting going back two thousand years. As these masterworks show, the greatest of these painters deserve to be remembered as among the most remarkable Indian artists of all time.

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A stunning and bloody history of nineteenth-century India and the reign of the Last Mughal by the bestselling author of White Mughals

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"A pioneering member of the Windrush generation of Caribbean migrants who marked the symbolic beginning of a multicultural Britain." - The GuardianRAF Veteran and Prince''s Trust Awardee, Alford Dalrymple Gardner was one of the last living passengers to have travelled on the Empire Windrush. Now published in paperback, Finding Home is his stirring life story.On 22nd June 1948, the Empire Windrush sailed from Kingston, Jamaica, to harbour at Tilbury Docks. It carried 1,027 passengers and two stowaways, and more than two thirds of them were West Indies nationals. Alford Dalrymple Gardner was among them.Alford''s story traverses both the uplifting highs and intolerant lows that West Indian migrants of his generation encountered upon travelling to Britain to forge out a life. From joining the British military during World War II to being forcibly deported back to Jamaica once it was won-only to come back to the UK when the government decided it needed him again-Alford witnessed milestone events of the 20th century that shaped the country he still lives in today.In the context of a supposedly ''post-Imperial'' Britain where the lives of West Indian migrants hang precariously on the whims of the Home Office, Alford''s heartening testimony is a celebration of those who endured hardships so that generations to come could call this place home.Today, Alford''s portrait is a part of the Royal Collection Trust as commissioned by King Charles III in 2023, and he is a regular face and voice on the likes of The BBC, Channel 4, Sky News and more as his story continues to embody for all, the spirit of joyous resilience.

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Featured in Great lives: luxury books for spring 2025, Gavanndra Hodge, The Times, 1st March 2025The Great Mughals presents, for the first time the opulent, internationalist culture of Mughal Hindustan in the age of its greatest emperors: Akbar (r.1556-1605), Jahangir (r.1605-1627) and Shah Jahan (r.1628-1658). Providing a compelling new narrative to describe the origins of Mughal art, it explores how a huge Iranian influence permeated the sophisticated craft traditions of the Indian subcontinent to create a distinctively Mughal court are included: from contemporary portraits to jewelled gold vessels and carpets. In chapters that conjure the unique dynamics of each reign, essays with historical sweep combine with texts focused on important objects to tell unexpected stories about a dynasty perhaps best known for commissioning the Taj Mahal.

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We are all aware of the extreme hunger and poverty that afflict the world''s poor. We hear the facts, see the images on television, buy the T-shirt and are moved as individuals and governments to dig deep into our pockets. Yet what happens to all this aid? Why after 50 years and $2.3 trillion are there still children dying for lack of twelve cents medicine? Why are there so many people still living on less than $1 a day without clean water, food, sanitation, shelter, education or medicine?In The White Man''s Burden William Easterly, acclaimed author and former economist at the World Bank, addresses these twin tragedies head on. While recognising the energy and compassion behind the campaign to make poverty history he argues urgently and powerfully that grand plans and good intentions are a part of the problem not the solution. Giving aid is not enough, we must ensure that it reaches the people who need it most and the only way to make this happens is through accountability and by learning from past experiences. Without claiming to have all the answers, William Easterly chastises the complacent and patronising attitude of the West that attempts to impose solutions from above. In this book, which is by turns angry, moving, irreverent but always rigorous, he calls on each and everyone of us to take responsibility, whether donors, aid workers or ordinary citizens, so that more aid reaches the people it is supposed to help, the mother who cannot feed her children, the little girl who has to collect firewood rather than go to school, the father who cannot work because he has been crippled by war.

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THE OFTEN WRONG is a meaty collection of new and old comic stories, paintings and illustrations, “behind the scenes" concept art for THE WRENCHIES, PROXIMA CENTAURI, POP GUN WAR, IT WILL ALL HURT, and over 100 sketchbook drawings by comic book creator Farel Dalrymple.

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What are the reasons for the decline of our culture? Theodore Dalrymple has spent a lifetime observing it close-up and personal as an inner-city GP and prison psychiatrist. In Nothing But Wickedness he looks at the things that make us behave the way we do, and all the subtle ways in which we delude ourselves and destroy our own culture.

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Theodore Dalrymple's witty and thought-provoking essays explore the joys of intellectual engagement through literature, biography, philosophy, science, and history, enriched by personal anecdotes from his time as a prison doctor and psychiatrist.

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A history of modern South Asia told through five partitions that reshaped it. As recently as 1928, a vast swathe of Asia - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal, Bhutan, Yemen, Oman, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait - were bound together under a single imperial banner, an entity known officially as the 'Indian Empire', or more simply as the Raj.It was the British Empire's crown jewel, a vast dominion stretching from the Red Sea to the jungles of Southeast Asia, home to a quarter of the world's population and encompassing the largest Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Zoroastrian communities on the planet.Its people used the Indian rupee, were issued passports stamped 'Indian Empire', and were guarded by armies garrisoned in forts from the Bab el-Mandeb to the HimalayasAnd then, in the space of just fifty years, the Indian Empire shattered. Five partitions tore it apart, carving out new nations, redrawing maps, and leaving behind a legacy of war, exile and division.Shattered Lands, for the first time, presents the whole story of how the Indian Empire was unmade. How a single, sprawling dominion became twelve modern nations.How maps were redrawn in boardrooms and on battlefields, by politicians in London and revolutionaries in Delhi, by kings in remote palaces and soldiers in trenches.Its legacies include civil war in Burma and ongoing insurgencies in Kashmir, Baluchistan and Northeast India, and the Rohingya genocide. It is a history of ambition and betrayal, of forgotten wars and unlikely alliances, of borders carved with ink and fire. And, above all, it is the story of how the map of modern Asia was made.Sam Dalrymple's stunning history is based on deep archival research, previously untranslated private memoirs, and interviews in English, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Konyak, Arabic and Burmese.From portraits of the key political players to accounts of those swept up in these wars and mass migrations, Shattered Lands is vivid, compelling, thought-provoking history at its best.

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** THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER **''A sparkling debut by an outstanding young historian'' PETER FRANKOPAN''Remarkable … The prose is vivid, the storytelling cinematic'' GUARDIAN‘This book is a revelation … both original and important'' MISHAL HUSAINA history of modern South Asia told through five partitions that reshaped it. As recently as 1928, a vast swathe of Asia – India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma, Nepal, Bhutan, Yemen, Oman, the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait – were bound together under a single imperial banner, an entity known officially as the ‘Indian Empire’, or more simply as the Raj.It was the British Empire’s crown jewel, a vast dominion stretching from the Red Sea to the jungles of Southeast Asia, home to a quarter of the world’s population and encompassing the largest Hindu, Muslim, Sikh and Zoroastrian communities on the planet. Its people used the Indian rupee, were issued passports stamped ‘Indian Empire’, and were guarded by armies garrisoned in forts from the Bab el-Mandeb to the HimalayasAnd then, in the space of just fifty years, the Indian Empire shattered. Five partitions tore it apart, carving out new nations, redrawing maps, and leaving behind a legacy of war, exile and division.Shattered Lands, for the first time, presents the whole story of how the Indian Empire was unmade. How a single, sprawling dominion became twelve modern nations. How maps were redrawn in boardrooms and on battlefields, by politicians in London and revolutionaries in Delhi, by kings in remote palaces and soldiers in trenches.Its legacies include civil war in Burma and ongoing insurgencies in Kashmir, Baluchistan and Northeast India, and the Rohingya genocide. It is a history of ambition and betrayal, of forgotten wars and unlikely alliances, of borders carved with ink and fire. And, above all, it is the story of how the map of modern Asia was made.Sam Dalrymple’s stunning history is based on deep archival research, previously untranslated private memoirs, and interviews in English, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Konyak, Arabic and Burmese. From portraits of the key political players to accounts of those swept up in these wars and mass migrations, Shattered Lands is vivid, compelling, thought-provoking history at its best.‘A stunning achievement. Shattered Lands reframes the story of South Asia with rare empathy and elegance, breathing life into the legacies of the partitions that shape a quarter of our world today’ THANT MYINT-U‘This richly researched, vividly written book tells the story of how a colossal and powerful Empire was broken up into many distinct nation-states…An impressive debut by a gifted and very energetic young writer’ RAMACHANDRA GUHA

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When a country is covered in trash, what does that say about its culture? This passionate plea by The Oldie columnist Theodore Dalrymple is now published for the first time in paperback.

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Test your knowledge, practise your skills and feel ready for 2021 assessments and 2022 exams. Test and build your knowledge of every part of the text with a huge range of questions, activities and exercises. Find out what you really know about key characters, themes, contexts and quotations before tests and assessments. Perfect your responses, practise writing great answers and find out how to score the best grades you can. Learn to apply what you''ve learned and get vital experience of test and assessment-style questions. York Notes are the long-established experts in English Literature, and we take your success seriously. So whether you''re studying Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare for GCSE at home, online or in the classroom, York Notes is your best bet for the best grades. The biggest and most in-depth available, this Romeo and Juliet Workbook from York Notes is simple to use and will help you practise, improve and test all your skills and knowledge so you can build your confidence, stay motivated and feel ready to impress in any test, assessment or exam. Why not combine this Workbook with a York Notes Study Guide or Practice Tests Book for Romeo and Juliet? They''re the best way to make sure you''re on track for success. Just search for 9781447982234 for the Study Guide and 9781292236834 for the Practice Tests.

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William is back and just as mischievous as ever! Dive into this collection of classic adventure stories by Richmal Crompton, featuring the endearing and troublesome William Brown - updated for a new generation of readers. Bursting with fun, adventure and wit, this centenary anniversary edition features Thomas Henry’s original inside illustrations and an introduction by Louise Rennison.''William is as fresh and funny as ever'' - Chris Riddell''Gloriously funny'' - Sue Townsend, author of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4There is only one William. This tousle-headed, snub-nosed, hearty, lovable ball of mischief has been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting his hundreds of thousands of admirers since 1922.In this collection of fourteen stories, William Brown has his sights set on the stage. When William gets to work writing, directing and performing in his very own play, he intends to amaze and impress his audience – whether they like it or not!Enjoy more of William''s adventures in Just William, More William, William the Outlaw and William at Christmas.

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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURED DIRECTED BY AND STARRING CHIWETEL EJIOFOR – AVAILABLE ON NETFLIXWhen William Kamkwamba was just 14 years old, his family told him that he must leave school and come home to work on the farm – they could no longer afford his fees. This is his story of how he found a way to make a difference, how he bought light to his family and village, and hope to his nation.Malawi is a country battling AIDS, drought and famine, and in 2002, a season of floods, followed by the most severe famine in fifty years, brought it to its knees. Like the majority of the population, William''s family were farmers. They were totally reliant on the maize crop. By the end of 2001, after many lean and difficult years, there was no more crop. They were running out of food – had nothing to sell – and had months until they would be able to harvest their crop again.Forced to leave school at 14 years old, with no hope of raising the funds to go again, William resorted to borrowing books from the small local library to continue his education. One day, browsing the titles, he picked up a book about energy, with a picture of a wind turbine on the front cover. Fascinated by science and electricity, but knowing little more about the technology, William decided to build his own. Ridiculed by those around him, and exhausted from his work in the fields every day, and using nothing more than bits of scrap metal, old bicycle parts and wood from the blue gum tree, he slowly built his very own windmill.This windmill has changed the world in which William and his family live. Only 2 per cent of Malawi has electricity; William''s windmill now powers the lightbulbs and radio for his compound. He has since built more windmills for his school and his village.When news of William''s invention spread, people from across the globe offered to help him. Soon he was re-enrolled in college and travelling to America to visit wind farms. This is his incredible story.William''s dream is that other African''s will learn to help themselves – one windmill and one light bulb at a time – and that maybe one day they will be able to power their own computers, and use the internet, and see for themselves how his life has changed after picking up that book in the library.

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Henry, a brilliant but reclusive engineer, has achieved the crowning discovery of his career: he's created an artificially intelligent consciousness. He names the half-formed robot William.But there's something strange about William. It's not that his skin feels like balloon rubber and is the colour of curdled milk, nor is it his thick gurgling laugh or the way his tongue curls towards his crooked top teeth. It is the way he looks at Henry's wife, Lily.Henry created William but he is starting to lose control of him. As William's fixation with Lily grows and threatens to bring harm to their house, Henry has no choice but to destroy William. But William isn't gone.Filled with jealousy for humanity, for its capacity to love and create life, William starts to haunt the house. He lurks behind each locked door. You can hear him muttering in the eaves of the attic.He is whispering in Henry's head. And he will be the one to take control . .. William is a new kind of ghost story, where the haunting is not from another world, but from inside your home. Inside your head . . .

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Discover the life of William Kamkwamba, the Malawian inventor and engineer, who overcame poverty and famine to build windmills from recycled materials that brought electricity to his village.Little William grew up in a small village in Malawi. His parents were farmers, so every day after school William and his six sisters helped them tend the corn. One year, it rained so little that the fields dried up and William''s family could hardly pick any corn. With not much to eat and unable to afford school, William had to quit studying. But William refused to stop learning. So, whenever he had the chance, he went to the library.One day, he found a book that gave him a great idea: using the wind to make electricity and pump water for the corn! Of course, building a windmill from scratch was no easy task, but William was determined to make it happen. And he did. As soon as the wind started blowing, the blades began to turn and the tiny light bulb that William held in his hands lit up. It was an invention that would eventually bring water to the corn in his village and transform life for people across Malawi.This thoughtful book features quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of William’s life. His story shows the importance of resourcefulness and the power of education, and the ability to overcome challenges, inspiring children to think creatively and make a positive impact in their communities.Little People, BIG DREAMS is a bestselling biography series for kids that explores the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream.This empowering series of books offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardback versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. With rewritten text for older children, the treasuries each bring together a multitude of dreamers in a single volume. You can also collect a selection of the books by theme in boxed gift sets. Activity books and a journal provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children.

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A joyful anniversary edition celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first publication of Richmal Crompton''s bestselling, much-loved classic Just William - updated for a new generation of readers. Featuring the original text illustrations by Thomas Henry and an introduction by Sue Townsend.''William is as fresh and funny as ever'' - Chris Riddell''Gloriously funny'' - Sue Townsend, author of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4There is only one William. This tousle-headed, snub-nosed, hearty, lovable bundle of mischief has been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting his hundreds of thousands of admirers since 1922.Whether he''s meant to be babysitting, putting on a show with his trusty gang of friends, the Outlaws, or meeting his faithful dog, Jumble, William Brown always has a new scheme up his sleeve. His intentions are good but nothing ever quite goes to plan in this hilarious collection of eleven stories about everyone''s favourite troublemaker.Enjoy more of William''s adventures in More William, William Again, William the Outlaw and William at Christmas.

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The Notebook meets The Haunting of Hill House in this split timeline queer twisted love story, set against the backdrop of a haunted English manor.William Thorn had his life all planned out… until he discovered his long-term boyfriend Archie in bed with another man. Distraught, William kicks him out of their home, where tragedy strikes when Archie is killed instantly in a car accident.Riddled with guilt, William is shocked to learn that heÂ’s inherited a manor in the quaint village of Stonewall, left to him in ArchieÂ’s will. He leaves the city with plans to make a new start for himself, but is surprised by the rundown state of the manor, and the unwelcoming villagers who want him gone. His only ally is Edward, a seemingly friendly local with secrets of his own.However, itÂ’s not only the villagers who are adverse to his presence. A malevolent spirit roams the manor, one that seeks to drive William out for good. But when he uncovers the heartbreaking tale of two men in love in the 1920Â’s, William strives to find peace for the spirit, ending the haunting once and for all.But what dark secrets lie hidden in the manor walls? And will William be able to put aside his own grief to save his new home...and his life?An evocative tale from #1 bestselling author Ben Alderson, exploring grief, trauma and the bones of the past, The Haunting of William Thorn is the perfect read for fans of the gothic.

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The last book completed by William Klein within his lifetime: A landmark retrospective encompassing Klein's legacy of creativity across photography, filmmaking, painting, book design, graphic design and beyond. Photographer. Filmmaker. Artist. Designer. To master one of those disciplines would be a lifetime achievement for any creative individual, yet William Klein's career was celebrated in each of them over the last eight decades. Klein was one of the great image makers of the 20th century and one whose work remains an enduring creative influence on the work of contemporary artists, photographers and filmmakers. With over 250 images, this career retrospective explores the late William Klein's entire creative and artistic arc. Directed by Klein himself, from the selection of content to book design, this large-format publication looks back at his uncompromisingly creative lifetime, showcasing Klein's prolific and relentlessly innovative contribution to the world of photography, art, design and filmmaking. Published in association with a major retrospective at the International Center of Photography, this book is a comprehensive take on his career. While best known as a photographer who broke all the rules and conventions, William Klein: Yes focuses on the full range of Klein’s work, from his abstract paintings through to his startling, authentic street photography and photobooks and his dynamic, satirical take on filmmaking. With a flowing, chronological text by David Campany, this book will be both an introduction to William Klein for a new generation and a source of fresh insights for those who already know who William Klein was: a true original.

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"William the Outlaw" by Richmal Crompton is a classic children's adventure novel brimming with humor and mischief. Following the escapades of the lovable troublemaker William Brown, Crompton crafts a timeless tale that captivates readers with its humor and sense of adventure.In this novel, Crompton masterfully portrays the antics of William, a spirited schoolboy who constantly finds himself in humorous predicaments. Whether he's attempting to play the role of an outlaw or embarking on mischievous adventures with his friends, William's escapades are guaranteed to elicit laughter and entertainment. Richmal Crompton's witty storytelling and vivid characterization bring the world of William Brown to life, making it a beloved classic in children's literature. With its blend of humor, adventure, and mischief, "William the Outlaw" remains a timeless favorite among readers of all ages. This novel is a delightful journey into the imaginative world of childhood, where every day is filled with fun, trouble, and the thrill of adventure. As a classic of children's literature, "William the Outlaw" continues to entertain and inspire readers with its timeless charm and humor.

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William-An Englishman follows William Tully, a quiet and unassuming clerk whose life is upended by the death of his domineering mother. Freed from her control, William begins to search for purpose beyond his previously sheltered existence. His encounter with Faraday, a passionate socialist deeply involved in political activism, inspires him to explore the possibilities of a life dedicated to social reform. As their discussions draw William into the world of activism, he grapples with questions of identity, personal growth, and his role in advancing justice within a rapidly changing society. Set against the backdrop of mounting tensions of war, the story shifts from an intimate portrayal of personal loss to a wider exploration of societal challenges. Through William's evolution from a timid clerk to a politically engaged individual, the novel examines the interplay between independence, responsibility, and the complexities of activism during a time of global upheaval. William's journey reflects the struggle to balance personal transformation with the demands of a world on the brink of conflict, offering a thoughtful commentary on the connection between individual growth and broader societal change.

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It’s no secret that some people are just better suited to their jobs than others. It’s time to find out why and how you can achieve this same success and happiness too. Remember taking that career test in grade school where you were told you’d make a great federal judge or an exemplary lighthouse keeper? In this book, executive search CEO William Vanderbloemen takes that concept and maps it against hundreds of thousands of data points, forming a roadmap for all of us on how to choose careers that align with our personalities so that we are happy at work.William has become an unlikely business expert over his long and continuing career. Combining over fifteen years of ministry experience as a Senior Pastor with the best practices of executive search, William created a brand-new industry: executive search for faith-based organizations. Prior to founding his own search company, William studied under a mentor with over twenty-five years of executive search experience at the highest level. William has surveyed thousands of people in the workforce. He’s asked what their job is and how they feel about them. He also asked them to report their scores on leading personality assessments.Now, in this groundbreaking guide, William helps you recognize the traits you possess that make you happy and then match those against your possible careers to find the best match.

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*An up-all-night slice of Halloween horror, perfect for fans of Stephen King, Black Mirror, and Frankenstein*''[A] timely spin on fears about AI developing consciousness . . . a diabolically disguised twist will bring you up short. Sleep tight'' The TimesHenry, a brilliant but reclusive engineer, has achieved the crowning discovery of his career: he''s created an artificially intelligent consciousness. He names the half-formed robot William.But there''s something strange about William. It is the way he looks at Henry''s pregnant wife, Lily.As William''s fixation with Lily grows and threatens to bring harm to their house, Henry has no choice but to destroy him. But William isn''t gone. In this smartest of smart homes, William becomes a haunting presence.He lurks behind each locked door. You can hear him muttering in the eaves of the attic. He is whispering in Henry''s head. And he will be the one to take control . . .''Its chilling final twist will have you turning directly back to the first page'' Mail on Sunday

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This is a political biography of William III (1650–1702): prince of Orange; stadhouder in the Netherlands from 1672; and (in a novel joint monarchy with his wife, Mary), king of England, Scotland, and Ireland after the revolution of 1688–9. William III explains how William overcame huge disadvantages at his birth to regain his family’s traditional dominance of Dutch politics; how he dedicated his life to the defeat of Louis XIV of France; how this brought him to the Stuart thrones in Britain and Ireland; and how he managed a war from 1689 which shifted the balance of Europe. William achieved these remarkable successes by being a new kind of ‘hybrid’ ruler. He befitted the traditional roles of aristocratic leadership and royalty: acting as a war leader, displaying personal and court magnificence, manipulating dynastic ties, and performing an authoritative masculinity. Yet he was also a master of an emerging public politics in which the opinions of others, and even wide populations, mattered. He persuaded his countries to fight Louis XIV of France with a brilliant mixture of mass print propaganda; skills of persuasion, compromise, and consent-building; a strong partnership with his popular wife; and a presentation of himself as his people’s servant. For all this significance, and innovation, he deserves to be far better known than he has been among anyone interested in the origins of modern Europe.This book will appeal to scholars and students alike studying the life and rule of William III, as well as more general audiences interested in the history of early modern England, Scotland, and Ireland within the political landscape of Western Europe.

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Audiokniha MP3 William Shakespeare, čte Jiří Dohnal,Zdeněk Štěpánek,Soběslav Sejk,Václav Švorc,Otomar Krejča,Emil Bolek - autor William Shakespeare, čte Otomar Krejča, Emil Bolek, Jiří Dohnal, Zdeněk Štěpánek, Soběslav Sejk a Václav Švorc Výběr z her Williama ShakespearaDivadlo, divadlo, divadlo - miniserie věnovaná divadlu a autorům s divadlem spjatým.William Shakespeare (pokřtěn 26. dubna 1564 – zemřel 23. dubna 1616)Audiokniha obsahuje výběr z her, jejichž autorem je slavný dramatik William Shakespeare nbsp;

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Jak jsme se ocitli na tomto světě? Je možné se uživit jen psaním? Jak žít smysluplně a nezpronevěřit se vlastní duši? Tyto otázky si klade hlavní hrdina titulní povídky "Odvážný mladý muž na létající hrazdě", mladík, který se podobá Williamu Saroyanovi, a udává tón celé sbírce: "Jsem vypravěč a mám jen jediný příběh - člověka. Miluji život a před smrtí jsem pokorný. Jsem proti prostřednosti. Je-li někdo poctivý idiot, mohu ho milovat, nemohu však milovat nepoctivého génia. Co živ jsem se smál pravidlům a posmíval se tradicím, stylům i manýrám. Jak je možno dávat pravidla tak nádhernému vynálezu, jako je člověk?" William Saroyan se narodil roku 1908 v kalifornském Fresnu v rodině arménského původu. Když mu byly tři roky, zemřel mu otec a William byl i se sourozenci umístěn do sirotčince. Později se rodina v čele s matkou znovu spojila a dospívající William začal brzy pracovat. Když doma narazil na několik otcových povídek, rozhodl se, že se stane spisovatelem. Kritiky zaujal především humanistickou povídkou "Odvážný mladý muž na létající hrazdě", posléze se na literární scéně etabloval emotivními knihami Lidská komedie, Tracyho tygr, Tati, tobě přeskočilo, Mami, mám tě ráda či dramatem Čas tvého života. William Saroyan zemřel v roce 1981. Jedna polovina jeho popela byla pohřbena v Kalifornii, druhá na jerevanském Komitasově panteonu, spolu s Aramem Chačaturjanem a jinými slavnými arménskými rodáky. Sbírka povídek "Odvážný mladý muž na létající hrazdě" je meditací přemýšlivého mladíka, muže i starce, meditací nad lidským údělem, civilizací, spiritualitou a smyslem spisovatelského umění." Sbírka povídek "Odvážný mladý muž na létající hrazdě" je meditací přemýšlivého mladíka, muže i starce, meditací nad lidským údělem, civilizací, spiritualitou a smyslem spisovatelského umění.

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and William Hill Sports Book of the Year: Barbarian Days is a deeply rendered self-portrait of a lifelong surfer looking for transcendence ''that recalls early James Salter'' (Geoff Dyer, Observer)Surfing only looks like a sport. To devotees, it is something else entirely: a beautiful addiction, a mental and physical study, a passionate way of life.New Yorker writer William Finnegan first started surfing as a young boy in California and Hawaii. Barbarian Days is his immersive memoir of a life spent travelling the world chasing waves through the South Pacific, Australia, Asia, Africa and beyond. Finnegan describes the edgy yet enduring brotherhood forged among the swell of the surf; and recalling his own apprenticeship to the world''s most famous and challenging waves, he considers the intense relationship formed between man, board and water.Barbarian Days is an old-school adventure story, a social history, an extraordinary exploration of one man''s gradual mastering of an exacting and little-understood art. It is a memoir of dangerous obsession and enchantment. ''Reading this guy on the subject of waves and water is like reading Hemingway on bullfighting; William Burroughs on controlled substances; Updike on adultery. . . . a coming-of-age story, seen through the gloss resin coat of a surfboard'' Sports IllustratedWinner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography announced on 18/4/2016.Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year announced on 24/11/2016

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South Africa, 1884. William Abbey, an English doctor, watches white colonists lynch a Zulu child. As the boy dies, his mother curses William: wherever he goes, the shadow of her son will follow him. It will never stop, never rest. It can cross oceans and mountains. And if it catches him, the person he loves most in the world will die . . .But to those in power, William's curse might be a blessing, and as the world slides towards war, William must decide what he's willing to sacrifice in order to survive.

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“I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed.” —William ShakespeareArm yourself with this volume from the Knickerbocker Classics series, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, including 17 comedies, 10 histories, 10 tragedies, and all the poems and sonnets of the world''s most influential writer. This collection includes poems and plays that were not included in Shakespeare''s First Folio of 1623 to make one complete, authentic collection. For Shakespeare and poetry fans worldwide, this stunning hardcover edition with its elegant cover is perfect for gift giving.The Complete Works of William Shakespeare contains essential reading like Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, King Lear, Othello, A Midsummer Night''s Dream, Macbeth, Julius Caesar, and Henry V alongside many lesser-known gems for a complete Shakespearean education. The Timeless Classics series from Rock Point brings together the works of classic authors from around the world. Complete and unabridged, these elegantly designed gift editions feature luxe, patterned endpapers, ribbon markers, and foil and deboss details on vibrantly colored cases. Celebrate these beloved works of literature as true standouts in your personal library collection.Other titles in the series include: The Complete Grimm’s Fairy Tales, The Complete Novels of Jane Austen, The Complete Sherlock Holmes, The Complete Tales & Poems of Edgar Allan Poe, and The Complete Tales of H.P. Lovecraft.

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Instant New York Times Bestseller! “She was the best mother in the world,” said Princes William and Harry at Diana’s 10-year memorial. “Entertaining and persuasive,” (Publishers Weekly) this is the first big book about the private Diana, the mother of two princes.“Royal fans will devour this well-paced biography that gives new insight into the House of Windsor. You’ll tear through it by sundown and walk away thinking about the Princess of Wales and her two sons with new perspective .” –Men’s Journal From the moments William and Harry are born into the House of Windsor, they become their young mother’s whole world. I’ve got two very healthy, strong boys. I realize how incredibly lucky I am, Diana reminds herself every morning. But even the Princess of Wales questions, Am I a good mother? Diana’s faced with a seemingly impossible challenge: one son destined to be King of England and another determined to find his own way. She teaches them to honor royal tradition, even while daring to break it. “Sometimes I’d like a time machine…” Diana says as William and Harry grow up, never imagining they’d have less than a lifetime together. Even after she’s gone, her sons follow their mother’s lead—and her heart. As the years pass and William and Harry grow into adulthood and form families of their own, they carry on Diana’s name, her likeness, and her incomparable spirit. “James Patterson applies his writerly skills to real-life history with novelistic style” (People) in this deeply personal and revealing biography of the world’s most storied family, from the world’s #1 bestselling author.

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Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector''s Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector''s Library are books to love and treasure.A tousle-headed, snub-nosed, hearty, lovable ball of mischief, William Brown has been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting his hundreds of thousands of admirers since 1922.Just William is Richmal CromptonÂ’s first book about the incorrigible William Brown. Follow his adventures from getting over a school teacher crush to a failed attempt at baby-sitting, and from throwing a wild party to meeting his faithful dog Jumble in this hilarious collection of stories. A timeless childrenÂ’s classic, Just William will introduce your favourite characters to a new generation of children. This edition features original illustrations by Thomas Henry and a foreword by Roddy Doyle.

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William Hague has written the life of William Wilberforce who was both a staunch conservative and a tireless campaigner against the slave trade.Hague shows how Wilberforce, after his agonising conversion to evangelical Christianity, was able to lead a powerful tide of opinion, as MP for Hull, against the slave trade, a process which was to take up to half a century to be fully realised. Indeed, he succeeded in rallying to his cause the support in the Commons Debates of some the finest orators in Parliament, having become one of the most respected speakers of those times.Hague examines twenty three crucial years in British political life during which Wilberforce met characters as varied as Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, Tsar Alexander of Russia, and the one year old future Queen Victoria who used to play at his feet. He was friend and confidant of Pitt, Spencer Perceval and George Canning. He saw these figures raised up or destroyed in twenty three years of war and revolution.Hague presents us with a man who teemed with contradictions: he took up a long list of humanitarian causes, yet on his home turf would show himself to be a firm supporter of the instincts, interests and conservatism of the Yorkshire freeholders who sent him to Parliament.William Hague''s masterful study of this remarkable and pivotal figure in British politics brings to life the great triumphs and shattering disappointments he experienced in his campaign against the slave trade, and shows how immense economic, social and political forces came to join together under the tireless persistence of this unique man.

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Hudební CD - William Orbit je důležitou postavou historie nejen britské hudby. Proslavil se jako respektovaný producent, ale vydává i vlastní projekty. Jako sólový hudebník si vybral dlouhou pauzu, The Painter je ho první deskou od roku 2014. William Orbit je důležitou postavou historie nejen britské hudby. Proslavil se jako respektovaný producent, ale vydává i vlastní projekty. Jako sólový hudebník si vybral dlouhou pauzu, The Painter je ho první deskou od roku 2014. Zvukomalebné ambientní plochy osvěží vokály řady hostů, mezi nimiž je třeba zpěvačka Beth Orton (dříve např. Chemical Brothers) nebo Katie Melua. Jeho hudební kariéra je rozprostřena na šest dekád a s prodejem přes 200 milionu nosičů patří mezi producenty k nejúspěšnějším. Britský hudebník William Orbit je majitelem bezpočtu cen včetně mnoha Grammy. Spolupracoval na deskách významných interpretů jako Madonna, U2, Prince, Robbie Williams, Kraftwerk, All Saints nebo Blur. Pro Madonnu vyprodukoval...

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LP vinyl - William Orbit je důležitou postavou historie nejen britské hudby. Proslavil se jako respektovaný producent, ale vydává i vlastní projekty. Jako sólový hudebník si vybral dlouhou pauzu, The Painter je ho první deskou od roku 2014. William Orbit je důležitou postavou historie nejen britské hudby. Proslavil se jako respektovaný producent, ale vydává i vlastní projekty. Jako sólový hudebník si vybral dlouhou pauzu, The Painter je ho první deskou od roku 2014. Zvukomalebné ambientní plochy osvěží vokály řady hostů, mezi nimiž je třeba zpěvačka Beth Orton (dříve např. Chemical Brothers) nebo Katie Melua. Jeho hudební kariéra je rozprostřena na šest dekád a s prodejem přes 200 milionu nosičů patří mezi producenty k nejúspěšnějším. Britský hudebník William Orbit je majitelem bezpočtu cen včetně mnoha Grammy. Spolupracoval na deskách významných interpretů jako Madonna, U2, Prince, Robbie Williams, Kraftwerk, All Saints nebo Blur. Pro Madonnu vyprodukoval...

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Best Of William Shakespeare 2 CD - Nejslavnější monology, dialogy a scény z her Williama Shakespeara v podání hereckých hvězd Letních shakespearovských slavností. Dílo nejslavnějšího dramatika všech dob, Williama Shakespeara, je základním zdrojem světového divadelního umění i evropské kultury. Vždyť kdo by neznal věčný příběh lásky Romea a Julie nebo slavnou Hamletovu větu "Být nebo nebýt…". Neopakovatelný posluchačský zážitek,divadlo pro uši a to nejdůležitější ze 14-ti her Williama Shakespeara na jedinečném 2CD "Best Of William Shakespeare" v podání současné herecké špičky českého divadla.CD 1 1. Převrácený svět (Sen noci svatojánské) Sabina Laurinová (Titania), Oldřich Vízner (Oberon) 2. Oči žen (Marná lásky snaha) Igor Chmela (Biron) 3. Celý svět je jeviště (Jak se vám líbí) Ivan Řezáč (Žak) 4. Nemá Žid oči? (Kupec benátský) Bolek Polívka (Shylock) 5. Námluvy v zastoupení (Večer tříkrálový) Jitka Schneiderová (Viola), Linda Rybová (Olivie) 6. Divoké šelmy a kočky domácí (Zkrocení zlé ženy) Eva Režnarová (Kateřina), Ondřej Pavelka (Petrucio) 7. Rytíř Falstaff a koš na prádlo (Veselé paničky windsorské) Bolek Polívka (Falstaff) 8. Úděl králů (Jindřich IV. 3) Ladislav Mrkvička (Král Jindřich) 9. Může čest přidělat, useknout ruku? (Jindřich IV. 1) Norbert Lichý (Falstaff) 10. Král a princ (Jindřich IV. 2) Ladislav Mrkvička (Král Jindřich), Jan Dolanský (Princ Jindřich) 11. Řeč lásky (Romeo a Julie) Ladislav Hampl (Romeo), Zuzana Vejvodová (Julie) CD 2 1. Být nebo nebýt? (Hamlet) Jiří Langmajer (Hamlet) 2. Brzo budeš král (Macbeth) Veronika Freimanová (Lady Macbeth), Martin Stránský (Posel) 3. Jeviště bláznů (Král Lear) Jan Tříska (Lear), Jan Kačer (Glostr) 4. Ďáblovo pokoušení (Othello) Martin Zahálka (Othello), Martin Stránský (Jago) 5. Konec představení (Bouře) Martin Huba (Prospero) 6. William Shakespeare (slovo překladatele) Martin Hilský

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Je padesát bitev málo, nebo moc? William Weir na reprezentativním vzorku ozbrojených konfliktů ukazuje, že dějiny skutečně píší vítězové! 50 bitev, které změnily svět (50 Battles That Changed the World) není kniha oslavující válčení. Přináší jiný pohled na světové dějiny – William Weir se zaměřuje na klíčové bitvy, které výrazně pohnuly kolem dějin a jejichž význam byl, jak historie prokázala, naprosto zásadní pro uspořádání světa tak, jak ho známe nyní. Jednotlivé konflikty sahají od dávné minulosti až do dvacátého století. Některé jsou notoricky známé – Marathón, Waterloo, Midway či Stalingrad, některé ale zastřela mlha dějin a my na jejich význam trochu pozapomínáme – povstání Níká, Dublin, Emauzy… Naučili jsme se vnímat dějiny jako sled jednotlivých dat, ale málokdy je umíme vnímat v souvislostech. Kniha 50 bitev, které změnily svět právě ony významné a pro pochopení kontextu zásadní souvislosti poskytuje. Zjistíme, že žádná bitva nevznikla „zčistajasna“, že každému ozbrojenému konfliktu, ať už válečnému, nebo civilnímu, předcházela série problémů, nedorozumění, frustrace či prostě touha po moci a že vítězství jedné či druhé strany nebylo tak samozřejmé, jak se nám s odstupem času může jevit. A také se dozvíme, že ani ve „velkých dějinách“ není nouze o naprosto nepravděpodobné náhody. Je nesporné, že výsledky některých bitev či rozhodujících střetnutí zapříčinily zánik, nebo naopak přežití národů, států, či dokonce celých civilizací. Jak ale vybrat ty nejzásadnější? Autor se orientuje podle následujících aspektů: přínos pro demokracii a svobodu, střet mezi západní a východní kulturou, výboje a pokusy o nadvládu nad jinými národy atd. Války nejsou jen mechanismem sloužícím k zabíjení, jsou i prostředkem technologického pokroku. Je až s podivem, kolik konfliktů bylo zásadně ovlivněno rozdílnou kvalitou technického vybavení soupeřících stran či inovativní vojenskou taktikou a nakolik tyto „vynálezy“ změnily tvář nadcházejících bojů. Ačkoliv z takového úhlu možná o vojevůdcích a vojenských velitelích příliš nepřemýšlíme, drtivá většina z nich si kladla za cíl ušetřit co nejvíc životů svých vojáků, a proto inovovali vybavení i taktiku boje tak, aby při plnění vojenských cílů padlo co nejmenší procento jejich mužstva. Autor nemá prostor na obšírné líčení dobového kontextu a běžného života vojáka v poli (o civilistech, které každá válka zasáhne nejbolestivěji ani nemluvě), ale i přes to před nás předkládá obraz pětadvaceti století, kterými se jako krvavá linie táhne historie fatálních bitev, bez kterých by naše současnost vypadala dozajista úplně jinak. O autorovi William Weir je vojenský historik a publicista, autor téměř dvou desítek vysoce hodnocených knih, převážně zaměřených na vojenství a zbraně. Written with Lead, Fatal Victories, A Well Regulated Militia, Soldiers in the Shadows, Turning Points in Military History, 50 Weapons that Changed Warfare a další. Žije v Guilfordu v Connecticutu.

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How one visionary inspired 200 years of art, poetry, and protest…Weaving between the historical, cultural and personal, award-winning author Philip Hoare reveals a web of creative minds and artistic iconoclasts fired with the wild and revolutionary genius of William Blake.‘A life-changing book’ The Times, Book of the Week‘A poetic fever dream’Telegraph‘Queer in all senses of the word’ Neil Tennant‘Undoubtedly Hoare’s masterpiece’ Olivia LaingIn 1973, Derek Jarman set off from London to film the stones of Avebury. He was following in the footsteps of Paul Nash, who had photographed the ancient megaliths a generation before. Standing in that muddy field, by those stones, both artists had felt a direct connection to their hero – a man who had died a long, long time ago, yet who remained electrically alive to them.In this alluring and poetic odyssey, Philip Hoare traces the enduring legacy of William Blake and how he came to inspire so many creative lives. Reaching out of his past and into our future, Blake draws together the natural world and metaphysical realms, merging the human and the animal and the spiritual, firing up twentieth-century artists, filmmakers, poets, writers and musicians with his radical promise of absolute freedom. This stirring, deeply felt book brings us back to Blake and shows that art still has the power to create positive change.‘A book that is neither Blake biography nor critical analysis nor legacy-tracing nor personal odyssey but a capacious mixing of them all … a joyful and dizzying romp through the stories of those who came under Blake’s posthumous spell’ Philip Marsden,Spectator ‘Beneath the leaps and returns, the book is skilfully structured, following Blake’s life and art, and rendering all the inset lives complete, however discontinuous they appear … One can foresee a rush of books in the run-up to 2027, the bicentenary of Blake’s death, but nothing will be as audacious or intriguing as William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love’ Jenny Uglow, TLS

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William D. Cohan''s The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Frères & Co. is the astonishing story of the world''s most elite and legendary investment bank - and the men who reigned over it all. For over 150 years Lazard Frères had stood apart from other Wall Street firms by offering ultra-wealthy clients the wisdom of its ''Great Men'': from Felix Rohatyn, the escapee from Nazi-occupied France turned financial genius, to Michel David-Weill, the inscrutable French billionaire ''Sun King''; from Steve Rattner, the boy wonder from Long Island who clashed violently with the old guard, to larger-than-life CEO Bruce Wasserstein, ''Bid-Em-Up-Bruce'', who broke with the bank''s traditions and made himself billions in the process. They amassed unimaginable fortunes and would stop at nothing to make a deal, until their titanic egos started to jeopardize everything. In The Last Tycoons William Cohan, himself a former high-level Wall Street banker, takes us into their mysterious and secretive world, telling a story of ruthless ambition, whispered advice, explosive feuds, glamorous mistresses, decadent excesses and unimaginable wealth. ''Spellbinding'' Financial Times ''A definitive account ... it lives up to the billing'' The Times ''Has sent a jolt through Lazard and the rest of Wall Street'' Wall Street Journal William D. Cohan was an award-winning investigative journalist before embarking on a seventeen-year career as an investment banker on Wall Street. His first book, The Last Tycoons, about Lazard, won the 2007 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award and was a New York Times bestseller. His second book, House of Cards, also a bestseller, is an account of the last days of Bear Stearns & Co. He is also the author of Money and Power: How Goldman Sachs Came to Rule the World.

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Hamlet. Romeo and Juliet. Henry V. Macbeth. A Midsummer Night's Dream. King Lear. Lovers of literature will immediately recognise these as signature works of William Shakespeare. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare collects all thirty-seven of the immortal Bard's comedies, tragedies, and historical plays in a beautiful edition.

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An accessible and exciting approach to William Morris, a true art and design hero. The beautifully designed book will look at William Morris as an artist and culture shaper and include his most famous work.

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Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England''s rulers - now in paperbackOn Christmas Day 1066, William, duke of Normandy was crowned in Westminster, the first Norman king of England. It was a disaster: soldiers outside, thinking shouts of acclamation were treachery, torched the surrounding buildings. To later chroniclers, it was an omen of the catastrophes to come.During the reign of William the Conqueror, England experienced greater and more seismic change than at any point before or since. Marc Morris''s concise and gripping biography sifts through the sources of the time to give a fresh view of the man who changed England more than any other, as old ruling elites were swept away, enemies at home and abroad (including those in his closest family) were crushed, swathes of the country were devastated and the map of the nation itself was redrawn, giving greater power than ever to the king. When, towards the end of his reign, William undertook a great survey of his new lands, his subjects compared it to the last judgement of God, the Domesday Book. England had been transformed forever.

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''William Shaw is one of the great rising talents of UK crime fiction. This is his best book to date'' Peter James''Taut, terrifying and timely'' Val McDermid''William Shaw is a superb storyteller'' Peter MaySHE ALWAYS WENT TOO FAR DS Alexandra Cupidi has done it again. She should have learnt to keep her big mouth shut, after the scandal that sent her packing - resentful teenager in tow - from the London Met to the lonely Kent coastline. Murder is different here, among the fens and stark beaches.SHE WAS THE ONE WHO FOUND THE KILLERSThe man drowned in the slurry pit had been herded there like an animal. He was North African, like many of the fruit pickers that work the fields. The more Cupidi discovers, the more she wants to ask - but these people are suspicious of questions.AND NOW IT WAS KILLING HERIt will take an understanding of this strange place - its old ways and new crimes - to uncover the dark conspiracy behind the murder. Cupidi is not afraid to travel that road. But she should be. She should, by now, have learnt. Salt Lane is the first in the new DS Alexandra Cupidi series. With his trademark characterisation and flair for social commentary, William Shaw has crafted a crime novel for our time that grips you, mind and heart.

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Read & Co. Classics presents this new beautiful edition of William Shakespeare''s poem, "A Lover''s Complaint", featuring a specially commissioned new biography of William Shakespeare. The poem tells the story of a young women lamenting her love for a man who once charmed and abandoned her. As she weeps at the edge of a river, an old man approaches, compelling her to recount her tale of sorrow. It was published as a conclusion to the original edition of “Shakespeare''s Sonnets”, in 1609. Shakespeare’s sonnets beautifully explore the themes of love and beauty, time and mortality. William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor. He is considered to be the greatest writer in the English language and is celebrated as the world''s most famous dramatist.

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WHAT DRIVES GOOD MEN TO MURDER?''If you''re not a fan yet, why not?'' Val McDermid''William Shaw is an outstanding storyteller'' Peter May''Grips the reader by the throat and never lets go'' Independent Sergeant William South has always avoided investigating murder. A passionate birdwatcher and quiet man, he has few relationships and prefers it that way.But when his only friend is found brutally beaten, South''s detachment is tested. Not only is he bereft - it seems that there''s a connection between the suspect and himself.For South has a secret. He knows the kind of rage that killed his friend. He knows the kind of man who could do it. He knows, because Sergeant William South himself is a murderer. Moving from the storm-lashed, bird-wheeling skies of the Kent Coast to the wordless war of the Troubles, The Birdwatcher is a crime novel of suspense, intelligence and powerful humanity about fathers and sons, grief and guilt and facing the darkness within.

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This charming mini box set includes 3 of our Deluxe classic mini books for this special slipcase edition.These compact books contain comprehensive summaries of the complete plays of William Shakespeare, the complete novels of Jane Austen, and the complete novels of the Bronte sisters. The books also include character profiles and illustrations, sure to entertain literary lovers everywhere. The set includes:William Shakespeare: The Complete Plays in One Sitting, an oversized mini book packed with witty summaries of all 36 plays by William Shakespeare, efficiently organized into comedies, tragedies, and historiesJane Austen: The Complete Novels in One Sitting, includes summaries of all six of her classic novels: Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey; and PersuasionThe Brontes: The Complete Novels in One Sitting, features summaries of the novels by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Bronte: Jane Eyre; Shirley; Villette; The Professor; Wuthering Heights; Agnes Grey; and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

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