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The fortune underpinning an aristocratic British family has dark roots in the slave trade of the 1700s. Dana Ward, a visiting history professor, stumbles upon secrets that get her attacked and badly injured. Who needed to cover up this trail of money to present day? The story is complicated by a pending May/September interracial marriage and the real possibility of the Prime Ministership.

The Rise of the Memoir traces the growth and extraordinarily wide appeal of the memoir. Its territory is private rather than public life, shame, guilt, and embarrassment, not the achievements celebrated in the public record. What accounts for the sharp need writers like Rousseau, Woolf, Orwell, Nabokov,...

A Pushcart Prize–winning author’s acclaimed story collection about fathers, sons, and “masculinity’s unwritten dos and don’ts” (Publishers Weekly). The title story of this highly praised book, about a small-town Texas science teacher threatening to flunk his high school’s brilliantly...

Banana. Elephantine. Kendama. -- What kind of worlds can be created from just three words? In the summer of 2014, I asked the readers of my email newsletter to send me just three words, which I would use to inspire flash fiction pieces I'd write on the spot. The project ended up a lot more...

In this peculiar story involving UFO's, Mexican Cartels and the high desert mirages, two unlikely friends decide to venture on a quest to unveil a mysterious aircraft that is believed to be an experiment conducted by the government. On their journey, they discover strange characters, dark truths...

Please, open the door to my head, step inside and mind the cobwebs. Allow me to share with you, three short stories based on my dreams, or nightmares if you prefer. Whether it be the end of the world through the eyes of a little girl trapped in a pet store. Or perhaps, a young boy who discovers the...

As the seventeenth century dawns, the vast Moghul Empire finally encompasses the entire Indian subcontinent. But despite controlling unimaginable wealth and ruling over a quarter of the world's population, the Moghul dynasty finds itself in increasing peril. Devastated by the death of his beloved...

Hill Williams is a wolf who's recently had a life-altering accident, rendering him paraplegic. Court Berkeley is a vampire who's several hundred years old, old enough to know better than to go chasing after a younger wolf who's already let him know he isn't wanted. Hill's pack disapproves of Court,...

From causing one of the biggest shocks in FA Cup final history by beating Manchester United in 1976 to promotion to the Premier League in 2012, here are 50 of the club's most glorious, epochal and thrilling games of all! Expertly presented in evocative historical context, and described incident-by-incident...

Hmmmmmmm. Tricky one this. We are going to tell you all of the tricks, tips, cons and cheats to avoid bankruptcy. ‘Irresponsible?’ we hear someone say. Probably a rather pompous fellow in the corner of the room who has never taken a financial risk in their life. But he does have a point. We...

“Part Gulliver’s Travels, part Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, part Pilgrim’s Progress, this is thoroughly original and full of ideas” (Books for Keeps). In a richly imaginative tale, perfect for both boys and girls as they launch themselves into the world of fiction as independent...

Peggy Piercy, a 112-year-old crofter, lives on a remote island in farm, raising her great, great grandniece Gemma and her great, great grandnephew Martin. Eight years ago, Gemma and Martin were brought to Peggy and entrusted to her care, having been orphaned after their parents disappeared while traveling...

This issue, edited by Dr. Alex Greenberg, reviews current clinical information in "Dental Implants: An Evolving Discipline." Articles will include: Current Concepts for the Biological Basis for Dental Implants; Digital Technologies for Dental Implant Treatment Planning and Guided Surgery;...

Financial transactions taxes are in force in all the major developed countries except the USA and Canada. Typically the tax is 0.25% or less, paid whenever stocks and shares or bonds, etc. change hands. The tax originally proposed by Tobin would be a new tax applicable to all international transactions...