Edmonds: 120 books

The O’Connor and Keller legal dynasties have been arch rivals for many years. When Kat O’Connor learns that the owner of her rented cottage is the son of her father’s sworn enemy, she conceals her true identity. Anton Keller is intrigued by the mystery woman in his cottage running from...

Managing the family boat business while her father recovers from a operation is no problem for Mina – until she falls for the new client. Dean Matthews has a deeply ingrained distrust of women and believes Mina is no different from the rest. He is hell-bent on not complicating his life with...

AS soon as Roz saw the huge oak tree, she knew the cottage was perfect for her and the kids - perfect for the tree house her late husband had promised their son. Problem was, she had no idea how to build it. When her gorgeous new neighbour offers his skills, she thinks her problems are over. But they are just beginning...

This manual is the result of many years research and practical investigation of commercial dyeing of the 18th century and earlier. It is based largely on the work of William Partridge, a master dyer in New York in 1800. The original recipes are given together with modern instructions for use by todays...

The Lass o’ Gowrie is the first novel in a family saga trilogy set chiefly in early 20th century Scotland. It tells of the passionate love affair of the lovely Kate Balfour, daughter of humble cottars, and Alexander Lochhead, heir Balgownie Mains, a substantial farming property in Forfarshire. Despite...

In 1766 philosopher, novelist, composer, and political provocateur Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a fugitive, decried by his enemies as a dangerous madman. Meanwhile David Hume—now recognized as the foremost philosopher in the English language—was being universally lauded as a paragon of decency. And...

Solarpunk is a type of optimistic science fiction that imagines a future founded on renewable energies. The seventeen stories in this volume are not dull utopias—they grapple with real issues such as the future and ethics of our food sources, the connection or disconnection between technology and...

The bestselling novel behind John Ford’s acclaimed film starring Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, and Edna May Oliver. When newlyweds Gilbert and Lana Martin settle in the Mohawk Valley in 1776, they work tirelessly against the elements to build a new life. But even as they clear land and...

When a Music Hall hypnotist escapes from the London County Asylum she leaves a single word on the wall of her cell - scrawled in blood: ‘MAGISTER’. Terror then stalks the capital’s streets as the killing spree begins. But why does Superintendent William Melville of The Special Branch...

During her stay in Worthing in late 1805 Jane Austen became friends with Edward Ogle, who was the driving force behind the chaotic little town’s transformation into a well-ordered seaside resort. Then, in 1817, the year of her death, Jane Austen used Worthing as the background for her final, unfinished...

"Why did men go a-pirating, or 'on the account' as the pirates called it? The sailors said it was few ships and many men, hard work and small pay, long voyages, bad food and cruel commanders." — IntroductionWhatever their reasons, large numbers of pirates plied the waters off the coast of New England...

The Long March (October 1934 – October 1935) was a military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China, the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang (KMT or Chinese Nationalist Party) army. There was not one Long March, but a series...

In the summer of 1894 Oscar Wilde spent eight weeks in Worthing, during which he wrote his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest. This family holiday was a microcosm of Wilde’s complicated life during the three years between his falling in love with Lord Alfred Douglas and his imprisonment...

This book examines the fragmentary and contradictory evidence for Orpheus as the author of rites and poems to redefine Orphism as a label applied polemically to extra-ordinary religious phenomena. Replacing older models of an Orphic religion, this richer and more complex model provides insight into...