Trevor: 960 books

A person, or for the purposes of this book, men are susceptible to blackmail when they unwittingly place themselves, or allow themselves, or get fooled into embarrassing, humiliating situations. Imagine an on duty cop relaxing de-uniformed by a pond in a deserted area not knowing that his nakedness and his lone sexual acts have been caught on video...

With no particular talent the writer explains how he stumbled into a profession that eventually and surprisingly worked out to his benefit. Children of the immediate post war era were expected to be seen and not heard which only added to an innate shyness; not the best formula for the world of sales...

Bruce Golding, an Australian photo-journalist well known for harrowing reports on wars and natural catastrophes, is proud of his reputation as a "man of steel". But he is heading for a breakdown, and that occurs on a Pacific island just devastated by a tsunami. He is nursed back to...

The commentary at the heart of the book introduces readers to the challenge of reading The Tempest as a text and responding to the play in performance. Other sections discuss early performances and cultural contexts. A wide-ranging sample of critical responses accompanies consideration of key performances and productions on stage and film.

This concise and practical guide takes students step-by-step through the writing process, and covers core aspects of academic writing, from understanding the task and researching the topic through to composing a draft, editing copy and responding to feedback. Chapters feature numerous self-study activities,...

World War II was the introduction for many into war. Its effects were devastating on a people unprepared for the ravages that fell from the skies. Transposition tells the story of two families torn to pieces by the conflict. It also explains some of the firmness of the English class system and how...

Winner of a Royal Television Society Award, this is the text of the television drama broadcast by the BBC starring Brian Cox and Sinead Cusack. Food for Ravens is a powerful political drama about one of the great politicians of the Twentieth Century, Aneurin (Nye) Bevan.

Brock and son were travelling by car at night through a unfamiliar area in late winter, early spring. The snow has melted and travel is relatively safe, but the nights are still subject to icy conditions. As Brock finds out having been distracted as he hits a spot of black ice. (An icing condition,...

Among Napoleon's lesser known activities was matchmaking. Alix, widow of the Prince of Montpierre and known for her elegance and intelligence, seemed to the Emperor a good match for one of his most successful generals, Laroche. But Alix is loath to marry anyone, her first marriage not having...

Well into his forties, Derrick Rowe finds himself chasing stray women and stealing cash from the bookstore he manages. Having decided it’s time to stop spinning his wheels, he’s recently turned to robbing banks. Meanwhile, he bails his friend Jack Lofton out of jail, a burly fellow in an...

Although Evan Marshall has done time, he is more of a freelance hack and fly-by-night adventurer than a criminal. His life takes yet another detour when he becomes involved with an over-the-top personality named Lawson—not only a playwright, actor, novelist, would-be priest and teacher, but a self-destructive...

The Q Series includes Seeking the Mythical Future, Through the Eye of Time and The Gods Look Down. An acclaimed scientist is chosen to travel through alternate futures to find safe haven - and instead, finds a totalitarian world of dictators and concentration camps . . . Christian Queghan...

The Roman Empire is disintegrating and Germanic tribes are rising. One young man is sent to find out where trouble will rise. Ascha is a hostage of the Franks and struggles to survive. But when the Overlord offers to make him a free man if he will spy on his own people, he must summon all his courage to discover where his loyalties lie.

Even if you have choices, sometimes you only have one worth making. The war had been raging for as long as anyone could remember. The secret, endless war between two opposing sides—one good, one evil. Neither side knows which is which; it is kill or be killed in an invisible conflict where...