A rollicking medieval adventure that follows a man raised among brigands who rises to become a feared outlaw leader, then becomes entangled in high-stakes political intrigue, shifting loyalties, romance, and revenge as feudal conflicts and struggles for power in 13th-century England threaten to destroy him and those he loves.

A vigorous, verse-by-verse exposition of the book of Revelation that reads the visions as a sweeping, historically rooted panorama of divine judgment and redemption; it traces symbolic images and prophetic sequences onto the rise and persecution of false powers throughout church history, warns believers about coming trials and apostasy, and insists on repentance, doctrinal clarity, and spiritual readiness while emphasizing God’s sovereign control and the ultimate vindication and triumph of Christ and his people.

Grace Condry has spent a lifetime running from her past. Betrayed as a child by her only love and raised on the streets, she now hides in plain sight as queen of London's darkest corners. Ewan, Duke of Marwick, returns after a decade of searching, determined to win her back and make her his duchess. Grace vows revenge and keeps him close, but their reunion threatens the life she has claimed and the heart she swore he would never steal.

A plucky orphan raised in an English boarding school is sent to live with distant relatives in Manaus and, on the steamer journey and in the lush Amazon, discovers the extraordinary beauty and danger of the rainforest; she makes warm friendships with locals and fellow travellers, uncovers the selfish schemes of her supposed guardians, and ultimately finds courage, belonging, and a new kind of family far from England.

Louise Vemet was raised in the slums of Paris and came of age amid the splendor and corruption of the Second Empire. She rose to prominence in fashion, clothing fabled women of title and pleasure in a society where even sin needed style. She had a lover she could not wed and gave their child a name by entering a passionless marriage. Her life spans Paris under Louis Napoleon and Victorian England, moving from despair to joy.

The book argues that contemporary Islamist militancy should be understood as a product of modernity rather than a throwback to premodern religious violence: its aims, methods and nihilism are shaped by modern political ideas, technology and disillusionment. It traces parallels between radical Islamism and other twentieth-century utopian movements, contending that resentment of secular modern life and the collapse of traditional certainties help explain the appeal of revolutionary violence. The work critiques simplistic Western responses and urges a more reflective, historically informed realism about the limits of political projects and the conditions that give rise to such movements.

A grittily realistic retelling of the Robin Hood legend narrated by the wandering minstrel Alan-a-Dale, following a skilled archer’s journey from village life to the brutality of the Crusades and back to England as the head of a band of outlaws. The story blends bloody combat, political intrigue and rough camaraderie as the group challenges Norman corruption and the scheming of Prince John, grounding familiar mythic figures in harsh social and historical detail. Themes of loyalty, justice and the making of a folk hero run throughout as personal survival and moral choice collide on the medieval road.

In Leningrad in 1968, Alexander Karpenko is, from an early age, clearly destined to lead his countrymen. After his father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state, he and his mother flee and must choose at the docks between a container ship to America or to Great Britain. A coin toss decides his future. Spanning two continents and thirty years, the story follows his triumphs and defeats as an immigrant who ultimately faces the past he left behind in Russia.

Dangerous Beauty shares the author's experiences working as a safari guide in Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Uganda. It also recounts the events of March 1999, when several tourists were killed in Uganda by Rwandan rebels fleeing from the Congo. The account links the author's guiding experiences across those four countries with a retelling of the March 1999 attacks.

In Vienna in 1911 Gustav Klimt finds a woman's body in the Danube canal and, while sketching her, she coughs and proves alive. Back at his studio Klimt and his model Wally tend the nearly feral woman who cannot remember who she is, and he names her Judith. She recalls being stranded in the Arctic a century earlier, locked in a crate by Victor Frankenstein and visiting the Underworld. Many people pursue her, including Geoff, a giant croissant eating devil dog of the North.

A gripping narrative of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s 1914–1916 Antarctic expedition in which the ship becomes trapped and crushed by pack ice, stranding the crew on the ice and forcing them into lifeboats for a desperate fight for survival. The account follows the men’s slow, grueling drift and camp life, the hazardous open-boat voyage to Elephant Island, and Shackleton’s heroic 800-mile journey in a small boat to South Georgia followed by a hazardous overland crossing to reach help. Built from diaries, interviews, and contemporary documents, the story highlights extraordinary leadership, seamanship, camaraderie, and endurance that together achieve the rescue of every man against almost impossible odds.

It is 1913, and young cowboy Tom Mix rides south to join the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. In war-torn Mexico their partnership grows amid battles, shifting loyalties, and clashes with violent enemies and political rivals. The novel follows Mix through romance, friendship, revenge, and political turmoil as he encounters lovers, rivals, and notable historical figures.

Set against the Roman siege of Masada, this lyrical novel traces the intertwined lives of four women who find each other on the mountaintop fortress and build a fragile, fiercely loyal community; tending doves, caring for children, practicing healing arts and preserving stories, they confront love, betrayal, faith and loss as they face the extraordinary choices forced by war and the cost of resistance.

Una raccolta di lettere morali indirizzate a un amico, che offre consigli pratici e meditazioni stoiche su come vivere virtuosamente: affrontare la morte e il dolore, governare la rabbia e i desideri, gestire ricchezza e perdita, coltivare tranquillità interiore, autodisciplina, amicizia e saggezza pratica. Il testo combina insegnamenti filosofici con esempi quotidiani e inviti all'esame di coscienza, proponendo esercizi di vita volti a trasformare la teoria in pratica e a conseguire libertà e serenità d'animo.

A richly detailed cultural and historical portrait of an ancient, vanished civilization, tracing its origins, language, arts, philosophy, and the development of a unique technology that links worlds; the narrative covers the society’s literary and engineering achievements, the internal conflicts and moral choices that led to its decline and catastrophic fall, and the attempts by later explorers and survivors to understand, preserve, and reckon with the legacy left behind.

Norsemen sail across the Channel into the realm of the great Frankish emperor and confront a massive Crusader force. Aboard a dragon ship an English monk guards a book wrapped in cloth whose true worth is known only to him. At their leader's side is Raven, with a blood spot in his eye and magic in his soul, and he and Cynethryth, the runaway daughter of an English king, plunge into an epic clash of men and faiths.

A compassionately reported oral history that gathers voices from all walks of life to explore how people confront death, mourning, and the rituals that give loss meaning; through interviews with clergy, undertakers, family members, children and others, it traces the fears, faith, humor and practicalities that shape responses to dying and bereavement, revealing cultural differences, personal reckonings and moments of grace and resilience.

On April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin sat inside a tiny capsule atop a Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile and became the first human to orbit Earth, circling the globe in 106 minutes. Beyond recounts that flight and the wider Cold War race, contrasting Soviet secrecy with American publicity as both sides pushed astronauts and cosmonauts, scientists and engineers to the limits. Using original research and eyewitness testimony, the book uncovers details that were hidden for decades.

A fast-paced corporate chronicle of the rise and dramatic fall of the company that pioneered the smartphone era, tracing how visionary engineering, a fiercely loyal user base and tight relationships with carriers propelled two entrepreneurs from a small Canadian firm to global dominance — and how strategic mistakes, internal power struggles, complacency about consumer trends, and the shock of the iPhone and Android ecosystems led to rapid decline. The narrative follows technical battles over security and operating systems, boardroom infighting, failed product bets and legal and financial pressures, showing how one company’s culture and decisions that once created an advantage ultimately undermined its ability to adapt to a new market.

An intimate multigenerational family saga set at an ancestral Ontario estate, following the proud, eccentric Whiteoak household as marriages, rivalries, inheritance disputes and buried secrets strain loyalties and reveal the personalities and frailties of successive generations; the novel explores how tradition, social change and personal ambition shape the fate of the family and the house that binds them.