Author: Charlotte Featherstone
Publisher: HQN Books
ISBN: 1459281624
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
A respectable marriage reveals private passions and dangerous secrets in this “sensual and intriguing” Victorian romance (Publishers Weekly). Lucy Ashton had long ago given up her quest for true love. Instead, she plays the expected role of a society lady: flirting, dancing, and dabbling in the new fashion of spiritualism. She even marries when—and who—she’s supposed to. If the stuffy Duke of Sussex cannot spark the passion she craves, he can at least give her a family and a home of her own. But when her polite marriage reveals a caring and sensual man, Lucy begins to wonder if she can indeed have it all. As a member of a secretive organization, Lord Sussex is not the man London society has come to admire. Meanwhile, Lucy harbors a few troublesome ghosts of her own. Thus, when a blackmail scheme turns to threats of danger, the newfound peace of the Sussex marriage is cast upon the rocks. Passion has a price, Lucy learns. And not all ghosts stay buried.
Celtic: Pride and Passion
Author: Jim Craig
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 178057763X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Celtic Football Club’s story is laced with drama and excitement, featuring a host of colourful individuals and a social history matched by few, if any, football clubs. In Celtic: Pride and Passion, Lisbon Lion Jim Craig and Pat Woods, a historian of the club, take a fresh look at several lesser-known episodes in Celtic’s history, including: the fascinating link between Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and a dramatic Ne’erday match at Celtic Park; the unforgettable night the ‘playboy of the Eastern world’ lit up Parkhead with a performance that helped to sow the seeds for a revolution at the club; the remarkable story of a trophy that was such a source of friction that the club kept it locked in a safe; and the pivotal year in which the rivalry between Celtic and Rangers took on a darker hue. They also recount the revealing story, told through the eyes of the European press, of how Celtic captivated a continent in the annus mirabilis of 1967. Celtic: Pride and Passion is a book that no discerning fan of Celtic Football Club will want to be without.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 178057763X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Celtic Football Club’s story is laced with drama and excitement, featuring a host of colourful individuals and a social history matched by few, if any, football clubs. In Celtic: Pride and Passion, Lisbon Lion Jim Craig and Pat Woods, a historian of the club, take a fresh look at several lesser-known episodes in Celtic’s history, including: the fascinating link between Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show and a dramatic Ne’erday match at Celtic Park; the unforgettable night the ‘playboy of the Eastern world’ lit up Parkhead with a performance that helped to sow the seeds for a revolution at the club; the remarkable story of a trophy that was such a source of friction that the club kept it locked in a safe; and the pivotal year in which the rivalry between Celtic and Rangers took on a darker hue. They also recount the revealing story, told through the eyes of the European press, of how Celtic captivated a continent in the annus mirabilis of 1967. Celtic: Pride and Passion is a book that no discerning fan of Celtic Football Club will want to be without.
Pride and Passion
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781740304429
Category : Large print books
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Marilyn Bannon ventures into the Brazilian Amazon to claim her share of her father's rubber plantation. En route, she meets and is mesmerized by the exotic Sebastian Rivera, a fellow plantation owner.The plantation, has been run for years by a man who calls himself the Baron. Suddenly, Marilyn is exposed to a seething hotbed of abuse and inhuman bondage she sees on her own lands. She cannot tolerate this brutality, but when she attempts to put an end to it, Marilyn unwittingly puts her life - and Sebastian's - in grave danger. Many secrets lurk in the jungle, and there are people who will stop at nothing to keep them ...
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781740304429
Category : Large print books
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Marilyn Bannon ventures into the Brazilian Amazon to claim her share of her father's rubber plantation. En route, she meets and is mesmerized by the exotic Sebastian Rivera, a fellow plantation owner.The plantation, has been run for years by a man who calls himself the Baron. Suddenly, Marilyn is exposed to a seething hotbed of abuse and inhuman bondage she sees on her own lands. She cannot tolerate this brutality, but when she attempts to put an end to it, Marilyn unwittingly puts her life - and Sebastian's - in grave danger. Many secrets lurk in the jungle, and there are people who will stop at nothing to keep them ...
Pride Over Passion
Author: Drew Ingle
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736569313
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This quick but insightful read tackles the growing modern-day problem of dissatisfaction in the workplace. What makes this problem modernly unique is that it is no longer limited to those who have failed to pursue their passion, in fact, quite the opposite. That is because society has progressively cornered passion into an end-all be-all solution to happiness. Phrases such as, "follow your passion and you will never work a day in your life," have created the notion that our passions alone hold the key to a consistently satisfying career. While there is no arguing that our passion plays an important role in enjoying our work, it is our overreliance of its abilities that has become our Achilles' heel to dissatisfaction.In Pride Over Passion, you will learn the five simple, yet effective, rules that Drew Ingle has meticulously crafted to address this problem. These rules, backed by reputable studies and in-depth research on the subject, will help you overcome even the most unfavorable and unsatisfying circumstances of your career.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781736569313
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This quick but insightful read tackles the growing modern-day problem of dissatisfaction in the workplace. What makes this problem modernly unique is that it is no longer limited to those who have failed to pursue their passion, in fact, quite the opposite. That is because society has progressively cornered passion into an end-all be-all solution to happiness. Phrases such as, "follow your passion and you will never work a day in your life," have created the notion that our passions alone hold the key to a consistently satisfying career. While there is no arguing that our passion plays an important role in enjoying our work, it is our overreliance of its abilities that has become our Achilles' heel to dissatisfaction.In Pride Over Passion, you will learn the five simple, yet effective, rules that Drew Ingle has meticulously crafted to address this problem. These rules, backed by reputable studies and in-depth research on the subject, will help you overcome even the most unfavorable and unsatisfying circumstances of your career.
Porridge and Passion
Author: Jonathan Aitken
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441136614
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
In this sequel to his first volume of autobiography Pride and Perjury, Aitken starts his story as he is taken down from the courtroom and incarcerated at Her Majesty's Pleasure. How this Old Etonian former Cabinet Minister on Mrs Thatcher's inner circle managed to establish new relationships and lasting friendships with fellow prisoners is fascinating - so too is this account of how religious belief transformed his life. Aitken has lost none of his charm, fluency and determination - and he has found an authentic new life which readers of this entertaining new book will be able to judge for themselves. 'A rich collection of humorous tales of prison life... Aitken seems to have found a new vocation of both a funny writer and a serious prison reformer.' Tablet
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1441136614
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
In this sequel to his first volume of autobiography Pride and Perjury, Aitken starts his story as he is taken down from the courtroom and incarcerated at Her Majesty's Pleasure. How this Old Etonian former Cabinet Minister on Mrs Thatcher's inner circle managed to establish new relationships and lasting friendships with fellow prisoners is fascinating - so too is this account of how religious belief transformed his life. Aitken has lost none of his charm, fluency and determination - and he has found an authentic new life which readers of this entertaining new book will be able to judge for themselves. 'A rich collection of humorous tales of prison life... Aitken seems to have found a new vocation of both a funny writer and a serious prison reformer.' Tablet
Perfidy and Passion
Author: Mark Buchan
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN: 0299286339
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Homer’s Iliad is often considered a poem of blunt truthfulness, his characters’ motivation pleasingly simple. A closer look, however, reveals a complex interplay of characters who engage in an awful lot of lies. Beginning with Achilles, who hatches a secret plot to destroy his own people, Mark Buchan traces motifs of deception and betrayal throughout the poem. Homer’s heroes offer bluster, their passion linked to and explained by their lack of authenticity. Buchan reads Homer’s characters between the lies, showing how the plot is structured individual denial and what cannot be said.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN: 0299286339
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Homer’s Iliad is often considered a poem of blunt truthfulness, his characters’ motivation pleasingly simple. A closer look, however, reveals a complex interplay of characters who engage in an awful lot of lies. Beginning with Achilles, who hatches a secret plot to destroy his own people, Mark Buchan traces motifs of deception and betrayal throughout the poem. Homer’s heroes offer bluster, their passion linked to and explained by their lack of authenticity. Buchan reads Homer’s characters between the lies, showing how the plot is structured individual denial and what cannot be said.
Policy and Passion
Author: Rosa Praed
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This novel revolves around Thomas Longleat's political crisis and the maturation of his daughter. The author weaves the father's and the daughter's stories together. Thomas Longleat had risen from humble beginnings to become Premier of Leichardt's Land. His political judgment is clouded by passion when he uses his position to spend time with a colleague's wife. His eldest daughter, Honoria, is caught between adolescence and womanhood. She is headstrong, and without a mother to guide her. She rejects every eligible suitor. When she is charmed by Hardress Barrington, a visiting English nobleman and a rising politician loyal to her father. Little did she know that he had no intention of marrying her, the daughter of a self-made man and that he had plans to set her up as his mistress.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
This novel revolves around Thomas Longleat's political crisis and the maturation of his daughter. The author weaves the father's and the daughter's stories together. Thomas Longleat had risen from humble beginnings to become Premier of Leichardt's Land. His political judgment is clouded by passion when he uses his position to spend time with a colleague's wife. His eldest daughter, Honoria, is caught between adolescence and womanhood. She is headstrong, and without a mother to guide her. She rejects every eligible suitor. When she is charmed by Hardress Barrington, a visiting English nobleman and a rising politician loyal to her father. Little did she know that he had no intention of marrying her, the daughter of a self-made man and that he had plans to set her up as his mistress.