Download or read book Bloody Foreigner written by Jacques K. Lee and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-05-02 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alain Lau, a Chinese man with French background, has escaped life in a small third world country for a more exciting one in England. As he struggles to make a success of his life in his new country, it soon becomes apparent that his skin colour is proving a bigger barrier to social integration – even his name is anglicised by people who can’t be bothered to learn how to say it properly. What remains a mystery to him is why his long-term landlady, who hates foreigners, has lured him to her house and even gives him free English lessons. Ever since Alain landed in England, his constant fear is being unmasked as a fraud by the English family who invited him here. Anita, his girlfriend, encourages him to confess all to her and promises to keep his secret safe. One night, in a rage of jealousy, she betrays him, with dire consequences for both.

Download or read book Bloody Foreigners written by Robert Winder and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the way Britain has been settled and influenced by foreign people and ideas is as old as the land itself. In this text Robert Winder tells of the remarkable migrations that have founded and defined a nation.

Download or read book Bloody Foreigners written by Neil Humphreys and published by An Inspector Low Novel. This book was released on 2022-03-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Exodus written by Lord Peter Bond Of York and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 2016, the Greenland ice field melts and sea levels rise by more than 20 feet. In a few weeks, over a billion people worldwide become homeless. Civilization as we know it ceases to exist and begins to free fall back into the Dark Ages. Exodus follows the efforts of a small community of islanders living in Anglesey, North Wales, as they struggle to survive global upheaval. Against almost impossible odds, several Anglesey residents rise to the occasion by helping the local population claim what is left of their ancient homeland. George Patterson is an ex-special forces soldier who does whatever it takes to keep others safe. Hanna Barker's indefatigable character sets her apart as a role model to follow. Michael Bryn Williams is the administrator who keeps all of the group's organizational wheels turning. And Karl Karlson is an Icelandic fisherman, whose skills are essential to the group's continued existence. Lord Peter Bond of York is a storyteller who has been writing most of his life. For several years, he has been studying the impact climate change will have on our civilization; what he has learned inspired him to write Exodus, his third novel. He is now working on a sequel titled Children of the Lesser Gods. Lord Bond was born in the West End of London and now lives in Anglesey, where he is a busy entrepreneur and writer.

Download or read book Blood s Campaign written by Angus Donald and published by Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF THE MOST TURBULENT REIGNS IN HISTORY PAVED THE WAY FOR THE FIRST MODERN REVOLUTION. AFTER THE TUDORS CAME THE STUARTS . . . If you enjoy S. J. Parris and Andrew Taylor, then this is the series you need to read next. August 25, 1689 The English Army is besieging Carrickfergus in Ireland. Brilliant but unusual gunner Holcroft Blood of the Royal Train of Artillery is ready to unleash his cannons on the rebellious forces of deposed Catholic monarch James II. But this is more than war for Captain Blood, a lust for private vengeance burns within him. French intelligence agent Henri d'Erloncourt has come across the seas to foment rebellion against William of Orange, the newly installed Dutch ruler of England, Scotland and Ireland. But Henri's true mission is not to aid the suffering of the Irish but to serve the interests of his master, Louis le Grand. Michael 'Galloping' Hogan, brigand, boozer and despoiler of Protestant farms, strives to defend his native land - and make a little profit on the side. But when he takes the Frenchman's gold, he suspects deep in his freedom-loving heart, that he has merely swapped one foreign overlord for another. July 1, 1690 On the banks of the River Boyne, on a fateful, scorching hot day, two armies clash in bloody battle - Protestant against Catholic - in an epic struggle for mastery of Ireland. And, when the slaughter is over and the smoke finally clears, for these three men, nothing will ever be the same again . . . 'Splendid series . . . a sword-and-spies romp that has a keen sense of the political pressures of the time' The Times 'A proper story-teller' S. G. MacLean

Download or read book The Ragged trousered Philanthropists written by Robert Tressell and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of poor decorators who grow disillusioned with their impoverish life begin attacks on the lazy capitalists whose greediness has corrupted Britain.

Download or read book The Case of The Clerical Cadaver written by Howard of Warwick and published by The Funny Book Company. This book was released on 2016-10-27 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s new, it's medieval and it’s all very silly…. A hidden monastery in the depths of England’s depths? A secret that could rock the church to its core? A trail of clues that can only be interpreted by an expert? This all sounds rather familiar…. Except the expert is Brother Hermitage, so I wouldn’t get your hopes up. Called once more by King William - who doesn’t even know what he’s calling for - Hermitage, Cwen and Wat the weaver set off to deal with the greatest mystery of all. A mystery that has been protected and guarded for years by a secret brotherhood sworn by awful oaths. A mystery only known to a priest who now happens to be dead. A mystery hidden in a monastery that isn’t even supposed to exist. A mystery of such value that the unscrupulous and greedy are also after it, and these particular unscrupulous and greedy know Brother Hermitage very well indeed. Will all be revealed in a satisfactory manner? Will the convoluted trail lead to a revelation of staggering significance? Hardly. This is a Chronicle of Brother Hermitage, after all…. CAUTION: Not for the historically humourless. Howard of Warwick has previous form... “Absolutely hilarious” 5* “I laughed, I had tears running down my face” 5* “Stupid” 1* Need I say more... you have been warned.

Download or read book Bespoke written by Jayne Fresina and published by Twisted E-Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2019-02-20 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He's been sent from Scotland Yard to solve a case of blackmail in the Yorkshire Dales; she's just opened her own business in York baking bespoke cakes. He wants a peaceful life; she's aiming for revolution. He likes to keep both feet on the ground; she dreams of scandalizing the neighborhood on a bicycle. He prefers to fade in with the wallpaper; she's proud to be a black sheep that stands out in the crowd. He's never getting married again—most women ought to be stamped on the forehead with a danger warning and clapped into handcuffs. She thinks men are simply an obstacle to her ambitions and if it's true that the way to a man's heart is through his digestive system, that explains why a great deal of gaseous waste frequently finds its path out of the wrong end. The two of them might appear to be mismatched flavors in an unlikely recipe, but when blackmail turns to murder, it's the start of a remarkable partnership in crime-solving. And a match made in chocolate. It's late Victorian England and the world may be on the cusp of change, but is it quite ready for this pairing? They're not even prepared for it themselves. Nevertheless, some wayward kind of chemistry keeps drawing them together and it can't be blamed entirely on the cake. Or the corpse in the conservatory.

Download or read book The King s Daughter written by Barbara Kyle and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Upon the death of her father, Henry VIII, Queen Mary assumes the throne after a long and bitter wait. Her first order of business is to wed the devout Prince Philip of Spain, creating a powerful alliance that will transform Mary's fanatical dream of ridding England of Protestantism into terrifying reality. And so begins the reign of Bloody Mary."--From publisher description.

Download or read book Death of a Hero written by Richard Aldington and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1998-05-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Death of a Hero", published in 1929 was the author's literary response to the war. He went on to publish several works of fiction. In 1942, having moved to the United States, he began to write biographies. This last work was very controversial, as it was highly critical of the man still regarded as a war hero.

Download or read book Harmer John written by Hugh Walpole and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Strangers at Home and Abroad written by Adolf Wimmer and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2000 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In March 1938, Hitler's troops invaded Austria, wildly cheered by thousands of spectators. Following the consequent annexation, a Greater Germany plebiscite recorded a 99 percent support for Austro-German unification under Hitler. By 1942, however, Allied leaders at Yalta had declared the annexed country the first victim of Nazi aggression, laying the groundwork for the suppression of Austria's collaboration in the Holocaust and establishing a grossly deficient culture of memory. Among the forgotten were the 130,000 Austrian Jews who escaped the work camps and gas chambers only to find themselves in unfamiliar lands among unsympathetic people. This book, rising out of Austria's Year of Recollection in 1988, contains the narratives of 27 ex-Austrian Jews who were forced into exile following the Anschlusz. Translated from the German by poet Ewald Osers, the book includes accounts of anti-Semitism before Hitler, the annexation, flight from the homeland, and life in exile.

Download or read book The Shifting Lapses of Purification written by Stephan Attia and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-02 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Poetics of Otherness written by J. Hart and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the concept of otherness as an entry point into a discussion of poetry, Jonathan Hart's study explores the role of history and theory in relation to literature and culture. Chapters range from trauma in Shakespeare to Bartolomé de Las Casas' representation of the Americas to the trench poets to voices from the Holocaust.

Download or read book The Paprika Diary A Lonely Secret written by Monica Shepherd and published by First Edition Design Pub.. This book was released on 2016-03 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War II is over. But for Hungarian people like young, attractive Anna Gonda, another terror has just begun. Communism is strangling her country, forcing the bold writer to make a difficult decision. It was time to abandon her home, her beloved family, and her boyfriend, Attila Paprika, an insecure pessimist who measures his manhood with drinking contests and grueling mountain bike rides. For reasons of his own, Attila surprises Anna by joining her in a daring escape to England. After the couple is blessed with a daughter, Anna is mysteriously drawn to Australia, land of prosperity and opportunity. Enjoying the good life as new immigrants, they have no idea that a monster is lurking in their neighbourhood. Life will never be the same as it twists into a disturbing tale of fear and survival. Author Bio: This is Monica's first foray into the world of publishing. She enjoyed the experience so much, she's planning a sequel to The Paprika Diary. Monica successfully raised an autistic child well before much was known about the disease. She has conquered breast cancer once, and is currently battling it a second time. She does not know when her journey on earth ends, but is comforted by her faith in All That Is, for there is no death of our eternal flame. Monica lives in Ontario, Canada with her long-time companion, Bugsy the tabby. Keywords: Diary, Fiction, Secret, Evil, Lonely Woman, Hungary, Australia, Canada

Download or read book City Street and Citizen written by Suzanne Hall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-06-25 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we learn from a multicultural society if we don’t know how to recognise it? The contemporary city is more than ever a space for the intense convergence of diverse individuals who shift in and out of its urban terrains. The city street is perhaps the most prosaic of the city’s public parts, allowing us a view of the very ordinary practices of life and livelihoods. By attending to the expressions of conviviality and contestation, ‘City, Street and Citizen’ offers an alternative notion of ‘multiculturalism’ away from the ideological frame of nation, and away from the moral imperative of community. This book offers to the reader an account of the lived realities of allegiance, participation and belonging from the base of a multi-ethnic street in south London. ‘City, Street and Citizen’ focuses on the question of whether local life is significant for how individuals develop skills to live with urban change and cultural and ethnic diversity. To animate this question, Hall has turned to a city street and its dimensions of regularity and propinquity to explore interactions in the small shop spaces along the Walworth Road. The city street constitutes exchange, and as such it provides us with a useful space to consider the broader social and political significance of contact in the day-to-day life of multicultural cities. Grounded in an ethnographic approach, this book will be of interest to academics and students in the fields of sociology, global urbanisation, migration and ethnicity as well as being relevant to politicians, policy makers, urban designers and architects involved in cultural diversity, public space and street based economies.

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