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Orwell's Ghosts

Wisdom and Warnings for the Twenty-First Century

by Laura Beers ...

**Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyWinner of the Goldsmith Book PrizeA New Yorker Best Book of the YearFor the 75th anniversary of 1984, Laura Beers explores George Orwell’s still-radical ideas and why they are critical today.**George Orwell dedicated his career to exposing social injustice and political duplicity, urging his readers to face hard truths about Western society ... Read more

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**Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyWinner of the Goldsmith Book PrizeA New Yorker Best Book of the YearFor the 75th anniversary of 1984, Laura Beers explores George Orwell’s still-radical ideas and why they are critical today.**George Orwell dedicated his career to exposing social injustice and political duplicity, urging his readers to face hard truths about Western society
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Secrets of A Lady

by Laura Beers ...

Narrated by Jennifer Smith ...

Series series Lords & Ladies of Mayfair
Unabridged

10 hours 4 min

Some secrets are never meant to see the light of day.Miss Lizette Kent's life is in shambles. Not only did her mother just pass away, but she has been left without the means to provide for herself. While she is contemplating her future, she encounters an unexpected and vexing man: Tristan Westcott, a man that mistakenly seems to believe that she is the daughter of an earl, despite her insistence ... Read more

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Some secrets are never meant to see the light of day.Miss Lizette Kent's life is in shambles. Not only did her mother just pass away, but she has been left without the means to provide for herself. While she is contemplating her future, she encounters an unexpected and vexing man: Tristan Westcott, a man that mistakenly seems to believe that she is the daughter of an earl, despite her insistence
... Read more
Thomas Carlyle and the Idea of Influence

by Paul E. Kerry, Albert D. Pionke, Megan Dent, Mark Allison, Laura Beer, Michael Bentley, Laura H. Clarke, Elizabeth J. Deis0, Lowell T. Frye1, Stephanie Hicks2, Marylu Hill3, Ulrike I. Hill4, Ralph Jessop5, Tim Sommer6, Madeleine Emerald Thiele7, John M. Ulrich8, Chris R. Vanden Bossche9, Brian Young0, Kazuo Yokouchi1 ...

That Thomas Carlyle was influential in his own lifetime and continues to be so over 130 years after his death is a proposition with which few will disagree. His role as his generation’s foremost interpreter of German thought, his distinctive rhetorical style, his approach to history via the “innumerable biographies” of great men, and his almost unparalleled record of correspondence with ... Read more

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That Thomas Carlyle was influential in his own lifetime and continues to be so over 130 years after his death is a proposition with which few will disagree. His role as his generation’s foremost interpreter of German thought, his distinctive rhetorical style, his approach to history via the “innumerable biographies” of great men, and his almost unparalleled record of correspondence with
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Red Ellen

The Life of Ellen Wilkinson, Socialist, Feminist, Internationalist

by Laura Beers ...

In 1908 Ellen Wilkinson, a fiery adolescent from a working-class family in Manchester, was “the only girl who talks in school debates.” By midcentury, Wilkinson had helped found Britain’s Communist Party, earned a seat in Parliament, and become a renowned advocate for the poor and dispossessed at home and abroad. She was one of the first female delegates to the United Nations, and she played a ... Read more

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In 1908 Ellen Wilkinson, a fiery adolescent from a working-class family in Manchester, was “the only girl who talks in school debates.” By midcentury, Wilkinson had helped found Britain’s Communist Party, earned a seat in Parliament, and become a renowned advocate for the poor and dispossessed at home and abroad. She was one of the first female delegates to the United Nations, and she played a
... Read more
Your Britain

Media and the Making of the Labour Party

by Laura Beers ...

In the early twentieth century, new mass media—popular newspapers, radio, film—exploded at the same time that millions of Britons received the vote in the franchise expansions of 1918 and 1928. The growing centrality of the commercial media to democratic life quickly became evident as organizations of all stripes saw its potential to reach new voters. The new media presented both an exciting ... Read more

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In the early twentieth century, new mass media—popular newspapers, radio, film—exploded at the same time that millions of Britons received the vote in the franchise expansions of 1918 and 1928. The growing centrality of the commercial media to democratic life quickly became evident as organizations of all stripes saw its potential to reach new voters. The new media presented both an exciting
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Saving Lord Berkshire

by Laura Beers ...

Narrated by Abbas Daya ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Proper Regency Matchmakers
Unabridged

5 hours 53 min

A matchmaker has one unwritten rule- Do not fall in love with a client.After losing her fiancé to a terrible accident, Miss Katherine Blackmore found contentment as a matchmaker to the members of Society. Working alongside her sisters, they strive to secure the most unlikely people with love matches. Everything is perfect until an infuriating lord steps into her office, turning her world upside ... Read more

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A matchmaker has one unwritten rule- Do not fall in love with a client.After losing her fiancé to a terrible accident, Miss Katherine Blackmore found contentment as a matchmaker to the members of Society. Working alongside her sisters, they strive to secure the most unlikely people with love matches. Everything is perfect until an infuriating lord steps into her office, turning her world upside
... Read more
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A Beguiling Ruse

by Laura Beers ...

Narrated by Jennifer Smith ...

Series series Lords & Ladies of Mayfair
Unabridged

11 hours 6 min

2023 Readers' Favorite Honorable MentionHe needed to marry her for her dowry but falling in love with her foiled his plans.Miss Rosamond Hendre has had the most remarkable change of fortune for a daughter of a seaman. She went from living a simple life in the countryside to being introduced to high Society as the ward of a marquess. She is excited to embrace her newfound life, and she wants ... Read more

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2023 Readers' Favorite Honorable MentionHe needed to marry her for her dowry but falling in love with her foiled his plans.Miss Rosamond Hendre has had the most remarkable change of fortune for a daughter of a seaman. She went from living a simple life in the countryside to being introduced to high Society as the ward of a marquess. She is excited to embrace her newfound life, and she wants
... Read more
Audiobook

An Improper Courtship

by Laura Beers ...

Narrated by Jennifer Smith ...

Series series Lords & Ladies of Mayfair
Unabridged

11 hours 42 min

Greydon, the Viscount Rushcliffe, is content with his life as a Bow Street Runner, but it all comes to a jarring end when his older brother is murdered. He is now an heir to an earldom—a position he never wanted. As he is trying to come to grips with the newfound shackle on his life, Lady Enid—the only woman that he is inexplicably drawn to—comes to him for help to let his brother's murderer go ... Read more

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Greydon, the Viscount Rushcliffe, is content with his life as a Bow Street Runner, but it all comes to a jarring end when his older brother is murdered. He is now an heir to an earldom—a position he never wanted. As he is trying to come to grips with the newfound shackle on his life, Lady Enid—the only woman that he is inexplicably drawn to—comes to him for help to let his brother's murderer go
... Read more
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A Treacherous Engagement

Gentlemen of London, Book 1

by Laura Beers ...

Narrated by Karen Cass ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Gentlemen of London
Unabridged

8 hours 36 min

He was only supposed to find her sister. Falling in love wasn't part of the agreement.Miss Dinah Ashmore has a problem: her sister has gone missing, and the constable isn't taking it seriously. She decides to take matters into her own hands by hiring a Bow Street Runner, not understanding the danger she has put herself in.Nathaniel Calvert, Earl of Hawthorne, is an agent of the Crown. His ... Read more

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He was only supposed to find her sister. Falling in love wasn't part of the agreement.Miss Dinah Ashmore has a problem: her sister has gone missing, and the constable isn't taking it seriously. She decides to take matters into her own hands by hiring a Bow Street Runner, not understanding the danger she has put herself in.Nathaniel Calvert, Earl of Hawthorne, is an agent of the Crown. His
... Read more
Audiobook

A Suitable Fortune

by Laura Beers ...

Narrated by Jennifer Smith ...

Series series Lords & Ladies of Mayfair
Unabridged

11 hours 19 min

Fate brought them together, but can they trust their inconvenient hearts?Miss Emilia Hembry had a remarkable twist of fate when an unexpected inheritance changed her life for the better. However, now she must navigate through high Society—something she knows little about. The fear of failure is not far from her mind as she tries to accept her newfound position.Fredrick Westlake, Earl of Chatsworth ... Read more

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Fate brought them together, but can they trust their inconvenient hearts?Miss Emilia Hembry had a remarkable twist of fate when an unexpected inheritance changed her life for the better. However, now she must navigate through high Society—something she knows little about. The fear of failure is not far from her mind as she tries to accept her newfound position.Fredrick Westlake, Earl of Chatsworth
... Read more
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Reforming the Duke

by Laura Beers ...

Narrated by Abbas Daya ...

Series Audiobook 2 - Proper Regency Matchmakers
Unabridged

5 hours 38 min

Miss Amelia Blackmore has received the most interesting letter. The Dowager Duchess of Harrowden has requested that she visit Harrowden Hall under the guise of being her companion. Her true motive, however, is to successfully pair her son, the duke, with a potential love match. Intrigued by the prospect, Amelia sets off on an adventure, unprepared for the duke’s reaction to his mother’s new ... Read more

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Miss Amelia Blackmore has received the most interesting letter. The Dowager Duchess of Harrowden has requested that she visit Harrowden Hall under the guise of being her companion. Her true motive, however, is to successfully pair her son, the duke, with a potential love match. Intrigued by the prospect, Amelia sets off on an adventure, unprepared for the duke’s reaction to his mother’s new
... Read more
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A Regrettable Charade

by Laura Beers ...

Narrated by Jennifer Smith ...

Series series Lords & Ladies of Mayfair
Unabridged

11 hours 46 min

Winner of a Gold Medal in the 2024 The Bookfest AwardsTo protect her, he must stay away. But will his heart obey?Lady Octavia Westlake made a promise to her ailing mother that she would enjoy herself this Season, embracing the glittering festivities with grace and charm. But beneath her poised exterior, she is conflicted and struggles with what is expected of her. And when a persistent rake sets ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Winner of a Gold Medal in the 2024 The Bookfest AwardsTo protect her, he must stay away. But will his heart obey?Lady Octavia Westlake made a promise to her ailing mother that she would enjoy herself this Season, embracing the glittering festivities with grace and charm. But beneath her poised exterior, she is conflicted and struggles with what is expected of her. And when a persistent rake sets
... Read more

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