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  • Happy Ending

    by michael paterson ...
    Hanna sat in a daze as her teacher droned on. It was her final year of high school, only a month remained, and she couldn't be happier to get out of the place. She had always been quiet, so she didn't really make friends easily, but more than that, she hated everyone in that god-forsaken hell hole.Today was worse than usual. She had a lot on her mind, and couldn't even remotely pay attention to ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Inside Dickens' London

    by Michael Paterson ...
    A fascinating, evocative account of 19th-century London, so well-known from Charles Dickens' much-loved novels.Inside Dickens' London draws on descriptions of life in the capital from original letters, diaries and newspapers, as well as Dickens' own social commentary, to paint a vivid portrait of a city undergoing massive social changes. No author has ever described the city of London as well as ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Brief History of Life in Victorian Britain

    by Michael Paterson ...
    Series series Brief Histories
    The Victorian era has dominated the popular imagination like no other period, but these myths and stories also give a very distorted view of the 19th century.The early Victorians were much stranger that we usually imagine, and their world would have felt very different from our own and it was only during the long reign of the Queen that a modern society emerged in unexpected ways.Using character ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • A Brief History of the House of Windsor

    The Making of a Modern Monarchy

    by Michael Paterson ...
    Series series Brief Histories
    The British monarchy may be over a thousand years old, but the House of Windsor dates only from 1917, when, in the middle of the First World War that was to see the demise of the major thrones of continental Europe, it rebranded itself from the distinctly Germanic Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to the homely and familiar Windsor.By redefining its loyalties to identify with its people and country rather than ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Private Life in Britain's Stately Homes

    Masters and Servants in the Golden Age

    by Michael Paterson ...
    The Victorian and Edwardian eras in the run-up to 1914 marked the golden age of the English country house, when opulence and formality attained a level that would never be matched again. The ease of these perfect settings for flirtation and relaxation was maintained by a large and well-trained staff of servants. Although those 'in service' worked very long hours and had little personal freedom, ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Voices of the Codebreakers

    Personal Accounts of the Secret Heroes of World War II

    by Michael Paterson ...
    Alongside the open conflict of World War II there were other, hidden wars - the wars of communication, in which success depended on a flow of concealed and closely guarded information.Smuggled written messages, secretly transmitted wireless signals, or months of eavesdropping on radio traffic meant operatives could discover in advance what the enemy intended to do. This information was passed on ... Read more

    $9.89 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Her Saviour

    by michael paterson ...
    "Good boy, Mal," Jack said. "Now help the pretty little lady out of the car.""Don't touch me," Lexi said, her voice trying to sound defiant, but seeming truly scared."Now, I don't know nothin' about the manners of the high and mighty," Jack said, "but us simple folk would say thanks to someone who helped them out of a jam and would accept their hospitality. You don't have any where else to go, so ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Victim's of The IRA

    by michael paterson ...
    Victim's of the IRA is a true story. It is the author's own recollection of events told from this point of view, it is pretty powerful and harrowing. It's about a family in West Belfast whose young sixteen-year-old son gets kidnapped by the IRA and forced to participate in a crime. Ultimately, he gets arrested and by the police while his family's life disintegrates within the fractured Northern ... Read more

    $4.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Brief History of the Private Life of Elizabeth II

    by Michael Paterson ...
    Series series Brief Histories
    Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning British monarch. A personally quiet, modest and dutiful person, she is far better-informed about the lives of her subjects than they often realize. She has known every Prime Minister since Winston Churchill and every American President since Eisenhower. Yet what of the woman behind the crown?This book seeks to take a new look at this exhaustively-documented ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • A Cruel World

    by michael paterson ...
    What if we could really get to know a group of women, their lives, their secrets, and their innermost selves? Would we be able to see if it's our thoughts, our dreams, or the flaws that define us? And are we really so different from everyone else? Don't we all just want to have a home where we can feel safe, someone that holds us and speaks of love and something that we can be proud of, that sets ... Read more

    $5.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Undead

    by michael paterson ...
    It was no use. Just like a rag doll, the boy was tossed aside to bleed out on the ground. His eyes glazed over in death while his mother was savaged beside him. The spell broke, and at last, Rachael looked away. She leaned over and locked the passenger door, the click loud in her ears. With an iron grip on the wheel, she steered the truck around the family and drove away. The entire time, she ... Read more

    $9.38 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Undead

    by michael paterson ...
    It was no use. Just like a rag doll, the boy was tossed aside to bleed out on the ground. His eyes glazed over in death while his mother was savaged beside him. The spell broke, and at last, Rachael looked away. She leaned over and locked the passenger door, the click loud in her ears. With an iron grip on the wheel, she steered the truck around the family and drove away. The entire time, she ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus