In this book, the author of Seven Gothic Tales gives a true account of her life on her plantation in Kenya. She tells with classic simplicity of the ways of the country and the natives; of the beauty of the Ngong Hills and coffee trees in blossom; of her guests, from the Prince of Wales to Knudsen, the old charcoal burner, who visited her; of primitive festivals; of big game that were her near neighbors—lions, rhinos, elephants, zebras, buffaloes—and of Lulu, the little gazelle who came to live with her, unbelievably ladylike and beautiful.

Audrey felt she was a failure with men. So, when handsome, dashing Elliot Knight rescued her from yet another disaster, she wasn't surprised that he didn't want to pursue their relationship.But circumstances brought Elliot back into Audrey's life to help her out of a sticky situation once again, and suddenly their attraction seemed mutual - only now Audrey was experiencing new doubts about Elliot's past and what he wanted from her. After all, Audrey stood to inherit a fortune, and Elliot already had one marriage to a rich, older woman behind him...

A Single Tree assembles the raw material underpinning Don Watson's award-winning The Bush. These diverse and haunting voices span the four centuries since Europeans first set eyes on the continent.Each of these varied contributors - settlers, explorers, anthropologists, naturalists, stockmen, surveyors, itinerants, artists and writers- represents a particular place and time. Men in awe of the landscape or cursing it; aspiring to subdue and exploit it or finding themselves defeated by it. Women reflecting on the land's harshness and beauty, on the strangeness of their lives, their pleasures and miseries, the character and behaviour of the men. Europeans writing about indigenous Australians, sometimes with intelligent sympathy and curiosity but often with contempt, and often describing acts of startling brutality. This collection comprises diary extracts, memoirs, journals, letters, histories, poems and fiction, and follows the same loose themes of...

When seventeen year old Abby Moore goes with her best friend to visit the local university, little did she know that a chance encounter with the lead singer in a band, would change her life forever. But would a terrible secret from his past ruin her new fairy tale life, or the deep seeded tragic events of her past be the one thing that could make her Prince Charming leave her forever.

When convent-educated heiress Clarice is married off to an impoverished knight, she is certain he only wants her for her money. But Richard desires her body, and with him Clarice discovers a passion she never knew she possessed. Medieval romance novel set in twelfth-century England.

Iliana first met Nickolas in the restaurant where she worked as a waitress. He was beautiful, rich and he wanted to go out with her. He did not seem to care that she was poor. He acted like she was the most beautiful and special woman in his world. And sex with him was consuming. He was perfect! But what if it wasn’t real? What if it was all a dream?

95 Million Possums in New Zealand. What if they needed to be eradicated? What if it all went horribly wrong and they stopped becoming plant eaters and liked human flesh instead?