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You’re on the wrong side of town to be seen.’ ‘Sorry, I couldn’t get away.’ Short of breath, Leah dropped down on to a seat and couldn’t help spinning another glance around in fearful search of a familiar face. ![]() He stood up as she approached, tall, sophisticated and very attractive, and her heart swelled with pride. It was a relief to espy Paul’s golden head in a far corner. She was so terrified of being seen, recognised. A nervous tremor shot through her as she burrowed through the male clusters. She wasn’t tall enough to see past the clumps of business-suited men standing around. It was dark and crowded with lunchtime drinkers. ![]() WITH A FLEETING glance over her shoulder, Leah hurried down the steps and into the wine bar. ![]() ![]() ![]() In these words, readers will find the magnificent energy to spark resistance and revolution.Īvailable Now from Hachette Audio as a digital download and in Print and Ebook from Hachette Books. ![]() ![]() Featuring rewritten fairytale heroines, goddess wisdom, and verse that burns with magnificent beauty, this raw and powerful collection is an explosion of femininity, empowerment, and personal growth. In this magical poetry collection, Nikita Gill unflinchingly explores the fire in every woman and the emotions that lie deep in one's soul. Wild Embers Paperback Januby Nikita Gill (Author) 1,641 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 1.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Paperback 17.21 7 Used from 10.63 10 New from 12.86 Audio CD 19.50 2 New from 19. 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Philosophy is literally the love of wisdom and has been studied for thousands of years, tracing back to ancient Greece. ![]() Easier to understand than the more advanced texts of Plato and Socrates, they’ll provide a great introduction and will get you thinking more about the world around you in the search for truth. ![]() In this article I’ve shared some book recommendations that provide a great beginner’s guide to philosophy to get you started and feed your intrigue. Your preconceptions of philosophy might be that it seems difficult to understand, boring, and strange in places. If, like me, your philosophical knowledge only seems to go as far as popular cultural references (for me, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: "What is the answer to the meaning of life?" 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Most widely known among these is The Story of Mankind, a history of the world especially for children, which won the first Newbery Medal in 1922. He later became a professor of history at Cornell University (1915-17) and in 1919 became an American citizen.įrom the 1910s until his death, Van Loon wrote many books. He was a correspondent during the Russian Revolution of 1905 and in Belgium in 1914 at the start of World War I. Hendrik Willem van Loon (Janu– March 11, 1944) was a Dutch-American historian and journalist.īorn in Rotterdam, he went to the United States in 1903 to study at Cornell University. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Duet narration by Zara Hampton Brown and David William Keegan. Please see the author's website for full details. This is a dark romance and therefore comes with a content warning. 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