A. Johnson

Loss... a word Elizabeth Haddington knows only too well. Despite the tragedies she's endured, she's been able to rise from the adversity she's faced and begin her life again. Being a self-assured and strong woman, she knows she doesn't need anyone to make her whole. Hate, pain, and twisted memories are all Sawyer Bryant's ever known. He'd slowly lost who he was and what he should've become. His only escape was the military... Eight years later, as an ex-Navy SEAL, he's forced to confront his father and their disturbed and violent past. Then one day, his life is turned upside down, when he glimpses a woman singing in her car at a set of traffic lights. Thinking he'd never see her again, amazingly he finds her performing with her band at the local bar. This chance encounter brings these two lost souls together. Once Sawyer gets a taste of her melodic voice, there's no turning back. For Elizabeth, when she meets Sawyer... she realizes she's fallen hard. But is this really love she's feeling or does love build slowly over time? What happens when fate turns things around on you, creates flashes you can't turn from... moments that will shape your life? They are faced with the choice of darkness surrounding them or to rid themselves of the guilt and pain and move toward the light. This story is about life's moments. How they can make you or break you, and one man's hope that... Love, won't judge him. ***A warning to the reader, This book contains dark themes such as abuse and PTSD.

Still Life

Charles Dickens

Granville Calland Thornley

Classic / British English This great story is set against the background of the French Revolution. Two men -- one French, one English, but very similar in appearance -- are in love with the same woman. The three of them, like the people of France, are faced with the dangers of life at a time when the guillotine never rests.

A Tale of Two Cities

Jeannine Colette

Jessica Bucher

Hayley Stumbo

Amanda Richardson

Caroline Nolan

Stephanie Alba

Madalyn Beck

Eight authors.Eight stories inspired by the classic fairytale, Beauty and the Beast.Fate.Death.Revenge.Boundaries.Heartache.Appearances.Sacrifice.Redemption.100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Wildlife Conservation Network.

BEAST: an Anthology

Žakalin Nežić

Poetry. Fiction. Translation. While the world's attention has been focused on the violence and political events in the Balkans, the creative works of those who struggle to maintain the rich literary culture in this under represented part of Europe has been ignored. This anthology recognizes some of those passionate voices from the faultline. "What is more appropriate for students being introduced to a long-neglected corner of Europe still dealing with the 'Eastern Question' than an introduction to writers and poets, some in their twenties, who offer them glimpses from the inside into age-old myths and responses to present-day reality?"--Dr. John kolsti.

A Balkan Anthology

Voices from the Faultline

‘Old Time Stories Told by Master Charles Perrault’ is translated from the original French by A. E. Johnson, and presented alongside the captivating illustrations of William Heath Robinson. It includes such classics of the fairy tale genre as: ‘Sleeping Beauty’, ‘Cinderella’, ‘Bluebeard’, ‘Beauty and the Beast’, ‘Little Red Riding Hood’, ‘Tom Thumb’, and many more. Charles Perrault (1628 – 1703), was among the first writers to bring magical children’s stories into the literary mainstream, proving to his original seventeenth century readers that such works were important, enjoyable, as well as thought-provoking. They remain as popular today, as they were then. William Heath Robinson (1872 – 1944), was an English cartoonist and illustrator, best known for drawings of ridiculously complicated machines – for achieving deceptively simple objectives. Such was (and is) his fame, that the term ‘Heath Robinson’ entered the English language during the First World War, as a description of any unnecessarily complex and implausible contrivance. Appearing alongside the text, his illustrations further refine and elucidate Jackson and Perrault’s masterful storytelling. Pook Press celebrates the great ‘Golden Age of Illustration‘ in children’s literature – a period of unparalleled excellence in book illustration. We publish rare and vintage Golden Age illustrated books, in high-quality colour editions, so that the masterful artwork and story-telling can continue to delight both young and old.

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