Author: Robin Hawdon
Publisher:
Published: 2014-12-08
Total Pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9781910198520
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →'A peculiarly fascinating story.' The Guardian's Polly Toynbee Above ground the countryside stretches quietly, majestically beneath the changing skies. Peaceful and untroubled, far from the wars and woes of man, nature moves through her timeless cycles. But look closer. For in the secret world beneath the grasses lies an empire in turmoil. A revered leader had died and, as the enemy prepares its armies for war, rebellion is whispered through the undergrowth. There in the kingdom of the ants the old order crumbles and the new prepares for its explosive birth. No single insect, from magnificent war leader to defiant rebel, from wise elder statesman to upstart contender, from beloved Queen to emerging young champion, is impervious to the revolutionary changes within the hierarchy, or the gathering threat from a terrible foe. Man may be ignorant of the cataclysmic battles unfolding beneath his vision, but he should take note. His struggles are not so very different....
Author: James Russell Lowell
Publisher:
Published: 1896
Total Pages: 528
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The present Cambridge Edition of Mr. Lowell's poems contains, substantially in the order established by the author, the poems included by him not long before his death in the definitive Riverside Edition of his writings, and in addition the small group contained in the Last Poems, collected by his literary executor, Mr. Charles Eliot Norton. - Publisher's note.
Author: Winston Graham
Publisher: A Thomas Dunne Book for St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2016-09-20
Total Pages: 560
ISBN-13: 1250124921
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The stunning fifth novel in Winston Graham's classic Poldark saga, the major TV series from Masterpiece on PBS. When Ross Poldark’s former beloved gives birth to a son—with his enemy George Warleggan—Ross must face the pain of losing her all over again. But soon they discover her cousin has fallen in love with Ross’s brother-in-law, and the two families become entangled in surprising new ways. As the rivalry between Ross and George reaches new heights, the families must face an uncertain future. Filled with intrigue and secrets, and set against the romantic Cornwall backdrop, Winston Graham's The Black Moon will pull you in to the lives of these two very memorable families.
Author: Samuel Beckett
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9780802134905
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Gathers the Nobel Prize winning poet and dramatist's short prose into one volume that affords the reader a view of Beckett's development as an artist.