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Cast No Shadows

South-West England, 1812. England is at war with America and when two hundred and fifty American prisoners-of-war arrive at Dartmoor prison, it is already overcrowded with French prisoners. Among the newcomers is Lieutenant Pilgrim Penn, an American merchant seaman, who soon falls in love with a local girl at a market held inside the prison walls. The inmates fight amongst themselves, despite their common enemy and the Americans are a particularly troublesome group. When the governor's daughter becomes romantically involved with one of them, he orders his soldiers to open fire during a minor disturbance, even though the war has ended and personal revenge is suspected as his true motivation.

A Cast of Vultures: A Mystery (Sam Clair #3)

There was every possibility that I was dead, and my brain hadn’t got the memo. Or maybe it was that I wished I were dead. On reflection, that was more likely.Usually sharp-witted editor Sam Clair tumbles through her post-launch-party morning with the hangover to end all hangovers. Before the Nurofen has even kicked in, she finds herself entangled in an elaborate saga of missing neighbours, suspected arson and the odd unidentified body. When the grisly news breaks that the fire has claimed a victim, Sam is already in pursuit. Never has comedy been as deadly as Sam faces down a pair from Thugs ‘R’ Us, aided by nothing more than a CID boyfriend, a stalwart Goth assistant and a seemingly endless supply of purple-sprouting broccoli.‘WICKEDLY FUNNY’ THE TIMES‘DEADLY FUNNY’ DONNA LEON

Cast the First Stone: A Mediaeval Mystery (Book 6) (A\mediaeval Mystery Ser. #6)

The sixth book in a thrilling series of mediaeval mysteries by C.B. Hanley. November 1217: Edwin Weaver is back in his home village of Conisbrough. But if he thinks life is going to be peaceful, he’s wrong: the new bailiff is unpopular and cruel, and soon his murdered corpse is discovered. Everything points to the culprit being a foreigner, and the villagers are happy to have an outsider take the blame; Edwin isn’t so sure and is determined to investigate. However, his former friends, all with something to hide, are increasingly hostile to him and resent his interference. The more he discovers, the more he is convinced that the stranger is innocent, but this comes with dangers of its own. With the sheriff due to arrive any day expecting to supervise a swift execution, Edwin and his wife Alys must join forces to solve the mystery before it is too late.

Cast upon the Breakers: Large Print (Classics To Go)

A short story, set in the USA. A young man in a private school learns that his guardian has lost his inheritance in some poor business dealing; as a result, there is no money left and he must leave the school to make his own way in the world. The story follows his adventures as he escapes being cheated, but is then accused of theft for which another is guilty. Of course, he lands on his feet and builds himself a circle of friends and makes his fortune.

Cast Upon the Breakers

The Castaways

A SECRET BEACH. A HOLIDAY OF A LIFETIME. WISH YOU WERE HERE? THINK AGAIN…

The Castaways: A 'fab summer read' (The Bookbag) from the Queen of the Summer Novel

Secrets and lies can lurk beneath even the closest of relationships . . .From the outside, the close-knit circle of friends calling themselves 'the Castaways' share an idyllic lifestyle, blessed with money, children, beauty and love.But when Tess and Greg are killed in a tragic boating accident, orphaning their seven-year-old twins, it sends devastating shockwaves through the rest of the group. As the friends grieve, the truth behind their relationships gradually begins to emerge in a chain of staggering revelations. And for the first time they are forced to ask the hardest of questions.Can you live without the person who made you whole? And how do you mourn for a secret lover and a relationship nobody knew existed?**************Praise for The Castaways'An honest, raw tale of friendship and love' - Cosmopolitan'A fab summer read' - The Bookbag'Great fun, and with poignant moments too' - Kirkus**************Further praise for Elin Hilderbrand'A gritty and moving read that oozes plenty of drama' - Heat'A gem of a summer read with a glamorous location, elite lifestyle, and Hilderbrand's appealing take on the constant stress that fills the lives of women everywhere' - Booklist'This book was a great read - you really care what happens to the characters. Perfect holiday reading. I didn't want to put it down' - Candis 'Touching and uplifting' - U Magazine

Caste-Off: The Year of Short Stories – February

Caste-Off is part of The Year of Short Stories and is one of a limited number of digital shorts released to celebrate the publication of Jeffrey Archer’s magnificent seventh short story collection, Tell Tale.Taken from And Thereby Hangs a Tale, Jeffrey Archer's sixth collection of short stories, Caste-Off is an enthralling short read with unforgettable characters and a devastating twist.Jamwal Rameshwar Singh, a hedonistic playboy prince, assumes he will never fall in love but this all changes when he meets Nisha Chowdhury. Their blossoming international relationship continues as she completes her degree at Stanford but even as their love grows, Jamwal knows that his family will oppose the match as Nisha is not of their caste. Will Jamwal choose love or will his family’s wishes prevail?Be sure to look out for more from The Year of Short Stories collection, including The Endgame and The Man Who Robbed His Own Post Office.

Castellanas

El libro de CASTELLANAS fue el primero que el poeta dio a la imprenta en el año 1901. Se trata de un volumen con 17 poesías en donde, -a pesar del título- contiene poesías de ambiente campesino de su época castellana, pero también contiene algunas poesías de claro ambiente extremeño. El libro NUEVAS CASTELLANAS fue el tercero en dar a la imprenta el poeta y contiene un total de 22 poesías. El ambiente que respiran todas ellas, también está impregnado de aromas castellanos y extremeños, y son la más genuina expresión de todo el conjunto de su obra poética.

Castellano's Mistress of Revenge: His Mistress For A Million / Proud Greek, Ruthless Revenge / Castellano's Mistress Of Revenge (Mills And Boon Modern Ser.)

For vengeance or possession? Men like Marc Castellano don’t forgive – they get revenge… Five years ago Ava McGuire left Marc, and then married his business rival in a high-profile scandal. But no one knows that the fragile widow was forced to say ‘I do’. Now she is left with nothing but crippling debts and another scandalous proposition!

Castelli's Virgin Widow: Castelli's Virgin Widow / Helios Crowns His Mistress (Mills And Boon Modern Ser.)

‘Saint Kate is a myth…’ Reckless magnate Luca Castelli thinks he knows everything about his late father’s widow Kathryn. He won’t be fooled by the tabloids’ adoration – to his mind this young, achingly beautiful woman is no saint! So when the terms of the will force Luca to become Kathryn’s boss, he resolves to push her to her very limits…

Castiglione's Allegory: Veiled Policy in The Book of the Courtier (1528)

Castiglione’s Book of the Courtier (Il libro del cortegiano, 1528), a dialogue in which the interlocutors attempt to describe the perfect courtier, was one of the most influential books of the Renaissance. In recent decades a number of postmodern readings of this work have appeared, emphasizing what is often characterized as the playful indeterminacy of the text, and seeking to detect inconsistencies which are interpreted as signs of anxiety or bad faith in its presentation. In contrast to these postmodern readings, the present study conducts an experiment. What understanding does one gain of Castiglione’s book if one attempts an early modern reading? The author approaches The Book of the Courtier as a text in which some of its most important aspects are intentionally concealed and veiled in allegory. W.R. Albury argues that this early modern reading of The Book of the Courtier enables us to recover a serious political message which has a great deal of contemporary relevance and which is lost from sight when the work is approached primarily as a courtly etiquette book, or as a lament for the lost influence of the aristocracy in an age when autocratic nation-states were coming into being, or as an impersonal textual field upon which a free play of transformations and deconstructions may be performed.

Castiglione's Allegory: Veiled Policy in The Book of the Courtier (1528)

Castiglione’s Book of the Courtier (Il libro del cortegiano, 1528), a dialogue in which the interlocutors attempt to describe the perfect courtier, was one of the most influential books of the Renaissance. In recent decades a number of postmodern readings of this work have appeared, emphasizing what is often characterized as the playful indeterminacy of the text, and seeking to detect inconsistencies which are interpreted as signs of anxiety or bad faith in its presentation. In contrast to these postmodern readings, the present study conducts an experiment. What understanding does one gain of Castiglione’s book if one attempts an early modern reading? The author approaches The Book of the Courtier as a text in which some of its most important aspects are intentionally concealed and veiled in allegory. W.R. Albury argues that this early modern reading of The Book of the Courtier enables us to recover a serious political message which has a great deal of contemporary relevance and which is lost from sight when the work is approached primarily as a courtly etiquette book, or as a lament for the lost influence of the aristocracy in an age when autocratic nation-states were coming into being, or as an impersonal textual field upon which a free play of transformations and deconstructions may be performed.

Castiglione's Pregnant Princess: Castiglione's Pregnant Princess (vows For Billionaires) / Blackmailed Into The Marriage Bed (Vows for Billionaires #2)

Expecting royal twins can only mean one thing…She must wear the Castiglione crown!

Castiglione's Pregnant Princess: Castiglione's Pregnant Princess (vows For Billionaires) / Blackmailed Into The Marriage Bed (Mills And Boon Modern Ser.)

Castiglione’s Pregnant Princess by Lynne Graham

Castile for Isabella: (Isabella & Ferdinand Trilogy) (Isabella & Ferdinand Trilogy #1)

The first book in the captivating Spanish Trilogy, focusing on the remarkable lives of Spain's most famous monarchsIn the 15th Century, Spain is full of intrigue and threatened by civil war. The independent young princess Isabella has become the pawn of her ambitious, half-crazed mother, kept as a virtual prisoner at the sordid court of her half-brother, France's Henry IV. Just sixteen years old, all seems lost: is Isabella fated to be the victim of the Queen's revenge, the Archbishop's ambition and the lust of Don Pedro Giron, one of the most notorious womanisers in Castile? Numbed with grief and fear, Isabella holds onto one cherished hope: that one day, she will escape her tormentors and marry Ferdinand, the handsome young Prince of Aragon - her only true betrothed. But the forces of Europe are ranged against them, and love's triumphs are rare...

El castillo

Franz Kafka (1883-1924) comienza a escribir EL CASTILLO muy probablemente en enero de 1922; en septiembre de ese mismo año abandona el manuscrito, editado poco después de su muerte por Max Brod. En la novela son facilmente perceptibles los elementos autobiográficos, y reconocible la localización geográfica; según muchos críticos, es el proyecto literario más ambicioso y logrado de Kafka. El agrimensor K. acude a una aldea, cuya vida gira por entero en torno al castillo que la gobierna, a fin de incorporarse a un trabajo para el que cree ha sido llamado; todo el relato ocupa la historia de sus inútiles esfuerzos para aclarar su situación y romper el círculo de soledad que le rodea. El clima y la idea dramática son análogos a los que informan "La metamorfosis", "El proceso" y, en general, su obra entera: un mundo exterior que pese a conservar todas las notas que lo hacen fisonómicamente reconocible y familiar, es objeto de una misteriosa mutación que la transforma cualitativamente; una secuencia de acontecimientos incomprensibles para quien la padece pero que esconde tras la aparente arbitrariedad de su movimiento una necesidad ineluctable; la inoperancia de la voluntad y el entendimiento humanos para comprender ese medio hostil y doblegarlo.

Castillo's Bride (Mills And Boon Vintage Superromance Ser.)

But Jordan Castillo insists that he wants a partner, not a wife. Jordan's the only surviving son of a family that can trace its heritage back for centuries. He's also a salvager searching for sunken treasure Castillo treasure. He knows of one person who can help him find it. A woman. A woman named Aurora Collins.

The Casting Couch: Number 1 in Series (Taste for Temptation)

Young Jason McIver, fresh from drama school, is desperate to make it as a frontline actor. So, when he is invited to Los Angeles, he is eager to seize his chance. But that chance comes in the intimidating form of predatory females whose appetite for sensual gratification is more profound than any traditional studio chief. The choice for Jason is clear. If he wants to perform in front of the cameras, first he's got to demonstrate his talent on the casting couch . . . Part one of the Taste for Temptation series. Discover Piatkus Entice: temptation at your fingertips - www.piatkusentice.co.uk

Casting Off (Cazalet Chronicles #4)

The Second World War has finally ended and so begins a new era of freedom and opportunity for the Cazalet family in Casting Off, the fourth novel in Elizabeth Jane Howard's magnificent Cazalet Chronicles.'Compelling, moving, unputdownable . . . Maybe my favourite books ever' - Marian Keyes, bestselling author of My Favourite MistakeThe Cazalet cousins are now in their twenties, trying to piece together their lives in the aftermath of the Second World War. Louise is faced with her father’s new mistress and her mother’s grief at his betrayal, while suffering a loveless marriage of her own. Clary is struggling to understand why her beloved father chose to stay in France long after it was safe to return to Britain, and both she and Polly are madly in love with much older men.As Polly, Clary and Louise face the truth about the adult world, their fathers – Rupert, Hugh and Edward – must make choices that will decide their own, and the family’s, future.'She helps us to do the necessary thing – open our eyes and our hearts' – Hilary Mantel, bestselling author of The Mirror and the LightCasting Off is the heartbreaking and heartwarming fourth instalment of Elizabeth Jane Howard's bestselling series. It is followed by All Change, the fifth and final book in the series.

Casting Off (The Canal Boat Café #2)

Welcome to Cressida McLaughlin’s heartwarming The Canal Board Cafe - step aboard!

Casting Off

What makes a wife and mother, pillar of the community and partner in a cosy tea-shop (The Bun in the Oven) suddenly run away to sea, alone?Joanna Gurney hardly knows herself. But as she moves along the rocky, dangerous coast of Britain, evading police and press, Joanna meets other cast-off and washed-up individuals in 1990s Britain, and finds that she can also make a voyage into her own past. And, in the end, find her solution.

Casting the First Stone

A year after her husband's death, young widow and art collector Diana Porteous listlessly roams the beach near her home. Her friend and agent Saul takes action, introducing her to his stylish, anarchic sister, Sarah, to pep her up.They plan that Di should rediscover her talents as a thief, as well as art expert, to recover stolen paintings - and begin with Steven, the neighbour's son, who is amassing works of art in a strange building in London, including work stolen from his mother.But if Di is interested in his illicit treasures, he is equally fascinated by hers - and in the secrets still held in that house by the sea. . .

Casting the Gods Adrift: A Tale Of Ancient Egypt (Flashbacks)

A thriller set in ancient Egypt between 1351-1354 BC. Tutmose and Ibrim's father, the animal dealer, is commanded by the new pharaoh Akhenaten, to bring him animals - lots of animals - for his new capital city. The boys' father is delighted. But he has no idea what the pharaoh's strange new religion will mean for all of them...

The Castle: A New Translation Based On The Restored Text (Penguin Modern Classics)

The Castle is the story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home. As he encounters dualities of certainty and doubt, hope and fear, and reason and nonsense, K.’s struggles in the absurd, labyrinthine world where he finds himself seem to reveal an inexplicable truth about the nature of existence. Kafka began The Castle in 1922 and it was never finished, yet this, the last of his three great novels, draws fascinating conclusions that make it feel strangely complete.