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In this engaging volume of essays written in a style that evokes the classic parable, Arnold Bennett brings to bear the folksy voice he developed in his popular Five Towns series in discussions of practical matters such as budgeting, business dealings, and choosing one's profession.

Books and Persons was previously published as articles under Bennett's pseudonym, Jacob Tonson in the magazine The New Age. He wrote these essays in Paris, London, Switzerland and the Forest of Fontainebleau, covering such topics as "Ugliness in Fiction," "The Novel of the Season," "German Expansion," and "Joseph Conrad."

A frosty bluestocking and a hot-blooded rake. A stolen kiss and a Yuletide wedding. Sparks fly, but will hearts melt this Christmas?When confirmed bluestocking, Tessa Penrose, is thoroughly compromised at a Yuletide ball by Jasper, the Earl of Arlington, she is none too pleased to have to marry...

Upon returning to EverLast to wage a war on Caine, Phoenix and his friends are shocked to find a full on battlefield. Against all odds, and under the attack of creatures with powers they’ve never encountered before, it’s up to all sides to fight if they want to survive. But Caine’s army...

A collection of short stories celebrating all that is weird in our world, including escaped murderers, haunted fairgrounds, genetic engineering and population control. From a twist-in-the-tale shortie to an adaptation of an episode of a UK horror television series, by means of fantasy, mythology and...

What do you do when you realise that the bad guys might care more about you than the good ones? Ricky’s on the edge of a life of crime. Skipping college to steal cars in the aftermath of his father’s death in action, it’s not surprising that his dreams are vivid and seem almost real.  Calith’s...

Bennetts artistry lies in his ability to create poems that shatter complacency with bricks of loaded language. Quill & Quire on Civil and Civic How are you doing, happinesswise? This is the unifying thread, the casual-sounding but slant and penetrating question posed by these poems as they...

Michael is piecing his life back together after his time spent as a rent boy. But it's hard and although he's been clean of drugs for months, the nightmares are still too real and he can't come to terms with Lee's death and Eddie's impending trial.  Sometimes other people's troubles can seem...

BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Jaida Jones and Danielle Bennett's Steelhands. During the war between the kingdoms of Volstov and Ke-Han, no fighter could match Rook for sheer arrogance and skill. Only Rook could ride the great dragon Havemercy, whose savagery and bloodlust matched...

Sherman had no future, until he finds himself in the future, accidentally kidnapped by Dr. Serendipity Brown, inventor of time travel. She hires him as her assistant, since Sherman has the one quality Serendipity lacks: common sense. Gallivanting about in an experimental time machine, they soon find...

Imagine being the strongest being in existence. It could get a little boring, right? The Guardians knew this all too well. After centuries of unrivaled governance, the Guardians began to turn on each other. Their sadistic leader played his men like pawns and war soon swallowed the kingdom. When the...

Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film. -wikipedia

This is Mr. Bennett's fifth book-poem of the Holy Bible; without theologizing this volume has poetically captured and retained the true essence of the "Minor" (lessor) Holy Prophets, and three miracle men: Noah, Jonah, and Job. As in all of his poetry, this is unique in the annals of religious...

A Great Man (1904), which Bennett subtitled “A Frolic,” gives his humorous talent full rein. The novel is a hilarious character study of Henry Shakespeare Knight from his humble beginnings to his assent to the pinnacle of fame as a popular writer.