Watson: 1865 books

Thomas Watson (circa 16201686) was an English Puritan who became a well renowned preacher and author during his time, and his writings are still widely read today. As vicar of St. Stephen's Walbrook, Watson became famous and popular as a preacher until the Restoration, which found him removed from his...

Two best friends. One big lie. The best bake off EVER. Bella Bradley is the queen of television baking – a national treasure. Her Christmas specials have been topping the ratings for years and her marriage to Peter ‘Silver Fox’ Bradley is the stuff of Hello magazine specials. But this...

Dani’s on a mission to get her life back on track by the end of the Summer. Running, rowing, aerobics and more, but perhaps all she needs are sweet treats and a second chance? Twenty years ago, Dani fled Appledore with a broken-heart and a suitcase full of shattered dreams. Only now is she...

The Lantana County Fair has come to town, and Tally Jones has scored a plum spot as a judge on one of the tasting panels. With her business warming up and her love life positively molten, Tally’s life feels like three scoops in a two-scoop cone. But when her cousin Bree spots her no-good...

The startling central idea behind this study is that the rediscovery of Aristotle's Poetics in the sixteenth century ultimately had a profound impact on almost every aspect of Shakespeare's late plays”their sources, subject matter and thematic concerns. Shakespeare's Poetics reveals the generic...

In another world, somewhere in space and time, two countries - Bellogard and Chorny - are locked in perpetual war, conducted by magic. Each of the main members of the two countries' courts - king, queen, prince, bishop, knight and squire - has their own form of magic, and special ways of moving magically....

"Delves into the historical convergence of peoples and cultural traditions that both enrich and problematize notions of national belonging, identity, culture, and citizenship."--Antonio D. Tillis, editor of Critical Perspectives on Afro-Latin American Literature "With rich detail and...

**From award-winning author Penny Watson... A super-schmaltzy, super-sweet, super-beardy, super-short snowbound-in-a-cabin holiday romance. **Previously available on Penny Watson's website**** Genre: Holiday Romance Length: Super short story, 4000 words Looking for a super-schmaltzy,...

Eight short stories from Christopher Watson: Unseen, The Jeweler's Daughter, Used To Be, From Ashes, Roach's Run, Time Loop, Clearing Crystal, and The Weight of Scales. Also included are flash fiction titles: Tomorrow: Humanity, Morning Glory, and Treat Me

Terence Watson was a leading light in the Umbrella Club that was officially opened in 1955 by members of the famous Goon Show (Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers). The term ‘Umbrella’ indicated the intention that the club should represent a diverse range of artistic activities....

Both serious students and amateurs will appreciate this guide to drawing, an ideal resource for those who want to develop their skills whether for professional reasons or simply for pleasure. Its comprehensive chapters cover all of the basic black-and-white drawing media: pencil, charcoal, pen and...

Award-winning photographer Jack Watson has crafted a unique book dedicated to female glamour images created in black and white to honor the famous Hollywood still photographers of the 1920s and '30s. With the help of a large collection of stunning glamour shots, this book is stunning on several levels.

Longlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction: Astonishing prose brings to life a forgotten woman and a lost world in a strange and bittersweet Southern pastoral. Since his award-winning debut collection of stories, Last Days of the Dog-Men, Brad Watson has been expanding the literary...

Here is the only modern biography in English of Albrecht von Wallenstein, the great Habsburg general of the Thirty Years War. Against the background of war and destruction, of tortuous intrigue, biographer Francis Watson has limned the enigmatic Wallenstein, tracing skillfully his furious,...