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Parisian Pauline Guyot (1805-1886), who wrote under the nom de plume Camille Lebrun, published many novels, translations, collections of tales, and articles in French magazines of her day. Yet she has largely been forgotten by contemporary literary critics and readers. Among her works is a hitherto-untranslated 1845 French novel, Amitie et devouement, ou Trois mois a la Louisiane, or Friendship and Devotion, or Three Months in Louisiana, a moralizing, educational travelogue meant for a young adult readership of the time. Lebrun's novel is one of the few perspectives we have by a mid-nineteenth-century French woman writer on the matters of slavery, abolition, race relations, and white supremacy in France's former Louisiana colony. E. Joe Johnson and Robin Anita White have recovered this work, providing a translation, an accessible introduction, extensive endnote annotations, and period illustrations. After a short preface meant to educate young readers about the geography, culture, and history of the southern reaches of the Louisiana Purchase, the novel tells the tale of two teenaged, orphaned Americans, Hortense Melvil and Valentine Arnold. The two young women, who characterize one another as "sisters," have spent the majority of their lives in a Parisian boarding school and return to Louisiana to begin their adult lives. Almost immediately upon arrival in New Orleans, their close friendship faces existential threats: grave illness in the form of yellow fever, the prospect of marriage separating the two, and powerful discrimination in the form of racial prejudice and segregation.

Jimmy Sheddan was one of the many New Zealanders who joined the RNZAF, then left his native land to come to England to fight the enemies of Great Britain and her Empire during World War Two. Through his recollections we can share some of the trials and wartime tribulations they faced. Yet we can read too of the enormous amount of fun these men had despite the dangers and sacrifices of war. It is this quality which endears his book to us as well as the achievements of the airmen with whom he served.

During the war, Jim Sheddan rose from the rank of sergeant pilot to squadron leader with 486 Squadron, a considerable achievement. After starting with Spitfires, then going onto the Typhoon, Jim became an expert exponent of the Hawker Tempest, winning the DFC. In many ways his is a very special account as, amongst other things, he survived 19 hours in a dinghy off the French coast, a crash landing in a Tempest after a battle with a V1 flying bomb, and the advance across northern Europe in the final weeks of the war.

Few Tempest pilots have told their story - but Jim has, and in an honest, self-effacing way that will astound and enthrall. With a foreword by AVM J E 'Johnnie' Johnson, CB, CBE, DSO and 2 bars, DFC and bar; and an appreciation by Group Captain Johnny Iremonger DFC.

This collection centers on the remarkable life and career of the writer and actor Elizabeth Inchbald (1753-1821), active in Great Britain in the late eighteenth century. Inspired by the example of Inchbald's biographer, Annibel Jenkins (1918-2013), the contributors explore the broad historical and cultural context around Inchbald's life and work, with essays ranging from the Restoration to the nineteenth century. Ranging from visual culture, theater history, literary analyses, to historical investigations, the essays not only present a fuller picture of cultural life in Great Britain in the long eighteenth century, but also reflect a range of disciplinary perspectives. The collection concludes with the final scholarly presentation of the late Professor Jenkins, a study of the eighteenth-century English newspaper The World (1753-1756).

Everything Tom wanted seemed to fall into his life. A trip across the galaxy to go to school. Learning to fly in the atrium of a star ship. The love of a beautiful woman and a chance to become an officer on the ship. But just as Tom was sure everything was perfect, he learned that everything has a price. Sometimes that price is more than the mind of one man can bare. Sometimes you must lose everything, just to be a man.

John and Amelia Foster have let life get in the way of their five-year marriage. Careers, temptations and betrayal threaten to tear them apart, but instead of giving in, they decide to pick up the pieces together and go on a journey of discovery to find their way back to each other. Desire and passion battle jealousy and insecurity. Will they find their ALWAYS?

Joshua Jericho Battle is no stranger to adversity. An attorney who happily gave up his flourishing criminal law practice two years ago, JJ is trying a routine case when he uncovers the largest land swindle in Detroit history. It appears to have been orchestrated by the man who is about to change his life forever: Bobby Boogaloo Bennett.

Determined to bring down the corrupt conspiracy, JJ puts his life, career, and the people he loves in jeopardy. By the time he realizes that recent events are not just coincidental, he is in too deep to get out. Now the only way to survive is to play by their rules. But when JJ unexpectedly becomes a suspect in a recent string of murders, his toughest battle will be to save himself. As the authorities close in, JJ is in a race against time to unravel the mysteries of One Detroit, Inc. As ambition, greed, and revenge collide, it appears no one will survive unscathed.

In this heart-pounding thriller, a young attorney must do everything in his power to survive the greatest battle of his life as he attempts to destroy an evil enterprise and conquer the demons of his past.