The Assumption of the Rogues and Rascals

The Assumption of the Rogues and Rascals
Author: Elizabeth Smart
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-08-13
Genre: English fiction
ISBN: 9780008155742

First published in 1978, and widely considered to be the sequel to her masterpiece 'By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept', this remarkable book further established Smart's reputation as a brave and inspirational writer. A still beautiful woman, 31 years old with four children by a faithless lover, cannot break the habit of expectation. She must learn to submit to the cold, bare, unglamorous tenets of reality - the untenable position of love. She must learn to deflect Grand Passion into an acceptance of the rogues and rascals with their radiant faces, who buy her a bitter with borrowed cash. Out of a passionate youth, through pain and harsh revelation, she has attained a maturity - a certain knowledge that the cost of rapture is high and that there is no looking back. Hers is a voice that distils a woman's determination for survival - a voice that rises up from everyday life, from the bus queue, the Underground, the pub - and in Elizabeth Smart's hand is wrought into something magnificent.

The Assumption of the Rogues & Rascals

The Assumption of the Rogues & Rascals
Author: Elizabeth Smart
Publisher: London ; Toronto : Paladin Grafton Books
Total Pages: 124
Release: 1991
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

United States. Thus began one of the most extraordinary, intense and ultimately tragic love affairs of our time. They never married but Elizabeth bore George Barker four children and their relationship provided the impassioned inspiration for one of the most moving and immediate chronicles of a love affair ever written - By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept. Originally published in 1945, this remarkable book is now widely recognized as a classic work of poetic.

When Rogues Fall Out

When Rogues Fall Out
Author: R. Austin Freeman
Publisher: House of Stratus
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2008-09-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0755103823

From stealing bejewelled necklaces to antique clocks, Toke cons a host of gullible individuals out of priceless heirlooms. But then he meets Hughes and the scam spirals out of control. Then there's the case of the murdered Inspector Badger. Will Dr Thorndyke solve the conundrums which hoodwink and hinder the cleverest of crime readers?

Rogues and Vagabonds

Rogues and Vagabonds
Author: George R. Sims
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 398
Release: 2020-08-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3752429747

Reproduction of the original: Rogues and Vagabonds by George R. Sims

Mein Kampf

Mein Kampf
Author: Adolf Hitler
Publisher: ببلومانيا للنشر والتوزيع
Total Pages: 522
Release: 2024-02-26
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Madman, tyrant, animal—history has given Adolf Hitler many names. In Mein Kampf (My Struggle), often called the Nazi bible, Hitler describes his life, frustrations, ideals, and dreams. Born to an impoverished couple in a small town in Austria, the young Adolf grew up with the fervent desire to become a painter. The death of his parents and outright rejection from art schools in Vienna forced him into underpaid work as a laborer. During the First World War, Hitler served in the infantry and was decorated for bravery. After the war, he became actively involved with socialist political groups and quickly rose to power, establishing himself as Chairman of the National Socialist German Worker's party. In 1924, Hitler led a coalition of nationalist groups in a bid to overthrow the Bavarian government in Munich. The infamous Munich "Beer-hall putsch" was unsuccessful, and Hitler was arrested. During the nine months he was in prison, an embittered and frustrated Hitler dictated a personal manifesto to his loyal follower Rudolph Hess. He vented his sentiments against communism and the Jewish people in this document, which was to become Mein Kampf, the controversial book that is seen as the blue-print for Hitler's political and military campaign. In Mein Kampf, Hitler describes his strategy for rebuilding Germany and conquering Europe. It is a glimpse into the mind of a man who destabilized world peace and pursued the genocide now known as the Holocaust.

O Caledonia

O Caledonia
Author: Elspeth Barker
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2022-09-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1668004615

"Originally published in Great Britain in 1991 by Hamish Hamilton Ltd."--Title page verso.