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Byron by David Ellis
Category: General Biography | Series: Critical Lives Ser.
A fresh, concise account of the Romantic poet Lord Byron's flamboyant life and work. In this book, David Ellis traces Lord Byron's life from rented lodgings in Aberdeen and the crumbling splendors of Newstead Abbey to his final grand tour of Asia. Describing his exile from England as well as his subseq ...Show more
Chau Chak Wing Museum - Director's Choice by David Ellis
Category: Art and Design
- Publication marks the opening of the Chau Chak Wing Museum in Sydney in mid-2020- Collections span arts, humanities and the sciences over thousands of years- While a truly international collection, the Chau Chak Wing Museum also offers significant cultural artefacts from across Australasia, and will b ...Show more
Eye of the Beholder by David Ellis
Category: Fiction
"Eye of the Beholder" is a heart-pounding thriller filled with dark secrets and the horrific lengths that desperate people will go to keep them. Renowned attorney Paul Riley has built a lucrative career based on his famous prosecution of Terry Burgos, a serial killer who followed the lyrics of a violent ...Show more
Guilty Wives by James Patterson; David Ellis
Category: Fiction
After a lavish night of guilty pleasures in Monte Carlo, four best friends face an awful morning of arrests -- and a fight for survival. Guilty Wives: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! * Only minutes after Abbie Elliot and her three best fri ...Show more
Guilty Wives by James Patterson; David Ellis
Category: Fiction
After a lavish night of guilty pleasures in Monte Carlo, four best friends face an awful morning of arrests-and a fight for survival.Only minutes after Abbie Elliot and her three best friends step off of a private helicopter, they enter the most luxurious, sumptuous, sensually pampering hotel they have ...Show more
House of Cards: The True Story of How a 26-Year-Old Fundamentalist Virgin Learned about Life, Love and Sex by Writing Greeting Cards by David Ellis Dickerson
Category: Biography & Memoir
A hilarious and honest memoir by an ex-greeting card writer, ex- virgin fundamentalist, and current "This American Life" contributor. When David Dickerson landed his dream job at Hallmark writing greeting cards he discovered his limited life experience as a fundamentalist raised, 26-year-old virgin left ...Show more
Kepler and the Universe - How One Man Revolutionized Astronomy by David K. Love; Richard Ellis (Foreword by)
Category: Popular Science | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
A contemporary of Galileo and a forerunner of Isaac Newton, Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was a pioneering German scientist and a pivotal figure in the history of astronomy. This colorful, well-researched biography brings the man and his scientific discoveries to life, showing how his contributions were e ...Show more
Line of Vision by David Ellis
Category: Crime and Thrillers
Investment banker Marty Kalish is a man with something to hide. But what exactly? When Marty arrives at the house of his married lover only to see her being brutally beaten by her husband, he breaks into the house, and the next thing he knows, he is hiding the body of the murdered husband. Marty does ev ...Show more
Look Closer by David Ellis
Category: Crime and Thrillers
Simon and Vicky couldn't seem more normal: a wealthy Chicago couple, he a respected law professor, she an advocate for domestic violence victims. A stable, if unexciting marriage. But one thing's for sure... absolutely nothing is what it seems. The pair are far from normal, and one of them just may be a ...Show more
Memoirs of a Leavisite: The Decline and Fall of Cambridge English by David Ellis
Category: Politics
In the second half of the last century, the teaching of English literature was very much influenced and, in some places, entirely dominated by the ideas of F. R. Leavis. What was it like to be taught by this iconic figure? How and why did one become a Leavisite? In this unique book, part memoir, part st ...Show more