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Imperial Vanities

Imperial Vanities

Brian Thompson

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
2003
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This title recounts the beginnings of the end of the British Empire through three men - the explorer Samuel Baker, whose second wife was a slave; his brother Valentine, who indecently assaulted a girl on a train and their friend Gordon of Khartoum, who preferred the company of men and the Bible.
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The Player's Curse

The Player's Curse

Brian Thompson

Vintage
2011
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Bella Wallis – respectable society widow with a secret identity as a writer of sensationalist novels – is now happily engaged to the love of her life, Philip Westland. But Westland’s shadowy job, working for the British government, continually takes him abroad and away from the charismatic, impatient Bella. And then there is the matter of Westland’s sister’s incarceration in a French nunnery, a mystery about which he refuses to say a word.Bella is convinced that their future together can only be resolved by getting to the bottom of his secret. The resulting quest will take her from the Oval, and a vicious curse laid on champion batsman W.G Grace, to the desolate moors of Yorkshire, on the trail of some decidedly dangerous women and a surprisingly chatty hermit…
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The Widow's Secret

The Widow's Secret

Brian Thompson

Vintage
2009
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Bella Wallis is a respectable society woman with a secret identity: in an office buried deep within the seedy backstreets of London, she writes sensationalist novels exposing the scoundrels that litter high society under the pen name Henry Ellis Margam.So when a crested cigar case is found near the body of a murdered prostitute, Bella and her friends are determined to trace the murderer and write a mystery that will avenge the poor girl's untimely death. But the owner of the cigar case is a dangerous - and rich - man who has already destroyed the lives of others who have crossed him. Will Bella see justice done, or will she meet the same fate as so many of her characters...?The Widow's Secret is the first in the Bella Wallis series of mysteries and takes us from London to Paris, from the highest of society to the lowest of the low. It is an entertaining, effervescent romp and a wonderful introduction to this most charismatic of heroines.
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The Sailor's Ransom

The Sailor's Ransom

Brian Thompson

Vintage
2010
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London is alive with gossip about the thrilling new book by sensationalist author Henry Ellis Margam, but only a select group of people know that the real author is beautiful widow, and member of high society, Bella Wallis.One of her confidantes is the dashing Philip Westland, who comes to Bella now with a problem: his best friend Kennet is smitten with the heiress Mary Skillane but Mary's father, Sir William, has promised her to Robert Judd, a vulgar treasure-seeker. Mary is due to inherit the Skillane pearls, which are currently residing in a Cornsih bank vault, but it seems that the pearls were ill-gotten.Can Bella and her friends reunite the young lovers and escape the attention of the villainous Judd?
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Corner of Paradise

Corner of Paradise

Brian Thompson

Vintage Publishing
2014
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This is the story of the unexpectedly joyous consequences - ones to baffle many, not least themselves - until her death, aged 78. Both were writers, though they came from opposite ends of the social register - she an Admiral's daughter, he the descendant of unruly Cockney eccentrics.
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The Nuclear Winter: A Reject High Legacy Novel

The Nuclear Winter: A Reject High Legacy Novel

Brian Thompson

Great Nation Publishing
2019
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Eighth-grader Lucy Sandoval has no hope of reaching high school.Blindsided by a terminal cancer diagnosis, she resolves to spend her last moments with the father she never knew. But he disappeared years ago, and Lucy's mother is tight-lipped about him and their shared past.With little to no leads, Lucy's faith wanes further when their cross-country flight detonates mid-air and they survive. Following a firefight with a group of mercenaries her mother takes down barehanded, Lucy is forced to confront a lifetime's worth of questions, lies, and betrayal plus master an explosive newfound power all her own. Then, in a world she barely understands, Lucy must fight death at every turn to stop a rising threat and cataclysmic, planet-altering destruction---no matter how much time she has left.The Nuclear Winter: A Reject High Legacy novel is a thrilling hero's journey where a young girl comes-of-age by learning to master the mysterious potential she finds within herself.
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The Doomsday Clock

The Doomsday Clock

Brian Thompson

Great Nation Publishing
2023
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For "One," an illegal clone who generates distance-bending wormholes, time is good for measuring how much longer she can survive in her home, Sector 215, an impoverished remnant of North America ruined by multiple nuclear blasts. That is until a trip for water rations ends in the fatal shooting of her only friend. Face-to-face with imminent death, One accidentally generates a new timeline. Armed with the truth about who she was biologically engineered to become, One must master her transtemporal abilities and journey from the year 2084 to 2029. There, with the present ticking toward nuclear catastrophe, One has to secure a peaceful future by sacrificing her own wants and bloodying her hands...or so she thinks. The thrilling conclusion to the Reject High Legacy series, The Doomsday Clock: A Reject High Legacy Novel skips across realities where One struggles against the urge to do what is best for her versus what is right for the world.
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ACT-Informed Exposure for Anxiety

ACT-Informed Exposure for Anxiety

Brian Thompson

Readhowyouwant
2024
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This clinical guide shows therapists how to create effective, innovative, and values-driven exposures for treating clients with anxiety and avoidant behaviors. The exposures outlined in this book are easy-to-implement, easily tolerated by clients, and work to strengthen psychological flexibility.
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40 Rudiments: Torrent of Rhythm Split Into Understandable Bite-Size Pieces

40 Rudiments: Torrent of Rhythm Split Into Understandable Bite-Size Pieces

Brian Thompson

Independently Published
2017
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Do feel that the 40 rudiments are difficult to understand, play and teach. With this book they are easy and fun. Each of the 40 rudiments have an accompaniment track that plays along with the demonstrating what they sound like and how to play them slow to fast. As directors who use this book have said "My students love these exercises and I love them."
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The Widow's Secret

The Widow's Secret

Brian Thompson

Atlantic Books
2008
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Bella Wallis discovers her plots in the alleyways, drawing rooms and dirty laundry of Victorian London. Under the pen name Henry Ellis Margam she takes revenge upon the scoundrels that litter London Society by destroying them - in print.So when Bella discovers a crested cigar case at the scene of a murdered prostitute she and her friends are determined to solve the mystery and to avenge the wretched girl's death. But the owner of the coat of arms is a dangerous and powerful man, and the world he inhabits far murkier than Bella could ever have imagined. With cruelty and violence threatening to engulf her, she plots one last attempt to expose and denounce the murderer. Will Bella survive the gruesome reality of the world her characters inhabit? In body, certainly, but her conscience may never be the same again...
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The Widow's Secret

The Widow's Secret

Brian Thompson

Atlantic Books
2009
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Bella Wallis discovers her plots in the alley ways, drawing rooms and dirty laundry of Victorian London. Under the pen name Henry Ellis Margam she takes revenge upon the scoundrels that litter London Society by destroying them - in print.So when Bella discovers a crested cigar case at the scene of a murdered prostitute she and her friends are determined to solve the mystery and to avenge the wretched girl's death. But the owner of the coat of arms is a dangerous and powerful man, and the world he inhabits far murkier than Bella could ever have imagined. With cruelty and violence threatening to engulf her, she plots one last attempt to expose and denounce the murderer. Bella Wallis, widow and writer, must put pen to paper before her nemesis silences her for ever.
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