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    Ford Madox Ford was an influential English novelist, poet, and critic whose journals were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature. His extensive body of work explored innovative narrative techniques and delved deeply into the human psyche and societal shifts. With a distinctive style that often blended irony with melancholy, Ford left an indelible mark on modern literature, particularly through his masterful novels and poetic prose.

    Construction Site: Merry and Bright
    Parade's End
    Hangman's Gate (War of the Archons 2)
    Last Post
    Construction Site: Road Crew, Coming Through!
    Calvin
    • Calvin

      • 32 pages
      • 2 hours of reading
      4.5(587)Add rating

      In this joyful and impactful picture book, a transgender boy prepares for the first day of school and introduces himself to his family and friends for the first time. Calvin has always been a boy, even if the world sees him as a girl. He knows who he is in his heart and in his mind but he hasn't yet told his family. Finally, he can wait no longer: "I'm not a girl," he tells his family. "I'm a boy--a boy in my heart and in my brain." Quick to support him, his loving family takes Calvin shopping for the swim trunks he's always wanted and back-to-school clothes and a new haircut that helps him look and feel like the boy he's always known himself to be. As the first day of school approaches, he's nervous and the "what-ifs" gather up inside him. But as his friends and teachers rally around him and he tells them his name, all his "what-ifs" begin to melt away. Inspired by the authors' own transgender child and accompanied by warm and triumphant illustrations, this authentic and personal text promotes kindness and empathy, offering a poignant and inclusive back-to-school message: all should feel safe, respected, and welcomed.

      Calvin
    • Last Post

      • 400 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
      3.8(33)Add rating

      No More Parades includes - the first reliable text, based on the hand-corrected typescript and first editions - a major critical introduction by Joseph Wiesenfarth, Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of Ford Madox Ford and the Regiment of Women - an account of the novel's composition and reception - annotations explaining historical references, military terms, literary and topical allusions - a full textual apparatus including transcriptions of significant deletions and revisions - a bibliography of further reading. -- cover p. 4.

      Last Post
    • Parade's End

      • 912 pages
      • 32 hours of reading
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      The Great War changes everything. In this epic tale, spanning over a decade, war turns the world of privileged, English aristocrat Christopher Tietjens upside down. It forces him to question everything he holds dear - social order, morality, marriage and loyalty. And it rocks the very foundations of English society. This is a powerful story about love, betrayal and disillusionment in a time of horror and confusion by one of Britain's finest novelists. Ford Madox Ford's monumental novel came to our screens in August 2012 as a major BBC adaptation, with a screenplay by the legendary playwright Tom Stoppard and a stellar cast that included Benedict Cumberbatch. This edition of the novel includes all four parts, originally published separately between 1924 and 1928.

      Parade's End
    • Construction Site: Merry and Bright

      • 16 pages
      • 1 hour of reading

      Celebrate the holidays with the construction crew from the bestselling Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site series!

      Construction Site: Merry and Bright
    • "Torwyn burns as Sanctan Egelrath tightens his grip on power. The Draconate Ministry has gathered its forces, determined to eradicate the Guilds, but Rosomon Hawkspur still stands in their way. Her only hope could lay with Lancelin Jagdor, sent to gather allies in their struggle against the usurper. Can even the greatest warrior in Torwyn hope to succeed with so many adversaries determined to stop him? Tyreta returns home with newfound strength and mysterious sorcerous abilities, only to discover it is not the land she left behind. She will have to call upon her untested powers to survive when she embarks on a mission that could turn the tide of war. Conall, trapped in a dangerous land, has his own enemies to defeat before he can hope to escape and join the conflict that threatens his family. Even if he succeeds, he must overcome the demons that threaten from within or face damnation. Though Rosomon is vastly outnumbered, and her family lost, she is determined to strike back against her enemies. But saving her homeland might prove an impossible task"--

      Engines of Chaos
    • Would you kill a man if you knew he was plotting to blow up a school? Jane Bell did just that and now she must face the legal repercussions of her actions. But is she a hero or a villain? It's up to you to decide.

      The Choice
    • HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Why can't people have what they want? The things were all there to content everybody; yet everybody has the wrong thing.' Just before the First World War, two young couples meet in Germany. The seemingly perfect yet brittle relationship of the Ashburnhams soon gives way to unhappiness and betrayal, and respectability to adultery and deception. The Dowells are no less affected by infidelity, and everyone caught up in their four lives is tainted by emotional turmoil and moral ambiguity, and tragic consequences follow. Inspired by his own life, Ford Madox Ford's novel, originally titled 'The Saddest Story', utilised the device of the unreliable narrator to tell his universal story of love and loss.

      The good soldier