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  • A History of Western Astrology

    by Derek Parker ...
    It would be difficult to write a dull book about the history of astrology: history is crammed with fascinating and amusing incidents, bizarre, stimulating, crazy, brilliant characters - from the astrologer who practically ruled the Roman Empire to the one who hid behind a curtain to spy on the birth of a Dauphin and the modern astrologer who successfully predicted the assassination attempt on ... Read more

    $9.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Legendary Liszt

    by Derek Parker ...
    Franz Liszt, the son of poor parents, became the sensational and enormously rich 'greatest pianist in the world'. Touring Europe unceasingly for seven years he was adored by the public - especially by women, who fainted at his good looks and flamboyant behaviour, collected his cigar butts and the dregs from his wineglasses, and competed for the honour of being taken to bed after his concerts. The ... Read more

    $5.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Governor Macquarie

    His life, times and revolutionary vision for Australia

    by Derek Parker ...
    The first new biography of Lachlan Macquarie in decades, this book draws on a wealth of sources, both in Australia and overseas, to paint a picture of the man and his times. It must be seen as one of the great ironies of Australian history that as far as the British Government was concerned he failed in his duty as Governor of New South Wales - as was clearly documented to official minds in the ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Byron: The Impossible Hero

    by Derek Parker ...
    Lord Byron was born in poverty, and remained in poverty for most of his life: money-lenders and other debtors paid for his luxurious life-style and his incessant womanizing. Famous overnight on the publishing of his poem 'Childe Harold', he became notorious for his affair with his half-sister - and with several other well-known society women. Fleeing from the women and the debtors, he settled in ... Read more

    $5.55 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 'Death, Thou shalt Die': The Life of John Donne

    by Derek Parker ...
    John Donne rose from abject poverty to become Dean of St Pauls, and from being an unknown figure whose poetry was so erotic that it could only be circulated manuscript to being a distinguished man of the Church deeply uneasy to remember the sins of his youth. The confident of King James and King Charles, for the following two centuries and more following his death though his sermons (among the ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Nell Gwyn and King Charles' Other Ladies

    by Derek Parker ...
    When King Charles II was dying, the name of only one of his many mistresses was in his mind and on his lips: that of Nell Gwyn. Born in extreme poverty, forced to become a child prostitute, she went on the stage and became the most popular actress of the time until Charles took her into his bed, where her beauty, wit and liveliness made her in the end preferable to his other many mistresses, who ... Read more

    $5.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Arthur Phillip

    by Derek Parker ...
    Over the two centuries since his appointment, commentators have been as surprised at the choice of Arthur Phillip as some were at the time (the First Lord of the Admiralty, to mention only the most distinguished critic). But was it really so surprising? What did the Home Office and the Admiralty expect of a man who was to navigate a fleet to the antipodes, and when he got it there unload its cargo ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • The Complete Sex at Silverside

    by Derek Parker ...
    What is it about Silversands? The fact that the sun seemed always to shine down on the secluded beach? – the water so warm that it caresses your body like a soft, kindly hand? – the silver sand that gives the bay its name – sand which seems positively to invite you to stretch out on it as on the softest bed? Whatever the magic is, it seems to work on everyone who comes here – certainly on the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Conversations with Casanova

    A Fictional Dialogue Based on Biographical Facts

    by Derek Parker ...
    Series series Conversations With
    Imagined by one of the world's leading experts on Casanova, this fictionalized conversation presents the essential biography of history's most famous lover.A quiet chat with Casanova turns into a catalogue of racy encounters set in 18th-century Venice and other cities ... and we can even ask questions! You'll find out just how he got himself both in and out of some extremely sticky situations, ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Audiobook

    212 The Extra Degree

    by Mac Anderson, Sam Parker ...
    Narrated by Derek Shetterly ...

    Unabridged

    39 min

    At 211º water is hot. At 212º, it boils. And with boiling water, comes steam. And steam can power a locomotive. It's that ONE extra degree that makes all the difference. Use this powerful metaphor to reach new heights. ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Crying in the Rain

    No Longer Soaked in Shame

    by Dr. Derek Parker ...
    What happens when a child knows he was asked for...yet grows up feeling unwanted?In Crying in the Rain, Dr. Derek Parker shares a deeply personal and spiritually powerful journey through rejection, identity, perseverance, and healing. From the quiet confusion of childhood expectations to the emotional weight of striving for acceptance, he recounts the silent battles many people fight but rarely ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Poems of Love and Life for Capricorn

    by Derek & Julia Parker ...
    Capricornians, ever wondered what the Sun-signs tell you about love and life?This unique anthology of poems for love and life relates directly to your Sun-sign, Capricorn. If you were born between the 22nd of December and the 20th of January, you will relate to many of the themes identified with your sign’s characteristics and personality traits. The poems in this collection have been chosen ... Read more

    $3.99 USD