A Rage to Live: A Biography of Richard and Isabel Burton - Mary S. Lovell

Their marriage was both improbable and inevitable. Isabel Arundell was a schoolgirl, the scion of England's most distinguished Catholic family. Whe...

*A fascinating 'dual' biography of Richard and Isabel Burton.

The biography of Jane Digby, an 'enthralling tale of a nineteenth-century beauty whose heart - and hormones - ruled her head.' Harpers and QueenA c...

Garnering great reviews, this biography of one of the most remarkable women of Tudor England is now published in paperback. Lovell brings her subje...

'O'Hara is the only American writer to whom America presents itself as a social scene in the way it once presented itself to Henry James, or France...

Reducere. In 1527 England was in the throes of violent political upheaval as Henry VIII severed all links with Rome. His daughter, Queen Mary, was even more ...

Painting a portrait of high society in the 20th century, it has all the charm and fascination of Lovell's previous and bestselling titles, }The Mit...

The revealing biography of an extraordinary family, based on exclusive access to the Mitford archives, which is just as sensational as any work of ...

No American composer has been more widely celebrated, nor so consistently misunderstood as Richard Rodgers. Although he was one of America's most b...

Reducere. The Mitfords had style and presence and were mercilessly gifted. Above all, they were funny--hilariously and mercilessly so. In this wise, evenhand...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

More than 28, 000 innocent people murdered, homes reduced to rubble. Time to escape from bombed-out London to a land of greenery and opportunity, b...

Reducere. When Amelia Earhart mysteriously disappeared in 1937 during her attempted flight around the world, she was already known as America's most famous f...

As a small boy, Pieter Kohnstam lived with his parents in an apartment in Amsterdam during World War II. By coincidence, one of their neighbors was...

Reducere. This richly detailed 1981 biography captures both the personal life and the scientific career of Isaac Newton, presenting a fully rounded picture o...

The first book on the Wars of the Roses to centre on Richard III`s closest friend, Sir Francis Lovell.

New B-format paperback - The first book on the Wars of the Roses to centre on Richard III`s closest friend, Sir Francis Lovell.Publisher: Amberley ...

A Canadian playwright's rise to fame amid the terrors of the AIDS era. Brad Fraser suffered an impoverished and abusive childhood, living with his ...

The dramatic story of the Norman conquest of Ireland in the 12th century. Full of battles and warfare, but a story of love, too, between an unlikel...

Reducere. This book is the result of what happened when Liz Byrski asked 20 women from widely different backgrounds, races, beliefs, and identities to take u...

I published a short treatise on conversion, entitled, A Call to the Unconverted. The occasion of this was my converse with bishop Usher, while I wa...

Reducere. In this inspired follow-up to her million-selling To Heaven and Back, Dr. Mary Neal shares untold stories about her encounters with Jesus and power...

Reducere. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Harper Lee's beloved classic To Kill a Mockingbird, filmmaker Mary Murphy has interviewed prominent figures-...

Reducere. Live Wire is a revealing portrait of Bon Scott, told by three of the people who knew him best. John Darcy was Bon's roadie and mate. Gabby is Darce...

Reducere. El octogenario animador repasa lo que ha aprendido en su vasta carrera televisiva y los desafíos que ha enfrentado tanto en su oficio de animador c...

For 6, 557 miles, from New York to Mississippi to Seattle, Chuck Klosterman decided to chase rock n roll and death across a continent.Publisher: Fa...

Reducere. DescriptionMany children of World War II have stories to tell. Memoirs of a Girl from Berlin is the compelling story of one young girls strength, c...

Reducere. DescriptionCostochondritis is a rare condition that I have which began in July, 2015. The condition is a result from having pneumonia in which the ...

Reducere. In Growing Grateful, you'll find 101 entries on the joy of being grateful even in the hardest times. Each entry in this beautiful book contains a m...

Reducere. Yeonmi Park has told the harrowing story of her escape from North Korea as a child many times, but never before has she revealed the most intimate ...

Reducere. All the Rage addresses everyday pleasure as well as the persistent condition of racism in the USA--a time marked both by recurring police violence ...

Kathleen Kelley Bonfilio was fifteen years old when she was raped for the first time. Other attacks and traumas occurred before she even turned twe...

Reducere. Kathleen Kelley Bonfilio was fifteen years old when she was raped for the first time. Other attacks and traumas occurred before she even turned twe...