Bessie Smith. A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK, Paperback - Jackie Kay

'She [Bessie Smith] showed me the air and taught me how to fill it ... she's the reason I started singing, really' - Janis Joplin'[Jackie Kay] offe...

A rediscovered classic memoir - a fascinating insight into the life of a crime writer during and after the First World War - a woman ahead of her t...

Reducere. Michael Spitzer has pulled off the impossible: a Guns, Germs and Steel for music. --Daniel Levitin A colossal history spanning cultures, time, and ...

The moving, playful memoir of Hans Rosling - Swedish statistics mastermind, researcher extraordinaire and author of the global bestseller, Factfuln...

A personal story from the child of corner shop owners that explores how these tiny open-all-hours shops changed our country -- as heard on Saturday...

An extraordinary, moving and funny coming-of-age memoir about identity, chip shops and pop songs.

Reducere. A beautiful genre-bending tribute to the larger-than-life blues singer Bessie Smith. Scotland's National Poet blends poetry, prose, fiction, and no...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Edward EnninfulNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 163 x 240 x 32Cover type: Hardb...

'A stark and important warning about the value of knowledge . . . Vital reading for this day and age' PETER FRANKOPAN

One family's escape from the Taliban and their fight to save their son.

Guy de la Bedoyere's new book is a history of a key period in ancient Egypt's astonishing history that tears away the gold and glamour to show how ...

A cricketing history of the last 20 years.Publisher: Octopus Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Felix WhiteNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2022Dimens...

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 ...

Reducere. Witchery isn't limited to the sabbats and to the occasional full moon; magick happens every day. In this treasury of enchantments, spells and witch...

Reducere. Spring semester of Bridger Whitt's senior year of high school is looking great. He has the perfect boyfriend, a stellar best friend, and an accepta...

Reducere. A FRONT-ROW SEAT TO A YEAR'S WORTH OF MUST-SEE FILMS Director, producer, screenwriter, author, actor, and film critic, Peter Bogdanovich knows movi...

Reducere. Created by Shaquille O'Neal and illustrated in full color by Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent award winner Theodore Taylor III, the Littl...

Reducere. DescriptionA comprehensive, reproducible book for teaching the letters of the alphabet Each letter chapter contains: Large capital and lower case l...

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 ...

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 ...

A wide ranging anthology of work by contemporary poets from different backgrounds, with accompanying prose commentaries, drawn from the Guardian 'P...

Cook hassle-free, everyday recipes. See a photo with EVERY recipe. Joy started writing for friends who had requested gluten-free recipes and during...

This Scotnote Study Guide examines issues of family and cultural identities in Jackie Kay's work. It covers a wide range of her poetry as well as h...

Reducere. The Saturday New York Times crossword puzzle is the most challenging puzzle of the week, which is why it has gained such an eager following. The mo...

Jackie Kay tells the story of a black girl's adoption by a white Scottish couple, from three different viewpoints: the mother, the birth mother, an...

'What makes us who we are? My adoption is a story that has happened to me. I couldn't make it up.'Publisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): Jackie KayNumb...

Reducere. Nicknamed the Queen of the Blues, Bessie Smith rose up from poverty in the American South to become one of the most famous and respected recording ...

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Aubry G. (Aubry G. Smith) SmithNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 153 x 202 x 18Cover ...

Mari cantareti de jazz si blues! Colectia cuprinde 13 cantareti de jazz si 7 de blues. Fiecare volum cuprinde o prezentare a vietii si a activitati...

An exhilarating collection of stories from the legendary Jackie KayPublisher: Pan MacmillanAuthor(s): Jackie KayNumber of pages: 256Publication dat...

Reducere. SIDE AGimme A Pigfoot 3: 08Baby Doll 3: 37On Revival Day 3: 14Money Blues 2: 52I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle 3: 56Backwater Blues 4: 39SIDE B...

12-year old Alex receives an old tin robot from his grandfather. A quest across Europe ensues, with the goal of unraveling the riddle of the little...

Reducere. During the last week of the season of Lent, called Holy Week, we join Jesus as he walked through the final stretch toward his death and resurrectio...

Publisher: Pearson Education LimitedNumber of pages: 64Collection: Once A Week Comprehension International New EditionPublication date: 2008Dimensi...

As well as writing cookbooks and presenting cooking shows on the BBC, the author is also a cultural anthropologist based in the United Kingdom. Thi...

The first in a magical and fun series from Kaye Umansky, much-loved author of the Pongwiffy series. Clever Elsie offers to house-sit the mysterious...

The book of the brilliant BBC Radio 4 series, Three Vicars Talking, in which the Reverends Richard Coles, Kate Bottley and Giles Fraser discuss bir...

A BBC radio full-cast dramatisation of this much-loved classic adventure about a dog named Buck. In Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Ru...

An extraordinary story.Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Julia LaiteIllustration(s): photos/diagrams throughoutNumber of pages: 432Publication...

The Lovely Bones meets the Wild, Wild West in this haunting tale of betrayal, revenge, and redemption inspired by the true story of a much-sought-a...

The funny, heart-warming tale of Adam Carroll-Smith's enduring love of sport on the radio. From furtively listening to Premier League matches under...

An immersive historical account of a fascinating and important untold story.