Burning Glass. The Life of Naomi Mitchison, Paperback - Jenni Calder

Naomi Mitchison is often thought of as the doyenne of Scottish Literature. This is the definitive biography of the major novelist, feminist, social...

This book looks at the 5 million Canadians with Scottish origin, asking who are they, why did they leave Scotland, what did they do when they arriv...

Reducere. Early in Orcadia was first published in 1987, and consists of five stories, set hundreds of years apart in time and dealing with different characte...

DescriptionAn enchanting collection that introduces the author and activist Naomi Mitchison to a new generation of readersThe Fourth Pig, originall...

Reducere. "Travel Light is the story of Halla, a girl born to a king but cast out onto the hills to die. She lives among bears; she lives among dragons. But ...

What are the origins of the Syrian crisis, and why did no one do anything to stop it? Since the upsurge of the Arab Spring in 2011, the Syrian civi...

'This breathtaking recreation of life in the ancient world welds the power of myth and magic to a stirring plot.' Ian Rankin

Reducere. In the riveting sequel to the feminist fantasy epic The Women's War, the ability to do magic has given women control over their own bodies. But as ...

Reducere. DescriptionTwo girls. Two worlds. Only magic can bring them together, in this fantastical middle grade adventure for fans of the Descendants and Sc...

Reducere. An evil new magic threatens to undo all the progress women have made in the third and final book in Jenna Glass's riveting feminist fantasy series,...

Reducere. In a feminist fantasy epic, a revolutionary spell gives women the ability to control their own fertility--with consequences that rock their patriar...

Red Queen meets Shadow and Bone in this #1 New York Times bestselling debut about a girl forced to use her gift for sensing--and absorbing--other p...

Headhunters, cannibals, and jungle guarded the location of Sumatra's Lake Toba until 1852 when it was finally seen by a European explorer and drawn...

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. #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author Naomi Klein makes the case for a Green New Deal in this "keenly argued, well-researched, a...

Reducere. Wendy Lawson has an autism spectrum disorder. Considered to be intellectually disabled and 'almost incapable of doing as she is told' at school, sh...

Naomi Klein's work has always moved and guided me. She is the great chronicler of our age of climate emergency, an inspirer of generations' - Greta...

DescriptionBurning Eye are to Spoken Word Poetry what City Lights were to the Beat Generation: indispensable champions and publishers dedicated to ...

Reducere. 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 ...

The complete collection of 'the Tony Hancock of journalism' Jeffrey Bernard's first Low Life Spectator series, with all the original illustrations.

Reducere. In 1823, Hugh Glass did the unthinkable: he wrestled a grizzly bear...and won. But that is only the beginning of the remarkable tale--Glass, badly ...

Reducere. This easty-to-use deovtional companion to The Princess and the Kiss Storybook covers biblical teaching on purity, relationships, and God's plans fo...

An utterly charming novel with a sprinkle of magic

Wells, Henry James and, especially, Joseph Conrad. Auster 's intention is to restore Crane to the pantheon of Modernist 20th century authors such a...

Reducere. John Baptiste Richard-known as "Reshaw" the French pronunciation of his last name-was both an adventurer and an opportunist. The early American Wes...

Reducere. Brooklyn-born Jennie Jerome married into the British aristocracy in 1874, after a three-day romance. She became Lady Randolph Churchill, wife of a ...

Reducere. This Modern Library Paperback Classics edition combines the two most important African American slave narratives into one volume. Frederick Douglas...

Join Naomi Davis, creator of Love Taza, on adventures of marriage, motherhood, and family. By sharing her relatable experiences--in the endearing, ...

Publisher: CornerstoneAuthor(s): Barnabas CalderNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x 198 x 37Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

The Myth of the Blitz was nurtured at every level of society. Britain was not bombed into classless democracy. Angus Calder provides a compelling e...

Reducere. BUILT TO BURN tells the story of how Tony, a San Francisco blues musician, became Coyote, builder of Burning Man's legendary city in the desert, an...

Reducere. Freeman Dyson's latest book does not attempt to bring together all of the celebrated physicist's thoughts on science and technology into a unified ...

DescriptionA Eurasian transformation is underway, and it flows from China. With a geopolitically central location, the country's domestic and inter...

Publisher: BookLife PublishingAuthor(s): Louise NelsonNumber of pages: 24Collection: Eco JourneysPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 376 x 335 x 9Cov...

Set in a brutal, chaotic Scotland of the near future, it's business at any cost for the people who live there. Archie Henderson has rewilded his va...

Reducere. The ordeals of two famous African Americans This special Leonaur edition combines the account of Harriet Ann Jacobs with that of Frederick Douglass...