The Making of Mrs Petrakis, Paperback - Mary Karras

Publisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s): Mary KarrasPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 153 x 235 x 35Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lecturi...

Split between war-torn Cyprus and North London in the 1970s and 1980s this is a story of the choices women have to make to survive, and a portrait ...

A story of the choices women have to make to survive, and a portrait of ordinary lives marked by loss and war and grief, split between war-torn Cyp...

As one of the earliest literary forms of colonial America, the Indian captivity narrative is important not only in the history of American letters ...

Mary Delany (nee Granville, 1700-88) was famed for her paper-cut botanical illustrations, but she was also a prolific correspondent and knew many o...

Mary Delany (nee Granville, 1700-88) was famed for her paper-cut botanical illustrations, but she was also a prolific correspondent and knew many o...

Mary Delany (nee Granville, 1700-88) was famed for her paper-cut botanical illustrations, but she was also a prolific correspondent and knew many o...

Mary Delany (nee Granville, 1700-88) was famed for her paper-cut botanical illustrations, but she was also a prolific correspondent and knew many o...

A companion to Mary Carruthers' earlier study of memory in medieval culture, The Book of Memory, this book, The Craft of Thought, examines medieval...

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The first autobiography written by a British black woman.

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This visually driven compendium combines brief narrative descriptions and widely sourced images to tell the fascinating story of the creation of Ho...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Susan (University of Auckland, New Zealand) WatsonNumber of pages: 336Collection: Contemporary Studi...

Seven-year-old James wants to be a brave and noble knight like his father. He dreams of the day that he too will wear the golden spurs that symboli...

Written in 1857, Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivaled Florence Nightingale...

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Zelda, Nora, Vera, and now Eileen - this is the story of George Orwell's first wife, a woman who shaped, supported and even saved the life of one o...

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Andrew Jackson tells the story of one of our most controversial presidents. Born in the Carolina backwoods, Jackson joined the American Revolutiona...

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After being mugged for the third time in twenty years, Andrea Suarez-Hill knew she could no longer live in New York City. She and her partner, Arth...

You've heard of David Beckham: the world-famous celebrity, actor, model, entrepreneur, philanthropist and charity ambassador. But what about the fo...

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The Making of the Cape Verdean is a book written about Cape Verdeans who migrated from the Cape Verde Islands in the late 1800's to the 1970's to N...

This is a true story about a doctor who, as a young man, developed a fierce independence. His goals became not only to become the best doctor he co...

This book examines the ways in which writers' houses contribute to the making of memory. It shows that houses built or inhabited by poets and novel...