Before Wallis: Edward VIII's Other Women (Trethewey Rachel)(Paperback)

Before Wallis: Edward VIII's Other Women (Trethewey Rachel)(Pevná vazba)

Wallis Simpson was the woman who stole the king's heart and rocked the monarchy - but she was not Edward VIII's first or only love.This book is about the women he adored before Wallis dominated his life. There was Rosemary Leveson Gower, the girl he wanted to marry and who would have made the

Pearls Before Poppies (Trethewey Rachel)(Paperback)

The moving story of the 1918 Red Cross Pearl Necklace Appeal, and the women who donated pearls in soldiers'

Churchill Girls - The Story of Winston's Daughters (Trethewey Rachel)(Pevná vazba)

The fascinating untold stories of three women from England's most famous

Henry VIII (Scarisbrick J. J.)(Paperback)

Henry VIII's forceful personality dominated his age and continues to fascinate our own. In few other reigns have there been developments of such magnitude--in politics, foreign relations, religion, and society--that have so radically affected succeeding generations. Above all the English

Other Boleyn Girl (Gregory Philippa)(Paperback / softback)

The acclaimed international bestseller of the Tudor court, during the years of Henry VIII's pursuit of Anne Boleyn - and the revolutionary sequence of events that

Women Before 10 A.M. (Vial Veronique)(Paperback)

Following up on her highly praised bestseller Men Before 10 a.m., celebrity photographer Veronique Vial completes her wonderfully intimate and revealing portrait of the sexes with Women Before 10 a.m., a captivating collection of your favorite fashion, cinematic, and pop culture beauties, starlets,

Complete Nonsense and Other Verse (Lear Edward)(Paperback / softback)

'Nonsense is the breath of my nostrils', wrote Edward Lear (1812-88), and this collection demonstrates the varied ways in which he pursued his philosophy of life. Gently pointing out human follies and the absurdities of the conventional Victorian society in which he lived, Lear's nonsense has

Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? (Snicket Lemony)(Paperback / softback)

Before he wrote 'A Series of Unfortunate Events', before the Baudelaires became orphans, even before the invention of Netflix, Lemony Snicket asked all the wrong questions. Four to be exact.This is the account of the fourth

Missing Each Other - How to Cultivate Meaningful Connections (Brodkin Edward)(Paperback / softback)

Missing Each Other provides a systematic approach and curriculum for incorporating mindfulness into our interactions with

Think!: Before It's Too Late (Bono Edward De)(Paperback)

The world is full of problems and conflicts. So why can we not solve them? According to Edward de Bono, current thinking cannot solve world problems becausecurrent thinking is itself the problem. And this is getting worse: we are so accustomed to readily available information online that we search

Women, Art, and Power and Other Essays (Nochlin Linda)(Paperback)

Women, Art, and Power--seven landmark essays on women artists and women in art history--brings together the work of almost twenty years of scholarship and

The Other Tudor Princess: Margaret Douglas, Henry VIII's Niece (McGrigor Mary)(Paperback)

A shadowy and mysterious character in Tudor history, Margaret Douglas now takes center stage in this tale of the bitter struggle for power during the reign of Henry VIII. Margaret is Henry s niece, and finds herself in favor with her uncle. In 1536, when the King turns against his second wife Anne

Women Beware Women and Other Plays (Middleton Thomas)(Paperback)

This volume contains Thomas Middletons four greatest plays, 'A Chaste Maid in Cheapside,' 'Women Beware Women,' 'The Changeling,' and 'A Game at Chess.' 'A Chaste Maid in Cheapside' is the most complex and effective of the city comedies. 'Women Beware Women' and 'The Changeling' (with William

Ion/Orestes/Phoenician Women/Suppliant Women (Euripides)(Paperback)

Orestes and Other Plays provides new translations of Ion, Orestes, The Phoenician Women and The Suppliant Women, plays that all explore ethical and political themes. Ion vividly portrays the role of chance in human life and the dynamics of family relationships.In Orestes, the most popular of the

Reading Planet - Did You Hear That? and Other Noisy Poems - Purple: Galaxy (Delahaye Rachel)(Paperback / softback)

Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science-And the World (Swaby Rachel)(Paperback)

Fifty-two inspiring and insightful profiles of history's brightest female scientists. 'Rachel Swaby's no-nonsense and needed Headstrong dynamically profiles historically overlooked female visionaries in science, technology, engineering, and math.'--Elle In 2013, the New York Times published an

Witches: The Transformative Power of Women Working Together (George-Allen Sam)(Paperback)

A celebration of the revolutionary potential of women working with other women, and a powerful statement about myths like the 'cool girl' or the 'catty workplace' Covens. Girl Bands. Ballet troupes. Convents. In all times and places, girls and women have come together in communities of vocation, of

Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival (Wallis Velma)(Paperback)

'No one should miss this beautiful legend.' --Tony HillermanVelma Wallis's award-winning, bestselling novel about two elderly Native American women who must fend for themselves during a harsh Alaskan winterBased on an Athabascan Indian legend passed along for many generations from mothers to

Other Women (Levy Jean)(Paperback / softback)

A grippping psychological thriller from the author of What Was

Those Other Women - Be careful whose side you take (Moriarty Nicola)(Paperback / softback)

Poppy never thought her husband wanted children - especially not with her best friend. When Poppy arrives home to find her husband and best friend sitting side by side at her kitchen table, she thinks they're planning her a birthday surprise . . . Little does she know, they're waiting to tell her

Darkness Before Dawn (London J. A.)(Paperback)

The first book in a romantic and drama-packed trilogy perfect for fans of Rachel Vincent, Julie Kagawa, and Alyson Noel.At seventeen, Dawn Montgomery knows that monsters really do come out at night--after all, they are her job. It's just after the thirty-years war between vampires and humans, and

The Trojan Women and Other Plays (Euripides)(Paperback)

This volume of Euripides' plays offers new translations of the three great war plays Trojan Women, Hecuba, and Andromache, in which the sufferings of Troy's survivors are harrowingly depicted. With unparalleled intensity, Euripides--whom Aristotle called the most tragic of poets--describes the

Surrealist Women: An International Anthology (Rosemont Penelope)(Paperback)

Beginning in Paris in the 1920s, women poets, essayists, painters, and artists in other media have actively collaborated in defining and refining surrealism's basic project--achieving a higher, open, and dynamic consciousness, from which no aspect of the real or the imaginary is rejected. Indeed,

Caesar's Women (McCullough Colleen)(Paperback)

New York Times bestselling author Colleen McCullough re-creates an extraordinary epoch before the mighty Republic belonged to Julius Caesar--when Rome's noblewomen were his greatest conquest.His victories were legend--in battle and bedchamber alike. Love was a political weapon he wielded cunningly