Defiance - The Life and Choices of Lady Anne Barnard (Taylor Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

Defiance - The Life and Choices of Lady Anne Barnard (Taylor Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

Poet and musician, artist and hostess, Lady Anne Barnard lived at the heart of Georgian society. Written with full access to her previously unseen private papers and unpublished memoirs, Defiance shows Lady Anne to be one of the unheralded chroniclers and pioneering women of her

Travelling with Pomegranates (Taylor Ann Kidd)(Paperback / softback)

Join Sue Monk Kidd, bestselling author of THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES and THE INVENTION OF WINGS, and her daughter Ann, on their journey to Greece, Turkey and France, as they each found themselves at a turning point in their

Commander - The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain (Taylor Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

Edward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest frigate captain in the age of sail. An incomparable seaman, ferociously combative yet chivalrous, a master of the quarterdeck and an athlete of the tops, he was as quick to welcome a gallant foe into his cabin as

Lady in Waiting - My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown (Glenconner Anne)(Paperback / softback)

The remarkable life of Lady in Waiting to Princess Margaret - as seen on The Crown - who was also a Maid of Honour at the Queen's Coronation. Anne Glenconner reveals the real events behind The Crown as well as her own life of drama, tragedy and courage, with the wonderful wit and extraordinary

Milk Lady at New Park Farm - The Wartime Diary of Anne McEntegart June 1943 - February 1945 (McEntegart Anne)(Paperback / softback)

Anne McEntegart wanted to support the War Effort so she left London, and her life as the wife of an officer, to work on the land and deliver milk in the New Forest. In doing so, she kept a Wartime diary full of evocative descriptions of her work alongside the Land

The Life and Death of Sophie Stark - North Anna

Who is the real Sophie Stark? The Life and Death of Sophie Stark is the story of an enigmatic film director, told by the six people who loved her most. Brilliant, infuriating, all-seeing and unknowable, Sophie Stark makes films said to be 'more like life than life itself'. But her genius comes at a

Richness of Life - A Stephen Jay Gould Reader (Gould Stephen Jay)(Paperback / softback)

Stephen Jay Gould's writings on history - both of the natural world and of the study of that natural world - had made him a household name by the time of his death in 2002. This work contains a selection of Gould's writing, including some of the most famous of his essays and extracts from his major

Rebel Prince - The Power, Passion and Defiance of Prince Charles (Bower Tom)(Paperback / softback)

Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown (Glenconner Anne)(Paperback)

Discover untold secrets with this extraordinary memoir of drama and tragedy by Anne Glenconner--a close member of the royal circle and lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret. Anne Glenconner has been at the center of the royal circle from childhood, when she met and befriended the future Queen

Last Royal Rebel - The Life and Death of James, Duke of Monmouth (Keay Anna)(Paperback / softback)

Hang On (Sommerville Anniki)(Paperback / softback)

Witty, thought-provoking and distinctive, cuts to the heart of life choices, mental health and motherhood For fans of Emma Gannon, Dolly Alderton and Emma Jane Unsworth Kate is not in a meaningful relationship, but dreams of being a parent, and pouring all her love into the tiny bundle of

Fragile Lives - A Heart Surgeon's Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table (Westaby Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

Love of My Life - The Life and Loves of Freddie Mercury (Jones Lesley-Ann)(Paperback / softback)

The truth behind Freddie Mercury's complex romantic

Beyond the Secret Garden - The Life of Frances Hodgson Burnett (with a Foreword by Jacqueline Wilson) (Thwaite Ann)(Paperback / softback)

The definitive and revealing life story of the author of The Secret Garden, Ann Thwaite creates a sympathetic but balanced and eye-opening biography of Frances Hodgson Burnett who enchanted numerous generations of

Everyday Life in Tudor London: Life in the City of Thomas Cromwell, William Shakespeare & Anne Boleyn (Porter Stephen)(Paperback)

Tudor London was the very hub of English cultural and political life. The thriving metropolis had a strong royal presence, at the long established Tower of London and Westminster, and later at the palaces of Whitehall, Bridewell and St James's, built by Henry VIII to host his glittering court. Anne

Renegades Of Pern (McCaffrey Anne)(Paperback / softback)

The renegades were the misfits, the outcasts and the murderers united by Thella, Lady Holder of Telgar. They began a reign of terror as they moved from theft and murder to vicious and insane

Queen Anne - The Politics of Passion (Somerset Anne)(Paperback / softback)

Her personal life riven by passion, illness and intrigue, Queen Anne presided over some of the most momentous events in British history. Like Antonia Fraser's life of Marie Antoinette or Amanda Foreman's 'The Duchess', 'Queen Anne' is historical biography at its

Elizabeth I (Somerset Lady Anne)(Paperback / softback)

An acclaimed biography of Elizabeth I and an examination of the politics and intrigues of her Tudor

The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Emmerich Anne Catherine)(Paperback)

Incredibly revealing and edifying background of Our Lady, her parents and ancestors, St. Joseph, plus other people who figured into the coming of Christ. Many facts described about the Nativity and early life of Our Lord, as well as the final days of the Blessed Mother-all from the visions of this

Lady Anne's Way (Gordon Sheila)(Paperback / softback)

Lady Anne's Way is a long distance trail of 100 miles following in the footsteps of the remarkable Lady Anne Clifford. Large scale strip maps and detailed descriptions of the entire route are interspersed with fascinating historical background, brought together with 40 beautiful drawings from

The Art of Is: Improvising as a Way of Life (Nachmanovitch Stephen)(Paperback)

A MASTERFUL BOOK ABOUT BREATHING LIFE INTO ART AND ART INTO LIFE 'Stephen Nachmanovitch's The Art of Is is a philosophical meditation on living, living fully, living in the present. To the author, an improvisation is a co-creation that arises out of listening and mutual attentiveness, out of a

Shrines and Miraculous Images: Religious Life in Mexico Before the Reforma (Taylor William B.)(Paperback)

The vast literature on Our Lady of Guadalupe dominates the study of shrines and religious practices in Mexico. But there is much more to the story of shrines and images in Mexico's religious history than Guadalupe and Marian devotion. In this book a distinguished historian brings together his new

Anna of all the Russias - The Life of a Poet under Stalin (Feinstein Elaine)(Paperback / softback)

Life of the Russian poet who withstood Stalinism and became an inspiration to

Village (Taylor Alice)(Paperback / softback)

The third of Alice Taylor's unique accounts of life in the Irish countryside, and another massive bestseller with universal