Light in the Mourning: Memoirs of an Undertaker's Daughter (Lenmark Margo)(Paperback)

Light in the Mourning: Memoirs of an Undertaker's Daughter (Lenmark Margo)(Paperback)

Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (De Beauvoir Simone)(Paperback)

'[Beauvoir's] graciously written memoirs carry distinct appeal in recording the emotional and intellectual birth pangs of a fascinating woman.' --TimeA superb autobiography by one of the great literary figures of the twentieth century, Simone de Beauvoir's Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter offers an

Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter (Beauvoir Simone de)(Paperback / softback)

A memoir that offers a picture of the author's growing up in a bourgeois French family, rebelling as an adolescent against the conventional expectations of her class, and striking out on her own with an intellectual and existential ambition exceedingly rare in a young woman in the

Diplomatic Incidents - Memoirs of an (Un)diplomatic Wife (Denman Cherry)(Paperback / softback)

The candid memoirs of an (un)diplomatic

Elsewhere (Koontz Dean)(Paperback)

The fate of the world is in the hands of a father and daughter in an epic novel of wonder and terror by Dean Koontz, the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense.Since his wife, Michelle, left seven years ago, Jeffy Coltrane has worked to maintain a normal life for himself and his

Agonistic Mourning: Political Dissidence and the Women in Black (Athanasiou Athena)(Paperback)

Through an ethnographic account of the urban feminist and antinationalist movement Women in Black of Belgrade during the Yugoslav wars, Athanasiou shows that we might understand their dissident politics of mourning as a means to refigure political life beyond sovereign accounts of subjectivity and

Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (Sassoon Siegfried)(Paperback / softback)

those who expect a universalization of the Great War must look for it elsewhere.'Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, first published in 1930, is Siegfried Sassoon's fictionalized autobiography of the period between the early spring of 1916 and the summer of

The Merchant's Daughter (Dickerson Melanie)(Paperback)

An unthinkable danger. An unexpected choice. Annabel, once the daughter of a wealthy merchant, is trapped in indentured servitude to Lord Ranulf, a recluse who is rumored to be both terrifying and beastly. Her circumstances are made even worse by the proximity of Lord Ranulf's bailiff--a revolting

All in a Doctor's Day: Memoirs of an Irish Country Practice (Gannon Lucia)(Paperback / softback)

Step into the surgery of Dr. Lucia Gannon. Arriving in the small village of Killenaule, Co. Tipperary 20 years ago - husband Liam (also a GP) and children in tow. Journey with her as she builds a life in this tight-knit community, and discover what it means to be the one people bring their problems

Magpie Lane (Atkins Lucy)(Paperback)

When the eight-year-old daughter of an Oxford College Master vanishes in the middle of the night, police turn to the Scottish nanny, Dee, for answers.As Dee looks back over her time in the Master's Lodging - an eerie and ancient house - a picture of a high achieving but dysfunctional family

The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism (White Thomas Joseph)(Paperback)

The Light of Christ provides an accessible presentation of Catholicism that is grounded in traditional theology, but engaged with a host of contemporary questions or objections. Inspired by the theologies of Irenaeus, Thomas Aquinas and John Henry Newman, and rooted in a post-Vatican II context,

The Fading of the Light (Betts Charlotte)(Paperback)

From the award-winning author of The Apothecary's Daughter comes The Fading of the Light, the next book in the Spindrift Trilogy - a beautifully evocative, family drama, perfect for fans of Santa Montefiore, Lucinda Riley and Elizabeth Jane Howard's Cazalet Chronicles.1902. Spindrift House,

Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen (Shulman Alix Kates)(Paperback / softback)

The lost classic of life in a pre-feminist world - over a million copies

Memoirs of Emma Courtney (Hays Mary)(Paperback)

First published in the turbulent decade following the French Revolution, Memoirs of Emma Courtney is based on Mary Hays' own passionate struggle with romance and Enlightenment philosophy. A feminist and ardent disciple of Mary Wollstonecraft, Hays reveals the lamentable gap between what women are'

Mask of Aribella (Hoghton Anna)(Paperback / softback)

Aribella lives in Venice, the daughter of an impoverished lacemaker. But she has a secret: when angered, sparks shoot from her fingertips. Afraid, Aribella leaves her old life behind, only to discover the world of the Cannovacci: warriors with magical skills, sworn to defeat the strange spectres

The Journey: Memoirs of an Egyptian Woman Student in America (Ashour Radwa)(Paperback)

THIS TRANSLATION IS AN HOMAGE TO A GREAT LITERARY FIGURE AND TO THOSE MOVEMENTS WHICH CARRY ON HER LEGACY IN THEIR WORK Never neutral and deeply engaged in politics, literature, people's struggles, and what she calls the 'most urgent causes of our times,' a young Radwa Ashour charts her years as a

Cave (Saramago Jose)(Paperback / softback)

Cipriano Algor, an ageing potter, lives with his daughter and her husband in the shadow of the Centre, a nebulous, constantly expanding conglomerate that provides his livelihood - until it decrees that it is no longer interested in his humble

Memoirs from the Women's Prison (El Saadawi Nawal)(Paperback / softback)

Memoirs from the Women's Prison is an unforgettable, landmark work of prison writing that offers a rare insight into the indomitable, soaring literary mind of the Arab world's leading

Life on a Knife Edge (Nasrallah Lawrence)(Paperback / softback)

Memoirs of an Iraqi who settled in the UK and became a captain on a major airline. Also includes his struggles to gain a happy future for his autistic

Stargazing - Memoirs of a Young Lighthouse Keeper (Hill Peter)(Paperback / softback)

When Peter Hill, a student at Dundee College of Art, answered an advert in The Scotsman seeking lighthouse keepers, little did he imagine that within a month he would be living with three men he didn't know in a lighthouse on Pladda, a small remote island off the west coast of Scotland. Hill was

The Gentleman's Daughter: Women's Lives in Georgian England (Vickery Amanda)(Paperback)

What was the life of an eighteenth-century British genteel woman like? In this lively and controversial book, Amanda Vickery invokes women's own accounts of their intimate and their public lives to argue that in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries the scope of female experience did not

Egress: On Mourning, Melancholy and the Fisher-Function (Colquhoun Matt)(Paperback)

An exploration of the work and legacy of Mark Fisher, one of the most influential and incendiary writers of our generation. Egress is the first book to consider the legacy and work of the writer, cultural critic and cult academic Mark Fisher. Narrated in orbit of his death as experienced by a

The Iron Daughter Special Edition (Kagawa Julie)(Paperback)

This special edition of The Iron Daughter includes the bonus Guide to the Iron Fey and an excerpt from the new Iron Fey book, The Iron Raven. Half Summer faery princess, half human, Meghan Chase has never fit in anywhere. Deserted by the prince she thought loved her, she is prisoner to Mab, the

The Glossy Years: Magazines, Museums and Selective Memoirs (Coleridge Nicholas)(Paperback)

'An utterly feelgood memoir to give someone you love' DAILY MAIL, Memoirs of the Year 'The most entertaining book of the year' SUNDAY TIMES _____________________________________________________ Diana touched your elbow, your arm, covered your hand with hers. It was alluring. And she was