When The Emperor Was Divine (Otsuka Julie)(Paperback / softback)

When The Emperor Was Divine (Otsuka Julie)(Paperback / softback)

Explored from varying points of view - the mother receiving the order to evacuate; the daughter on the long train journey; the son in the desert encampment; the family's return home; and the bitter release of their father after four years in captivity, this book tells of an incarceration that can

Buddha in the Attic (Otsuka Julie)(Paperback / softback)

Between the first and second world wars a group of young, non-English-speaking Japanese women travelled by boat to America. They were picture brides, clutching photos of husbands-to-be whom they had yet to

The Pearl Thief (Wein Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Before Verity . . . there was Julie. When fifteen-year-old Julia Beaufort-Stuart wakes up in the hospital, she knows the lazy summer break she'd imagined won't be exactly what she anticipated. And once she returns to her grandfather's estate, a bit banged up but alive, she begins to realize that

Old Man Goya (Blackburn Julia)(Paperback / softback)

In 1792, when he was forty-seven, the Spanish painter Francisco de Goya contracted a serious illness which left him stone deaf. In this extraordinary book Julia Blackburn follows Goya through the remaining thirty-five years of his

Eternal Army: The Terracotta Soldiers of the First Emperor(Paperback / softback)

More than 22 centuries ago, in China's northwestern Shaanxi province, the first Qin emperor was buried in a magnificent tomb surrounded by an army of some 7,000 terra-cotta soldiers. This lavish volume offers a detailed look at that astonishing army, and the life and times of the man whose resting

When He Was Wicked: Bridgerton (Quinn Julia)(Paperback)

Look for Queen Charlotte, the new Bridgerton story by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes, inspired by the Netflix series. A New York Times BestsellerFrom #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes the story of Francesca Bridgerton, in the sixth of her beloved Regency-set novels featuring the

The Art & History of Calligraphy (Lovett Patricia)(Paperback)

Ranging from the Middle Ages, when beautiful calligraphy was a way of celebrating the divine, to the renaissance of the art form by William Morris, to the modern school of calligraphers following in the wake of master typographer Edward Johnston, Patricia Lovett charts the development of

Miss Julie (Strindberg August)(Paperback / softback)

Miss Julie (1888), written in a fortnight, was regarded by Strindberg as his masterpiece, 'the first naturalistic tragedy of the Swedish drama'. Shocking in subject-matter, revolutionary in technique, it was fiercely attacked on publication for immorality.On Midsummer Eve, Miss Julie, the daughter

Divine Encounter with the Holy Spirit (Maldonado Guillermo)(Paperback)

When was the last time you had a supernatural encounter with the Holy Spirit? All believers can have powerful divine encounters with the Spirit--not as isolated events but as a lifestyle in which...The supernatural realm is

Black Mischief (Waugh Evelyn)(Paperback / softback)

When Oxford-educated Emperor Seth succeeds to the throne of the African state of Azania, he has a tough job on his hands. His subjects are ill-informed and unruly, and corruption, double-dealing and bloodshed are rife. With the aid of Minister of Modernization, Basil Seal, Seth plans to introduce

Enchantress of Florence (Rushdie Salman)(Paperback / softback)

When a young European traveller arrives at Sikri, the court of Mughal Emperor Akbar, the tale he spins brings the whole imperial capital to the brink of obsession. He calls himself 'Mogor dell'Amore', the Mughal of Love, and claims to be the son of a lost princess, whose name and has been erased

Julius Caesar (Shakespeare William)(Paperback / softback)

When it seems that Julius Caesar may assume supreme power, a plot to destroy him is hatched by the senators Brutus and Cassius, who are determined to preserve the threatened Republic. But the different motives of the conspirators soon become apparent when high principles clash with malice and

Emperor of the Eight Islands (Hearn Lian)(Paperback / softback)

Emperor Haile Selassie (Selassie Bereket Habte)(Paperback)

Emperor Haile Selassie was an iconic figure of the twentieth century, a progressive monarch who ruled Ethiopia from 1916 to 1974. This book, written by a former state official who served in a number of important positions in Selassie's government, tells both the story of the emperor's life and the

Save Me The Waltz (Fitzgerald Zelda)(Paperback / softback)

During the years when Fitzgerald was working on Tender is the Night, Zelda Fitzgerald was preparing her own story, which strangely parallels the narrative of her husband, throwing a fascinating light on Scott Fitzgerald's life and

The First Emperor: Selections from the Historical Records (Qian Sima)(Paperback)

'The following year Qin unified all under Heaven and the title of August Emperor was immediately adopted.' The short-lived Qin dynasty unified China in 221 BC and created an imperial legacy that lasted until 1911. The extraordinary story of the First Emperor, founder of the dynasty, is told in the

The Audacity to be Divine (Halbreich Judith)(Paperback)

MARY MROZOWSKI WAS AN ORDINARY NEW YORKER WHO BECAME EXTRAORDINARY. The Audacity to be Divine is a revelatory tale of transformation, resilience and unparalleled truth-seeking. Mary was a quintessential New York housewife living in the depth of despair. Bearing the secret of her family's tumultuous

When I Was Old (Simenon Georges)(Paperback / softback)

'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.' --The GuardianAn intimate inside look at the mind of Georges Simenon, immortalized here in his

Gift (Steel Danielle)(Paperback / softback)

The time is the 1950s, when life was simpler, people still believed in dreams, and family was, very nearly, everything. The place is a small midwestern town with a high school and a downtown, a skating pond and a movie house. And on a tree-lined street in the heartland of America, an extraordinary

Making of a Manager - What to Do When Everyone Looks to You (Zhuo Julie)(Paperback / softback)

Sugarlump and the Unicorn (Donaldson Julia)(Paperback / softback)

Follow the adventures of Sugarlump the rocking horse when a unicorn grants his wish to explore the outside world in this magical adventure story, with a redesigned cover and glitter on every

Numerology and the Divine Triangle (Javane Faith)(Paperback / softback)

Witness for the Dead (Addison Katherine)(Paperback / softback)

Murder, politics and intrigue. When the young half-goblin emperor Maia sought to learn who had set the bombs that killed his father and half-brothers, he turned to an obscure resident of his Court, a Prelate of Ulis and a Witness for the Dead. Thara Celehar found the truth, though it did him no

Glory Game (Davies Hunter)(Paperback / softback)

When the first edition of The Glory Game was published in 1972, it was instantly hailed as the most insightful book about the life of a football club ever