Women of the Foreign Office: Britain's First Female Ambassadors (Warburton Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

Women of the Foreign Office: Britain's First Female Ambassadors (Warburton Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

Since the suffrage campaigns in the early twentieth century, the advancement of women's rights in the UK has been nonstop. Proponents of the cause have aimed for equality across all sectors: personal and civil rights, employment rights, equal pay - and yet Britain's first official female ambassador

Two-Way Mirror - The Life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Sampson Fiona)(Pevná vazba)

How Britain's most famous female poet invented herself and defied her

Lady Butler: Painting, Travel and War (Wynne Catherine)(Pevná vazba)

This is the first biography of Victorian Britain's famous war artist, Elizabeth Thompson Butler. She was born in Lausanne in 1846, where her family had gone to join their friend, Charles Dickens. As Elizabeth Thompson, she became a celebrity after exhibiting her Crimean War painting, The roll call,

Queen Elizabeth II's Guide to Life (Dolby Karen)(Pevná vazba)

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-serving monarch, Supreme Governor of the Church of England and the Head of the Commonwealth, has reigned for a record-breaking 76 years. What are the secrets of her success? How does she still approach her day-to-day with such vitality and aplomb, even when

The Split Subject of Narration in Elizabeth Gaskell's First Person Fiction (Koustinoudi Anna)(Pevná vazba)

The Split Subject of Narration in Elizabeth Gaskell's First-Person Fiction analyzes a number of Elizabeth Gaskell's first-person works through a post-modern perspective employing such theoretical frameworks as psychoanalytic theory, narratology, and gender theory. It attempts to explore the

Therigatha: Selected Poems of the First Buddhist Women (Hallisey Charles)(Pevná vazba)

Elizabeth I: The Making of a Queen (Brennan Laura)(Pevná vazba)

This looks at the key women how they affected Elizabeth I from her mother and Anne Bolyen, to the fate of Lady Jane Grey and the reign (and failures) of her sister Mary I.Elizabeth I is arguably one of the greatest monarchs and women of English history. Against an uncertain political and religious

From Women to the World: Letters for a New Century (Filippouli Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

Female Ejaculation and the G-Spot (Sundahl Deborah)(Pevná vazba)

The first edition of Female Ejaculation and the G-Spot was meant to raise awareness about the phenomenon of female ejaculation and resurrect a now lost wonder, as well as the mystery surrounding this aspect of female sexuality. It empowered women who already ejaculated and taught women who wanted

Criminal Women 1850-1920: Researching the Lives of Britain's Female Offenders (Williams Lucy)(Paperback)

Women are among the hardest individuals to trace through the historical record and this is especially true of female offenders who had a vested interest in not wanting to be found. That is why this thought-provoking and accessible handbook by Lucy Williams and Barry Godfrey is of such value. It

Warriors, Witches, Women: Mythology's Fiercest Females (Hodges Kate)(Pevná vazba)

Meet mythology's fifty fiercest females in this modern retelling of the world's greatest legends. From feminist fairies to bloodsucking temptresses, half-human harpies and protective Vodou goddesses, these are women who go beyond long-haired, smiling stereotypes. Their stories are so powerful, so

Peter Lindbergh: Images of Women (Lindbergh Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Peter Lindbergh, one of the world's foremost fashion photographers, celebrates the female form in this classic book. Peter Lindbergh's Images of Women is now available in this new unabridged compact edition. Lindbergh, who passed away in 2019, took a comprehensive look at his body of work from the

Radical Women: Jessica Dismorr and Her Contemporaries (Foster Alicia)(Pevná vazba)

Radical Women tells a fresh, new story of British modernism, as the first to cover the entirety of Jessica Dismorr's (1876-1939) life and art alongside those of women artists she worked and exhibited with. The book brings to life a fascinating and turbulent period in art history and a web of

The London 'e/1' Tram (Waller Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Probably the single most numerous of tramcar constructed for operation on Britain's first generation electric tramways, the London County Council's 'E/1' class had an operational history that stretched for almost 50 years. The first were produced towards the end of the first decade of the 20th

Ambassadors (James Henry)(Pevná vazba)

This complex tale of self-discovery -- considered by the author to be his best work -- traces the path of an aging idealist, Lambert Strether. Arriving in Paris with the intention of persuading his young charge to abandon an obsession with a French woman and return home, Strether reaches

When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt (Cooney Kara)(Pevná vazba)

This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cleopatra--women who ruled with real power--and shines a piercing light on our own perceptions of women in power today. Female rulers are a rare phenomenon--but thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt,

The Youth of Early Modern Women (Cohen Elizabeth Storr)(Pevná vazba)

1. an emphasis on the period of youth between childhood and adulthood as a distinct stage for early modern women in broad range of social and geographical settings 2. European cultural constructions of female youth through literary and visual representations, and material culture Medieval, European

Great Women Artists (Phaidon Press)(Pevná vazba)

'Real changes are upon us, and today one can reel off the names of a number of first-rate women artists. Nevertheless, women are just getting started.'-- The New Yorker Five centuries of fascinating female creativity presented in more than 400 compelling artworks and one comprehensive volumeThe

Radicalizing Her: Why Women Choose Violence (Gowrinathan Nimmi)(Pevná vazba)

An urgent corrective to the erasure of the female fighter from narratives on gender and power, demanding that we see all women as political actors. 'Violence, for me, and for the women I chronicle in this book, is simply a political reality.' Though the female fighter is often seen as an anomaly,

Locomotives of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (Dawson Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

The Liverpool & Manchester Railway was Britain's first mainline, intercity railway; opened in 1830 it was at the cutting edge of railway technology. Engineered by George Stephenson and his team - John Dixon, William Allcard, Joseph Locke - the project faced many obstacles both before and after

Women of the White House: The Illustrated Story of the First Ladies of the United States of America (Russo Amy)(Pevná vazba)

Women of the White House looks at the work, lives and times of the 47 women officially recognized as America's first lady. Through portraits, photographs, accounts and profiles, the book examines their contributions to the presidencies they supported and to the 230-year history of the role. The

Paradoxes of European Foreign Policy (Zielonka Jan)(Pevná vazba)

The European Union's foreign policy is full of paradoxes. The Union aspires to be a powerful international actor without becoming a super-state. It hopes to prevent and manage conflicts, but refrains from acquiring the military means to do so. It embarks on the project of widening its borders, but

Future Office: Next-Generation Workplace Design (Gillen Nicola)(Pevná vazba)

The office is dead. Long live the office. Despite decades of predictions that the office is on the verge of extinction, it is surviving and thriving. Of course, things are changing. And changing fast. Digital technologies are transforming not only the work we do, but also the ways our workplaces

Historical Dictionary of Japanese Foreign Policy (Shimamoto Mayako)(Pevná vazba)

The Historical Dictionary of Japanese Foreign Policy includes a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture