Elizabeth: 10009 books

A posthumous collection of recipes and articles—recommended by her friends and fans—from “the best food writer of her time” (Jane Grigson, The Times Literary Supplement).   Before Elizabeth David died in 1992, she and her editor, Jill Norman, had begun work on a volume of “The Best of,”...

THE PROTECTORS - Book two of Elizabeth Loraine's best selling YA series Royal Blood Chronicles The Five come into their own as the adventure continues Exciting author Elizabeth Loraine brings us the second in her series Royal Blood Chronicles which follow Katrina, the Chosen leader of...

«Ho letto tutti i libri di Elizabeth von Arnim ... Straordinaria.» Edmund de Waal, autore di Un’eredità di avorio e ambra «Una folla di raffinati lettori ha scoperto a poco a poco i romanzi di questa scrittrice ironica, spregiudicata, fuori da ogni corrente letteraria, spesso crudelissima...

Lady Daisy e sua figlia Terry hanno invitato alcuni ospiti a trascorrere il fine settimana nella loro dimora di campagna. Ma la padrona di casa, di solito ineccepibile, non si rivela all’altezza. Più passa il tempo, più il soggiorno, che culmina in un interminabile pranzo, diventa un supplizio...

Priscilla ha ventun anni e vive in un granducato mitteleuropeo ai confini con l’Italia. A differenza delle sorelle, non si è ancora sposata: lei è una sognatrice, una poetessa che non scrive poesie, e il suo unico desiderio è evadere da una vita di agi prevedibile e soffocante. Architetta così...

“Mary! You’ll hear of me as a drunkard, and maybe as a thief, and maybe as a murderer. Remember! When all are speaking ill of me, you will have no right to blame me, for it's your cruelty that will have made me what I feel I shall become...” Mary Barton, by Elizabeth Gaskell is a widely...

Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series, were we present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Elizabeth Gaskell which are Mary Barton and North and South. Elizabeth Gaskell...

Elizabeth von Arnim was a British author and Countess best known for writing semi-autobiographical works that served as satirical commentaries of European society during her time.  This edition of The Adventures of Elizabeth in Rugen includes a table of contents.

Art & Life contains extracts from diaries, letters, essays, travelogues and poetry written by Elizabeth Durack (19152000) over the course of seven decades. With wit and candour, the writing reveals some of the most important influences and episodes and the paradox of her life. Durack read and travelled...

Mary Elizabeth Braddon (4 October 1835 – 4 February 1915) was an English popular novelist of the Victorian era. She is best known for her 1862 sensation novel Lady Audley's Secret. Born in London, Mary Elizabeth Braddon was privately educated. Her mother Fanny separated from her father Henry in...

"The Boy General: The Story of the Life of Major-General George A. Custer As Told By Elizabeth B. Custer In "Tenting On The Plains," "Following The Guidon," And "Boots And Saddles" edited by Mary E. Burt from the listed books by the general's wife Elizabeth B. Custer;...

9 works of Elizabeth F. Ellet American writer, historian and poet (1818-1877) This ebook presents a collection of 9 works of Elizabeth F. Ellet. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: Lake Ontario Like Southern Birds Teresa...

All That is Seen and Unseen takes you on a journey through the heartwrenching experience of losing a child in the first trimester. This loss is typically brushed aside due to society's opinion that a loss this early doesn't matter. Women are often left to grieve in silence. The story is full of Elizabeth's...

Grief is often perceived as a dark and lonely journey; as a result, it is a topic we avoid in today’s society.  Within a 20-month period, Elizabeth Berrien endured the loss of her stillborn son and the subsequent death of her husband on active duty in Afghanistan. She found herself a 27-year-old...