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by Piers Paul Read
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
It is the late 18th century and Sicilian nobleman Vitello Scarpia finds himself penniless and in disgrace on the streets of Rome. After leaving his home in pursuit of a military career, his fiery passion has seen him expelled from the Spanish royal guard and left to seek his fortune in Italy; a fortune...
J.K. Rowling: A Bibliography
Updated Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
This is the definitive bibliography of the writings of J. K. Rowling. In addition to bibliographical details of each edition of all her books, pamphlets and original contributions to published works, there is detailed information on the publishing history of her work, including fascinating extracts...
The Countryside Book
101 Ways To Play, Watch Wildlife, Be Creative And Have Adventures In The Country
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
Britain's countryside offers a host of varied habitats for the walker, the amateur naturalist and the family in search of entertainment for children. This brand new collection of reflections on and activities to do in the countryside from an author passionate about reconnecting both children and adults...
Manuscripts Don't Burn
Mikhail Bulgakov: a Life in Letters and Diaries
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2013
The Russian playwright and novelist Mikhail Bulgakov (1891 - 1940) is now widely acknowledged as one of the giants of twentieth-century Soviet literature, ranking with such luminaries as Pasternak and Solzhenitsyn. In his own lifetime, however, a casualty of Stalinist repression, he was scarcely published...
by Caroline Sullivan
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
Over four hot summers from 1975 to 1979, teenager Caroline Sullivan and her friends criss-crossed the USA in the Rollers' wake. They staked out airports and hotels, tricking airline clerks and wheedling information out of PR companies.
National Service
Diary of a Decade at the National Theatre
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
During the ten years from 1987 to 1997 that he was Director of the Royal National Theatre, Richard Eyre kept a diary - a record that disarmingly captured a life at the heart of British cultural and political affairs. The powerful and the famous inevitably strut and fret upon its pages, but National...
Ecocriticism and Italy
Ecology, Resistance, and Liberation
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
Winner of the MLA Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Italian Studies 2016
Winner of the American Association for Italian Studies Book Prize 2016
Written by one of Europe's leading critics, Ecocriticism and Italy reads the diverse landscapes of Italy in the cultural imagination. From death...
by Patrick Modiano
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015
Ring Roads, for which Modiano was awarded the French Academy's Grand Prix du Roman (1972), is the story of a young Jew, Serge, in search of his father, Chalva, who disappeared from his life ten years earlier. He finds him trying to survive the war years in the unlikely company of black marketeers,...
by Valerie Cumming, C. W. Cunnington, P. E. Cunnington
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
- What is an Apollo knot?
- Who wore a Welch wig?
- When were Zouave jackets the height of fashion?
This new edition of The Dictionary of Fashion History further updates the landmark work of C. Willett Cunnington, Phillis Cunnington and Charles Beard. Featuring over 60 new and revised entries...
How to Read a Dress
A Guide to Changing Fashion from the 16th to the 20th Century
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
Fashion is ever-changing, and while some styles mark a dramatic departure from the past, many exhibit subtle differences from year to year that are not always easily identifiable. With overviews of each key period and detailed illustrations for each new style, How to Read a Dress is an authoritative...
Consumptive Chic
A History of Beauty, Fashion, and Disease
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, there was a tubercular 'moment' in which perceptions of the consumptive disease became inextricably tied to contemporary concepts of beauty, playing out in the clothing fashions of the day. With the ravages of the illness widely regarded as conferring...
Britten's Century
Celebrating 100 Years of Britten
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2013
Britten's Century considers various aspects of Britten's life and work. The book is written by biographers, performers and music critics. Here is a wealth of subject matter - Britten's operatic output, his orchestral works, his contribution to the revival of English song. Biographically, this book...
El Clasico: Barcelona v Real Madrid
Football's Greatest Rivalry
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2012
Real Madrid versus Barcelona is regarded by many as the most captivating fixture in world football. But it is not only the on-pitch battles that have forged their rivalry. From General Franco and bloody civil war to the Catalan city of Barcelona's lukewarm reaction to Spain's recent World Cup and...
White Angels
Beckham, the Real Madrid, and the New Football
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2008
A look at soccer superstar David Beckham, the Real Madrid team he joined in 2003, and at how this combination has forever changed the face of the world's most popular sport.