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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some minor wear to edges and corners; price clipped. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact. Ruth Hall's Marie Stopes: A...

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Author: Marie StopesBinding: HardbackPublished: G P Putnam's Sons, 1929Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Reading copy with markingsCondition remarks: Worn boards with minor...

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Mary Earps caught the football bug at an early age, kicking a ball in the back garden with her brother, and training with his team. At the age of ten...

Stefan Zweig based his biography of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen, on the correspondence between her and her mother, and her great...

This is a comprehensive and accessible picture book biography of Marie Curie, the groundbreaking scientist and two-time Nobel Prize winner, from an acclaimed author and illustrator duo. Before Marie Curie...

Author: Massimo Bottura Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 The story and recipes of Casa Maria Luigia, Massimo Bottura and Lara Gilmore's idyllic guest house, set in the heart of...

Dava Sobel, acclaimed and bestselling author of Longitude, chronicles the life and work of the most famous woman in the history of science - and the untold story of the...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodBorn into the glittering Habsburg court of Vienna and thrust onto the treacherous stage of Versailles, Marie Antoinette remains one of history's most captivating and tragic...

The portrait offers the possibility of observation and introspection, and is at the same time one of the most private and representative artistic genres. But what distinguishes the specifically female...

'A litany of fresh heroes to make the embattled heart sing' Caitlin Moran 'Newman is a brilliant writer' Observer A fresh, opinionated history of all the brilliant women you should...

Author: C. C. DysonBinding: HardbackPublished: John Long, Limited, 1910Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Purple cloth with minor...

Written with the cooperation of the Marie Curie estate and drawing on thousands of letters, this biography describes Marie Curie's research with her husband Pierre which led to the discovery...

Marie may be 'getting on a bit' but it's certainly not getting her down. Her family around her and a man who loves her means that life is good -...

Marie Bashkirtseff's diary is one of the great journals of all time: a Russian girl, transplanted to France, begins a little diary at the age of fourteen. Eleven years later,...

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The moving, passionate and ultimately tragic story of Marie Curie and her discovery of radium. By the author of The Visit of the Royal Physician, winner of the Independent Foreign...

Marie may be 'getting on a bit' but it's certainly not getting her down. Her family around her and a man who loves her means that life is good -...

Having been diagnosed with hysteria in 1878, Blanche Wittman was committed to Salp tri re Hospital for sixteen years. Under the care of the famous M. Charcot she was regularly...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA life of faith, sacrifice, and extraordinary purpose unfolds in Nun the Less, the candid and...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodBefore Steffi Graf, before Martina Navratilova, there was Margaret Smith — the relentless, iron-willed Australian who redefined what women's tennis...

In this rallying cry for a phlegmatic and fun brand of masculinity, Sam Delaney makes the case for a happier way of living. He proves you don't have to be...

Edition: 1st ed., 2st pr.,Condition remarks:Book: ExcellentJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: SignedFrom the terraces of Merseyside to the global stages of one of the best-selling music acts in history, Melanie Chisholm...

Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsIn the sun-scorched outback of Australia, one man's extraordinary bond with horses became the stuff of legend — The Horse...

Chloe is beautiful and fiercely bright, but her thirst for booze and attention is insatiable. Sara resents being tied down to anything, but part of her craves stability. Elliot is...

THE RIOTOUSLY FUNNY NEW NOVEL FROM KING OF THE MODERN ROM-COM JUSTIN MYERS 'Hugely entertaining' VERONICA HENRY 'Snappy, sharp, perceptive, and brim-full of wit and heart' JULIE COHEN 'Ferociously funny'...

He is everything she wants to avoid... For two years, Catherine Marks has been a paid companion to the Hathaway sisters - a pleasant position, with one caveat. Her charges...

In PLEASE TAKE ME HOME , Clare Campbell takes us on a journey with the nation's rescue cats, from being treated as pests throughout history to being the pet of...

A giddyingly magical fable of the power of unshackled desire, set in a North Sea fishing community. Maren abstains from salt, meat and sex on Saturdays. On the other days...

One week in June. One small island. Raw speed. High risk of fatalities. The Isle of Man TT motorcycle road race. Five minutes to go. The claxon sounds, harsh as...

Peter Evans's biography of Aristotle Onassis, Ari , metwith great acclaim when it was published in 1986. Ariprovided the world with an unprecedented glimpse of theGreek shipping magnate's orbit of...

'Delicate and beautiful ... What a gift' Ann Napolitano, bestselling author of Hello, Beautiful'A revelation - the kind of novel to read in one sitting' Liz Moore, bestselling author of...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingFor any writer, student, or professional seeking the perfect word, The Macquarie Concise Thesaurus stands as an...

A mile outside the Cotswolds, everyone knows everyone in Honeystone, and for many years the villagers have lived quiet, steady lives. But a wind of change is here... Anthea is...

Over 400 million people around the world have been diagnosed with diabetes. Before the discovery of insulin, diabetes was treated through diet, from eating purely meat to the reliance on...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2025 BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SPECTATOR, NEW STATESMAN, NEW SCIENTIST , AND...

THE LITERARY SENSATION THAT STORMED THE WORLD, THE PHENOMENAL FRENCH BESTSELLER HAS SOLD 350,000 COPIES THE BOOK THAT SPARKED THE VIRAL #METOOINCEST MOVEMENT A family's secret weighs on everyone... THE...

This third collection of Martin Crimp's work brings together four remarkable plays - Fewer Emergencies; Cruel and Tender; The City and In the Republic of Happiness 'Martin Crimp is one...

Relive the laughter with this definitive book on Morecambe and Wise - the most famous and best-loved British comedy double-act of all time. In this unique book, Eric Morecambe's son...

This is the incredible story of how the GAA and its people weathered the coronavirus pandemic, and found the strength to survive. In the year 2020, our lives, purpose and...

During the 1980s, Michael Milken at Drexel Burnham Lambert was the Billionaire Junk Bond King. He invented such things as "the highly confident letter" (I'm highly confident that I can...