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First Things: Reading the Maternal Imaginary
This study combines close readings with theoretical concerns, in an examination of the many froms taken by the mythic of phantasmic mother in literary, psychoanalytical and artistic representations. It explores...
Strange Nature
Jasmin has always known that monsters are real. And they wear ordinary faces. When she was a child, she witnessed her famous, adored grandfather attempt to kill her grandmother. Now...
Gimson's Heroes
'A witty, unforgettable celebration of the courage, genius and defiance that changed the course of history' Jacob Rees-Mogg 'Gimson makes excellent cases for all his choices. His "cardinal point" about...
Jacobson's Organ: And the Remarkable Nature of Smell
Smell is our most seductive and provocative sense, invading every domain of our lives. We can identify our relatives by smell alone, detect the availability of a potential mate, sniff...
Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery
From Jamaica to Charleston, Sierra Leone to Bombay, China to Australia, back to England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, this is the story of the heiresses. Their assets, the product of...
Gimson's Heroes
'A witty, unforgettable celebration of the courage, genius and defiance that changed the course of history' Jacob Rees-Mogg 'Gimson makes excellent cases for all his choices. His "cardinal point" about...
Brother of the More Famous Jack: A 40th Anniversary Edition of the
**BBC Radio 4 Book at Bedtime** ________________________ A JOYFUL 40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF A COMING-OF-AGE CLASSIC ________________________ 'T here are few modern tales of first love and its disillusions that...
Laws of Love and Logic
'Those looking for the next Lessons in Chemistry - a story of ferociously bright, feisty women holding their own in a man's world - may have found it ... this...
Laws of Love and Logic
'Those looking for the next Lessons in Chemistry - a story of ferociously bright, feisty women holding their own in a man's world - may have found it ... this...
The Apothecary's Wife: The Hidden History of Medicine and How It
The running joke in Europe for centuries was that anyone in a hurry to die should call the doctor. As far back as ancient Greece, physicians were notorious for administering...
Girls on Fire
'Captivating' Sunday Times 'Will utterly terrify you - in the best way possible' Buzzfeed 'While it is a mystery, the true strength of the novel comes from the honesty of...
Catherine de' Medici: The Life and Times of the Serpent Queen
A Financial Times Book of the Year 'Thoroughly researched.' Sunday Times 'To be devoured.' Philip Mansel 'This book is a treat for fans of well-told history.' Washington Post History is...
Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane Austen
In the later years of her life, English novelist Jane Austen made a quilt. Acclaimed graphic novelist Kate Evans deconstructs this patchwork coverlet and uses the fabrics to illustrate Austen's...
Jannis Kounellis
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew artists have so thoroughly dismantled the boundaries between raw material and refined expression as Jannis...
Mrs Kauffman and Madame Le Brun: The Entwined Lives of Two Great
From the acclaimed author of The King's Painter, a vivid life-and-times biography of two unjustly neglected women artists, Angelica Kauffman and Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun. In the late autumn of...
Gunk: 'One of the year's standout books' SUNDAY TIMES
**Longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize** **Finalist for the Nota Bene Prize** **Selected as a Book of the Summer 2025 by the Guardian, The Times , Sunday Times , independent.co.uk,...
The Graces: The Extraordinary Untold Lives of Women at the Restoration
'Impressively original and ingenious . . . Brings the talented women of the Restoration Court gracefully to life' OPHELIA FIELD, author of The Favourite A spellbinding work of history that...
Marie Antoinette Style (The Official V&A Exhibition Book)
A fashion icon in her own time, the dress and interiors adopted by Marie Antoinette in the final decades of the 18th century have had a lasting influence over 250...
It's a Love Story: the heartwarming and joyful must-read romance,
'The most beautiful, perfect love story-it's my favourite Annabel Monaghan novel yet!' - Paige Toon, internationally bestselling author of Seven Summers Rules for a True Love Story: There are none....
Doctor Strange: A Decade of Dark Magic
Explore the Stories Behind the Legends Enter a world where reality bends, and magic reigns supreme. From psychedelic dimensions to counterculture cool, Doctor Strange was unlike anything else in comics....
Talking About Literacy: Principles and Practice of Adult Literacy
This is a book about our concepts of literacy and its uses. It's a book about adult education in its broadest sense - about training opportunities for employment, about women's...
Siena: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval City
An authoritative, richly illustrated history, and affectionate celebration, of Siena, one of the best-loved and most-visited cities in Italy. Occupying a hilltop site in the midst of a vast, undulating...
Gallagher, Marriott, Derringer & Trower: Their Lives and Music
Rory Gallagher, Steve Marriott, Rick Derringer and Robin Trower are guitar legends. The glue behind legendary barn-busting, hard-touring outfits like Taste, The Small Faces, Procol Harum and Humble Pie, and...
Vanessa Bell: A World of Form and Colour
This publication, together with the exhibition it accompanies, presents the largest ever survey of work by Vanessa Bell (1879-1961). Described in 1923 as 'the most important woman painter in Europe',...