In the opening volume of Proust's great novel the narrator travels backwards in time in order to tell the story of a love affair that had taken place before his own birth Swann's jealous love for Odette provides a prophetic model of the narrator's own relationships All Proust's great themes
- time & memory love & loss art & the artistic vocation
- are here in kernel form

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Mary Shelley was brought up by her father in a house filled with radical thinkers poets philosophers & writers of the day Aged sixteen she eloped with Percy Bysshe Shelley embarking on a relationship that was lived on the move across Britain & Europe as she coped with debt infidelity & the deaths of three children before early widowhood changed her life forever Most astonishingly it was while she was still a teenager that Mary composed her canonical novel Frankenstein creating two of our most enduring archetypes today The life story is well-known But who was the woman who lived it? She's left plenty of evidence & in this fascinating dialogue with the past Fiona Sampson sifts through letters diaries & records to find the real woman behind the story She uncovers a complex generous character
- friend intellectual lover & mother
- trying to fulfil her own passionate commitment to writing at a time when to be a woman writer was an extraordinary & costly anomaly Published for the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein this is a major new work of biography by a prize-winning writer & poet

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Turning his back on the British legal profession & the requirement to account for every six minutes of his time Geoff Steward & his lucky five-inch articulated Doctor Who figure go off-grid & on the road across America From New York to Alaska he tries to fend for himself without his trusty PA & life support the unflappable Charmaine for whom contentment lies in Jesus Christ & custard creams With his blend of waspish wit & mischievous charm Steward seeks out normal Americans such as Joe le Taxi the former NYPD officer who was one of the first on the scene at the Twin Towers & now runs an extortionate executive taxi service; Pam & Bob a paranoid psychiatrist & a failed actor who once saw the back of Meryl Streep's head; Taylor the Alaskan bushwhacker who was raised by wolves & revels in their scat; Jeb the Yosemite inn-sitter who lives his life at the pace of a Ford Model T; Kacey Musgraves the controversial country music star staying at the farm in Tennessee; & Sheriff Duke of Calhoun County South Carolina who reintroduces Steward to the long (and armed) arm of the law For anyone at a crossroads contemplating a temporary or permanent career break this affectionate travel romp is essential reading Journeying coast-to-coast across the US with Steward might just remind you that despite the post-Trump hysteria there are many normal & decent Americans out there ...

Quantum theory is so shocking that Einstein could not bring himself to accept it It is so important that it provides the fundamental underpinning of all modern sciences Without it we'd have no nuclear power or nuclear weapons no TV no computers no science of molecular biology no understanding of DNA no genetic engineering In Search of Schrodinger's Cat tells the complete story of quantum mechanics a truth stranger than any fiction John Gribbin takes us step by step into an ever more bizarre & fascinating place requiring only that we approach it with an open mind He introduces the scientists who developed quantum theory He investigates the atom radiation time travel the birth of the universe superconductors & life itself & in a world full of its own delights mysteries & surprises he searches for Schrodinger's Cat
- a search for quantum reality
- as he brings every reader to a clear understanding of the most important area of scientific study today
- quantum physics In Search of Schrodinger's Cat is a fascinating & delightful introduction to the strange world of the quantum
- an essential element in understanding today's world



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The exciting tale of two children who with the help of an eccentric professor set out in search of their shipwrecked father ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Historian Michael Wood presents this BBC series about the Dark Ages Originally aired in 1981 the series gives the audience an insight into the period known as the Dark Ages with Wood going on a journey of discovery to find out what really happened in Europe following the decline of the Roman Empire All 8 episodes are included; ' In Search of Offa' ' In Search of Boadicea' ' In Search of Arthur' ' In Search of Alfred the Great' ' In Search of Athelstan' ' In Search of Eric Bloodaxe' ' In Search of Ethelred the Unready' & ' In Search of William the Conqueror' Directors Michael Wood Format PALLanguage English Subtitles English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 2 ...

A rollercoaster new history for the 50th anniversary of the ' Summer of Love' from a music business veteran who was actually there 280 pages Goldberg Danny ...

Danny Goldberg is probably one of the purest most reasonableguides you could ask for to 1967' Ex-Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham Weaves together rollicking rousing wonderfully colourful anddisparate narratives to remind us how the energies & aspirations of thecounterculture were intertwined with protest & reform mesmerising' The Nation It wasthe year that saw the release of the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band & of debut albums from the Doors the Grateful Dead Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin The year of the Summer of Love & LSD; the Monterey Pop Festivaland Black Power; Muhammad Ali's conviction for draft avoidance & Martin Luther King Jr's public opposition to war in Vietnam On its 50th anniversary music business veteran Danny Goldberg analyses 1967 looking not only at the political influences butalso the spiritual musical & psychedelic movements that defined the eraproviding a unique perspective on how & why its legacy lives on today Exhaustively researched & informed byinterviews including Allen Ginsberg Timothy Leary & Gil Scott-Heron In Search of the Lost Chord is the synthesis of a fascinating andcomplicated period in our social & countercultural history that was about somuch more than sex drugs & rock n roll ...

In Search of the Romans is a lively & informative introduction to ancient Rome Making extensive use of ancient sources & copiously illustrated with photographs drawings maps & plans it introduces six key areas of the Roman world history religion society entertainment Pompeii & Herculaneum Each chapter can be read independently although there are many cross-references & links between them There are also useful Appendices on the city of Rome Roman politics currency values clothing & the calendar Review questions throughout the book challenge students to read further & reflect on some of the most important social political & cultural issues of ancient Rome as well as comparing them with those of their own society In Search of the Romans is essential reading for teachers & students of Classical Civilisation ...

At 17 she hopes to finally find out the truth about where she came from so she can discover who she truly is Told in two perspectives Marilyn's in the late 90s & Angie's today IN SEARCH OF US is a sweeping inter-generational story about mothers & daughters love & loss holding on & letting go 400 pages Dellaira Ava ...