My life is free, random & spontaneous. This in itself creates enormous energy & clarity in body & mind
- Miriam Lancewood Miriam
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Stella Rimington meets State of Play in this smart political thriller for a new generation of Le Carre fans. SECRETS 1991, Belfast. Maire Anne Mc Cartney is recruited for a one-off IRA mission as a honey trap. She is told there will be no violence. But she has been lied to. To save herself, eighteen-year-old Maire must flee across the border alone, & start anew life. STATE Present day, London. Human rights lawyer Anne-Marie Gallagher is appointed Minister of State for Security & Immigration. At the same time, the police in Belfast receive an anonymous tip-off. The password is verified from the Troubles
- & the co-ordinates lead DCI Jon Carne to a field. & a body. BETRAYAL The new Minister receives a message & realises that the new life she has crafted is at risk of being uncovered. And when Carne`s investigation brings Anne- Marie to his attention, she must decide where her allegiances lie...
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In the wake of her sister's death, Isabelle moves from her home in California to her birthplace in Mexico to take over the running of the family tuna company. There, she discovers a wild child
- a thing with no name, who turns out to be the autistic niece she never knew she had. So she sets herself the task of turning it into a human being
- a human being named Karen. To start, she tries to get her to say her first word: ' Me'. & then begins the greatest journey of all, as Karen learns how to become ' Me'. It is a voyage of discovery that will take her to the bottom of the ocean, & into the heart of the world.

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A young woman shivers in the December cold as her mother`s body is laid to rest in a cemetery. The only thing that warms her is the thought of the revenge she will soon take.. . Then a middle-aged man is killed at his home, shot twice in the chest & twice below the belt. He had recently received a series of bizarre phone calls where an old song is played down the line -- evoking an eerie sense of both familiarity & unease. Before the police can find the culprit, a second man is killed in the same way. Chief Inspector Van Veeteren & his team must dig far back into each man`s past -- but with few clues at each crime scene, can they find the killer before anyone else dies? ...

For the last 70 years, the guests of Woman`s Hour have been entertaining listeners with their compelling combination of wit, warmth, insight & humour. Woman`s Hour has interviewed many of the biggest female names from entertainment, politics, the arts & beyond. Words from Wise, Witty & Wonderful Women is a collection of"es & extracts from 70 years of the Woman`s Hour archive, featuring some of the most memorable guests to appear on the programme, from Doris Lessing to Nora Ephron, Hilary Clinton to J.K. Rowling, & Bette Davis to Meryl Streep. Charting the social & political revolution that has taken place in women`s lives over the past 70 years, as well as the perennial aspects of female life, such as love, family, relationships, the workplace, sex, ageing, & food, this delightful book shares fascinating insights & sage advice from the wise & wonderful women that have graced the Woman`s Hour airwaves over the decades. ...

Wombwell North West & Mitchell Main in 1904 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers a semi-rural area south of Barnsley which is criss-crossed by railways. Coverage runs from Swaithe Main Colliery eastward to Mitchell Main Colliery, both shown with track layout, etc. A small portion of north-west Wombnwell is in the south-eastern corner, including Wombwell Cemetery, Barnsley Road & Blythe Street. Sections of the following railways are shown: GCR Barnsley to Barnetby, Worsborough Branch, Aldham Curve & Woodbourn Junction to Aldham Junction lines; Midland Railway Chapeltown Branch Extension; Wombwell Main Railway. Other features include Aldham House, Aldham Bridge, Smithley & Swaithe Hall. A directory of Wombwell in 1922 is on the reverse. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Wombwell South & Lundhill in 1901 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the southern part of Wombwell, a few miles south-east of Barnsley, with some nearby hamlets. Coverage stretches from Wombwell Market Place southward to Lundhill Farm & eastward to Broom Hill. The Dearne & Dove Canal & its Elsecar Branch wind through the map, meeting at Wombwell Junction. The GCR Barnsley to Barnetby railway runs across the map, with a stretch of its Elsecar Branch. Several small hamlets are shown: Lundhill Row, Concrete Cottages, The Junction & Broom Hill. At the foot of the map is part of Cortonwood Colliery. Within Wombwell features include Wombwell Hall, Summer Lane, Poplar Farm. Other features include Brampton Bull`s Head Inn, Cliffe Field, Lundhill Staithe, Hemingfield Sewage Works, several old shafts, Dearne Valley Water Works, etc. On the reverse are directories for Brampton Bierlow, Hemingfield & Wombwell. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Number One Sunday Times Bestseller Why the popular resonance of `mansplaining` (despite the intense dislike of the term felt by many men)? It hits home for us because it points straight to what it feels like not to be taken seriously: a bit like when I get lectured on Roman history on Twitter. Britain`s best-known classicist Mary Beard, is also a committed & vocal feminist. With wry wit, she revisits the gender agenda & shows how history has treated powerful women. Her examples range from the classical world to the modern day, from Medusa & Athena to Theresa May & Hillary Clinton. Beard explores the cultural underpinnings of misogyny, considering the public voice of women, our cultural assumptions about women`s relationship with power, & how powerful women resist being packaged into a male template. With personal reflections on her own experiences of the sexism & gendered aggression she has endured online, Mary asks: if women aren`t perceived to be within the structures of power, isn`t it power that we need to redefine? From the author of international bestseller SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome. ...

Britain`s best-known classicist Mary Beard, is also a committed & vocal feminist. With wry wit, she revisits the gender agenda & shows how history has treated powerful women. Her examples range from the classical world to the modern day, from Medusa & Athena to Theresa May & Hillary Clinton. Beard explores the cultural underpinnings of misogyny, considering the public voice of women, our cultural assumptions about women`s relationship with power, & how powerful women resist being packaged into a male template.A year on since the advent of metoo, Beard looks at how the discussions have moved on during this time, & how that intersects with issues of rape & consent, & the stories men tell themselves to support their actions. In trademark Beardian style, using examples ancient & modern, Beard argues, `it`s time for change
- & now!`
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Lawrence's finest, most mature novel initially met with disgust & incomprehension. In the love affairs of two sisters, Ursula with Rupert, & Gudrun with Gerald, critics could only see a sorry tale of sexual depravity & philosophical obscurity. Women in Love is, however, a profound response to a whole cultural crisis. The 'progress' of the modern industrialised world had led to the carnage of the First World War. What, then, did it mean to call ourselves 'human'? On what grounds could we place ourselves above & beyond the animal world? What are the definitive forms of our relationships
- love, marriage, family, friendship
- really worth? & how might they be otherwise? Without directly referring to the war, Women in Love explores these questions with restless energy. As a sequel to The Rainbow, the novel develops experimental techniques which made Lawrence one of the most important writers of the Modernist movement.

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