When an injured Union soldier is found in the Virginia woods as the Civil War rages, he is brought to the nearby Miss Martha Farnsworth Seminary for Young Ladies to recover. For the sheltered girls & their teachers, the arrival of the attractive John Mc Burney is a thrilling distraction from normal life. But before long, Mc Burney`s presence will turn them against each other & upend all their lives
- with potentially devastating consequences. Combining psychological suspense with humour & romantic drama, The Beguiled is a wildly entertaining novel of sexual tension & repression, & of rivalry, jealousy &, ultimately, vengeance.
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Fanny Parkes, who lived in India between 1822 & 1846, was the ideal travel writer
- courageous, indefatigably curious & determinedly
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Fifteen-year-olds Tasha & Josie are near-neighbours who never thought they had anything in common. But when their families let them down, they find themselves unlikely allies in a battle for survival. On the margins of adulthood, these two girls also find themselves also on the margins of society. & where do you go for safety when there is no security at home? ...

She was described as the most dangerous woman in Europe by Adolf Hitler; Noel Coward said people who spent any time with her were always reduced to `gibbering worshippers`; she adored Margaret Thatcher & disliked Germans; she found the French comical & hankered for the old days of Empire & Commonwealth. Above all, though, she was loved by the nation & in this affectionate & often hilarious inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, her former equerry Major Colin Burgess reveals what life was like living with the most private of all the Royals. ” Behind Palace Doors” is a unique & warmly remembered historic insight into one of our longest-surviving institutions. Constantly fascinating & packed with previously untold stories, this is also a celebration of a life gone
- & a way of life fast disappearing.
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At the perimeter of Mumbai`s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport stands the Annawadi slum. Here, next to one of Asia`s busiest transport hubs & the city`s gleaming glass towers, lives rubbish collectors, builders & migrants from rural India. Boo spent the best part of four years in Annawadi. Her time there was spent primarily with three families, & her experiences with them are beautifully documented in Behind the Beautiful Forevers, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist`s first book. Her writing documents the November 2008 terrorist attacks, the knock-on effects of the global recession & a serious crime in the slums, which has major repercussions for those who live there. Buy your copy now! ...

Advance Praise for Behind the Burqa ” Whenever & wherever adults make war, children die & women are subjected to fear & humiliation. This is true of Afghanistan too. Read this harrowing book. The tragic yet heroic tale of two women is told with great simplicity. They will haunt you.” -Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate ” The stories of Sulima & Hala achingly articulate the twin & enduring legacies of misogyny & violence. A critical historical document, Behind the Burqa ultimately reveals the unbreakable strength of Afghan women.” -Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues Founder & Artistic Director, V-Day ” Behind the Burqa provides important information about conditions in Afghanistan, as well as the plight of asylum-seekers in the United States. I highly recommend this book to all people who are concerned about human rights, both at home & abroad.” -Senator Sam Brownback, (R. Kansas) ranking member, Immigration Subcommittee, Committee on the Judiciary ” This book is a gripping reading experience, & it also offers important suggestions for those who would like to participate in making our asylum politics more humane.”-Eleanor Acer, Director, Asylum Program, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights ” This book shows the injustices suffered by innocent women seeking asylum in the U. S. & the power of religious faith to provide hope & courage even in prison.” -Fauziya Kassindja, author of Do They Hear You When You Cry ” Sulima & Hala epitomize the worldwide struggle of women for equality & justice. Their story is gripping & illuminating.” -Jessica Neuwirth, President of Equality Now ...

In several nations across the globe, the Communist Party has managed to hold on, mutate & adapt to the 21st century. Whether due to unaddressed class inequality, nostalgia or the steel fist of totalitarianism, these places continue to resist against the tides of history. Over the course of seven years, award-winning documentary photographer Tomas Van Houtryve secured unprecedented access to North Korea, Cuba, China, Nepal, Vietnam, Laos & Moldova. He discovered a secretive world of revolutionaries, spies, opposition fighters & ordinary workers. His photographs explore the gulf between the high ideals of communism & its complex present day reality. With a Foreword by philosopher Tzvetan Todorov. ...

` It was useless to think I`d ever be able to throw open the door behind which I was yet again hiding.. . Not now. Not ever.` School is a place of unspoken hierarchies & rivalries for a young teenage boy growing up in the provincial town of Ferrara. But as the everyday classroom & playground dramas are played out, they begin to reflect the disturbing undertones of 1930s Italy, & the narrator realizes that being Jewish means he will always be excluded. The fourth book in Bassani`s Romanzo di Ferrara cycle, Behind the Door is a luminous portrayal of childhood friendship & the loss of innocence. A new translation by Jamie Mc Kendrick ...

`I never saw the man again, alive or dead. One will say that I saw him only for a moment, that it was misty at the time, & that even I did not recognise the features, covered as they were with grime & stubble. Yet I am sure that the taller of the two ragged civilians I saw in the chalk quarry that misty March morning of 1918 was that Lieutenant Peter Rawley, R. F.A., who the official records stated was killed near Arras the previous autumn.` Behind the Lines is a thriller that follows on from the success of W. F. Morris`s first novel, Bretherton: Khaki or Field-Grey? Morris is again concerned with questions of identity, allegiance, chance, concealment & self-discovery. A subaltern is forced to flee when he accidentally kills an overbearing, taunting fellow officer: appearances are all against him & he does not trust to trench justice. He becomes a fugitive & has to join forces with other deserters, lost soldiers & outlaws in a h&-to-mouth existence in the no man`s land between opposing forces. A series of adventures & disasters ensue, including capture by the Germans & near death by firing squad. Only his own bravery & the devotion of his fiance can rescue him from his plight. A contemporary commentator noted that `in spite of the flood of war books`, Morris was able to achieve `a quite different viewpoint from all the others`, & his book was `an outstanding success`. ...

Aristocrat, literary celebrity, ` Rose Queen`, devoted wife, lesbian, recluse, iconoclast
- Vita Sackville-West was many
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