When the married Isabella Robinson was introduced to the dashing Edward Lane at a party in 1850, she was utterly enchanted. He was `fascinating`, she told her diary, before chastising herself for being so susceptible to a man`s charms. But a wish had taken hold of her, & she was to find it hard to shake... In one of the most notorious divorce cases of the nineteenth century, Isabella Robinson`s scandalous secrets were exposed to the world. Kate Summerscale brings vividly to life a frustrated Victorian wife`s longing for passion & learning, companionship & love, in a society clinging to rigid ideas about marriage & female sexuality. ...

Mrs Vickers` Knickers is a cheeky & fast-paced romp about a pair of frilly knickers on one hilarious journey. Mrs Vickers is just pegging out her favourite knickers when
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- they are caught in a gust of wind & fly away. That`s the end of them, thinks Mrs Vickers. But she is wrong. This is just the beginning.. . Mrs Vickers` Knickers are whisked & whirled on the breeze; on & on they sail, over the building site, through the town (where they cause traffic chaos) & round & round the rollercoaster! Will Mrs Vickers` ever be united with her favourite pair of frilly pink knickers? Debut picture book author, Kara Lebihan & the illustrator behind The Night Pirates & She`ll Be Coming Round the Mountain, Deborah Allwright, combine in an amazing slapstick story that`s perfect for reading aloud.

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Virginia Woolf`s singular technique in Mrs Dalloway heralds a break with the traditional novel form & reflects a genuine humanity & a concern with the experiences that both enrich & stultify existence. Society hostess, Clarissa Dalloway is giving a party. Her thoughts & sensations on that one day, & the interior monologues of others whose lives are interwoven with hers gradually reveal the characters of the central protagonists. Clarissa`s life is touched by tragedy as the events in her day run parallel to those of Septimus Warren Smith, whose madness escalates as his life draws toward inevitable suicide. ...

This title is presented with introductions by Valentine Cunningham & Carol Ann Duffy. In this vivid portrait of one day in a woman`s life, Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of party she is to give that evening. As she readies her house she is flooded with memories & re-examines the choices she has made over the course of her life. ...

In the dazzling summer of 1926, Ernest Hemingway & his wife Hadley travel from their home in Paris to a villa in the south of France. They swim, play bridge & drink gin. But wherever they go they are accompanied by the glamorous & irrepressible Fife. Fife is Hadley's best friend. She is also Ernest's lover. Hadley is the first Mrs. Hemingway, but neither she nor Fife will be the last. Over the ensuing decades, Ernest's literary career will blaze a trail, but his marriages will be ignited by passion & deceit. Four extraordinary women will learn what it means to love the most famous writer of his generation, & each will be forced to ask herself how far she will go to remain his wife... Luminous & intoxicating, Mrs. Hemingway portrays real lives with rare intimacy & plumbs the depths of the human heart. ...

Shortly before the Second World War, a column by ` Mrs Miniver` appeared in THE TIMES, the first of many recounting the everyday events of a middle-class Chelsea family: Mrs Miniver`s thrill at the sight of October chrysanthemums; her sense of doom when the faithful but rackety car is replaced; the escapades of Vin, Toby & Judy, her unpredictable young children; visits to the Kent cottage &, as war becomes a reality, the strange experience of acquiring gas masks & the cameraderie of those unsettling early days. Mrs Miniver enchanted the public with her sympathy & affectionate humour, capturing ordinary lives & values now darkened by war. First published in book form in 1939 & later an enormously successful film, MRS MINIVER became a bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic -- with Churchill exclaiming that it had done more for the Allied cause than a flotilla of battleships. ...

A quixotic & funny tale about first love
- from the Akutagawa Prize-winning author Ms Ice Sandwich seems to lack social graces,
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There is no more pleasurable way to wile away a few hours than by indulging in a delectable afternoon tea. In this book, queen of the tea party, Kerstin Rodgers, reveals her secrets
- from dressing the table, to baking scrumptious sweet & savoury treats. As well as recipes for classic tea party fare
- Scones, Teacakes, Tartlets, Cupcakes, Crumpets, Biscuits, Muffins & more
- the book looks beyond finger sandwiches with playful & sophisticated themed teas. Spoil your guests with a decadent Marie Antoinette-inspired party, complete with delicate French Fancies & an impressive Croquembouche tower, or transport them to the mystical East with Bubble Tea, fragrant Lavender Temari Cakes & personalised Fortune Cookies. Packed with recipes for tea party treats, hot & cold drinks & cocktails, as well as tips for creating the right atmosphere, this gorgeous collection is a must-have for any aspiring host looking to create deliciously decadent tea parties at home.


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Mt Agrafa at 1:50, 000 in a series of contoured maps from Road Editions covering popular hiking areas of Greece. All the maps have altitude coloring & spot heights
- contour interval varies, as indicated in the descriptions of individual titles. Local footpaths are marked &, for road users the maps show picturesque routes, intermediate driving distances on minor roads, & locations of petrol stations & tyre repairs workshops. Boundaries of national parks & administrative regions are marked, & symbols show campsites, hotels & mountain refuges, & various landmarks & places of interest, e.g. archaeological sites, churches, etc. All place names are in both Greek & Latin alphabet. All the titles have latitude & longitude margin ticks, many also show GPS waypoints. Some maps come with a booklet or notes on the reverse side giving further information about the area and/or descriptions of hiking routes. Map legends include English. In this title: the Agrafa region, on the southern tip of the Pindos range. A booklet, in Greek & English,

Includes:: an index & general information about the area. Please note: Items from this publisher can have long delivery times. If your selected item is displayed as not in stock & you need the item within 4 weeks, to avoid disappointment we suggest you order a similar item from an alternative publisher.


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Mount Arthur & the Cobb Valley in the Kahurangi National Park on New Zealand’s South Island at 1:55, 000 in a series of contoured & GPS compatible maps from New Topo NZ Ltd, with exceptionally vivid presentation of the terrain, routes clearly highlighted, & symbols to show locations of various facilities. The map shows walking & tramping tracks, as well as cycle routes graded into easy, intermediate & advanced. In addition to the NZ national grid lines also has latitude & longitude grid at 10’ intervals. Contour interval is 20m. Maps in the series from New Topo NZ Ltd cover the country’s popular hiking & tramping areas. The maps have contours (20m in most titles
- please confirm in the individual description) enhanced by relief shading, plus colouring and/or graphics to indicate various types of the terrain & vegetation: glaciers, scree, lava flows, shingle, s&, swamps, exotic forest, scrub, native bush, etc. The overprint for the routes distinguishes, as appropriate, between tramping tracks & routes, walking tracks, & waymarked or unmarked trails. Symbols show facilities such huts, campsites, public toilets, viewpoints, car parks, etc. Where useful, the maps also have brief notes about hut reservations. All the titles are GPS compatible, most with a 1-km NZ national grid (GPS users can uses WGS84). To see all the titles in this series please click on the series link.
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