Hanna Reitsch & Melitta von Stauffenberg were talented, courageous & strikingly attractive women who fought convention to make their names in the male-dominated field of flight in 1930s Germany. With the war, both became pioneering test pilots & both were awarded the Iron Cross for service to the Third Reich. But they could not have been more different & neither woman had a good word to say for the other. Hanna was middle-class, vivacious & distinctly Aryan, while the darker, more self-effacing Melitta, came from an aristocratic Prussian family. Both were driven by deeply held convictions about honour & patriotism but ultimately while Hanna tried to save Hitler`s life, begging him to let her fly him to safety in April 1945, Melitta covertly supported the most famous attempt to assassinate the Fuhrer. Their interwoven lives provide a vivid insight into Nazi Germany & its attitudes to women, class & race. Acclaimed biographer Clare Mulley gets under the skin of these two distinctive & unconventional women, giving a full
- & as yet largely unknown
- account of their contrasting yet strangely parallel lives, against a changing backdrop of the 1936 Olympics, the Eastern Front, the Berlin Air Club, & Hitler`s bunker. Told with brio & great narrative flair, The Women Who Flew for Hitler is an extraordinary true story, with all the excitement & colour of the best fiction.

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Sophy Ridge, presenter for Sky News, has uncovered the extraordinary stories of the women who have shaped British politics. Never has the role of women in the political world ever been more on the news agenda, & Sophy has interviewed current & former politicians including among others, Nicola Sturgeon, Ruth Davidson, Betty Boothroyd gain exclusive insight into the role women play in politics at the highest level. The book also

Includes:: Theresa May`s first at-length interview about her journey to becoming Prime Minister. These interviews have revealed the shocking truth about the sexism that is rife among the House of Commons both in the past & today, with sometimes shocking, & sometimes amusing anecdotes revealing how women in Westminster have worked to counter the gender bias. Sophy provides gripping insight into historical & contemporary stories which will fascinate not just those interested in politics but those who want to know more about women`s vital role in democracy. From royalty to writers & from class warriors to suffragettes, Sophy tells the story of those who put their lives on the line for equal rights, & those who were the first to set foot inside the chambers of power, bringing together stories that you may think you know, & stories that have recently been discovered to reveal the truth about what it is to be a woman in Westminster. Looking at the different ways that women have shaped government allows Sophy to draw parallels across history & celebrate fascinating women you want to know more about.

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Sophy Ridge, presenter for Sky News, has uncovered the extraordinary stories of the women who have shaped British politics. Never has the role of women in the political world ever been more on the news agenda, & Sophy has interviewed current & former politicians including among others, Nicola Sturgeon, Ruth Davidson, Betty Boothroyd gain exclusive insight into the role women play in politics at the highest level. The book also

Includes:: Theresa May`s first at-length interview about her journey to becoming Prime Minister. These interviews have revealed the shocking truth about the sexism that is rife among the House of Commons both in the past & today, with sometimes shocking, & sometimes amusing anecdotes revealing how women in Westminster have worked to counter the gender bias. Sophy provides gripping insight into historical & contemporary stories which will fascinate not just those interested in politics but those who want to know more about women`s vital role in democracy. From royalty to writers & from class warriors to suffragettes, Sophy tells the story of those who put their lives on the line for equal rights, & those who were the first to set foot inside the chambers of power, bringing together stories that you may think you know, & stories that have recently been discovered to reveal the truth about what it is to be a woman in Westminster. This book is a celebration of the differing ways that women have shaped the political landscape. The book also, importantly, sheds light on the challenges faced by women in government today, telling us the ways that women working in politics battle the sexism that confront them on a daily basis.

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World events demonstrate that equality for women isn`t only a women`s issue:when women fulfil their potential, everyone benefits. Completely updated & redesigned, this new edition of Joni Seager`saward-winning classic illustrates how women live across continents andcultures, & charts the status of women worldwide
- the advances theyhave made & the distances still to be travelled. With vivid graphics & pithy text, it is a comprehensive & accessibleanalysis of up-to-the-minute global data on the key issues facing womentoday.; Topics include:; Gender equality * Literacy & information technology * Feminism * Beauty* Work & the global economy * Changing households * Domestic violence* Refugees * LGBTQ rights * Government & power * Motherhood
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An eleven-year-old girl stops eating, but remains miraculously alive & well. A nurse, sent to investigate whether she is a fraud, meets a journalist hungry for a story. Set in the Irish Midlands in the 1850s, The Wonder
- inspired by numerous European & North American cases of `fasting girls` between the sixteenth century & the twentieth
- is a psychological thriller about a child`s murder threatening to happen in slow motion before our eyes. Pitting all the seductions of fundamentalism against sense & love, it is a searing examination of what nourishes us, body & soul.

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Three women live on The Wonder House, a boat moored on Nagin Lake & carved from the great cedars that watch over the Kashmir Valley. Suriya is mute & carries a terrible secret. Her daughter, Lila, wants to escape the past & live a different kind of life. But together, they tend to Gracie, a defiant Yorkshire-woman living out her widowhood by the lake.A military coup over the border brings violence crashing back into the valley. When an English journalist arrives to report on the conflict, Gracie invites him to stay on The Wonder House. But Hal is a man adrift & his love for one of the women threatens more than just the fragile peace on the houseboat. ...

The Wonder of the Waterways is a clebration of Britain's extensive canal network, which has lasted for over 200 years. The guide features a series of colour photographs with accompanying text highlighting various points of interest along Britain's extensive canal system. Notable locks, bridges, boats & picturesque canal-sides are included & the guide as a whole celebrates the survival of the canal as the network continues to thrive in the 21st century. ...

The Wonder of Whiffling is a tour around the language of the British Isles, from English rural counties & remote ex-colonies, from jargon-loving armed forces to the corners of the schoolyard, from Anglo-Saxon to trailer-park slang, here is English as you ...

Scandinavia`s best-loved children`s classic
- the enchanting story of a naughty little boy who learns to love nature. ` Never before
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` Never before had Nils travelled around at such good speed, & he had always liked riding fast & wild.. . Nor had he thought what it might be like to travel so high above the ground. But it was like flying away from worries & sorrows & annoyances of every imaginable kind` Nils Holgersson is a naughty boy who pulls the tails of cats & trips up his mother while she is carrying the milk pail. Then one day he discovers he has been magically turned into a tiny imp. He climbs on the back of a gander & takes off with a flock of wild geese as they fly over Sweden, soaring above patchwork fields, through storms, to castles & lakes & even to a city under the sea. As he learns about the world, he also learns what it means to care for living things, in Selma Lagerlof`s timeless & beloved fable. ...