Pursuing art & adventure across Europe, Katherine Mansfield lived & wrote with the Furies at her heels. Dying at the age of only 34, she became posthumously one of the most influential writers of the last century. This title presents her portrait. ...

A Spanish princess. Raised to be modest, obedient & devout. Destined to be an English Queen.

Six weeks from home

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Katherine Synford was the wife, of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster. This book highlights her key dynastic position within the English monarchy. She was the mother of the Beaufort, then the ancestress of the Yorkist kings, the Tudors, the Stuarts & every other sovereign since
- a prodigious legacy that has shaped the history of Britain.
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A naive young woman at the mercy of her ambitious family.

At just nineteen, Katheryn Howard is quick to trust & fall

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Kathmandu is the greatest city of the Himalaya; a place where unique cultural practices that died out in India a thousand years ago have survived. It is a carnival of sexual license & hypocrisy, a jewel of world art, a hotbed of communist revolution, a paradigm of failed democracy. ...

Katie Mc Ginty is finally big enough to have her own pet, & she's so excited!

But she doesn't want a cat, or a dog,

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Break-ups, marriage & moving on. The last two & a half years of Katie Price's life have been anything but quiet. & yet through it all, while her private life continues to be played out on the front pages of the tabloids, Katie has always stuck to what she does best
- combining a successful career with the two biggest loves of her life: her three beautiful children & her horses. In this, the latest dazzling instalment of her autobiography, Katie reveals the many highs & lows of the past few years, the challenges she has overcome, & the exhilaration of trying new things. Throughout a highly publicised divorce, her return to the I'm A Celebrity jungle, & her romantic Las Vegas wedding to Celebrity Big Brother winner Alex Reid, Katie has always managed to make the most of every minute. From the woman who always speaks her mind, You Only Live Once gives her devoted & loyal fans the truth behind the headlines, as once again Katie's unflappable nature, humour & incredible determination allow her to set the record straight & tell her side of this rollercoaster story.
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Ireland's Katie Taylor blew into London 2012 like a summer wind to claim the first lightweight Olympic gold medal in women's boxing when she beat Russia's Sofya Ochigava in the final at the Ex Cel Arena in August. One of the original campaigners to have women included in the Olympic boxing schedule, Taylor, along with her father & coach, Pete, has won everything the sport has to offer. Her triumph was a historical first in her weight division & fittingly book-ended what has been a stellar career to date. In My Olympic Dream, she explains what it was that encouraged her to take up the sport in the first place & reveals her delight at finally being able to box in the world's biggest sporting occasion. ...

Hundreds of newspaper advertisements made him one of the notorious men of his time. Their outrageous claims included discovering a cure for influenza, launching the age of air travel, & even selling his soul to the devil. This work tells the story of his life & travels; his publicity & persona; &, his performances & lectures. ...

The first in Victoria Eveleigh's enchanting Katy's Exmoor Ponies series, perfect for fans of pony & animal stories, Pippa Funnell,

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