Life Along the Line takes a nostalgic look at the world of British railways through the eyes of bestselling author & antiques expert Paul Atterbury. Focusing on the human experience of the railways ? the drivers, firemen, guards, station staff, signalmen, engineers, caterers &, of course, passengers ? the book is a visual feast, filled with fascinating archive photographs of steam trains, other locomotives, memorabilia & evocative railway ephemera. Built from archive photographs, old postcards, badges & other railwayana, the book is filled with fascinating material that Atterbury has himself collected from tireless searching at postcard & antique fares & auction sites. Many of the illustrations are therefore original & previously unpublished. Covers railway life across the network as well as showcasing local differences in a series of regional sections. ...

In this groundbreaking new study of the leading artist of the twentieth century, Christopher Green explores Picasso's fascination with ideas about the living & the dead. He shows how, through the manipulation of pictorial signs, Picasso oscillated between the animate & the inanimate, creating objects that 'live' & figures that are as 'dead' as objects. Covering the period from the creation of the Demoiselles d' Avignon in 1907 to the artist's association with the Surrealists in the early 1930s, the book offers a journey through Picasso's imagination & reveals
- by way of Freud, Andre Breton & Guillaume Apollinaire, among others
- the ideas & reflections associated with life & death in his work.

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This definitive biography of Anne Boleyn establishes her as a figure of considerable importance & influence in her own right. A full biography of Anne Boleyn, based on the latest scholarly research. Focuses on Anne's life & legacy & establishes Anne as a figure of considerable importance & influence in her own right. ...

Witty, courageous & unconventional, Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the most controversial figures of her day. She published A Vindication of the Rights of Women, lived through Terror in France, had an illegitimate daughter & married the philosopher ...

Michael Mc Intyre is Britain's biggest comedy star. He has released two record-breaking DVDs, Live & Laughing & " Hello Wembley"; hosts his own BAFTA-nominated BBC1 series, Michael Mc Intyre's Comedy Roadshow; & has picked up British Comedy Awards for Best Live St&-Up & Best Male TV Comic. This title tells his story. ...

Books Historical Fiction Books With Mulberry Lane's favourite pub, The Pig & Whistle undergoing renovation, proprietors Peggy & Able Ronoscki leave the chaos behind & head off on a trip of a lifetime to America. But disaster hits & Peggy finds herself in a critical condition in hospital. Meanwhile, business is booming for young entrepreneurs Fay Ronoscki & Maggie Rowan with their new restaurant & catering empire. It seems neither has time for love. But when fate throws a famous global singing sensation & glamourous racing car driver into the girls paths, falling in love with Jace & Greg seems beyond their control. Cupid has struck. Life is made up of laughter, love & tears. What is next for the folk of Mulberry Lane
- can they find the happiness they all so crave? Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781835618929 •†Author:   Rosie Clarke  •†Publisher:   Boldwood Books •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 301 •†Dimensions:  12.9 x 19.8 x 2.3cm  
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Laurence Sterne's masterpiece of bawdy humour & rich satire defies any attempt to categorize it. Part novel, part digression, its disordered narrative interweaves the birth & life of the unfortunate hero Tristram Shandy, the eccentric philosophy of his father & the amours of Uncle Toby. ...

A study that

Includes:: interviews with Myroslav Skoryk as well as biographical information, historical &

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Answers such questions as: What was life like as an RAF Battle of Britain pilot? What was it like to fly a fighter? Who were the men that flew Spitfires & Hurricanes? How did they spend a typical day? Which was the better machine
- Spitfire or Messerschmitt? What unique challenges did a lone RAF pilot face at 30, 000 feet?
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Told in the distinctive & memorable voices of working class women, Life as We Have Known It is a remarkable first-hand account of working lives at the turn of the last century. First published in association with the Women's Co-operative Guild in 1931, Life as We Have Known it is a unique evocation of a lost age, & a humbling testament to what Virginia Woolf called 'that inborn energy which no amount of childbirth & washing up can quench'. Here is domestic service; toiling in factories & in the fields, & of husbands
- often old & ill before their time, some drinkers or gamblers. Despite telling of the hardship of a poverty-stricken marriage, the horrors of childbirth & of lives spent in search of jobs, these are spirited & inspiring voices.
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