The next few years mark the centenary of some of the biggest events which changed womens right to vote including the death of Emily Davison at the 1913 Derby. Sylvia was the daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst & younger sister of Christabel. She was also the rebel in the family & stood alongside Keir Hardie when he formed the Labour Party. When he died she started travelling
- in Moscow she reprimanded Lenin about his view of Communism became lovers with an Italian revolutionary & bore his son when she was 45. She fought for Ethiopian independence & was given a state funeral after her death in 1960 in recognition of her importance to the Ethiopian cause. Fifty-one years later a member of the House of Lords is campaigning for a statue of Sylvia Pankhurst to be erected opposite the Houses of Parliament a long-deserved recognition of the importance of this rebellious Suffragette. This is an updated version of a previous book with a new foreword by Sylvias son Professor Richard Pankhurst updated text entirely new design & new images including interview with Sylvias family. This is a fascinating rebellious woman whose story has been told in captivating detail by Shirley Harrison.
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In the Poet to Poet" series a contemporary poet advocates a poet of the past or present whom they have particularly admired. By their selection of verses & their critical reactions the selectors offer intriguing insights into their own work. Here Ted Hughes selects Sylvia Plath." ...

Her frank confessional style of writing won her many fans around the world & she remains very popular over forty years after her death. This new CD from British Library Publishing brings together BBC recordings from the British Library Sound Archive &

Includes:: Plath discussing & reading from her work. A particular highlight is a 1961 recording of a BBC programme Plath recorded with her husband Ted Hughes where they talk about their marriage & what it means to live with your muse. Many of these recordings are published here for the first time.

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Sylvia Plath was one of the defining voices of twentieth-century poetry & one of the most appealing: few other poets have introduced as many new readers to poetry. Though she published just one collection in her lifetime The Colossus" & a novel " The Bell Jar" it was following her death in 1963 that her work began to garner the wider audience that it deserved. The manuscript that she left behind Ariel was published in 1965 under the editorship of her former husband Ted Hughes as were two later volumes " Crossing the Water" & " Winter Trees" in 1971 which helped to make Sylvia Plath a household name. Hughes careful curation of Plaths work extended to a " Collected Poems" & a " Selected Poems" in the 1980s which remain in print today & stand testimony to the profound respect that Frieda Hughes said her father had for her mothers work. It was not until the publication of a restored " Ariel" in 2004 that readers were able to appraise Plaths own selection & arrangement of her work. This edition of the poems chosen by the Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy offers a fresh selection of Sylvia Plaths poetry to stand in parallel to the existing editions. Introduced with an inviting preface the book is essential reading for those new to & already familiar with the work of this most extraordinary poet." ...

Sylvia Weinstock makes cakes that astonish the palate dazzle the eye & reward the spirit. Her spellbinding cakes have graced the tables--and grabbed the attention--at society weddings celebrity birthday parties & inaugural balls. Whether its a tower of white roses whose thousands of blossoms have all been painstakingly h&-crafted or an entirely faithful--and entirely edible--facsimile of a treasured heirloom tea set every Weinstock cake is a work of art. Never say never" is Weinstocks response when clients dare her to achieve the impossible: an array of miniature cakes shaped & decorated like Faberge eggs; cakes that look like cars cravats & circus clowns; or a menagerie of fantastic creatures (bunnies bugs tigers terriers & even an armadillo) all concocted from butter flour & sugar. In " Sylvia Weinstocks Sensational Cakes " Americas most famous cake designer gives you an insiders tour of her world: the fabulous fetes where her cakes set the scene & the artisanal workshop where she & her assistants bake & embellish the confectionary masterpieces that have made her signature--including her trademark eyeglass logo--so sought after. Best of all she reveals some of her secrets: recipes for cakes frostings & fillings that will make your own guests stand up & applaud." ...

From antiquity when the gods & goddesses were commonly featured in works of art through to the twentieth century when Surrealists drew on archetypes from the unconscious artists have embedded symbols in their works. As with previous volumes in the Guide to Imagery series the goal of this book is to provide contemporary readers & museum visitors with the tools to read the hidden meanings in works of art. This latest volume is divided thematically into four sections featuring symbols related to time man space (earth & sky) & allegories or moral lessons. Readers will learn for instance that night the primordial mother of the cosmos was often portrayed in ancient art as a woman wrapped in a black veil whereas day or noon was often represented in Renaissance art as a strong virile man evoking the full manifestation of the suns energy Each entry in the book contains a main reference image in which details of the symbol or allegory being analyzed are called out for discussion. In the margin for quick access by the reader is a summary of the essential characteristics of the symbol in question the derivation of its name & the religious tradition from which it springs. ...

This book is a text on classical general relativity from a geometrical viewpoint. Introductory chapters are provided on algebra topology & manifold theory together with a chapter on the basic ideas of space-time manifolds & Einstein's theory. There is a detailed account of algebraic structures & tensor classification in general relativity & also of the relationships between the metric connection & curvature structures on space-times the latter

Includes:: chapters on holonomy & sectional curvature. An extensive study is provided of symmetries in general relativity including isometries homothetoes conformal symmetries & affine & curvature collineations. Several general properties of such symmetries are studied & an introductory chapter on transformation groups on manifolds is provided.

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Throughout history some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves & each other. They have inspired debate dissent war & revolution. They have enlightened outraged provoked & comforted. They have enriched lives & destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers pioneers radicals & visionaries whose ideas shook civilization & helped make us who we are. Platos retelling of the discourses between Socrates & his friends on such subjects as love & desire truth & illusion spiritual transcendence & the qualities of a good ruler profoundly affected the ways in which we view human relationships society & leadership & shaped the whole tradition of Western philosophy. ...

This is the story of a dinner party a knot of people with pasts & connections which at first seem few but are later found to be many.. . The prevailing mood is urbane: the wine is poured the talk continues & all the time the ice on which the protagonists world rests is being thinned from beneath by boiling emotions & ugly motives.. . No living writer handles the tension between formality of expression & the subversiveness of thought more elegantly Candia Mc William Independent on Sunday ...

Unfolding in an informal setting Platos The Symposium" is a powerful discussion on the nature of love translated from the Greek with notes & an introduction by Christopher Gill in " Penguin Classics". In the course of a lively drinking party a group of Athenian intellectuals exchange views on eros or desire. From their conversation emerge a series of subtle reflections on gender roles sex in society & the sublimation of basic human instincts. The discussion culminates in a radical challenge to conventional views by Platos mentor Socrates who advocates transcendence through spiritual love. " The Symposium" is a deft interweaving of different viewpoints & ideas about the nature of love
- as a response to beauty a cosmic force a motive for social action & as a means of ethical education. Christopher Gills translation retains all the drama & humour of Platos language bringing the historical figures to life. His introduction discusses aspects of classical Athenian life shown in " The Symposium" & provides thoughtful examinations of the individual speeches. Plato (c.4 27-347 BC) stands with Socrates & Aristotle as one of the shapers of the whole intellectual tradition of the West. He founded the Academy in Athens the first permanent institution devoted to philosophical research & teaching & the prototype of all Western universities. If you enjoyed " The Symposium" you might like Aristotles " Poetics" also available in " Penguin Classics". " Translated in bright modern English by Christopher Gill." (Peter Stothard " The Times")."
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