To the Hermitage tells two stories. The first is of the narrator a novelist on a trip to Stockholm & Russia for an academic seminar called the Diderot Project. The second takes place two hundred years earlier & recreates the journey the French philosopher Denis Diderot made to Russia at the invitation of Catherine the Great a woman whose influence could change the path of history.. . Malcolm Bradbury's last novel is rich with his satirical wit but it is also deeply personal & weaves a wonderfully wry self-portrait. ...

NEW PAPERBACK EDITION Salmons vivid use of recollections & dramatic"es brings alive an unjustly forgotten conflict Time Out With even World War II now just on the edges of living memory & with British forces now engaged in a lengthy brutal & attritional old-fashioned war in Afghanistan historical attention is starting to turn to the Korean War of the early 1950s. & remarkably the most notorious & celebrated battle in that conflict from a British point of view has never previously been written about at length. Andrew Salmons book which has garnered excellent reviews & sold out two hardback printings already has filled that gap. This is the story of the Battle of the Imjin River when the British 29th Infantry Brigade & above all the Glorious Glosters" of the Gloster Regiment fought an epic last stand against the largest communist offensive of the war. It lasted three days of bitter h&-to-hand combat. By the end of it one battalion of the Glosters
- some 750 men
- had been reduced to just 50 survivors. Andrew Salmons definitive history which gained excellent reviews in hardback & sold very steadily is very much in the Antony Beevor mould: accessible pacy narrative & painting a moving & exciting picture through the extensive use of eyewitness accounts of veterans of whom he has tracked down & interviewed dozens. Andrew Salmon is a Seoul-based journalist who writes for The Times The Washington Times & Forbes magazine. He first became fascinated by the battle in 2001 when he met British veterans returning to the Imjin River to mark the 50th anniversary."

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'I am making up To the Lighthouse"
- the sea is to be heard all through it' Inspired by the lost bliss of her childhood summers
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When Mrs Ramsay tells her guests at her summer house on the Isle of Skye that they will be able to visit the nearby lighthouse the following day little does she know that this trip will only be completed ten years later by her husband & that a gulf of war grief & loss will have opened in the meantime. As each character tries to readjust their memories & emotions with the shifts of time & reality this long-delayed excursion will also prove to be a journey of self-discovery & fulfillment for them. ...

A pioneering work of modernist fiction using her unique stream-of-consciousness technique to explore the inner lives of her characters Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse" is widely regarded as one of the greatest artistic achievements of the twentieth century. This " Penguin Classics" edition is edited by Stella Mc Nichol with an introduction & notes by Hermione Lee. " To the Lighthouse" is at once a vivid impressionistic depiction of a family holiday & a meditation on marriage on parenthood & childhood on grief tyranny & bitterness. For years now the Ramsays have spent every summer in their holiday home in Scotland & they expect these summers will go on forever; but as the First World War looms the integrity of family & society will be fatally challenged. With a psychologically introspective mode the use of memory reminiscence & shifting perspectives gives the novel an intimate poetic essence & at the time of publication in 1927 it represented an utter rejection of Victorian & Edwardian literary values. Virginia Woolf (1882-1941) is regarded as a major 20th century author & essayist a key figure in literary history as a feminist & modernist & the centre of ' The Bloomsbury Group' an informal collective of artists & writers that exerted a powerful influence over early twentieth-century British culture. Between 1925 & 1931 Virginia Woolf produced what are now regarded as her finest masterpieces from " Mrs Dalloway" (1925) to the poetic & highly experimental novel " The Waves" (1931). She also maintained an astonishing output of literary criticism short fiction journalism & biography including the playfully subversive " Orlando" (1928) & "A Room of One's Own" (1929) a passionate feminist essay. If you enjoyed " To the Lighthouse" you might like James Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" also available in " Penguin Classics". " Bears endless re-reading.. .the sea encircles the story in a brilliant ebb & flow". (Rachel Billington)." ...

The Eagles are the most popular enduring rock band in America. With singles & albums hitting the top of the charts for a quarter century & a greatest hits collection that has sold more copies than any other recording in history the Eagles have entered the pantheon of pop music. To the Limit is the unauthorized account of the group from its earliest years through the breakup solo careers & reunions. Blending the country & folk music of the late sixties with the melodic seductiveness of Detroit-style roots rock the Eagles brought a new sound to a stagnant music scene. Under the brilliant management of David Geffen the Eagles projected a public image of unshakable camaraderie-embodied by the cerebral brooding Don Henley & the intuitive self-destructive Glenn Frey-bolstered by the gorgeous harmonies of their songs. Behind the scenes however there was another story. At turns revealing inspiring funny & shocking To the Limit is the chronicle of a time a place & a group that succeeded in changing forever the world of popular music. ...

The gorgeously indulgent funny & touching new novel from the bestselling author which reached No. 2 in the hardback bestseller charts. When Ellie Kendall tragically loses her husband she feels her life is over. But eventually she's ready for a new start
- at work that is. She doesn't need a new man when she has a certain secret visitor to keep her company... Moving to North London Ellie meets neighbour Roo who has a secret of her own. Can the girls sort out their lives? Guilt is a powerful emotion but a lot can happen in a year in Primrose Hill...
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This beautifully decorated card has the message &8216; To the One I Love&8217; in silver lettering above a 3D illustration of a silver & red heart embellished with ribbons & sparkles. Greeting inside reads &8216; Happy Birthday to the One I Love&8217; & the card

Includes:: a silver envelope for posting. Approximate dimensions: 11.5 x 22.5cm Not suitable for children under 3 years contains small parts which may cause a choking hazard.

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From D-Day to VE day historian Sean Longden reveals The sex n drugs n rock n roll of soldiering
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These delightful little giftbooks are written by children in tribute to mothers fathers & grandparents everywhere. Their words are full of love & affection & their pictures a comical splash of bright paint. All the material is completely fresh & original & has been collected by teachers. ...