Captured, & about to be killed, a young African princess is dramatically rescued by a British naval officer. Taken to Engl&, she is presented at court to Queen Victoria. As an important friendship begins, Sarah embarks on a whole new life... This incredible true story is retold alongside real letters, photographs & historical documents. Recounted with insight & empathy by Walter Dean Myers, the US National Ambassador for Young People`s Literature 2012-2013, this is an important reflection on royalty, race, class, belonging &
- above all
- identity.

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Founded by Alexander the Great over 2, 300 years ago, Alexandria has belonged both to the Mediterranean & to Egypt, a luxuriant out-planting of Europe on the coast of Africa, but also a city of the East
- the fabled cosmopolitan town that fascinated travelers, writers, & poets in the nineteenth & twentieth centuries, where French & Arabic, Italian & Greek were spoken in the cafes & on the streets. In the pages of An Alexandrian Anthology, we follow the delight of travelers discovering the strangeness of the city & its variety & pleasures. Most of all they are haunted by the city`s resplendent past
- the famous Library, the temple built by Cleopatra for Antony, the great Pharos lighthouse, one of the seven wonders of the world, of which only traces remain
- we follow our travelers here too as they voyage through an immense ghost city of the imagination.


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`shades of Sarah Waters...irresistible`
- The Guardian `I would like to make myself the heroine of this story
- an innocent

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A compelling mix of bawdy romp & magical realism.` -Sarra Manning, Red magazine `I would like to make myself the heroine of this story
- an innocent victim led astray. But alas sir, I would be lying...` London, 1756: In Newgate prison, Tully Truegood awaits trial. Her fate hanging in the balance, she tells her life-story. It`s a tale that takes her from skivvy in the back streets of London, to conjuror`s assistant, to celebrated courtesan at her stepmother`s Fairy House, the notorious house of ill-repute where decadent excess is a must... Tully was once the talk of the town. Now, with the best seats at Newgate already sold in anticipation of her execution, her only chance of survival is to get her story to the one person who can help her avoid the gallows. She is Tully Truegood. Orphan, whore, magician`s apprentice. Murderer? ` The best erotic novel since Fanny Hill
- Amanda Craig

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” My mother is not a foodie. But for as long as I can remember, once a year, she becomes possessed of a profound & desperate need to serve up a perfect roast turkey. Faced with a walk into the village though, she might think `oh, f*** it` & decide to get a frozen one from Bejams on the 23rd & leave it to defrost in the downstairs toilet for not quite 48 hours.” From perennially dry turkeys to Christmas pudding fires, from the round robin code of conduct to the risks & rewards of re-gifting, An Almost Perfect Christmas is an ode to the joy & insanity of the most wonderful time of the year. ...

London is the only city in the world where you could ever find Gilbert & George sharing space with the Gherkin & the Globe while the Great Fire burns & a gin drinker glugs her favorite tipple, & where members of the Bloomsbury Group hail a black cab while barrage balloons hover over Broadcasting House during the Blitz. In A London Alphabet, Christopher Brown presents a series of wonderfully whimsical linocuts illustrating every aspect of London past & present, including personalities, buildings, monuments, legends, historic events, & other metropolitan icons. From Dickens, Dr Johnson, Tower Bridge, & the Shard to the Diamond Jubilee, Wimbledon, pigeons, & jellied eels, all London life is here. A born-&-bred Londoner, Brown recounts his own memories of growing up in the capital, & also describes how he creates his distinctive prints. His unique, often humorous take on London will delight anyone who lives in or visits the city. ...

Have fun with reading, using this unusual alphabet first published in 1915. The illustrations, drawn by the well-known artist Charles Pears & inspired by London`s transport, are packed with interesting details designed to appeal to all ages. New readers will enjoy learning their letters while they talk about the colourful pictures. Older children will love the rhyming text & delightful detail in the drawings. The poignant historical background to this unique little booklet is revealed in Oliver Green`s introduction. ...

Exquisitely illustrated by award-winning, bestselling picture book creator, Oliver Jeffers, this irresistible board book gloriously brings the alphabet to life. From Astronaut to Zeppelin, this is no ordinary alphabet.... Boldly colourful, funny & specially adapted from Oliver Jeffers` highly-acclaimed Once Upon an Alphabet, winner of the CBI Book of the Year, this sturdy edition is perfect for younger readers. ...

` An American Anarchist` marked the trail historians of American anarchism are still following today: above all else, to understand anarchists as human beings. Narrative-driven like all of Paul Avrich`s works, this story highlights famous characters like Emma Goldman & Alexander Berkman & the infamous, like Dyer D. Lum -- Voltairine de Cleyre`s lover & the man who sneaked a dynamite cartridge into Louis Lingg`s cell so the accused Haymarket Martyr could die at his own hand & not the state`s. De Cleyre (1866-1912), born in Michigan, is noted as the first prominent American-born anarchist. From her voluminous writings & speeches, the illnesses that plagued her, the shooting on a streetcar in Philadelphia that left de Cleyre clinging for life, to her eventual death at forty-five in Chicago, she worked tirelessly for her ideal. ...

As Stephen Rojack, a decorated war hero & former congressman who murders his wife in a fashionable New York City high-rise, runs amok through the city in which he was once a privileged citizen, Mailer peels away the layers of our social norms to reveal a world of pure appetite & relentless cruelty. One part Nietzsche, one part de Sade, & one part Charlie Parker, An American Dream grabs the reader by the throat & refuses to let go. ...