November 1925 found David & Frieda Lawrence on the Italian Riviera, looking for sun, sea air, & health. The Lawrences were exhilarated by life in their rented villa, set amid olive groves & vineyards, with a view of the sparkling Mediterranean. The drab English winter couldn`t have been farther away. But before long Frieda found herself irresistibly attracted to their landlord, a dashing Italian army officer, & the resulting affair served as the background for Lawrence`s writing: while in the villa, he turned out two stories, ” Sun” & ” The Virgin & the Gypsy, ” both prefiguring ” Lady Chatterley`s Lover” in their depiction of women fatally drawn to earthy, muscular men. Built on the unpublished, & previously unexplored, letters & diaries of Rina Secker, the Anglo-Italian wife of Lawrence`s publisher, & featuring never-before-published letters from Lawrence, ” Lady Chatterley`s Villa” reconstructs the drama of the tempestuous marriage, & the ways it fired Lawrence`s creativity. Along the way, Richard Owen offers a new accounting of Lawrence`s passion for Italy, tracing his travels along the coasts & islands & his deep engagement with Italian culture. This exploration of a little-studied, but crucial period of the writer`s life will be a must for Lawrence`s many fans. ...

Born into a wealthy London family in late-eighteenth-century Engl&, Jane Griffin enjoyed nothing like the opportunities available to men of her class. & yet she became a world traveller, ranging far off the beaten path of Gr&-Tour Europe to explore Russia, Greece, the Holy Land & northern Africa. She rode a donkey into Nazareth, sailed a rat-infested boat up the Nile River, &, at age of seventy, circumnavigated the globe in rough sailing ships. Jane married Captain John Franklin at thirty-six. She helped him seize the opportunity of a lifetime
- leadership of a Royal Navy expedition destined, supposedly, to solve the final riddle of the Northwest Passage. After Franklin disappeared into the Arctic, she badgered the Admiralty into dispatching dozens of ships to locate him; she financed voyages through public subscription, paid for others out of her own pocket, & inspired even the president of the United States to contribute to the search. In 1854, when explorer John Rae returned from the Arctic with news that the final survivors of the Franklin expedition, while starving to death, had degenerated into cannibalism, Jane enlisted the celebrated Charles Dickens to repudiate him. She then sent Leopold Mc Clintock to the area Rae had specified, & he brought back the evidence she sought, exonerating Franklin personally & opening the way to her creation of a legend.
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Five great stories from one of the most quintessentially Russian of writers, Nikolai Leskov. In the best of Leskov`s stories, as in almost no others apart from those of Gogol, we can hear the voice of nineteenth-century Russia. An outsider by birth & instinct, Leskov is one of the most undeservedly neglected figures in Russian literature. He combined a profoundly religious spirit with a fascination for crime, an occasionally lurid imagination & a great love for the Russian vernacular. This volume

Includes:: five of his greatest stories, including the masterful Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov was born in 1831 in Gorokhovo, Oryol Province & was orphaned early. In 1860 he became a journalist & moved to Petersburg where he published his first story. He subsequently wrote a number of folk legends & Christmas tales, along with a few anti-nihilistic novels which resulted in isolation from the literary circles of his day. He died in 1895. David Mc Duff is a translator of Russian & Nordic literature. His translations of nineteenth & twentieth century Russian prose classics (including works by Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Bely & Babel) are published by Penguin.

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The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first novel in Cassandra Clare`s newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. Lady Midnight is a Shadowhunters novel. It`s been five years since the events of City of Heavenly Fire that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion. Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering what killed her parents & avenging her losses. Together with her parabatai Julian Blackthorn, Emma must learn to trust her head & her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches across Los Angeles, from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. If only her heart didn`t lead her in treacherous directions... Making things even more complicated, Julian`s brother Mark-who was captured by the faeries five years ago-has been returned as a bargaining chip. The faeries are desperate to find out who is murdering their kind-and they need the Shadowhunters` help to do it. But time works differently in faerie, so Mark has barely aged & doesn`t recognize his family. Can he ever truly return to them? Will the faeries really allow it? Glitz, glamours, & Shadowhunters abound in this heartrending opening to Cassandra Clare`s Dark Artifices series. ...

The Shadowhunters of Los Angeles star in the first novel in Cassandra Clare`s newest series, The Dark Artifices, a sequel to the internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series. Lady Midnight is a Shadowhunters novel. It`s been five years since the events of City of Heavenly Fire that brought the Shadowhunters to the brink of oblivion. Emma Carstairs is no longer a child in mourning, but a young woman bent on discovering what killed her parents & avenging her losses. Together with her parabatai Julian Blackthorn, Emma must learn to trust her head & her heart as she investigates a demonic plot that stretches across Los Angeles, from the Sunset Strip to the enchanted sea that pounds the beaches of Santa Monica. If only her heart didn`t lead her in treacherous directions... Making things even more complicated, Julian`s brother Mark-who was captured by the faeries five years ago-has been returned as a bargaining chip. The faeries are desperate to find out who is murdering their kind-and they need the Shadowhunters` help to do it. But time works differently in faerie, so Mark has barely aged & doesn`t recognize his family. Can he ever truly return to them? Will the faeries really allow it? Glitz, glamours, & Shadowhunters abound in this heartrending opening to Cassandra Clare`s Dark Artifices series. ...

*A HILARIOUS, BRAND NEW BOOK IN THE PHENOMENAL LADYBIRDS FOR GROWN UPS SERIES FOR AUTUMN 2017*A Ladybird First Grown-Up Picture Book
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Five-Minute Stories is an entertaining collection of twelve brilliant tales for children. Lovingly created by the storytelling experts at Ladybird, these beautifully illustrated stories will be enjoyed by boys & girls alike & include tales of pirates, farm animals, dinosaurs & fantastic, magical adventures. Each tale is the perfect length for bedtime & ideal for sharing with your little one. ...

An educational book all about England`s Kings & Queens from Ladybird. Ladybird Histories: Kings & Queens is the ideal first reference book for primary school children. It is packed with information about England`s monarchs in chronological order, including King Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth I, & Queen Victoria, all the way up to the present day. Full of fascinating facts, this handy book will help schoolchildren with their history studies. It

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This Ladybird Histories Book is perfect for children learning about the Second World War at school. It looks at the countries that took part, where key battles & campaigns took place & the impact the war had on ordinary people around the world. Packed full of interesting & entertaining details that will delight all readers
- from lifestyles, battles, & important characters, to the influence that events in history have played on the world around us today. Everything you need to know about the Second World War for school homework!
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Ladybird Histories The Great Fire of London is perfect for children studying the Great Fire at school. It

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