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Filled with sparkling anecdotes and tales of living life to the full, featuring previously unseen photographs from Lady Glenconner's personal collection. Lady Anne Glenconner, Lady-in-Waiting to Pri……続きを見る

70th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • With meditations on youth and age, love and marriage, peace, solitude, and contentment, here is an inimitable classic that guides us to find a space for contemplation and ……続きを見る

The Diary of a Young Girl started two days before Anne Frank's thirteenth birthday. In 1942, the Nazis had occupied Holland, and her family left their home to go into hiding, as they were Jews. Anne……続きを見る

**A timeless story rediscovered by each new generation, The Diary of a Young Girl stands without peer. This graphic edition remains faithful to the original, while the stunning illustrations interpr……続きを見る

The Brontës were a nineteenth-century literary family, born in the village of Thornton and later associated with the village of Haworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. The sisters, Charlot……続きを見る

Foremost medieval historian Anne Curry offers a new reinterpretation of Henry V and the battle that defined his kingship: Agincourt Henry V's invasion of France, in August 1415, represented a huge g……続きを見る

In "Mary Lamb," Anne Gilchrist meticulously explores the life and psyche of Mary Lamb, the complex and often overshadowed sister of the eminent English essayist Charles Lamb. The narrative is woven ……続きを見る

È la storia della vita di Veronica, figlia di Dino De Laurentiis e Silvana Mangano. Sullo splendente palcoscenico i cui personaggi principali sono la coppia reale del cinema italiano, i loro figli e……続きを見る

SA MAJESTÉ L'IMPÉRATRICE REINE. Mon héros ne dut qu'à ses armes, Et sa couronne et ses grandeurs; Vous devez la vôtre à vos charmes, Et vous la tenez de nos cœurs. Si Bazine lui parut belle, C'est q……続きを見る

Discover untold secrets with this extraordinary memoir of drama and tragedy by Anne Glenconnerーa close member of the royal circle and lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret. Anne Glenconner has been ……続きを見る

In 1834, Anne Lister made history by celebrating and recording the first ever known marriage to another woman. Now the basis for the HBO series Gentleman Jack, this is her remarkable, true story. An……続きを見る

This book contains a collection of beautiful art, plus the personal stories of the 23 multi-talented contributors. The common thread through their lives is that each woman has overcome physical and ……続きを見る

"A brush with a life-threatening accident spurs a writer to investigate the "hidden epidemic" of debilitating brain trauma.... Jeejeebhoy's harrowing journey takes on new characteristics when she we……続きを見る

Découvrez ce roman d'une vie, débordant de sincérité et de poésie ! Pour dépasser l’épreuve de la retraite, l’auteure décide de revisiter son passé. À travers une écriture incisive et poétique, elle……続きを見る

The Wisdom of John Muir marries the best aspects of a Muir anthology with the best aspects of a Muir biography. The fact that it is neither, and yet it is both, distinguishes this book from the many……続きを見る

After her divorce, Kate Kindred decided that she would live her life without children. But then she fell in love with Jim, a handsome, caring man who had custody of his two-year-old son, Michael. An……続きを見る

Jayne-Anne Gadhia, the straight-talking CEO of Virgin Money, looks back at the events that have influenced, shaped and inspired her to become one of the most powerful women in banking. With anecdote……続きを見る

Starved differs from other “dysfunctional childhood” memoirs in its theme of “filling an empty heart,” by providing a unique viewpoint on how the author turned early adversity into a strength and se……続きを見る

Lost in a Dream by Kelly Anne   I started to see things different from others. Was I the one who was different? I tried to find my place in this world. But when I looked at others I saw, I w……続きを見る

When Anne Innis saw her first giraffe at the age of three, she was smitten. She knew she had to learn more about this marvellous animal. Twenty years later, now a trained zoologist, she set off alon……続きを見る

Anne Robinson's mother was a cross between Robert Maxwell and Mother Teresa. When Anne became a young reporter in Fleet Street, her mother, a wealthy market trader, bought her a mink coat and told h……続きを見る

Lise Meitner (1878–1968) forschte und lehrte über dreißig Jahre lang an der Seite Otto Hahns. Als Erste begriff die bescheidene Physikerin die volle Bedeutung eines scheinbar misslungenen Forschungs……続きを見る

«Mir scheint, daß wir uns auf nichts so wenig vorbereiten wie auf unser Sterben», schrieb Anne-Marie Tausch 1981 in ihrem Buch «Gespräche gegen die Angst». «Dabei ist der Tod das Sicherste, was in u……続きを見る

When Anne Bland and her husband find themselves in Africa without a home, an estate agent offers them the perfect house. The only problem is, they are missionaries and penniless! But God intervenes ……続きを見る

This book is about David Davey whose life changed when he was stricken with polio in 1948-go into the thoughts of a twelve-year-old as he lay in an iron lung, recovering. Read how he recognized that……続きを見る

[Malade devenue médecin, Anne Carecchio livre un témoignage bouleversant sur le trouble qu'elle a connu. Je suis chirurgien digestif. Une maladie psychiatrique, contre toute attente, a sérieusement ……続きを見る

No seu aniversário de treze anos, Anne Frank ganhou um caderno de seu pai e decidiu que iria usá-lo como diário, e começou a escrever quase que imediatamente.O que começou como um relato adolescente……続きを見る

Una línea imaginaria y un espía, un país inventado y un escritor, la ciudad posible y su creador... estas son las coordenadas que hay que explorar para entender a Javier Vásconez, un autor frecu……続きを見る

Memoirs of a New England Lass is an eclectic collection of memoirs about growing up in New England in the 1950s through the early 1970s. From nature walks at an early age with her father to her firs……続きを見る

“I was going to die because of a cup of water.” After drinking water from the same cup as Muslim women, Asia Bibi, a Christian, was sentenced to hang by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in 2010 on c……続きを見る