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About the Author VIRGINIA ROUNDING is a translator and writer who lives in London. She studied Russian at the University of London. She is the aut...

'A METICULOUS HISTORY THAT READS LIKE A THRILLER' BEN MACINTYRE, TEN BEST BOOKS TO READ ABOUT WORLD WAR II An astounding story of heroism, spy...

The most constructive and creative influence on English taste between the two wars, 'The Bloomsbury Group' was a union of friends who transformed B...

Review One realises afresh the full meaning of originality, the magic of the mind which plays around concrete facts as though they were all spirit...

Wherever Jenny goes, her worries follow her - in a big blue bag. They are with her all the time - at school, at home, when she is watching TV and e...

Review All you need to know about the modernist, feminist icon ... If only all literary lives were as succinct ― TIME OUT From his unique positio...

Ground-breaking and game-changing, Childhood Unlimited gives parents a series of actionable, practical, easy to implement strategies to fight gende...

Lulah Ellender's garden in Sussex is an unruly but beloved place. It is also not permanently her own. When just a few weeks after losing her mother...

WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY PETER ACKROYD AND MARGARET REYNOLDS As his tale begins, Orlando is a passionate young nobleman whose days are spent in rowdy...

This sensational 1941 memoir of life on the frontline of wartime Europe by a 'magnificent' (Antony Beevor) trailblazing female reporter is a redisc...

A Modernist Masterpiece of Memory and Emotion In this vivid portrait of one day in a woman's life, Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-m...

Set on the English coast against the vivid backdrop of the sea, The Waves introduces six characters who are grappling with the death of a beloved f...

Product Description A gripping memoir and revelatory investigation into the history of the Foundling Hospital and one girl who grew up in its car...

A definitive manifesto on female creative freedom and social justice. In these two foundational essays, Virginia Woolf explores the intersection of...

Review The most brilliant, hilarious book. My book of the year ― India Knight Funny, bloodcurdling and moving . . . this will make old boarding-s...

Historian, revolutionary and cricket writer, CLR James was one of the truly radical voices of the twentieth century. Born in Trinidad in the final ...

Product Description This book reflects the evolution and testing of various models of stress, coping, and health and their particular relevan...

Consider for a moment the history of modern art in Britain; you may struggle to land on a narrative that features very many women. On this journey ...

'Where are we to begin? How are we to bring order into this multitudinous chaos and so get the deepest and widest pleasure from what we read?' Pub...

What sort of people are MPs and what is the job that they do? Are they, in spite of being 'celebrities in their own constituencies, well-known, res...

Featuring 25 remarkable and inspiring female friendships throughout history, Bosom Buddies is an illustrated celebration of these empowering relati...

Product Description This intimate portrait of eight houses by the Maine architect Carol A. Wilson illustrates how “local” is an idea as close to ...

'This is one of those special novels - a piece of working magic, warm funny and sane - that you just want to ride off into the sunset with' - Th...