The death of legendary jazz trumpeter Joss Moody exposes an extraordinary secret. Unbeknown to all but his wife Millie, Joss was a woman living as a man. The discovery is devastating for their adopted son, Colman, whose bewildered fury brings the press to the doorstep and sends …
The second volume of Peter Ackroyd's masterful history of England: the Tudors.
Takes us back to a time that is half-history, half-myth, and wholly magical. Narrated by Panchaali, the wife of the five Pandava brothers, this book gives a woman's take on the timeless tale that is the Mahabharata.
Explores the work of British and American correspondents in Ireland as well as other foreign journalists and literary figures. This book offers a penetrating and persuasive assessment of the Irish revolution's place in a key moment of world history as well as the role of the pre…
100 questions and answers about lung cancer
by Parles, Karen, Cipau, Amy, Schiller, Joan H.
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Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, Britian was shaken by war and peace. The two wars were the worst we had ever know. This title presents a look on the life in Britain during the first half of the 20th century as the country recovered from t…
Over 2,000 of the most commonly observed and most distinctive insect species of Britain and western Europe, from all orders and most families, are illustrated in this essential pocket guide.
Understanding Asperger Syndrome can be a real challenge, more so for busy teachers and teaching assistants. This guide to the basics provides those working in an inclusive classroom with what they need to know to make their job easier, and to make a real difference to the AS stu…
Describes the spectrum of ADHD, the co-occurring symptoms, and the common difficulties that parents face. This book focuses on solutions, based around four rules. It also discusses the role of medication for treating ADHD. The concluding chapter summarizes the information covere…
Stimulating, succinct and accessible, this highly successful text offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of politics, written from an international perspective. Including a new chapter on the mass media and political communication it contains substantial new material o…
Grammar, the structure of a language, is often the subject of confusion. The Bloomsbury Grammar Guide is an easy-to-use handbook which provides the answers.
Third part of trilogy documenting modern-day Northern Ireland, by the author of Provos and Loyalists.
Roland Hill was born in Hamburg in 1920 to prosperity and culture - his father was a sugar trader and his mother an opera singer. Both were of Jewish descent but had converted to Christianity. This is an autobiography of Roland Hill. It enables readers to re-live European histor…
