The Friendships of Mary Russell Mitford As Recorded in Letters from Her Literary Correspondents, Volume 2 Mitford Mary Russell Книга по Требованию

A long-overdue and dramatic reinterpretation of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots by one of the leading historians at work today • She was crowned Queen of Scotland at nine months of age, and Queen of France at sixteen years; at eighteen she ascended the throne that was her birthright and began ruling one of the most fractious courts in Europe, riven by religious conflict and personal lust for power. She rode out at the head of an army in both victory and defeat; saw her second husband assassinated, and married his murderer. At twenty-five she entered captivity at the hands of her rival queen, from which only death would release her • The life of Mary Stuart is one of unparalleled drama and conflict. From the labyrinthine plots laid by the Scottish lords to wrest power for themselves, to the efforts made by Elizabeth's ministers to invalidate Mary's legitimate claim to the English throne, John Guy returns to the archives to explode the myths and correct the inaccuracies that surround this most fascinating monarch

In May 1941 Lena Mukhina was an ordinary teenage girl, • living in Leningrad, worrying about her homework and whether Vova - the boy she • liked - liked her. Like a good Soviet schoolgirl, she was also diligently • learning German, the language of Russia's Nazi ally. And she was keeping a • diary, in which she recorded her hopes and dreams. Then, on 22 June 1941, • Hitler broke his pact with Stalin and declared war on the Soviet Union.All too soon, Leningrad was besieged and life became a • living hell. Lena and her family fought to stay alive; their city was starving • and its citizens were dying in their hundreds of thousands. From day to • dreadful day, Lena records her experiences: the desperate hunt for food, the • bitter cold of the Russian winter and the cruel deaths of those she loved

In the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails and property vanishes. People suffer fits and are plagued by strange visions and dreams. Children sicken and die. As tensions rise, rumours spread of witches and heretics, and the community becomes tangled in a web of spite, distrust and denunciation. The finger of suspicion falls on a young couple struggling to make a home and feed their children: Hugh Parsons the irascible brickmaker and his troubled wife, Mary. It will be their downfall • The Ruin of All Witches tells the dark, real-life folktale of witch-hunting in a remote Massachusetts plantation. These were the turbulent beginnings of colonial America, when English settlers' dreams of love and liberty, of founding a 'city on a hill', gave way to paranoia and terror, enmity and rage

In the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails and property vanishes. People suffer fits and are plagued by strange visions and dreams. Children sicken and die. As tensions rise, rumours spread of witches and heretics, and the community becomes tangled in a web of spite, distrust and denunciation. The finger of suspicion falls on a young couple struggling to make a home and feed their children: Hugh Parsons the irascible brickmaker and his troubled wife, Mary. It will be their downfall • The Ruin of All Witches tells the dark, real-life folktale of witch-hunting in a remote Massachusetts plantation. These were the turbulent beginnings of colonial America, when English settlers' dreams of love and liberty, of founding a 'city on a hill', gave way to paranoia and terror, enmity and rage

Shortlisted for the British Psychological Society Book Award for Popular Science • Much of value has been written about sleep, but rest is different; it is how we unwind, calm our minds and recharge our bodies. The Art of Rest draws on ground-breaking research Claudia Hammond collaborated on: ‘The Rest Test’, the largest global survey into rest ever undertaken, completed by 18,000 people across 135 different countries. The survey revealed how people get rest and how it is directly linked to your sense of wellbeing • Counting down through the top ten activities which people find most restful, Hammond explains why rest matters, examines the science behind the results to establish what really works and offers a roadmap for a new, more restful and balanced life

Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. "A Study in Scarlet" marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become two of the most famous characters in popular fiction

Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. "A Drama in Four Acts" is a four-act play by William Gillette and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, based on several stories about the world-famous detective

В современном быстро меняющемся мире мы никогда не были так заняты. Мы окружены давлением со стороны работы, семьи, учебы и социальных сетей. Может показаться, что никогда не бывает времени по-настоящему отключиться и расслабиться • Но ответ проще, чем вы думаете, и он внутри вас • С помощью простых, легко усваиваемых приемов "Книга покоя. Как обрести спокойствие в хаотичном мире" Джеймса Ривза и Габриель Браун раскрывает, как найти минутку покоя даже в самые напряженные дни, и путь к тому, чтобы стать более спокойным, счастливым и расслабленным • Книга на английском языке • Find peace in a restless world • In today’s fast-paced world, we’ve never been busier. We’re surrounded by pressures from work, family, study and social media. It can feel like there’s never time to truly switch off and relax

Мария и Елизавета: кузины, соперницы, королевы. Они объединялись, сражались и плели заговоры, но никогда не могли разорвать свои узы • В конце эпохи Тюдоров две королевы правили одним островом. Но Европа шестнадцатого века была миром мужчин, и влиятельные голоса считали, что ни одна женщина не может править. Повсюду вокруг Марии и Елизаветы были подхалимы, шпионы и недоброжелатели, которые хотели их власти, их благосклонности и их любви • Елизавета и Мария разделяли борьбу за то, чтобы быть одновременно женщиной и королевой. Но силы, восставшие против двух регентов, и конфликты любви и династии разлучили их. Для Марии Елизавета была такой же королевой, с которой она мечтала о прочной дружбе. Для Елизаветы Мария была угрозой. Это был раскол, который закончился тайными заговорами с целью убийства, разрушительным предательством и, в конечном счете, ужасным заключительным актом

In this compelling debut, an unknowable legacy passes through generations of one family living on the beautiful island of Barbados • There is Iapetus, a lonely soul haunted by the memory of his father; his son Atlas, dreaming of a life far removed from his reality; Atlas’s daughter Calypso, struggling to find her place in an unforgiving society; and her son Nautilus, grappling with various parts of a complex identity • Each of them longs to escape – to go beyond the borders and circumstances that have contained them for so long – but each finds that they are trapped by a history found only in whispers and half-remembered fragments; and that it is dictating a future over which they have little control • With every passing decade another generation must contend with the same doubts about their identity, about their place in the small world they have carved out for themselves and the same question: how can the things we don’t know define our futures? • Perfect for fans of Girl, Woman, Other and Homegoing, THE ISLAND OF FORGETTING is a powerful story of family and hope, and marks the arrival of a stunning new voice in literary fiction

The first novel from the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk about Kevin is a compelling and provocative story of love and how we suffer for it • Still unattached and childless at fifty-nine, world-renowned anthropologist Gray Kaiser is seemingly invincible-and untouchable. Returning to make a documentary at the site of her first great triumph in Kenya, she is accompanied by her faithful middle-aged assistant, Errol McEchern, who has loved her for years in silence • When young graduate assistant Raphael Sarasola arrives on the scene, Gray is captivated and falls hopelessly in love-before an amazed Errol's eyes. As he follows their affair with jealous fascination, Errol watches helplessly from the sidelines as a proud and fierce woman is reduced to miserable dependence through miserable dependence

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