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When first published in 1982, A LITERATURE OF THEIR OWN quickly set the stage for the creative explo..

1992, legendary feminist Marilyn French was told she had cancer of the oesophagus and one year to li..

Both a spellbinding love story and a superb evocation of Cornwall's mythic past, Castle Dor is a boo..

Mildred Lathbury is one of those 'excellent women' who is often taken for granted. She is a godsend,..

Hundreds of thousands of readers were enthralled and delighted by the luminous, tender voice of John..

A collection of wry short stories set in a wide American landscape and bound by a strong sense of pl..

The international classic and bestseller, Maya Angelou's memoir paints a portrait of 'a brilliant wr..

Lila, homeless and alone after years of roaming the countryside, steps inside a small-town Iowa chur..

From an eccentric childhood in the South of France, Malaysia and occasionally the UK to her years as..

In this novel, Jim Burden tells the story of his beloved childhood friend Antonia, the immigrant gir..

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I do not remember how we were introduced - for we must have been - or anything of the discussion tha..

A feast of short stories from a writer who relishes the sensual language of food and eating. They in..

Liverpool late 1950s. This is a story of three people: a suppressed mother; a father, projectionist ..

By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias Grace 'One of the most important novels of the 20t..

Idina Sackville - The Woman Who Scandalised 1920s Society and Became White Mischief's Infamous Seduc..

Two weeks after September 11th, award-winning journalist Asne Seierstad went to Afghanistan to repor..

This is a startling memoir of a successful journalist's journey from the deserted and dusty mining t..

The place is Ceylon, the time the 1930s. Set amid tea plantations, corruption and the backwash of em..