An enthralling biography about one of the most intriguing women of the Victorian age: the first self-invented international social celebrity.Lola Montez was one of the most celebrated and notorious women of the nineteenth century. A raven-haired Andalusian who performed her scandalous \"Spider Dance\" in the greatest performance halls across Europe, she dazzled and beguiled all who met her with her

Inspired Traveller\'s Guides: Literary Places takes you on an enlightening journey through the key locations of literature\'s best and brightest authors, movements and moments - brought to life through comprehensively researched text and stunning hand-drawn artwork. Travel journalist Sarah Baxter provides comprehensive and atmospheric outlines of the history and culture of 25 literary places around

We call it the Dark Place. I don\'t know who built it or when but, for us, it\'s special.Every year Sam Hall and his friends hold funerals for their secrets in an abandoned hut in the woods that they call the Dark Place. But this year, their secrets are coming back from the dead...to terrorize them. Sam is a former child star whose career went up in flames - literally. And no one, not even his best

An easy-to-learn, easy-to-use tool for in-depth Bible studyBeloved and acclaimed for more than five generations, the Thompson(R) Chain-Reference(R) Bible is unparalleled in its ability to enrich personal devotions, topical study, and sermon preparation. This unique reference Bible enables you to search the breadth of Scripture\'s teachings on thousands of topics and allows you to follow those topics

Bold, colourful readers with kid-friendly characters and subjects they\'d choose for

This guide is a colouring and creative activity book, travel notebook, and Paris city guide in one, to cherish as a keepsake of your trip and to inspire friends to go there, too. It contains beautiful illustrations and you can add drawings, notes, pictures, tickets, memories and

During a dazzling 50 year musical career Sir Elton John has risen from playing the piano in the pubs of Pinner in North London to become a multi award winning global superstar with record sales of over 1 billion. Elton John - Farewell tells his extraordinary story and features the story of the Farewell Tour which runs through to July 2023. His 1970 breakthrough single \'Your Song\' began his domination

Interior designer Nicol Castellini Baldissera and fashion and interiors photographer Guido Taroni offer a privileged glimpse into the homes of Milan\'s foremost creative residents Inside Milan ventures behind closed doors in this unique cultural capital that is renowned as a world leader in fashion, design, art, and industry. In this beautifully photographed new book, icons such as Veronica and Jacopo

First, let\'s commend ourselves: how in the midst of a pandemic we faculty stepped up at record speed to teach in such a foreign learning environment. Try we did, adapt we did, and learn we did. But to be clear, and we already recognize this, this past spring was less about distance learning and more about crisis teaching. This time around we have the opportunity to be much more purposeful and intentional,

From Stonehenge to atomic clocks, this is how we\'ve used science to work out the time across the

The Shirin Neshat exhibition I Will Greet the Sun Again is at the Broad Museum Los Angeles from 19 Oct 2019 - 16 February 2020Shirin Neshat: Mourners from the Book of Kings features 14 stunning photographs inscribed with Persian writing This catalogue was published within the context of Shirin Neshat exhibition curated by Heinz Peter Schwerfel that took place on May 10-June 15, 2013 at Dirimart Nisantasi.

You know the story, now learn the truth. Amanda Todd was an ordinary Canadian girl who made the mistake of flashing online. An online predator captured the image and used it to blackmail her. When she refused to give in to his demands, he sent the image to her classmates, friends and family. What followed was harrowing few months of bullying that culminated in Todd\'s suicide at age 15. Anyone\'s Daughter

In this wide ranging survey, W.F. Bynum examines the parallel development of biomedical sciences (such as physiology, pathology, bacteriology and immunology) and of clinical practice and preventive medicine in nineteenth-century Europe and North America. By examining the contributions of key individuals, such as Louis Pasteur, R.T.H. Laennec, Claude Bernard, Edwin Chadwick, and Rudolf Virchow, and

To Throw Away Unopened is a fearless dissection of one woman\'s obsession with the truth - the truth about family, power, and her identity as a rebel and

The Victim of Prejudice is of great interest for its strong feminist content, and it is both powerful and moving as a literary work; this edition makes this important late eighteenth-century text again available to a wide

The memoir of a personal housing crisis that led to a discovery of the true value of home, nature and

This new sixth edition of Bradt\'s Seychelles has been fully updated and remains the most comprehensive English-language guide to the country, with information on the biodiversity of the islands and updates on the conservation efforts (over 40% of the Seychelles\' land is under environmental protection), presented in an easy-to-read format. New for this edition are expanded details of the many accommodation

A chronicle of Vienna\'s Golden Age and the influence of Sigmund Freud on the modern world by a clinical psychologist whose mystery novels form the basis of PBS\'s Vienna Blood series. Some cities are like stars. When the conditions are right, they ignite, and burn with such fierce intensity that they outshine every other city on the planet. Vienna was one such city and, at the beginning of the twentieth