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Love Letters from and Artist at War By: Mitzi McCall ***Signed Copy*** A first edition hardcover published by The Book Guild in 1992 Blue cover boards with gold writing to the spine, binding is tight & strong, SIGNED with a gift inscription from MITZIE on the first title page, dustjacket is complete like new copy Packaging and Postage within South Africa R50.00 Overseas Customers can contact us for a Postal Quotation Abe #

 Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern (Paperback)   Rosie and Alex are destined for one another, and everyone seems to know it but them. Best friends since childhood, their relationship gets closer by the day, until Alex gets the news that his family is leaving Dublin and moving to Boston. At 17, Rosie and Alex have just started to see each other in a more romantic light. Devastated, the two make plans for Rosie to apply to colleges in the U.S.  She gets into Boston University, Alex gets into Harvard, and everything is falling into place, when on the eve of her departure, Rosie gets news that will change their lives forever: She's pregnant by a boy she'd gone out with while on the rebound from Alex.  Her dreams for college, Alex, and a glamorous career dashed, Rosie stays in Dublin to become a single mother, while Alex pursues a medical career and a new love in Boston. But destiny is a funny thing, and in this novel, structured as a series of clever e-mails, letters, notes, and a trail of missed opportunities, Alex and Rosie find out that fate isn't done with them yet.  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours Letters Of Alchemy is a journey which unveils various cycles of growth from the darkness of fear, grief and heartbreak to the light of love, self-awareness and empowerment - expressed through the art of poetry and prose. This thought-provoking collection of words pulls the reader into new worlds of expanse bringing strong images, memories and feelings to mind resulting in a visceral adventure. For best results, savour each sentence and brace yourself for a heart- and mind-opening experience. Shakeela Kingzley is a South African writer and filmmaker who has profound love for the arts. She received her BA Degree in Motion Picture Medium in 2010 and has since worked in the South African film industry and explored the world whenever adventure called her soul. ¿Writing this piece of art was a beautiful journey in itself. In my mindfulness I discovered that I am a translator - when I receive the visuals I need to translate it into the English language as best I can so that when you read it you see it and feel it.¿ - Shakeela Kingzley Features Summary Letters Of Alchemy is a journey which unveils various cycles of growth from the darkness of fear, grief and heartbreak to the light of love, self-awareness and empowerment - expressed through the art of poetry and prose... Author Shakeela Kingzley Publisher Reach Publishers Pages 273 ISBN 0-620-74856-7 ISBN 13 978-0-620-74856-8

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Create a treasure trove of letters for your main squeeze. Simply fill in the blanks on eight situation-specific missives, seal them in their corresponding envelopes and present the whole package in its keepsake box. The letters can then be opened at just the right moment in the future to provide your personal thoughts and encouragement. * Fill in the Love (TM) to create sweet love letters for him or her! * Includes scenarios like "Read me when you've had a bad day" and "Read me when you're tempted to flirt" * 7.25 x 4 inches; 9 cards and envelopes Features Summary Create a treasure trove of letters for your main squeeze. Simply fill in the blanks on eight situation-specific missives, seal them in their corresponding envelopes and present the whole package in its keepsake box... Author Knock Knock Publisher Knock Knock Books Release date 20160822 Pages 9 ISBN 1-60106-868-9 ISBN 13 978-1-60106-868-2

 Flame in the Snow - The love letters of Andre P. Brink & Ingrid Jonker - Umuzi - 2015 - 472pp, photographs - Hard cover with dust cover.  

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Lara Jean s love life goes from imaginary to out of control in this heartfelt novel from the "New York Times "bestselling author of The Summer I Turned Pretty series. What if all the crushes you ever had found out how you felt about them all at once? Lara Jean Song keeps her love letters in a hatbox her mother gave her. They aren t love letters that anyone else wrote for her; these are ones she s written. One for every boy she s ever loved five in all. When she writes, she pours out her heart and soul and says all the things she would never say in real life, because her letters are for her eyes only. Until the day her secret letters are mailed, and suddenly, Lara Jean s love life goes from imaginary to out of control. Features Summary Lara Jean s love life goes from imaginary to out of control in this heartfelt novel from the "New York Times "bestselling author of The Summer I Turned Pretty series... Author Jenny Han Publisher Simon & SchusterBooks for Young Readers Release date 20160125 Pages 384 ISBN 1-4424-2671-3 ISBN 13 978-1-4424-2671-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Develop a love of learning with Belle! With this workbook children can build handwriting skills and confidence by learning how to form letters, join letters, write entire sentences and much, much more! Disney Learning workbooks are curriculum-based books that integrate essential learning concepts into a range of skill-based activities with colourful and fun pages and stickers. Features Summary Develop a love of learning with Belle! With this workbook children can build handwriting skills and confidence by learning how to form letters, join letters... Author Scholastic Publisher Scholastic Release date 20170706 Pages 48 ISBN 1-4071-6615-8 ISBN 13 978-1-4071-6615-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days 'Hoodwink'd in faery fancy...' This volume contains a selection of Keats's greatest verse - including his gothic story in verse, 'The Eve of St Agnes', and the mysterious 'Lamia' - exploring themes of love, enchantment, myth and magic. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. John Keats (1795-1821). Keats's works available in Penguin Classics are Selected Poems, So Bright and Delicate: Love Letters and Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne, The Complete Poems and Selected Letters. Features Summary Contains a selection of John Keats' greatest verse - including his gothic story in verse, 'The Eve of St Agnes', and the mysterious 'Lamia' - exploring themes of love... Author John Keats Publisher Penguin Classics Release date 20150226 Pages 55 ISBN 0-14-139829-9 ISBN 13 978-0-14-139829-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Jane Palzere and Anna Brown met while attending a class in spiritual development. Jane was working in a hospital and Anna was a teacher in a middle school. When the class ended, they said goodbye never expecting to meet again. Feeling an unrest and dissatisfaction with the way her life was going, Jane increased her efforts to find a new direction. The search for meaning led her from church to church and from lecture to lecture. Jane was involved with meditation, prayer and classes in spiritual exercises. She decided to try fasting as a means of strengthening her discipline. At this point, the letters began to arrive. Jane was surprised by their appearance and even more so when she was told that she would work with Anna Brown and that these letters were to be published in book form. The letters themselves caused a great deal of soul searching and self analysis. At first, they were met with skepticism, fear, questions, disbelief. As mentors appeared who encouraged the sharing of the letters, they were able to accept what was happening. By a series of events and circumstances which propelled the book forward the book went into several printings and was used in classes and seminars. Anna passed away in 2005. Jane continues to believe in the love of God and the workings of spirit. Features Summary Jane Palzere and Anna Brown met while attending a class in spiritual development. Jane was working in a hospital and Anna was a teacher in a middle school... Author Jane Palzare Publisher Changing Lives Press Release date 20150624 Pages 112 ISBN 0-9909424-0-6 ISBN 13 978-0-9909424-0-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days A heartwarming novel from the New York Times bestselling author. Perfect for fans of Love Letters and Summer at Willow Lake.Annie Rush seems to have it all, a handsome husband and their fabulous life in Manhattan. But all of that is snatched away when she is involved is a life-changing accident. Awakening from a coma a year later, Annie finds that the life she knew has crumbled away.In the throes of grief, Annie grasps her new reality - she has to start over from scratch, which means heading home. Annie couldn't wait to escape the small town where she grew up, but now she finds herself warming to the close-knit community and its homespun values.There's also a face from the distant past Donovan Lynch and all the reasons she's never quite forgotten him come flooding back. Annie expects to pull herself together and return to the city, but fate has other plans... Features Summary A heartwarming novel from the New York Times bestselling author. Perfect for fans of Love Letters and Summer at Willow Lake. Author Susan Wiggs Publisher HarperCollinsPublishers Release date 20160728 Pages 368 ISBN 0-00-815129-6 ISBN 13 978-0-00-815129-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days From internationally bestselling author Isabel Allende comes an exquisitely crafted, multigenerational love story. In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis and the world goes to war, young Alma Belasco's parents send her overseas to live with an aunt and uncle in their opulent San Francisco mansion. There she meets Ichimei Fukuda, the son of the family's Japanese gardener, and between them a tender love blossoms, but following Pearl Harbor the two are cruelly pulled apart. Throughout their lifetimes, Alma and Ichimei reunite again and again, but theirs is a love they are forever forced to hide from the world. Decades later, Alma is nearing the end of her long and eventful life. Irina Bazili, a care worker struggling to reconcile her own troubled past, meets the older woman and her grandson, Seth, at Lark House nursing home. As Irina and Seth forge a friendship, they become intrigued by a series of mysterious gifts and letters sent to Alma, and learn about Ichimei and this extraordinary secret passion that has endured for nearly seventy years. Features Summary From international literary phenomenon Isabel Allende: an exquisite multi-generational love story that sweeps from WWII to present-day San Francisco Author Isabel Allende Publisher Scribner UK Release date 20151104 Pages 321 ISBN 1-4711-5217-0 ISBN 13 978-1-4711-5217-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Before The Lost Get-Back Boogie appeared to wide acclaim in 1986, James Lee Burke had been out of print in cloth for thirteen years and his fifth novel had received a record 111 rejection letters. "LSU Press put me back in the game and turned my career around," Burke says. The novels and stories Burke had written during those years of rejection eventually became the stuff of the Dave Robicheaux series, which has earned him two Edgar Awards. Reviews of The Lost Get-Back Boogie now seem prescient. "This is the book that Burke was born to write--and you're grateful he did," wrote syndicated reviewer Nancy Pate. And from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "[It] was my introduction to Burke, and it is a cherished one. Burke demonstrates a rare ability to write an extraordinarily propulsive tale that borders on genre fiction without ever being less than literature." The book opens the day thirty-year-old Iry Paret leaves Louisiana's Angola state penitentiary, after serving two years for manslaughter, and follows him to Montana, where he hopes to stay cool and out of trouble by working hard on a ranch owned by the father of his prison pal, Buddy Riordan. Iry finds the fresh start he seeks, joins a weekend band, and even falls in love. But the Riordan family's problems deal Ire a new sort of trouble with some ultimately tragic consequences. The Lost Get-Back Boogie is a novel about essentially good people and their atempts to find their place in a changing, complicated world. And it is the work of James Lee Burke at the top of his form. Features Summary Before The Lost Get-Back Boogie appeared to wide acclaim in 1986, James Lee Burke had been out of print in cloth for thirteen years and his fifth novel had received a record 111 rejection letters... Author James Lee Burke (Author), Christine Wiltz (Foreword by) Publisher Louisiana State University Press Release date 20040831 Pages 256 ISBN 0-8071-3032-X ISBN 13 978-0-8071-3032-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days The Last Animal by Abby Geni is that rare literary find -- a remarkable series of stories unified around one theme: people who use the interface between the human and the natural world to contend with their modern challenges in love, loss, and family life. These are vibrant, weighty stories that herald the arrival of a young writer of surprising feeling and depth. "Terror Birds" tracks the dissolution of a marriage set against an ostrich farm in the sweltering Arizona desert; "Dharma at the Gate" features the tempest of young love as a teenaged girl must choose between man's best friend, her damaged boyfriend, and a beckoning future; "Captivity" follows an octopus handler at an aquarium still haunted by the disappearance of her brother years ago; "The Girls of Apache Bryn Mawr" details a Greek chorus of Jewish girls at a summer camp whose favorite counselor goes missing under suspicious circumstances; "In the Spirit Room" centers on a scientist suffering the heartbreaking loss of a parent from Alzheimer's while living in the natural history museum where they both worked; in "Fire Blight" a father grieving over his wife's recent miscarriage finds an outlet for comfort in their backyard garden and makes a surprising discovery on how to cherish living things; and in the title story, a retired woman traces the steps of the husband who left her thirty years ago, burning the letters he had sent along the way, while the luminous and exotic wildlife of the Pacific Ocean opens up to receive her. Unflinching, exciting, ambitious and yet heartfelt, The Last Animal will guide readers through a menagerie of settings and landscapes as it underscores the connection among all living things. Features Summary The Last Animal by Abby Geni is that rare literary find -- a remarkable series of stories unified around one theme: people who use the interface between the human and the natural world to contend with their modern challenges in love... Author Abby Geni Publisher Counterpoint Release date 20130910 Pages 304 ISBN 1-61902-182-X ISBN 13 978-1-61902-182-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Georges and Pauline Vanier were the parents of Jean Vanier, the co-founder of the L'Arche communities. They lived an intensely spiritual life, influenced mainly by the Carmelite tradition. Mercy Within Mercy is the warmly-told story of their life together through World War Two and the second half of the 20th Century, drawing on many letters and journals by Georges and Pauline themselves and those closest to them. An incredible thirst for God can be seen in the lives of this couple, who were always striving in spite of (and through) human imperfection. The excerpts from letters and journals in this volume show a rare example of the contemplative life and struggles in prayer of an active and prominent married couple. The Vanier story is unique in that it forms a direct link back to the spiritual teaching that includes St. Therese and the Carmelite tradition in its emphasis on simplicity, trust in God's love, and self-abandonment to the mercy of God. After Pauline's death in 1991, an investigation began into the possible introduction of their cause for beatification as a married couple. Features Summary Georges and Pauline Vanier were the parents of Jean Vanier, the co-founder of the L'Arche communities. They lived an intensely spiritual life, influenced mainly by the Carmelite tradition... Author Mary Frances Coady Publisher Darton Longman & Todd Release date 20150625 Pages 160 ISBN 0-232-53189-7 ISBN 13 978-0-232-53189-3

When George and Sabine Harwood arrive in Trinidad from England George instantly takes to their new life, but Sabine feels isolated, heat-fatigued, and ill at ease with the racial segregation and the imminent dawning of a new era. Her only solace is her growing fixation with Eric Williams, the charismatic leader of Trinidad's new national party, to whom she pours out all her hopes and fears for the future in letters that she never brings herself to send. As the years progress, George and Sabine's marriage endures for better or worse. When George discovers Sabine's cache of letters, he realises just how many secrets she's kept from him - and he from her - over the decades. And he is seized by an urgent, desperate need to prove his love for her, with tragic consequences...

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days A couple joins together in marriage, and commit to love one another. The Better Together Wall Art reminds them that they are better together. They became stronger when they became one on their wedding day. Remind the newlyweds of this by giving them the plank wood wall art as a gift for their wedding, first anniversary or when they move into their first home. The Better Together Wall Art makes a great addition to any room. The wood wall art features "Better Together" printed at the top, and "Mr. & Mrs." laser-cut out of wood and set at the center of the wood wall art. - Size: 30" (W) x 12" (H) x 1/2" (D) - Made of Plank Wood - Laser-engraved Letters - Hanging Fixtures Attached Features Summary A couple joins together in marriage, and commit to love one another. The Better Together Wall Art reminds them that they are better together. They became stronger when they became one on their wedding day... Publisher Christian Art Gifts Inc ISBN 13 0843310100349

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days For three years, Penny Ercanbeck has been opening other people's mail. Dead ends are a reality for clerks at the Dead Letter Office. Still she dreams of something more--a bit of intrigue, a taste of romance, or at least a touch less loneliness. When a letter from a brokenhearted man to his one true love falls into her hands, Penny seizes this chance to do something heroic. It becomes her mission to place this lost letter into the hands of its intended recipient. Thomas left his former life with no intention of ending up in Azure Springs, Iowa. He certainly didn't expect a happy ending after what he had done. All he wanted to do was run and never look back. In a moment of desperation, he began to write, never really expecting a reply. When Penny's undertaking leads her to the intriguing man who touched her soul with his words, everything grows more complicated. She wants to find the rightful owner of the letter and yet she finds herself caring--perhaps too much--for the one who wrote it. Features Summary A young woman working at the Dead Letter Office in 1883 opens a series of heartbreaking love letters. She's determined to find their rightful owner and make things right... Author Rachel Fordham Publisher Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group Release date 20190702 Pages 320 ISBN 0-8007-3538-2 ISBN 13 978-0-8007-3538-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Pam Evans' London saga brings the glamour of the cinema during the Blitz of the Second World War vividly to life. Sure to appeal to fans of Katie Flynn and Cathy Sharp. It is 1938 and the threat of war looms on the streets of London. But, when the lights go down in the cinema aisles, usherette Daisy Blake is transported to a world of glamour and romance. Among the staff there is much merriment and Daisy soon falls in love with the handsome organist, Al Dawson. Then war is declared and, just after Al leaves for the frontline, Daisy discovers she's pregnant. Her mother is distraught; she doesn't think Al is right for her daughter and when Daisy's letters to him go unanswered, her mother encourages her to marry John, the cinema's projectionist, to spare her further heartache. As the blitz rages over London and disaster strikes, Daisy's morale is boosted by her work and her young son, Sam, brings her comfort and joy in the troubled times ahead... Features Summary The glamour of the cinema heals the heartbreak of the Second World War in Pam Evans' new family saga. Perfect for fans of Katie Flynn, Kate Thompson and Annie Murray. Author Pamela Evans Publisher Headline Book Publishing Release date 20160317 Pages 336 ISBN 1-4722-1962-7 ISBN 13 978-1-4722-1962-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days "You have a unique viewpoint from which to write about Jack as no one else has or could write. I feel very deeply that this book must be written. And no one else, I repeat, can write it."--William S. Burroughs Edie Parker was eighteen years old when she met Jack Kerouac at Columbia University in 1940. A young socialite from Grosse Pointe, Michigan, she had come to New York to study art, and quickly found herself swept up in the excitement and new freedoms that the big city offered a sheltered young woman of that time. Jack Kerouac was also eighteen, attending Columbia on a football scholarship, impressing his friends with his intelligence and knowledge of literature. Introduced by a mutual friend, Jack and Edie fell in love and quickly moved in together, sharing an apartment with Joan Adams (who would later marry William S. Burroughs). This is the story of their life together in New York, where they began lifetime friendships with Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, and others. Edie's memoir provides the only female voice from that nascent period, when the leading members of the Beat Generation were first meeting and becoming friends. In the end, Jack and Edie went their separate ways, keeping in touch only on rare occasions through letters and late-night phone calls. In his last letter to Edie, written a month before his death, Kerouac ended it with the encouraging phrase: "You'll be okay." It was from that note that the title of this book was taken. Features Summary Jack Kerouac's first wife gives an insider's view of the nascent Beat Generation. Author Eddie Kerouac-Parker Publisher City Lights Books Release date 20071031 Pages 200 ISBN 0-87286-464-2 ISBN 13 978-0-87286-464-1

Paperback. English. Publisher: Phoenix. 2009. In good condition. In an abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, a young man - David Martin - makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. The survivor of a troubled childhood, he has taken refuge in the world of books and spends his nights spinning baroque tales about the city's underworld. But perhaps his dark imaginings are not as strange as they seem, for in a locked room deep within the house are letters hinting at the mysterious death of the previous owner. Like a slow poison, the place seeps into his bones as he struggles with an impossible love. Then David receives a letter from a reclusive French editor, Andreas Corelli, who makes him the offer of a lifetime. He is to write a book with the power to change hearts and minds. In return, he will receive a fortune, perhaps more. But soon David realises that there is a connection between this haunting book and the shadows that surround his home. Set in the turbulent 1920s, The Angel's Game takes us back to the gothic universe of the Cemetery of the Forgotten Books, the Sempere and Son bookshop, and the winding streets of Barcelona's old quarter, in a masterful tale about the magic of books and the darkest corners of the human soul.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours The stunning new novel from the internationally bestselling author of THE SHADOW OF THE WIND.In an abandoned mansion at the heart of Barcelona, a young man - David Martin - makes his living by writing sensationalist novels under a pseudonym. The survivor of a troubled childhood, he has taken refuge in the world of books, and spends his nights spinning baroque tales about the city's underworld. But perhaps his dark imaginings are not as strange as they seem, for in a locked room deep within the house letters hinting at the mysterious death of the previous owner. Like a slow poison, the history of the place seeps into his bones as he struggles with an impossible love. Then David receives the offer of a lifetime: he is to write a book with the power to change hearts and minds. In return, he will receive a fortune, perhaps more. But as David begins the work, he realises that there is a connection between this haunting book and the shadows that surround his home... Features Summary The stunning new novel from the internationally bestselling author of THE SHADOW OF THE WIND. Author Carlos Ruiz Zafon Publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson Release date 20100515 Pages 504 ISBN 0-7538-2649-6 ISBN 13 978-0-7538-2649-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days What happens when a young child is traumatized? How does terror affect a child's mind-and how can that mind recover? Child psychiatrist Bruce Perry has treated children faced with unimaginable horror: homicide survivors, witnesses to their own parents' murders, children raised in closets and cages, the Branch Davidian children, and victims of extreme neglect and family violence. In The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog, Dr. Perry tells their stories of trauma and transformation. He explains what happens to the brain when children are exposed to extreme stress and trauma and reveals his innovative (non-medicinal) methods for helping to ease their pain and allowing them to become healthy adults. In this deeply informed and moving book, Perry shares with the reader the lessons of courage, humanity and hope he learned from these scarred children. He dramatically demonstrates that only when we understand the science of the mind and the power of love and nurturing, can we hope to heal the spirit of even the most wounded child. Features Summary "Fascinating and upbeat... Dr. Perry is both a world-class creative scientist and a compassionate therapist."-Mary Pipher, Ph.D., author of Letters to a Young Therapist Author Bruce D. Perry (Author), Maia Szalavitz (Author) Publisher BasicBooks Release date 20170828 Pages 417 ISBN 0-465-09445-7 ISBN 13 978-0-465-09445-5

Camellia Norton is orphaned at fifteen when her mother's body is fished from a river in rural Sussex. And when she discovers a cache of letters amongst her mother's effects she realises that the past she has always been so sure of has been built on a tissue of lies. Devastated, she runs away to London, and loses herself in a metropolis that offers opportunity, temptation and danger, especially to a young girl hungry for love and acceptance. But her past won't stay buried forever, and eventually Camellia begins the long journey towards uncovering the truth about her background, and also, ultimately, about herself. Format:Paperback Pages:0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days 'Another dark parable of society's vilification of women. Intelligent... A tantalizing investigation' Kate Colquhoun. On the night of 3 October 1922, in the quiet suburb of Ilford, Edith Thompson and her husband Percy were walking home after an evening spent at a London theatre, when a man sprang out of the darkness and stabbed Percy to death. The assailant was Frederick Bywaters, a twenty-year-old merchant seaman who had been Edith's lover. When the police learned of his relationship with Edith, she was arrested as his accomplice, despite protesting her innocence. The remarkably intense love letters Edith wrote to Freddy - some of them couched in ambiguous language - were read out at their trial for murder at the Old Bailey. They would seal her fate: Edith and Freddy were hanged for the murder of Percy Thompson in January 1923. Freddy was demonstrably guilty; but was Edith truly so? In shattering detail and with masterful emotional insight, Laura Thompson charts the course of a liaison with thrice-fatal consequences, and investigates what the trial and execution of Edith Thompson tell us about perceptions of women in early twentieth-century Britain. Features Summary The case of Edith Thompson and her lover Frederick Bywaters, both hanged for murder in 1923. Author Laura Thompson Publisher Head of Zeus Release date 20181004 Pages 448 ISBN 1-78408-246-5 ISBN 13 978-1-78408-246-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days In 1957 the Australian-American composer Percy Grainger, then 75 and in failing health, received a letter from another pianist-composer, the young Ronald Stevenson, writing from his home in West Linton, below Edinburgh. That first contact - requesting Grainger's reminiscences of Ferruccio Busoni, with whom he had studied - led to an exchange of 32 letters over the four years before Grainger's death in February 1961. The two men soon found that, despite their 46-year age-difference, they had many affinities. Both were pianists of staggering abilities and composers who combined a love for folk-music and working-class art with an aesthetic that proposed a world music' to include the farthest reaches of humanity. Both made an art of piano transcription of a wide variety of works and were champions of little-known music and composers. And both revered the work of Walt Whitman, that great poet of inclusivity, the pioneering spirit and the open road. This book presents both the complete Grainger-Stevenson correspondence and Ronald Stevenson's many articles and lectures on Grainger and his music, edited by Teresa Balough, whose two interviews with Stevenson open and close the volume - which includes a CD of a lecture-recital on Grainger that Stevenson presented in Grainger's home in White Plains, New York, in 1976. Features Summary The correspondence of the composer-pianists Percy Grainger [1882-1961] and Ronald Stevenson [b. 1928], together with Stevenson's writings on Grainger and two interviews with Stevenson. Author Teresa Balough Publisher Toccata Press Release date 20100121 Pages 280 ISBN 0-907689-67-1 ISBN 13 978-0-907689-67-6