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The Christian Watt Papers
Memoirs of a Fraserburgh Fishwife
Price: $22.50
ISBN: 9781780602127
Pub Date: 2024-05-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Eland Publishing
288 Pages
Caught between these covers is the authentic, forthright voice of Christian Watt, servant girl, lady’s maid and fishwife. Born in 1833, her working life began in domestic service before the age of...
Mary Peters
My Story
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781780733753
Pub Date: 2023-12-18
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Blackstaff Press
224 Pages
"I leaned over the edge to let anyone see and touch the medal that Northern Ireland had brought away from the Olympics. It wasn't mine, it was ours."In September 1972, after years of hard work, sacrifice...
Reading Rites
Books, writing and other things that matter
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781780733722
Pub Date: 2023-12-18
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Blackstaff Press
208 Pages
"Writers live as the work dictates, a solitary, sometimes deeply frustrating life, with moments of secret joy when the sentence hits the note, gets the meaning exactly as required."For over five decades,...
The Campaigns of Margaret Lloyd George
The Wife of the Prime Minister 1916-1922
Price: $22.99
ISBN: 9781800992313
Pub Date: 2023-05-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Y Lolfa
384 Pages
A highly readable, in-depth analysis of the public life of Dame Margaret as wife of Prime Minister David Lloyd George. After a brief intro on her wartime public activities, the book brings to the fore her active political campaigning during Lloyd George's peacetime Premiership from 1918 to 1922.
The Horizontal Oak
A Life in Nature
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781780277806
Pub Date: 2022-09-21
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Birlinn
240 Pages
The Horizontal Oak is an intensely moving and uplifting autobiography from acclaimed author an naturalist Polly Pullar. She reflects on how the love of nature has shaped her life, given her the strength to forgive and understand her parents, and help her find an equilibrium.
Fields of Orange
A True Welsh Love Story
Price: $14.99
ISBN: 9781800991460
Pub Date: 2022-05-12
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Y Lolfa
176 Pages
Johanna Francis (née Dooyeweerd) watched the Nazis take Amsterdam in WW2. Her wealthy family was active in the resistance, sheltering a Jewish family and running an underground newspaper despite the Gestapo HQ in their street. After the war, she married a penniless Welsh farmer and the tale of their life together is a truly remarkable love story.
Ash + Salt
From Survival to Empowerment after Sexual Assault
Price: $29.99
ISBN: 9781788493161
Pub Date: 2022-05-07
Format: Paperback
Imprint: The O'Brien Press
272 Pages
Sarah Grace is a sexual assault survivor. On 17 July 2019, she fell asleep like any other night. A burglar broke into her apartment and attacked her as she slept. That violent assault reduced her life to ashes. This powerful account of healing and thriving is also a call to arms.
Josephine Tey
A Life
Price: $19.99
ISBN: 9781914518041
Pub Date: 2022-04-13
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Sandstone Press
504 Pages
Josephine Tey was the pen-name of Elizabeth MacKintosh (1896-1952). MacKintosh lived several lives: Best known as Golden Age Crime Fiction writer Tey, she was also successful novelist and playwright Gordon Daviot. During her exceptional career, she had plays on in the West End in London and on Broadway, and even wrote for Hollywood.
The Christian Watt Papers
Memoirs of a Fraserburgh Fishwife
Price: $22.50
ISBN: 9781780602127
Pub Date: 2024-05-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Eland Publishing
288 Pages
Mary Peters
My Story
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781780733753
Pub Date: 2023-12-18
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Blackstaff Press
224 Pages
Reading Rites
Books, writing and other things that matter
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781780733722
Pub Date: 2023-12-18
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Blackstaff Press
208 Pages
The Campaigns of Margaret Lloyd George
The Wife of the Prime Minister 1916-1922
Price: $22.99
ISBN: 9781800992313
Pub Date: 2023-05-04
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Y Lolfa
384 Pages
The Horizontal Oak
A Life in Nature
Price: $22.95
ISBN: 9781780277806
Pub Date: 2022-09-21
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Birlinn
240 Pages
Fields of Orange
A True Welsh Love Story
Price: $14.99
ISBN: 9781800991460
Pub Date: 2022-05-12
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Y Lolfa
176 Pages
Ash + Salt
From Survival to Empowerment after Sexual Assault
Price: $29.99
ISBN: 9781788493161
Pub Date: 2022-05-07
Format: Paperback
Imprint: The O'Brien Press
272 Pages
Josephine Tey
A Life
Price: $19.99
ISBN: 9781914518041
Pub Date: 2022-04-13
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Sandstone Press
504 Pages