France in the 1980s

History

Ardagh, John

Europe

Secker & Warburg Ltd.

Sexual politics is far from being a recent subject of debate. In the 1880s it occupied a position of central importance in certain radical circles in London, where intellectuals such as Beatrice and Sidney Webb, H.G.Wells, George Bernard Shaw and others debated how sexual relationships should be conducted, and how the ideal socialist household should be organized. Using as the basis of her research the letters, pamphlets and diaries of members of this circle, Ruth Brandon examines the questions and conflicts which they had to face. Particularly, she focuses on the artistic women at the centre of the circle, describing how each was forced to compromise her ideals in order to fit a pattern determined by the men in her life.

The New Women and the Old Men

BRANDON, RUTH

Biographies & Memoirs

Oh, to Be a Swinger

Humor & Entertainment

BUCHWALD, Art

Humor

<p>Together in one volume, this book contains Roddy Doyle's trilogy about the Rabbitte family of Barrytown, north Dublin. "The Commitments" was a major film of 1991, "The Snapper" is currently being filmed and "The Van" was shortlisted for the 1991 Booker Prize.</p>

The Barrytown Trilogy: The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van [in one volume] (SIGNED)

Literature & Fiction

Doyle. Roddy

Humor & Satire

This is the story of a man who hides a dark secret from his past. Despite the fact that he has served his time and changed his name, there are too many people around who have not forgotten that Morrow is a murderer. He is pursued by a collection of strange characters.

Athena

BANVILLE, John.

Contemporary

Rumo & his Miraculous Adventures

walter-moers

Daddyji

MEHTA, Ved.

World Literature

In 1979 James Melville introduced a significant new figure in to British crime fiction the Japanese detective Superintendent Tetsuo Otani of the Hyogo Prefectural Police. Otani, a very human but also very Japanese policeman, has to supervise an investigation which begins with a murder (a relatively rare crime in Japan) in a small Zen temple community where all the suspects are foreigners, but expands into the murky waters of drug trafficking and organised crime. Praised for its 'entrancing, splendidly intricate description of Japanese society (straight, criminal and official)' The Wages of Zen was not only well-received in the UK and the US but also appeared in a Japanese edition under the title The Chishoji Temple Murder Case.

The Wages of Zen

Melville,James

The First World War, 1914-1918

Originally formed in 1914, this distinguished Canadian regiment served in both World Wars, Korea, and many U.N. missions.

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry 1914-1984

Jeffrey Williams

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