Catherine Bailey's "Black Diamonds" is an extraordinary tale of family feuds, forbidden love, civil unrest and the downfall of a mining dynasty. Wentworth in Yorkshire was surrounded by 70 collieries employing tens of thousands of men. It is the finest and largest Georgian house in Britain and belon[...]
From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Secret Rooms," the extraordinary true story of the downfall of one of England's wealthiest families
Fans of "Downton Abbey" now have a go-to resource for fascinating, real-life stories of the spectacular lives led by England's aristocrats. Wit[...]
In this vigorous and fast-moving novel of post-Napoleonic France, Julien Sorel's plans to reach the higher echelons of society through the priesthood are defelected by his realization that the attainment of happiness is of greater consequence than the pursuit of ambition. Subtitled 'A Chronicle of 1[...]
Bridget Dean Mordaunt was a woman of consequence in her own part of the world. Inheriting her father's businesses at the age of nineteen, by the time she was twenty-three in 1880, she was running them as confidently as any man. Yet the path destiny required her to follow was not an easy one, as she [...]
A step-by-step guide to Lectra System's three related software programs, Modaris, Diamino, and JustPrint for Apparel Design gives students and professionals working in apparel design and product development the technical know-how they need to succeed. Modaris is used for all phases of pattern develo[...]