Jane Johnson's "The Tenth Gift" is an wonderfully escapist page-turner set in seventeenth century Cornwall and Morocco,based on spine-tinglingly shocking historical fact, with a romantic hidden love story at its heart. His parting gift to her was a new beginning...Julia Lovat walks away from her sev[...]
Jane Johnson's "The Salt Road" is a magical historical adventure which brings the most unlikely of people together in an epic quest that spans the decades and the hot, shifting sands of Morocco. 'My dear Isabelle, in the attic you will find a box with your name on it.' Isabelle's archaeologist fathe[...]
The author of The Salt Road and The Tenth Gift Jane Johnson returns with a captivating historical novel The Sultan's Wife set in Morocco. Morocco, 1677. The tyrannical King Ismail resides over the palace of Meknes. Through the sweltering heat of the palace streets, Nus Nus, slave to the King and for[...]
The best (and the best written) book about Austen that has appeared in the last three decades.--Nina Auerbach, Journal of English and Germanic Philology By looking at the ways in which Austen domesticates the gothic in Northanger Abbey, examines the conventions of male inheritance and its negative i[...]
Jane Austen completed only six novels, but enduring passion for the author and her works has driven fans to read these books repeatedly, in book clubs or solo, while also inspiring countless film adaptations, sequels, and even spoofs involving zombies and sea monsters. Austen's lasting appeal to bot[...]
Reflecting the dynamic and expansive nature of Austen studies, A Companion to Jane Austen provides 42 essays from a distinguished team of literary scholars that examine the full breadth of the English novelist's works and career.[...]
The author of "The Salt Road" and "The Tenth Gift" Jane Johnson returns with a captivating historical novel set in Morocco. The year is 1677. Behind the magnificent walls and towering arches of the Palace of Meknes, captive chieftain's son and now a lowly scribe, Nus Nus is framed for murder. As he [...]
The eagerly-awaited sequel to THE SECRET COUNTRY.
This title helps you to bring the technique alive. Containing over 160 photos, this essential companion presents a step by step overview of essential massage techniques. Covering every body area and client working position, "Deep Tissue Massage" provides students and practising therapists with handy[...]
Why have we evolved to delight in telling stories and listening to them? Can literary meaning be discovered through data? What is more important to the identity of a literary character: gender or moral disposition? This boldly original study answers such questions and thus changes the debate about l[...]
This title is the latest addition to the bestselling "Hands-On Guides for Therapists" series! "Postural Assessment" is a comprehensive, user-friendly guide to assessing posture, with tips that will enable you to perform your observations in a confident and competent manner. This book focuses on what[...]
Stretching to relieve musculoskeletal conditions and injuries. Covering all forms of stretches for able-bodied, injured and selected special populations, "Therapeutic Stretching" is a comprehensive resource for both practitioners and students of massage therapy, osteopathy, physiotherapy, occupation[...]
'Changing the Course of Autism' has the potential to revolutionise the way autism is perceived and managed. Most books on this subject describe educational and behavioural therapies, but autism is a medical disease, not a psychological disorder. This groundbreaking books shows that the disease can b[...]
Villikkotyttö Izzystä on kasvanut menestyvä liikenainen Isabelle, mutta syvällä sisimmässään hänestä yhä tuntuu, että kaikki ei ole kohdallaan.Arkeologi-isän kuoltua Isabelle saa perinnöksi mystisen laatikon ja kirjeen, jossa kehotetaan seuraamaan laatikosta löytyviä vihjeitä. Laati[...]
Julialla on ollut vuosia kestänyt suhde naimisissa olevan Michaelin kanssa. Nyt on tullut eron aika, ja Michael antaa Julialle jäähyväislahjan, joka muuttaa hänen elämänsä. Se on kirjontaopas 1600-luvulta, ja sen on omistanut aikoinaan nuori neito nimeltä Catherine Ann Tregenna eli Cat. Cat[...]
The private and social worlds of three families are revealed through the experiences of the heroine Fanny Price in this nineteenth-century novel accompanied by related writings, annotations, and criticism[...]