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  • A History of Britain in 21 Women

    A Personal Selection

    by Jenni Murray ...
    The bestselling history of Britain, told through twenty-one women whose lives enthral and beguile, intrigue and inspire‘Celebrates the defiant spirit of Britain’s groundbreaking heroines… Entertaining.’ Daily MailBritain has traditionally been defined by its conflicts, its conquests, its men and its monarchs. It’s high time that it was defined by its women. In this unique history, Jenni Murray ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Fall of the Imam

    by Nawal El Saadawi ...
    Translated by Sherif Hetata ...
    Bint Allah knows herself only as the Daughter of God. Born in a stifling male-dominated state, ruled by the Imam and his coterie of ministers, she dreams of one day reaching the top of a distant hill visible through the bars of the orphanage window.But Bint Allah's ambitions do not escape the attention of the Imam, who never feels secure no matter how well he protects himself. When the Imam ... Read more

    $6.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A History of the World in 21 Women

    A Personal Selection

    by Jenni Murray ...
    From the bestselling author of A History of Britain in 21 WomenThe history of the world is the history of great women.Marie Curie discovered radium and revolutionised medical science. Empress Cixi transformed China. Frida Kahlo turned an unflinching eye on life and death. Anna Politkovskaya dared to speak truth to power, no matter the cost. Their names should be shouted from the rooftops.And that ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • My Boy Butch

    The heart-warming true story of a little dog who made life worth living again

    by Jenni Murray ...
    Much beloved broadcaster Dame Jenni Murray recounts her great love affair with Butch the Chihuahua.There was always a dog. If not real, then imagined.As a lonely only child, Dame Jenni Murray longed to have a dog. She had only Timmy her imaginary pooch for company until her fifth birthday when her parents bought her a beautiful little puppy – Taffy the Corgi. This was to be the start of a life ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • Votes For Women!

    The Pioneers and Heroines of Female Suffrage (from the pages of A History of Britain in 21 Women)

    by Jenni Murray ...
    Mary Wollstonecraft, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Millicent Fawcett, Emmeline Pankhurst, Constance Markievicz, Nancy AstorThey terrorised the establishment.They fought for the vote.They pushed back boundaries and revolutionised our world.For the hundredth anniversary of the historic moment the franchise was finally extended to women, here is a selection of suffragette and suffragist activists and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Woman's Hour: Words from Wise, Witty and Wonderful Women

    by Alison Maloney ...
    For the last 70 years, the guests of Woman’s Hour have been entertaining listeners with their compelling combination of wit, warmth, insight and humour**.** Woman’s Hour has interviewed many of the biggest female names from entertainment, politics, the arts and beyond.Words from Wise, Witty and Wonderful Women is a collection of quotes and extracts from 70 years of the Woman’s Hour archive, ... Read more

    $16.79 USD

  • BBC National Short Story Award 2016

    by Jenni Murray, Lavinia Greenlaw, Hilary Mantel, Tahmima Anam, Claire-Louise Bennett, K. J. Orr ...
    Series Book 11 - BBC National Short Story Award
    FEATURING THE WINNER: 'DISAPPEARANCES' by K.J. ORRYoung garment workers in a Bangladesh factory seek a better life, at a price...A girl on a deep, dark moor is drawn into a different kind of darkness after a stranger gives her a bunch of flowers...A retired plastic surgeon, who once served the great and not-so-good of Buenos Aires, finds a new peace when he disguises his identity...An academic ... Read more

    $6.81 USD

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    Goodbye Europe

    The unique must-have collection

    by Various ...
    Narrated by David Rintoul, Tim Collins, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Joe Jameson, Jonathan Lynn, Jenni Murray, Tania Rodrigues, Willow Nash ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 37 min

    This is not a book about politics. It is a book about what makes us British, and what makes us European.Spend time with some of your favourite writers and artists in this truly unique collection spanning everything from art, language, food, music and movies, to war, literature, driving, nudity, geography, smoking and nature.Featuring pieces of exceptional quality from some of our most treasured ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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    Woman's Hour A Celebration Of Mothers

    by BBC ...
    Narrated by Jenni Murray ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 13 min

    Woman's Hour: A Celebration of Mothers is an audiobook that looks at the changing role of mothers over the last fifty years; the relationships that they have enjoyed with their children, how they have juggled the work life balance and how they have challenged the stereotypes and tested the boundaries of what being a mother means. For example the mothers who have worked for peace in Northern ... Read more

    $6.82 USD

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    How Catherine the Great defied a deadly virus

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  • There Are (No) Stupid Questions … in Science

    by Leah Elson MS, MPH ...
    Leah Elson draws upon her wildly popular web series, 60 Seconds of Science, in this highly entertaining and visually appealing giftable book of real-world scientific questions and answers.How does DNA work?Does chicken noodle soup actually help with being sick?When cats purr, what is actually making the noise?Does singing to plants really help them grow?Is it possible to clone a woolly mammoth?In ... Read more

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  • The Theory of Everything Else

    A Voyage Into the World of the Weird

    by Dan Schreiber ...
    "A pleasure. ... Suitable for beach reading or for mainlining before a dinner party." —Dan Piepenbring, New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice)"Absorbing. ... As thoughtfully written as it is nuts." —Chicago TribuneA collection of the world’s most mind-boggling, thought-provoking, and downright hilarious theories by the co-host of the hit podcast No Such Thing as a Fish, Dan Schreiber.<p... ... Read more

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