Tato autorka propojuje své učitelské zkušenosti s psaním beletrie, aby lépe porozuměla mladým čtenářům a podpořila jejich zážitek ze čtení. Její díla se noří do temných zákoutí Londýna a zároveň oslavují světlo lásky. S vášní pro objevování těchto kontrastů vytváří poutavé příběhy, které rezonují s čtenáři.
Volné pokračování titulu Felix z nástupiště č. 1 – další povídání o kocourovi, který není kocour, ale kočka, a o yorkshirské železniční stanici Huddersfield. Kniha s vtipným a laskavým nadhledem zachycuje každodenní život na nádraží, zdejší zaměstnance, různé postavičky a návštěvníky. Felix je stále miláčkem publika, a to i na sociálních sítích, a autorka popisuje její další výpravy za dobrodružstvím. Nová řada veselých i napínavých příhod se sympatickou kočičí hrdinkou si uchovává pohodovou atmosféru předchozí knihy.
Když se zaměstnanci yorskhirského nádraží rozhodnou ctít tradici a pořídit si nádražní kočku, rozběhne se kolotoč veselých i dojemných příhod a nová posila týmu neunikne pozornosti médií ani divadelníků. Jak se Felix postupně sžívá s nezvyklým prostředím, prozkoumává nástupiště i tajemný labyrint tunelů, nachází si kamarády, učí se lovit myši a prodávat jízdenky, její sláva se šíří mezi cestujícími i za hranice nádraží. Laskavé povídání o jedné železniční stanici v zapadlém severoanglickém kraji dýchne na čtenáře starosvětskou atmosférou a ukazuje, že když se to vezme správně do tlapek, nemusí být nic ztraceno.
From the internationally bestselling author of The Radium Girlscomes a dark but ultimately uplifting tale of a woman whose incredible journey still resonates today. Elizabeth Packard was an ordinary Victorian housewife and mother of six. That was, until the first Woman's Rights Convention was held in 1848, inspiring Elizabeth and many other women to dream of greater freedoms. She began voicing her opinions on politics and religion -- opinions that her husband did not share. Incensed and deeply threatened by her growing independence, he had her declared 'slightly insane' and committed to an asylum. Inside the Illinois State Hospital, Elizabeth found many other perfectly lucid women who, like her, had been betrayed by their husbands and incarcerated for daring to have a voice. But just because you are sane, doesn't mean that you can escape a madhouse ... Fighting the stigma of her gender and her supposed madness, Elizabeth embarked on a ceaseless quest for justice. It not only challenged the medical science of the day and saved untold others from suffering her fate, it ultimately led to a giant leap forward in human rights the world over.
Published in association with the Imperial War Museum in London to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, this book brings one of the most important battles of World War II to life. Lavishly illustrated with photographs, contemporary art and propaganda posters, and accompanied by numerous first-hand accounts, The Battle of Britain captures the reality and the romance of a defining chapter in British history. Moreover, it offers a detailed analysis of the events immediately preceding the battle, the key strategic decisions by opposing commanders that altered the course of the battle, as well as the development of criticial weaponry and defenses that dramatically changed the way aerial combat was fought.Moore's book pays tribute to visionaries such as R. J. Mitchell and Air Chief Marshall Lord Dowding, who ensured that, rather than simply a victory snatched from the jaws of defeat, this was a battle for which Britain's Fighter Command was uniquely prepared. Such preparation nearly guaranteed that although the British were vastly outnumbered, they could confidently counter the German fighter planes and bombers that darkened the skies throughout the summer of 1940. It was this small band of men and women, covered in detail in this title, that were the first to successfully oppose the seemingly unstoppable tide of the Nazi war machine, irrevocably altering the course of the rest of the war.
Returning from battle, the rebellious Earl of Winterburn discovers his family's financial ruin and seeks sanctuary as the curate of a small-town church, drawing the critical eye of Rosalind Merrifield, who finds that Leigh, a man who yearns for love, is hard to hate and to resist. Original.
