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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Continuum
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
The clash between atheism and religion has become the defining battle of the 21st century. Books on and about atheism retain high profile and popularity, and atheist movements on both sides of the Atlantic capture headlines with high-profile campaigns and adverts. However, very little has been written on the history of atheism, and this book fills that conspicuous gap. Instead of treating atheism just as a philosophical or scientific idea about the...
10) Holly Lester
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Reader
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
As they embark on an illicit affair, Billings soon finds himself drawn into the ruthless world of power politics that sweeps Holly's husband into Number Ten - and threatens to destroy Billings' own reputation and career. In the late 1990s rumours circulated of a provocative new work of fiction scrutinizing Britain's politics from the inside. Here at last is the satirical romp, dubbed 'the British Primary Colors,' that had publications from the Observer...
11) The Cuban affair
Author
Publisher
Sphere
Language
English
Description
Daniel 'Mac' MacCormick has a good life. Aged 35 and a decorated US Army veteran, he whiles away his life in stunning Key West, Florida, running a 42-foot charter fishing boat The Maine. A ladies' man and rule-breaker, Mac has it all - apart from the money to hold on to his beloved boat. Then Mac is approached by a hotshot Miami lawyer called Carlos with an apparently irresistable offer: a fee of 2 million to run the boat into Havana and smuggle out...
12) House of exile
Author
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Evelyn Juers' extraordinary book is a unique imagining of the unconventional love affair between the writer and political activist Heinrich Mann and Nelly Kroeger - a tall, blonde ex-barmaid twenty-seven years his junior - recounting their flight from Nazi Germany in 1933, to France and then to Los Angeles.
Author
Publisher
Atlantic
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
This is an intimate biography of Kitty O'Shea, the woman whose love affair with the Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell caused a scandal. Kehoe paints O'Shea as a misunderstood character, a charismatic woman who influenced political policy with acuity and sensitivity.
Author
Publisher
Corgi
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
The story of the atomic bomb spans years of prolific scientific innovation, turbulent politics, foreign affairs and world-changing history. Through personal stories of exile, indecision, soul-searching, spying and deceit, Diana Preston presents the human side of an unstoppable programme with a lethal outcome.
15) Complete letters
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Pliny's letters provide an insight into Roman life in the period 97 to 112 AD. They cover a wide range of topics, from the contemporary political scene to domestic affairs, the education system, the rituals and conduct of Roman religion, the treatment of slaves, and the phenomena of nature.
16) The white devil
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
John Webster's tragedy in five acts centres on the love affair between the Duke of Brachiano and Vittoria Corombona, two of the play's many unscrupulous characters. Both evil and good characters are drawn into schemes of political intrigue, adulterous desire and bloody revenge.
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
This is both the story of a love affair between the Scottish peer, Oswald, Lord Nelvil and a beautiful poetess, and a homage to the landscape, literature and art of Italy. The author weaves discreet French Revolutionary political allusion and allegory into her romance, whose publication saw her order of exile renewed by Napoleon.
Author
Publisher
Polygon
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Great Britain, now known as Airstrip One, is ruled by the Party, led by Big Brother. Mass surveillance is everything and The Thought Police are employed to ensure that no individual thinking is allowed. Winston Smith works at The Ministry of Truth, carefully rewriting history, but he dreams of freedom and of rebellion. It is here that he meets and falls in love with Julia. They start a secret, forbidden affair - but nothing can be kept secret, and...
20) Tabu
Publisher
New Wave Films
Pub. Date
2013
Language
Portuguese
Description
Miguel Gomes directs this romantic drama, which pays homage to the silent films of F.W. Murnau and Robert J. Flaherty. Filmed in black and white, the film is divided into two parts, the first half takes up the story from the point of view of Pilar (Teresa Madruga), a middle-aged political activist whose neighbour Aurora (Laura Soveral) is a senile old lady with a gambling addiction and a propensity to tell colourful tales about her past in Mozambique....
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