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Kate Bailey

    Kate Bailey crafts steamy contemporary romances, driven by a belief in enduring love and happily-ever-afters. Her narratives delve into emotional turmoil, exploring relationships where love burns intensely hot. She excels at portraying strong, sassy heroines who captivate powerful alpha heroes, often bringing them to their knees with their will and spirit.

    Diva
    John Reeves
    Alice, Curious and Curiouser
    • Explore the phenomenon of Alice in Wonderland, which has captivated readers from Walt Disney to Annie Leibovitz for over 150 years Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandis a cultural phenomenon. First published in 1865, it has never been out of print and has been translatedinto 170 languages. But why does it have such enduringand universal appeal, for both adults and children? Thisbook explores the global impact of Alicein art, design, and performance from the 19th century to today. Startingwith the Victorian literary and social context in which thisstory was created, it shows the ways in which Carroll'sbooks have been reimagined and reinterpreted by eachnew generation, from the original illustrations by JohnTenniel to artwork by Peter Blake and Salvador Dal., and from the 1951 Disney movie to Tim Burton's 2010interpretation.

      Alice, Curious and Curiouser
    • John Reeves

      • 160 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Sixty images from the RHS Reeves Collection, a hauntingly beautiful collection of Chinese botanical artwork and an insight into what life was like as an East India Company tea inspector in early nineteenth-century China.

      John Reeves
    • " Diva celebrates the power and creativity of iconic performers, exploring what it means to be a diva. Ranging from opera and stage goddesses such as Adelina Patti, Sarah Bernhardt and Maria Callas to Hollywood icons Bette Davis, Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe, from activist power performers such as Josephine Baker, Nina Simone and Aretha Franklin to pop megastars Cher, Grace Jones, Prince, Madonna, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and Rihanna, this book puts our conceptions of the 'diva' in the spotlight. Each star featured-courageous, visionary, fabulous- is a diva incarnate" -- publisher's description.

      Diva