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Penelope Fitzgerald, the Booker Prize-winning author of Offshore and The Blue Flower, turns her attention to the remarkable life of the Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones.

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In this powerful, bestselling biography, John Campbell shows us a nation undergoing a social and psychological revolution and, at its centre, a man of vision and integrity whose legacy will shape British history for decades to come.

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The magisterial official life of Britain's complex and misunderstood former prime minister, which offers a fundamental reassessment of his reputation.

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The work of Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944) includes the Cenotaph in Whitehall, much of Imperial New Delhi and especially his masterpiece, Viceroy's House (now Rashtrapati Bhavan), Queen Mary's dolls' house and Hampstead Garden Suburb.

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SEARING HEAT

You have the most dangerous job in the world's most dangerous place. You are responsible for bomb disposal in the British sector of Iraq.You are the last defence against oblivion. ,

COLD FEAR

You are up against some of the most sophisticated bombmakers in the world.

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Was Einstein's first wife his uncredited coauthor, unpaid assistant, or his unacknowledged helpmeet The real Mileva Story.

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The little-known yet fascinating love affair between Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok intimately retold.

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Readers seeking information about Elena Kagan-from her early life and her ascent to the Supreme Court to how she approaches questions of fairness, justice, equality, and civil rights-will find this biography engaging and invaluable.

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Edward Elgar was a man of many contradictions. He was born an outsider, into a family of lower-middle class, Catholic, origins. This title offers light on a range of aspects of Edward Elgar's life and work.

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Few relationships fire our imagination like that of Elizabeth I and her 'bonnie sweet Robin' - the Earl of Leicester, Robert Dudley.

Almost immediately after she became queen, Elizabeth's infatuation with the married Earl became the subject of letters from scandalized ambassadors.

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This biography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, written with reference to Browning correspondence only recently available, argues that the poet was a strong and determined woman largely responsible for her own incarceration in Wimpole Street.

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Marking the 400th anniversary of Elizabeth I's death in 1603, this biography looks in detail behind the public life at the private woman to bring out her remarkable talents and unique achievements.

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"Uses the English-born Hollywood star as a lens through which to examine the social changes that have yielded what we now call celebrity culture"--

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"Uses the English-born Hollywood star as a lens through which to examine the social changes that have yielded what we now call celebrity culture"--

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With her highly rated daily talk show, a lucrative ad campaign with American Express, and a successful turn as Oscar host to her credit, Ellen DeGeneres has become one of America's leading female comedians. This volume explores the many faces of the groundbreaking star.

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Using unexamined sources, including diaries and unpublished manuscripts, this biography traces the life and work of nurse, writer, and activist Ellen N. La Motte (1873-1961), examining how she developed as a professional in the early twentieth century. -- .