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The Daisy Chain (Virago Modern Classics)

Literature & Fiction

Yonge, Charlotte Mary

British & Irish

Virago Pr

In memory of the wife who had once dishonored and always despised him, Brian de Retteville founded a 12th-century convent in Norfolk. Two centuries later, the Benedictine community is well established there and, as befits a convent whose origin had such ironic beginnings, the inhabitants are prey to the ambitions, squabbles, jealousies, and pleasures of less spiritual environments. An outbreak of the Black Death, the collapse of the convent spire, the Bishop's visitation, and a nun's disappearance are interwoven with the everyday life of the nuns, novices, and prioresses in this marvelous imagined history of a 14th-century nunnery.

The Corner That Held Them (Virago Modern Classics)

WARNER, SYLVIA TOWNSEND

Contemporary

The Illustrated Virago Book of Women Travellers

Three hundred years of wanderlust are captured as women travel the world for peril and pleasure, with writings by Willa Cather, Joan Didion, Isak Dinesen, M.F.K. Fisher, Mary McCarthy, Edith Wharton, and many more. A lavish, large–format volume, richly enhanced with hundreds of illustrations and photos.

Travel

Travel Writing

From the frescoes of Pompei to the disciplinarians of the naval cultures of the last century, from medieval religious zealots to the New York lesbian scene today - flagellation has been widespread throughout western civilization. Punishment or sexual activity, perversion or act of mystical devotion, this book reveals the history of flagellation and analyzes its origins, explores its different forms and rituals, and attempts to explain its perennial fascination. Through observing the powergames inherent in this rite and analyzing the social attitudes to it, Anthony takes a clandestine look at the human psyche itself.

Thy Rod and Staff: New Light on the Flagellatory Impulse

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Anthony, Edward

Psychology & Counseling

A Calendar of Saints: The Lives of the Principal Saints of the Christian Year

Celebrating the lives of the saints according to their feast-days (usually the day of their death or, as the Church believes, the day of their entry into Heaven), this book presents biographical accounts and an outline of each saint's importance in the life and work of the Church. The saints are illustrated with details from paintings and stained-glass windows, and these pictures span the centuries from the catacombs of Rome to the present day, thus reflecting the civilization, culture and religious life of the West for almost 2000 years. To complement the illustrations and offer greater understanding of the men and women whose devotion to Christ - even in the face of torture and death - inspired the world, an inspirational message or saying is included on almost every page. The author's other books include "Secrets of Mount Sinai" and "Some Corner of a Foreign Field".

BENTLEY, James

Religion & Spirituality

This detective story is an evocation of Moscow during the 1920s. The author has captured the atmosphere of a Russian winter and of the city's streets and buildings. Ivy Litvinov also wrote "She Knew She Was Right", a collection of short stories.

His Masters Voice: A Detective Story

Litvinov, Ivy

West’s modern fairy tale?now available as an ebook In this London fantasy, West transports her reader with a tale of the troubling polarities of mind and spirit, male and female Harriet Hume’s unchanging beauty and commitment to her art stand in stark contrast to Arnold Condorex’s more worldly goals. After a romantic tryst, she discovers that she can read his mind, but Arnold, with his sights set on moving up in the world, quickly parts from the mysterious lady. As they encounter each other over the years, Harriet’s intuitive powers continue to unsettle Arnold, opening his eyes to the darker elements of his political and financial aspirations, even as he remains drawn to her. Beautifully drawn and filled with magical touches, West’s fantasy explores innate and learned gender roles, as her characters uncover the mystery surrounding their otherworldly connection.

Harriet Hume: A London Fantasy (Virago Modern Classics)

WEST, Rebecca

TESTAMENT OF FRIENDSH

Brittain, Vera

The London Journal of Flora Tristan 1842: The Aristocracy and the Working Class of England

History

Tristan, Jean

Americas

Born into poverty in a small desert town in the American Midwest, Thea Kronborg is one of seven children. But Thea is exceptional, a fact recognized by a discerning few, including Ray Kennedy, who longs to marry her but whose fate it is to set her free. With her rugged will and pioneer spirit, Thea carves her way from Moonstone, Colorado to Chicago, from Dresden to New York, culminating in a triumphant debut at the Metropolitan Opera. Thea has become a great singer, but she also learns that as a true artist, she must make the most bitter sacrifices of all.

The Song of the Lark (Virago Modern Classics)

Cather., Willa

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