Publication date: 2008-07-01
Dewey code: 306.8423092
RRP: £17.99
Price: £9.06
Review When Men Became Gods: Mormon Polygamist Warren Jeffs, His Cult of Fear, and the Women Who Fought Back / Saint Martin's Press Inc.:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1997-10-07
Dewey code: 272.1092
RRP: £16.99
Price: £13.66
Review Perpetua's Passion: The Death and Memory of a Young Roman Woman / Routledge:
Authors
- Robert Destanque
- Emilie Carles
Edition: Reprint
Publication date: 1992-06
Dewey code: 944.97
RRP: £10.42
Price: £5.44
Review A Life of Her Own: The Transformation of a Countrywoman in 20th-Century France / Penguin Books:
Creator: Angelika Taschen
Publication date: 2000-10-27
Dewey code: 791.430233092
RRP: £9.99
Price: £80.00
Review Leni Riefenstahl Five Lives: A Biography in Pictures (Photobook) / Taschen GmbH:Leni Riefenstahl: Five Lives traces the fascinating and controversial life and work of the famous German photographer/filmmaker. Riefenstahl started her creative career as an aspiring dancer in the 1920s in Germany and then became a movie actress. She starred in a number of films, taking challenging roles that were sometimes dangerous and physically rigorous, such as the ice-bound and skiing roles in Storm Over Mont Blanc, The White Flame and SOS Iceberg. These outdoor films foretold the spirit of adventure which later guided Riefenstahl's photography career. The crux of controversy that overshadows Riefenstahl's career is her hand-picked appointment, by Adolf Hitler, to direct the infamous National Socialist Party rally film, Triumph of the Will. Although, according to her memoirs, Riefenstahl tried to withdraw from the film, she created a film that depicted Hitler's plane descending from the clouds as if it carried a god and she has been accused "of having significantly increased, by means of this film, the emotional bond of the Germans to Hitler". Riefenstahl then went on to direct the German film Olympia covering the 1936 Olympics. With World War II came great change and Riefenstahl's eventual imprisonment by the French. In her later years she continued her photography career by documenting her trips to Africa and getting her scuba licence in her 70s. Her close-up underwater pictures of sea life float like a dream in vivid colour. [+]As damning as her association with the Nazis is, Riefenstahl is a complex and talented artist. This book is full of remarkable images of her acting and directorial career as well as her still-photography. Includes a detailed biography of her life and career complete with family and personal pictures. -JP Cohen.
Publication date: 2001-12-06
Dewey code: 811.54
RRP: £12.99
Price: £2.51
Review Labyrinth of Desire: Women, Passion and Romantic Obsession / Counterpoint:
Publication date: 2005-05-25
Dewey code: 920
RRP: £5.45
Price: £3.12
Review Finally At Peace: A Domestic Violence Survivor's Story / iUniverse.com:
Creator: David Cain
Publication date: 2002-11
Dewey code: 629.13092
RRP: £3.36
Price: £0.65
Review Who Was Amelia Earhart? (Who Was...?) / Grosset & Dunlap:
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2008-06-03
Dewey code: 306.7083520973
RRP: £15.49
Price: £10.83
Review Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity / Tantor Media, Inc:
Publication date: 2007-04-17
Dewey code: 956.02092
RRP: £17.91
Price: £10.64
Review Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations / Farrar Straus Giroux:
Publication date: 2005-05-12
Dewey code: 942.061092
Price: £20.17
Review Arbella: England's Lost Queen / Houghton Mifflin Company:
Publication date: 1989-07
Price: £18.00
Review Sylvia Townsend Warner: A Biography / Chatto & Windus:
Publication date: 2008-05
Dewey code: 973.2
RRP: £17.56
Price: £12.10
Review America's Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation / Collins:
Publication date: 2006-12-01
Dewey code: 920.72094115
RRP: £14.99
Price: £7.99
Review Women of the Highlands / Luath Press Ltd:
Publication date: 2005-09-01
Dewey code: 796.522092
RRP: £17.99
Price: £11.16
Review I'll Call You in Kathmandu: The Elizabeth Hawley Story / Mountaineers:
Publication date: 1999-06-24
Dewey code: 809
RRP: £25.00
Price: £8.95
Review The Mysterious Miss Marie Corelli: Queen of Victorian Bestsellers / Sutton Publishing Ltd:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 2006-01-27
Dewey code: 941.105092
RRP: £12.99
Price: £6.99
Review Mary Queen of Scots (Routledge Historical Biographies) / Routledge:
Publication date: 2007-10-22
RRP: £7.00
Price: £4.73
Review Hannah Moore: A Biography of a Nineteenth Century Missionary and Teacher / iUniverse.com:
Creator: Betsy MacLean
Publication date: 2003-07-15
Dewey code: 320
RRP: £8.95
Price: £2.88
Review Haydee Santamaria (Rebel Lives) / Ocean Press:
Publication date: 2006-03-07
Dewey code: 813.6
Review Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass,Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office / NAL Trade:
Creator: Milan Popovic
Publication date: 2003-09-29
Dewey code: 530.092
RRP: £16.50
Price: £8.99
Review In Albert's Shadow: The Life and Letters of Mileva Maric, Einstein's First Wife / The Johns Hopkins University Press:
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When Men Became Gods: Mormon Polygamist Warren Jeffs, His Cult of Fear, and the Women Who Fought Back, Perpetua's Passion: The Death and Memory of a Young Roman Woman, A Life of Her Own: The Transformation of a Countrywoman in 20th-Century France, Leni Riefenstahl Five Lives: A Biography in Pictures (Photobook), Labyrinth of Desire: Women, Passion and Romantic Obsession, Finally At Peace: A Domestic Violence Survivor's Story, Who Was Amelia Earhart? (Who Was...?), Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity, Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations, Arbella: England's Lost Queen, Sylvia Townsend Warner: A Biography, America's Hidden History: Untold Tales of the First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, and Forgotten Founders Who Shaped a Nation, Women of the Highlands, I'll Call You in Kathmandu: The Elizabeth Hawley Story, The Mysterious Miss Marie Corelli: Queen of Victorian Bestsellers, Mary Queen of Scots (Routledge Historical Biographies), Hannah Moore: A Biography of a Nineteenth Century Missionary and Teacher, Haydee Santamaria (Rebel Lives), Bitter is the New Black: Confessions of a Condescending, Egomaniacal, Self-Centered Smartass,Or, Why You Should Never Carry A Prada Bag to the Unemployment Office, In Albert's Shadow: The Life and Letters of Mileva Maric, Einstein's First Wife |
