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  • Ugly Beauty

    Helena Rubinstein, L'Oreal and the Blemished History of Looking Good

    par Ruth Brandon ...
    Thanks to a combination of business savvy, breathtaking chutzpah, and lucky timing, Helena Rubinstein managed to transform herself from a poor Polish emigrant to the world's first self-made female tycoon. She went from selling homemade "Crème Valaze" out of her house in Australia to becoming an international cosmetics magnate. Tiny and plump, wearing extravagant jewels and spiked heels, she was a ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $18.99 CAD Maintenant $8.99 CAD

  • Singer and the Sewing Machine: A Capitalist Romance

    par Ruth Brandon ...
    “Isaac Merritt Singer (1811-1875), the man who made the sewing machine work and drove New York’s most flamboyant equipage, was also, on the sly, the father of four families comprising (when the news broke) sixteen children, all of whom he recognized and supported — a story told full-length for the first time because, Ruth Brandon speculates, neither the firm nor the family wished to see it revived ... En savoir plus

    $13.73 CAD

  • Other People's Daughters

    The Life And Times Of The Governess

    par Ruth Brandon ...
    A rich and fascinating account of the lives of Victorian governesses, exploring nineteenth-century attitudes to women, family and class.If a nineteenth century lady had neither a husband to support her nor money of her own, almost her only recourse was to live in someone else's household and educate their children - in particular, their daughters.Marooned within the confines of other people's ... En savoir plus

    $9.99 CAD

  • Wrongful Imprisonment

    Mistaken Convictions and their Consequences

    Collections series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1973, Wrongful Imprisonment aims to combine the human interest of individual cases of wrongful imprisonment with a general analysis of how and why they occur. It deals in detail with the English system, but also provides comparisons with Scotland, France, and the United States. The authors spent three years collecting material from newspaper reports, trial transcripts, books, ... En savoir plus

    $60.45 CAD

  • Spellbound by Marcel

    Duchamp, Love, and Art

    par Ruth Brandon ...
    In 1913 Marcel Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase exploded through the American art world. This is the story of how he followed the painting to New York two years later, enchanted the Arensberg salon, and—almost incidentally—changed art forever.In 1915, a group of French artists fled war-torn Europe for New York. In the few months between their arrival—and America’s entry into the war in April ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD

  • Caravaggio's Angel

    par Ruth Brandon ...
    Dr Reggie Lee, newly arrived at the National Gallery, is putting together a small exhibition around three Caravaggios depicting 'St Cecilia and the Angel.' One is at the Getty, one at the Louvre, and she hopes it won't be too hard to track down the third. But a series of inexplicable obstacles keep getting in her way - and then, unexpectedly, a fourth Caravaggio turns up. One of them must be a ... En savoir plus

    $3.99 CAD

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    A Life

    par Claire Tomalin ...
    Charles Dickens is the acclaimed definitive biography of Britain’s greatest novelist by bestselling author Claire Tomalin, author of Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self and Jane Austen: A Life‘Powerful and remarkable. It is a celebration of a great genius. No question: you put Tomalin’s book down knowing that you have met a living author’ Miriam Margolyes, The Times‘By far the most humane and ... En savoir plus

    $10.99 CAD

  • A Life of Crime

    The Memoirs of a High Court Judge

    par Harry Ognall ...
    A frank and witty memoir of life at the Bar and on the Bench, from former High Court Judge The Hon. Sir Harry Ognall.For many years, Harry Ognall enjoyed a formidable reputation as an advocate at the criminal Bar. As counsel, and later as judge, he was involved in numerous high-profile trials, both in Britain and abroad.Among many cases as a QC, he prosecuted Peter Sutcliffe, the so-called ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Jeremy Hutchinson's Case Histories

    From Lady Chatterley's Lover to Howard Marks

    par Thomas Grant ...
    THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA NON-FICTION DAGGER'Thomas Grant has brought together Hutchinson's greatest legal hits, producing a fascinating episodic cultural history of post-war Britain that chronicles the end of deference and secrecy, and the advent of a more permissive society . . . Grant brings out the essence of each case, and Hutchinson's role, with clarity and wit' Ben ... En savoir plus

    $15.99 CAD

  • Notorious Victoria

    The Uncensored Life of Victoria Woodhull - Visionary, Suffragist, and First Woman to Run for President

    par Mary Gabriel ...
    “A remarkable biography . . . Well written and researched, this book warrants a spot on every serious American history student’s bookshelf.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewShe was the first woman to run for president. She was the first woman to address the U.S. Congress and to operate a brokerage firm on Wall Street. She’s the woman Gloria Steinem called “the most controversial suffragist of them ... En savoir plus

    Prix courant $16.99 CAD Maintenant $2.99 CAD

  • Deadly Australian Women

    par Kay Saunders ...
    Do women kill? Yes they do, but often for very different reasons from men ...Do women kill? Yes they do, but often for very different reasons from men ...Meet the women who have murdered - they've killed children, husbands, lovers, relatives and friends. they include the desperate, the poor, the abused, the sexually betrayed, and the downright callous. In some cases they were motivated by fear of ... En savoir plus

    $14.99 CAD

  • Mademoiselle

    Coco Chanel and the Pulse of History

    NATIONAL BESTSELLERCertain lives are at once so exceptional, and yet so in step with their historical moments, that they illuminate cultural forces far beyond the scope of a single person. Such is the case with Coco Chanel, whose life offers one of the most fascinating tales of the twentieth century—throwing into dramatic relief an era of war, fashion, ardent nationalism, and earth-shaking change ... En savoir plus

    $13.99 CAD