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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st American ed.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A dual portrait of England's Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots documents their complex relationship, different characteristics, and ideals, and discusses their reigns, power struggle, and influence on British history.
8) The doctors Blackwell: how two pioneering sisters brought medicine to women--and women to medicine
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The vivid biography of two pioneering sisters who, together, became America's first female doctors and transformed New York's medical establishment by creating a hospital by and for women. Elizabeth Blackwell believed from an early age that she was destined for greatness beyond the scope of "ordinary" womanhood. Though the world recoiled at the notion of a woman studying medicine, her intelligence and intensity won her the acceptance of the all-male...
Author
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
317 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Sir Walter Ralegh's life is romantic, irresistible and of central importance to our island story. His death is a convoluted and contested tale of bargaining, failure and betrayal. Through the Elizabethan golden age and Ralegh's famous adventures to the final act, Anna Beer presents his stranger-than-fiction life in all its richness. How could a man once the Queen's favourite find himself consigned to the Tower by her successor? Should his legacy...
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
A chronicle of the Massachusetts senator's two-decade career in Washington describes her childhood pursuit of an education, early exposure to the dysfunctional political process, high-risk advocacy of better bankruptcy laws and a competitive run for public office.
Author
Publisher
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
403 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Pulls back the curtain on the Palace, exposing the chaos, dysfunction, and distrust amongst the British royal family, and what needs to happen to preserve a monarchy in crisis.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the early life of Elizabeth II, the accidental Queen, who, after her accession to the throne at the age of twenty-five, carved out a lasting role for herself amid the changes of the twentieth century.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
289 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A searing, deeply candid memoir about a young woman's journey to understanding her complicated parents--her father a Vietnam veteran, her mother an Okinawan war bride--and her own, fraught cultural heritage. Elizabeth's mother was working as a nightclub hostess on U.S.-occupied Okinawa when she met the American soldier who would become her husband. The language barrier and power imbalance that defined their early relationship followed them to the...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
304 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A wry, witty account of what it is like to face death--and be restored to life. After being diagnosed in her early 40s with metastatic melanoma--a "rapidly fatal" form of cancer--journalist and mother of two Mary Elizabeth Williams finds herself in a race against the clock. She takes a once-in-a-lifetime chance and joins a clinical trial for immunotherapy, a revolutionary drug regimen that trains the body to vanquish malignant cells. Astonishingly,...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 325 pages, 8 pages unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Anne Glenconner has been at the center of the royal circle from childhood, when she met and befriended the future Queen Elizabeth II and her sister, the Princess Margaret. Though the firstborn child of the 5th Earl of Leicester, who controlled one of the largest estates in England, as a daughter she was deemed "the greatest disappointment" and unable to inherit. Since then she has needed all her resilience to survive court life with her sense of humor...