Product Description: Leona Wood is the first publication to present a comprehensive overview of the work of the noted contemporary Northwest artist, designer, illustrator, writer, dancer, and choreographer. She painted subjects from Middle Eastern dancers to still lifes, masked aristocrats to female nudes...read more

Product Description: Leaving Australia for the first time, to travel to England through the Suez Canal on an Italian ship in May 1957 was just the beginning of the adventure. Extraordinary hospitality met these 46 young Australians everywhere they went...read more

Product Description: Against the background of 1960s London and Australia and the Middle East in the 1980s two friends at university, Maggie and Hugh are drawn to each other from first meeting. Many years later, Maggie's hopes of a more intimate relationship revive...read more

Product Description: Mendip Hospital - An Appreciation is a well-researched and fascinating account of the Somerset County Lunatic Asylum, later re-named Mendip Hospital, from its beginning in 1848 until its closure in 1991. The book outlines the progression of the hospital from its inception as a secluded institution for insane paupers to a modern open psychiatric hospital that became an important part of the wider community...read more

Product Description: Two former "suits" take to the road in search of meaningful second acts and find inspiration in the stories of other baby boomers who changed lanes and renewed their lives. The book provides a compass to help readers navigate their own midlife journeys, posing questions and charting road maps to guide their way...read more

Product Description: To keep your job in an increasingly competitive world, you need to grow a backbone. Using straight talk laced with wry humor, top business consultant Susan Marshall highlights skills every businessperson can learn and sharpen to become stronger, more confident, and more influential on the job...read more

Product Description: To keep your job in an increasingly competitive world, you need to grow a backbone. Using straight talk laced with wry humor, top business consultant Susan Marshall highlights skills every businessperson can learn and sharpen to become stronger, more confident, and more influential on the job...read more