"In his first book for Quiller, world renowned port writer Ben Howkins guides the reader through the fascinating history of the wine, from its origins through to the present day,and in particular examines the complex persona of the 'port drinker'. Illustrated with Oliver Preston's hilarious cartoons, historical and contemporary facts and numerous amusing anecdotes have been meticulously compiled to produce this hugely informative and ent ..."
"Anyone who's ever watched Perry Mason knows that the closing argument is a very important part of a big legal case. The closing argument is the "game point" of law, the time when lawyers pull out all the stops on the cajoling and the litigating. Michael S. Lief and his coauthors have collected the closing arguments from 10 noteworthy cases in this volume, introducing each speech with background information on the trial and commentary on ..."
"This is the new paperback edition of the first fully annotated volume of Ben Jonson's 'The Magnetic Lady' written in 1632. It contains textual and explanatory notes and the text is modernised for student use. The introduction places the play in the context of Jonson's later dramatic and poetic works and discusses the political context of the Caroline court. A performance history of the play and fresh material relating to its seventeenth ..."
Lady Louisa's Christmas Knight(1stEdition) (Windham Series) by Grace Burrowes Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 2012 by Sourcebooks Casablanca ISBN-13: 978-1-4022-6863-2, ISBN: 1-4022-6863-7
"'Tis the Season for Scandal...Years ago Lady Louisa Windham acted rashly on a dare from her brother, and that indiscretion is about to come to light. She knows her reputation will never survive exposure. Just as she's nearly overwhelmed by her dilemma, Sir Joseph Carrington offers himself to her as a solution...But Sir Joseph has secrets as well, and as he and Louisa become entangled with each other, their deceptions begin to close in o ..."
Lady Sophie's Christmas Wish(1stEdition) (Windham Series) by Grace Burrowes Paperback, 416 Pages, Published 2011 by Sourcebooks Casablanca ISBN-13: 978-1-4022-6154-1, ISBN: 1-4022-6154-3
"A New York Times Bestseller!A luminous holiday tale of romance, passion, and dreams come true from Grace Burrowes, whose award-winning Regency romances are capturing hearts worldwide.All She Wants is Peace and Anonymity... Lady Sophie Windham has maneuvered a few days to herself at the ducal mansion in London before she must join her family for Christmas in Kent. Suddenly trapped by a London snowstorm, she finds herself with an abandon ..."
"A final legacy from Katharine Graham: an all-embracing, highly personal collection of writ-ings (more than one hundred articles, essays, and excerpts from books) about Washington, D.C. -- covering the period from 1917, the year of her birth, to early 2001, just before she died.Here are the president-watchers (including Will Rogers on Calvin Coolidge) . . . high points from insider memoirs (among them Dog Days at the White House by the p ..."
The Trouble with Harriet(1stEdition) (Ellie Haskell Mysteries, No. 9) by Dorothy Cannell Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1999 by Viking ISBN-13: 978-0-670-88629-6, ISBN: 0-670-88629-7
The Tangle Box(1stEdition) A Magic Kingdom of Landover Novel (The Magic Kingdom of Landover) by Terry Brooks Hardcover, 334 Pages, Published 1994 by Del Rey Deluxe Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-345-38699-1, ISBN: 0-345-38699-X
A Lady's Revenge(1stEdition) by Tracey Devlyn Paperback, 448 Pages, Published 2012 by Sourcebooks Casablanca ISBN-13: 978-1-4022-5822-0, ISBN: 1-4022-5822-4
" A Lady's Revenge is Devlyn's debut novel and Book 1 of the Nexus seriesA British agent flees her French captor's torturous dungeon and falls in love with the decoder responsible for her imprisonment.Nothing Gets Between a Lady and Her Vengence...In a daring rescue, beautiful and wily secret operative Cora deBeau is reunited with her childhood friend Guy Trevelyan, who wants so much more from her now than friendship ... ..."
The Magnetic Lady(1stEdition) (The Revels Plays) by Ben Jonson, Peter Happe Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2000 by Manchester University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7190-4889-0, ISBN: 0-7190-4889-3
The Queen(1stEdition) A Biography of Elizabeth II by Ben Pimlott Paperback, 672 Pages, Published 1998 by Wiley ISBN-13: 978-0-471-28330-0, ISBN: 0-471-28330-4
Benjamin Franklin and Women(1stEdition) by Larry E. Tise Paperback, 216 Pages, Published 2000 by Penn State University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-271-02035-8, ISBN: 0-271-02035-0