New Releases by Lucy Fisher

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Emily Wilding Davison was the most famous suffragette to die in the battle for women''s rights, after colliding with the King''s horse at the Epsom Derby in 1913, but who was she, and how did she end up dying for her cause? Her notorious final act of protest has for decades obscured her extraordinary life. Now, one hundred years on from the first British women winning the vote, this new biography reveals the story of the respectable governess who pivoted towards vandalism and violence in pursuit of female enfranchisement. Times journalist Lucy Fisher draws on the suffragette''s own words, contemporary press reports and academic scholarship to paint a vivid picture of Davison''s unusual tale and tragic finale.

Les chemins de vie d'' Esther et de Lisa se croisent et s''entrecroisent dans un d�dale d''�nigmes. Elles finiront peut-�tre par se conna�tre. Le lien capital qui les unit pourrait ainsi changer la face du monde. Que viennent faire les �oliennes; le myst�rieux Eugen; le m�daillon de Louise ou encore le puissant Kenji dans leur histoire ?

Anna''s supernatural talents make her friends at a new school, but then she meets the local coven... Moving to London and working in a boutique, she thinks she''s left them behind, but has she? A thrilling tale of magic, mystery and love set in the shops, streets and bedsits of Swinging London.

Leonardo Di Caprio Rated M Mature Themes and Violence Not suitable for under twelves. Based on the novel by F.Scott Fitzgerald It''s the spring of 1922 in New York City, a decadent playground of shifting morals, glittering jazz, bootleg empires and skyrocketing stocks. Chasing the American Dream, would-be writer Nick Carraway arrives from the Midwest only to land next door to Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire whose estate overflows with endless-parties.

2043. Kira doit faire face a une grande revelation: elle et sa famille sont l''avenir de la planete. Nommes gouverneurs avec son mari, ils vont devoir trouver une solution pour sortir le monde de l''impasse dans laquelle il se trouve. Son petit-fils s''affaire sur la planete Mila pour tenter d''y rendre une forme de vie possible. Mais pourront-ils parvenir a trouver la solution?

La historia comienza unos años antes de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, cuando una niña japonesa es enviada a trabajar como sirvienta a una casa de geishas. La niña crece y se convierte en Sayuri, geisha que cautiva a un hombre muy poderoso, pero ella ya está enamorada de otro, al que es difícil conquistar

Tench Coxe was born in 1755 in Philadelphia and married twice. He was a representative at the Annapolis Convention 1786, and was a federal and state government employee. He was also a land speculator, and wrote on both political and economic subjects. He died in 1824.