Enacting Others: Politics of Identity in Eleanor Antin, Nikki S. Lee, Adrian Piper, and Anna Deavere Smith

Enacting Others: Politics of Identity in Eleanor Antin, Nikki S. Lee, Adrian Piper, and Anna Deavere Smith Analyzes the complex engagements with issues of identity through close readings of a significant performance, or series of performances, by four contemporary women...

Northern Ballet Sinfonia – Cleopatra – The Ballet (OST)

True Lives: Cleopatra

True Lives: Cleopatra Cleopatra Queen of Egypt dreamed of restoring her country to its former glory. Hers is a story of ambition and struggle of powerful romance with the Roman giants Julius Caesar and Mark Antony and ultimately of tragedy.

Counting the minutes in your day? Let someone ELSE count the calories!

I guess the ultimate luxury is to have a personal Chef.  For me it would be anyway!  As a busy person who could live each day around three times over and still not finish everything, it would be heaven!  Just recently I embarked on a diet that consisted completely of Soups, packs and cereal bars.  Although it was hard, I believe it worked in part because of the convenience.  The next stage on would be nutritionally balanced “delivered diet meals” the right amount, delivered to yoru door and you wouldn’t be tempted by the goodies calling to you from the tills at your local supermarket! [Read more...]

Make women count!

Women who want a part time home job might do worse than to qualify as a Book keeper.  This invaluable service provides great support to small firms in the UK and overseas.  There’s also the possibility of expanding the Bookkeeping work to full blown payroll services for individuals, partnerships and limited companies.  There’s no doubt that women bookkeepers, working from home in their own time, are highly trained individuals who follow the rules from the Institute of Chartered Bookkeepers.  It’s a small step to expanding into outsourced Payroll specialists who are able to provide a great and accurate service.  [Read more...]

Wit and Wisdom of Margaret Thatcher

Wit and Wisdom of Margaret Thatcher A collection that gathers together pithy and often witty quotations by the outspoken Iron Lady and fellow party members - many of them still surprisingly relevant today.

Queen Victoria

Indira Gandhi, the Emergency, and Indian Democracy

Cleopatra’s Daughter

Cleopatra's Daughter The incredible untold story of how Cleopatra's orphaned child survived Ancient Rome and found love in the unlikeliest place. At the dawn of the Roman Empire, when tyranny ruled, a daughter of Egypt and a son of Rome found each other...

Queen Victoria: Her Life and Times: Volume One 1819-1861

Queen Victoria: Her Life and Times: Volume One 1819-1861 Hamish Hamilton, London, 1972. Hardback with pictorial dust jacket, it has blue cloth covers with gilt lettering on the spine and is in good condition, although the jacket is slightly marked. It contains an index and black and white plates. It is a detailed biography of Queen Victoria's early years, dealing with her development and marriage, written with a sense of intimacy and a great sense of relationship with political and social events.