IN THIS AGE OF CONSTANT CONNECTIVITY, LEARN HOW TO ENJOY SOLITUDE AND FIND HAPPINESS WITHOUT OTHERSOur fast-paced society does not approve of solitude; being alone is antisocial and some even find it
The author of Daughter of Jerusalem presents a rich collection of short stories that sheds new light on the lives of women in works exploring such themes as magic, dreams, ritual, the supernatural, th
A bryologist enters an ancient piece of British woodland to research a rare strain of moss, only to discover an even more exotic specimen; a geologist explains the failures of the feminist movement to
Presents fifteen fairy tales, which include an encounter with a mermaid, an erotic adventure with a mysterious stranger, the story of a woman who learns to fly, and of another who transforms herself i
In her late forties, after a noisy upbringing as one of six children and adulthood as a vocal feminist and mother, Sara Maitland found herself living alone in the country and, to her surprise, fallin
Explores the early cultural form and symbolism of fairy tales while arguing that the forest landscapes in which fairy tales are commonly set are intimately representative of human mysteries, condition
Most feminists have turned away from the Christian churches, regarding both Catholicism and the protestant denominations as bastions of sexism and patriarchal oppression. However, Christian feminists
Sara Maitland's compelling human stories give voice to Chris Gollon's powerful contemporary sequence of Stations of the Cross (painted from life and reproduced in the book in high-res colour images):
Documents all sides of the Rushdie controversy, providing an international chronology of events, early reviews of the book, and articles giving differing viewpoints
America is a vast nation that is home to someof the most spectacular sites in the world, fromthe icy glaciers of Alaska and sandy beaches ofHawaii to the steaming geysers of YellowstoneNational Park.
Bringing together the finest and best known names in contemporary writing discussing the importance of woodlands to the health of our planet.Authors include: Ali Smith, Simon Leatherdale, Alan Garner,
