Elizabeth Taylor: 62 books

INTRODUCED BY DAVID BADDIEL 'Elizabeth Taylor is finally being recognised as an important British author: an author of great subtlety, great compassion and great depth. As a reader, I have found huge pleasure in returning to Taylor's novels and short stories many times over. As a writer I've...

In a Summer Season is one of Elizabeth Taylor's finest novels in which, in a moving and powerful climax, she reveals love to be the thing it is: beautiful, often funny, and sometimes tragic. 'You taste of rain', he said, kissing her. 'People say I married her for her money', he thought contentedly,...

Meet Maia, a young woman in the Army who is deployed to Iraq. While on deployment she discovers a unique idea to help change the lives of female soldiers. While facing the trials and tribulations of being at war she also takes her idea to the next level. Beyond her wildest imagination she can not...

The final days of 1949. The Dutch East Indies – the fabulous “emerald belt” – is slipping away from its colonial rulers. But the renegade Turk Westerling and his private army still threaten Indonesia’s hard-won independence. Maggie Featherstone-Smith accompanies her husband, a member of...

Perhaps every novelist harbors a monster at heart, an irrepressible and utterly irresponsible fantasist, not to mention a born and ingenious liar, without which all her art would go for naught. Angel, at any rate, is the story of such a monster. Angelica Deverell lives above her diligent, drab mother’s...

Camp Forrest was a training, induction, and combatant prisoner-of-war (POW) facility located on the outskirts of Tullahoma, Tennessee. It was a self-sustaining city where over 70,000 soldiers were stationed and approximately 12,000 civilians were employed throughout World War II. In 1942, the camp...

This is a biography of mayor Richard J. Daley. It is the story of his rise from the working-class Irish neighbourhood of his childhood to his role as one of the most important figures in 20th century American politics.

On summer vacation Harris Vane gives Julie Tennant her first kiss but that night he takes Meg to the beach party. Although Harris has his arm around Meg, he stares at Julie through the bonfire flames and suddenly asks Julie to sit with him. He then recounts the legend of his Great Aunt Veronica who...

We all have a desire to live a peaceful and meaningful life. We struggle through trials and tribulations. Sometimes the struggle of lifes adversities makes it difficult to find that inner peace we desire. You may be struggling with the lost of a loved one; a rebellious child, and abusive relationship;...

This is a story of one beautiful little girls journey down into Hell…on steroids. A chilling descent from early childhood sexual abuse, to alcohol and drug addiction, multiple incarcerations, prostitution, living on the streets in gang infested neighborhoods, and on and on. Essentially, a life sentence...

Jazz Baker is just itching for an adventure. If she can’t find one she will dream one up and make sure that her little sister, Lizanne and friends Sarah and Badger Marsky are included.A few years ago the kids had discovered a secret cove near their hometown of Luna Beach, California. Every year...

A burgeoning evidence base supports that arts, play and other creative therapies have potential to help children in foster care, kinship care or adoptive families to recover from complex trauma. Written by contributors working at the cutting edge of delivering effective therapeutic interventions,...

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All'Hotel Claremont vive un gruppo di eccentrici anziani che hanno in comune due grandi nemici: la noia e la morte. Rimasta vedova, Mrs Palfrey decide di andare a passare i suoi ultimi anni in albergo e così approda al Claremont, dove intende rimanere almeno un mese, ma forse, si dice, per sempre....