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West with the Night

By: Beryl Markham

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Beryl Markham moved to Kenya with her father at the age of four and stayed until her death in 1986. Her incredible autobiography describes the Africa she learnt to love: her childhood surrounded by the tribal people, her tangles - often nearly fatal - with its wild animals and her passions for racehorses and aeroplanes. Markham achieved notoriety and success as a horse trainer when one of her horses won the most prestigious race in Kenya. She turned her hand to aeroplanes with Denys Finch Hatton, the lover of Karen Blixen, as a teacher and became the first woman in Kenya to receive a commercial pilot's licence. Her adventures and courageous career as a bush pilot are recounted in vivid detail here, along with the richness and fascination of life in Kenya in the twenties and thirties.

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Virago Press

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0860685411

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West with the Night

By: Beryl Markham

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West with the Night

By: Beryl Markham

West with the Night" is the story of Beryl Markham--aviator, racehorse trainer, beauty--and her life in the Kenya of the 1920s and '30s.

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Isis Large Print Books

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1850890315

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9781850890317

West with the Night

By: Beryl Markham

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West with the Night

By: Beryl Markham

The classic memoir of Africa, aviation, and adventure—the inspiration for Paula McLain’s Circling the Sun and “a bloody wonderful book” (Ernest Hemingway). Beryl Markham’s life story is a true epic. Not only did she set records and break barriers as a pilot, she shattered societal expectations, threw herself into torrid love affairs, survived desperate crash landings—and chronicled everything. A contemporary of Karen Blixen (better known as Isak Dinesen, the author of Out of Africa), Markham left an enduring memoir that soars with astounding candor and shimmering insights. A rebel from a young age, the British-born Markham was raised in Kenya’s unforgiving farmlands. She trained as a bush pilot at a time when most Africans had never seen a plane. In 1936, she accepted the ultimate challenge: to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean from east to west, a feat that fellow female aviator Amelia Earhart had completed in reverse just a few years before. Markham’s successes and her failures—and her deep, lifelong love of the “soul of Africa”—are all told here with wrenching honesty and agile wit. Hailed as “one of the greatest adventure books of all time” by Newsweek and “the sort of book that makes you think human beings can do anything” by the New York Times, West with the Night remains a powerful testament to one of the iconic lives of the twentieth century.

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311

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Open Road Media

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1453237917

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9781453237915

Each Mind a Kingdom

American Women, Sexual Purity, and the New Thought Movement, 1875-1920

By: Beryl Satter

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Each Mind a Kingdom

American Women, Sexual Purity, and the New Thought Movement, 1875-1920

By: Beryl Satter

Beryl Satter examines New Thought in all its complexity, presenting along the way a captivating cast of characters. In lively and accessible prose, she introduces the people, the institutions, the texts, and the ideas that comprised the New Thought movement.

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399

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Univ of California Press

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0520229274

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9780520229273

The Splendid Outcast

Beryl Markham's African Stories

By: Beryl Markham

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The Splendid Outcast

Beryl Markham's African Stories

By: Beryl Markham

Forty stories by such Latin American writers as Borges and Cortazar.

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158

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Laurel

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0440500303

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9780440500308

The Uncertain Years

By: Beryl Matthews

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The Uncertain Years

By: Beryl Matthews

As World War II breaks out, four friends consider the changes that war will mean. Tomboyish Becky plans to join the ATS, her neighbours Bob and Jim the navy and army respectively. Only Becky's brother Will is left out of the excitement; because of a slight physical disability, he is forced to stay behind. As the friends are separated, their youthful enthusiasm is tempered by the grim newspaper headlines and their own experiences, and they will feel both joy and pain before the war is over.

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300

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Allison & Busby

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0749018739

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9780749018733

The Novels of Beryl Bainbridge Volume One

An Awfully Big Adventure, The Birthday Boys, and Master Georgie

By: Beryl Bainbridge

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The Novels of Beryl Bainbridge Volume One

An Awfully Big Adventure, The Birthday Boys, and Master Georgie

By: Beryl Bainbridge

Three unforgettable novels from the “subversive and ever-mischievous imagination” of a celebrated British author and five-time Man Booker Prize nominee (The New York Times). With crisp prose and sardonic wit, Dame Beryl Bainbridge established a unique position for herself in the landscape of modern British literature. In the three novels collected here, Bainbridge explores disasters both epic and intimate, drawing inspiration from historical figures as well as her own life experiences to produce tightly woven tales that are at once ironic and honest, subtle and surprising. An Awfully Big Adventure: In postwar Liverpool, a teenage girl joins a local theater troupe and discovers the unflattering truths behind the gloss of adulthood. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this atmospheric novel was adapted into a film starring Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman. “A former actress herself, Ms. Bainbridge chronicles the backstage antics of her fictional theater company with knowing aplomb.” —The New York Times The Birthday Boys: In 1910, Capt. Robert Falcon Scott led a harrowing race to the South Pole. With this imaginative yet historically accurate retelling of their famous and ill-fated mission, “Bainbridge has quite surpassed herself” (Financial Times). “Equally convincing in its evocations of the icy, unendurable landscape without, and the chilling interior landscapes of damaged souls.” —The Sunday Telegraph Master Georgie: The story of a British surgeon journeying toward the horrors of the Crimean War is told from the perspective of three companions who each believe they knew him best. This “stunning” novel was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won numerous awards (The New Yorker). “Accomplished with stupendous technical skill . . . a true novelist’s novel.” —The Guardian

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351

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Open Road Media

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1504052404

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9781504052405

Beryl Cook

By: Beryl Cook

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Beryl Cook

By: Beryl Cook

Beryl Cook is Britains's most popular and endearing artist. Her ability to delight the viewer has made her as popular as any of our best-loved comedians. Now out in paperback, this beautiful and lavish book features over 300 of Beryl's playful, hilarious, and perceptive color pictures.

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290

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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0297607847

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9780297607847

A Time of Peace

By: Beryl Matthews

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A Time of Peace

By: Beryl Matthews

Tells the story of Kate Freeman, daughter of the inimitable Rose Webster, as she goes to London in 1960 to follow her dream of becoming a photographer. But Kate has long journey to take before she can realise her ambition and a lot of growing up to do.

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448

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0727862219

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9780727862211

A New Day

By: Beryl Matthews

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A New Day

By: Beryl Matthews

London, 1938. Hanna and Jack Foster were sent to an orphanage when their parents were killed in a train crash. Hanna protects her brother, refusing to let them be separated. But when a couple choose to adopt Jack, Hanna reluctantly decides it's time to let him go. It soon becomes clear that she's made a dreadful mistake. Jack is worked like a slave and, in desperation, runs away to join the merchant navy. Hanna leaves the orphanage and takes a job looking after two children. She enjoys her work and finds new love. But war is looming and threatens to take away everything she holds dear.

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1471337545

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9781471337543

Book's by Beryl Markham

West with the Night

West with the Night

West with the Night

West with the Night

West with the Night

West with the Night

Each Mind a Kingdom

Each Mind a Kingdom

The Splendid Outcast

The Splendid Outcast

The Uncertain Years

The Uncertain Years

The Novels of Beryl Bainbridge Volume One

The Novels of Beryl Bainbridge Volume One

Beryl Cook

Beryl Cook

A Time of Peace

A Time of Peace

A New Day

A New Day

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