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1	Governess: The Lives and Times of the Real Jane Eyres more books like this by Ruth Brandon add to wishlist The rise and fall of the English governess, the domestic heroine who inspired Victorian literatures greatest authors including Jane Austen and the Bront sisters, is explored in this work that crafts a rare portrait of real women whose lives were in stark contrast to the romantic tales of their fictional counterparts. see all copies from $3.38! new only from $14.93! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini more books like this by Ruth Brandon add to wishlist Everyone has heard of Harry Houdini. Over 60 years after his death, his death-defying escapes still inspire imitators and ad-men. When we think of Houdini, we think of a small man, manacled, jumping off a bridge into icy water, suspended from a skyscraper or emerging, seemingly against the odds, from a sealed coffin. His tricks, and they usually ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The People's Chef: The Culinary Revolutions of Alexis Soyer more books like this by Ruth Brandon add to wishlist A combination of chance, talent, and energetic social conscience took famous cook Alexis Soyer into many of the great events of his times, and Brandon uses each phase of his meteoric career to explore a different aspect of 19th-century life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Caravaggio's Angel more books like this by Ruth Brandon add to wishlist Dr Reggie Lee, newly arrived at the National Gallery, is putting together a small exhibition around three Caravaggios depicting 'St Cecilia and the Angel'. One is at the Getty, one at the Louvre, and she hopes it won't be too hard to track down the third. But a series of inexplicable obstacles keep getting in her way - and then, unexpectedly, a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.92! \| first editions \| SVS
5	A capitalist romance : Singer and the sewing machine more books like this by Ruth Brandon add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
6	Singer and the sewing machine : a capitalist romance more books like this by Ruth Brandon add to wishlist see all copies from $6.90! new only from $11.00! \| first editions
7	The Uncertainty Principle more books like this by Ruth Brandon add to wishlist Helen Bartram, in Los Angeles to work on a screenplay, sees her daughter Laura who died nine years ago. She knows she isn't mistaken and embarks on a 30-year search for her lost daughter which takes her across two continents. This novel is by the author of "Tickling the Dragon". see all copies from $2.53! new only from $11.99! \| first editions
8	The Lost World of the Great Spas more books like this by Joseph Wechsberg add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
9	The new women and the old men : love, sex and the women question more books like this by Ruth Brandon add to wishlist This is a group biography of the late-Victorian intellectuals and social reformers known collectively as the "New Thinkers". This extraordinary group of men and women included Eleanor Marx, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, George Bernard Shaw and H.G. Wells. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $9.93! \| first editions
10	Other People's Daughters: The Lives and Times of the Governess. Ruth Brandon more books like this by Ruth Brandon add to wishlist If a nineteenth century lady had neither a husband to support her nor money of her own, almost her only recourse was to live in someone else's household and educate their children - in particular, their daughters. Marooned within the confines of other people's lives, neither servants nor family members, governesses occupied an uncomfortable social ... see all copies from $15.70! new only from $15.70!
11	The Spiritualists more books like this by Ruth Brandon add to wishlist see all copies from $2.29! first editions
12	Wrongful Imprisonment: Mistaken Convictions and Their Consequences more books like this by Ruth Brandon add to wishlist see all copies from $7.00! first editions
13	Being divine : a biography of Sarah Bernhardt more books like this by Ruth Brandon add to wishlist The most celebrated actress of her age, Sarah Bernhardt - "La Divine" - achieved a remarkable degree of fame in an era before film and television. In a career that spanned 60 years she packed theatres all over the world, and well into her old age. Her beautiful voice, extraordinary seductiveness - both on and off the stage - and enormous energy ... see all copies from $2.53! first editions
14	Automobile more books like this by Ruth Brandon add to wishlist How could we exist without the car? Modern life is unimaginable without it. This title traces the car's history through a series of journeys. Ruth Brandon travels from Paris to Detroit, from Berlin to Belfast and to the West Coast of America, uncovering aspects of its development and impact. She explores the first road races of the early 20th ... see all copies from $2.53! first editions
15	Surreal Lives: The Surrealists 1917-1945 more books like this by Ruth Brandon add to wishlist In the years following World War I the way we perceive the world was turned upside down by a group of writers, painters and film-makers: the surrealists. Their aim was to revolutionize the arts and through them everything else. This text follows the growth of the surrealist movement. It focuses on the lives of the movements central characters, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.59! \| first editions \| SVS
16	Spiritualities Passion for more books like this by Ruth Brandon add to wishlist see all copies from $8.95!
17	The burning question : the anti-nuclear movement since 1945 more books like this by Ruth Brandon add to wishlist see all copies from $2.96! new only from $34.44! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	People's Chef: Alexis Soyer, a Life in 7 Courses by Ruth Brandon add to wishlist During the first half of the nineteenth century, Alexis Soyer, a Frenchman from Meaux, was the most famous cook in London. A combination of chance, talent and social conscience took him into many of the great events of his time. Born in 1810, he cooked his was through the Paris July Days in 1830; he oversaw the building of London's most modern ... see all copies from $21.92! new only from $21.92!
19	The spiritualists : the passion for the occult in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries more books like this by Ruth Brandon add to wishlist see all copies from $18.67! first editions
20 view cover	Science and Technology: Level B more books like this by Ruth Brandon (Contributions by), Giselle Whyte (Contributions by), Elizabeth Verrall (Contributions by) add to wishlist Twelve classroom tested activity books that encourage students to explore the world around them. Each book contains 28 theme-based activities with detailed teacher's notes; clear, easy-to-use activities for stand-alone or integrated lessons, and problem-solving exercises with multiple applications. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
21	New Women and the Old Men: Love, Sex and the Woman Question more books like this by Ruth Brandon add to wishlist Sexual politics is far from being a recent subject of debate. In the 1880s it occupied a position of central importance in certain radical circles in London, where intellectuals such as Beatrice and Sidney Webb, H.G.Wells, George Bernard Shaw and others debated how sexual relationships should be conducted, and how the ideal socialist household ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| first editions \| SVS
22	Language Arts: Level A, Grades 1-2 more books like this by Ruth Brandon (Contributions by), Giselle Whyte (Contributions by), Elizabeth Verrall (Contributions by) add to wishlist Twelve classroom tested activity books that encourage students to explore the world around them. Each book contains 28 theme-based activities with detailed teacher's notes; clear, easy-to-use activities for stand-alone or integrated lessons, and problem-solving exercises with multiple applications. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
23 view cover	Mathematics Level A: Grades 1-2 more books like this by Ruth Brandon (Contributions by), Claudette Sims (Contributions by), Elizabeth Verrall (Contributions by) add to wishlist Twelve classroom tested activity books that encourage students to explore the world around them. Each book contains 28 theme-based activities with detailed teacher's notes; clear, easy-to-use activities for stand-alone or integrated lessons, and problem-solving exercises with multiple applications. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
24	The Dollar Princesses: Sagas of Upward Nobility, 1870-1914 more books like this by Ruth Brandon add to wishlist see all copies from $68.29!
25 view cover	Language Arts Level C, Grades 5-6 more books like this by Ruth Brandon (Contributions by), Giselle Whyte (Contributions by), Elizabeth Verrall (Contributions by) add to wishlist see all copies from $4.23! new only from $4.23!

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