The Middle Years
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The Philosopher Queens
Rebecca Buxton and Lisa Whiting
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Where are the women philosophers? The answer is right here. The history of philosophy has not...
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Making a Psychopath: My Journey into 7 Dangerous Minds
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Find out what truly makes a psychopath, from the leading expert who helped to create Killing Eve's...
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What They Want Us to Know
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What They Want Us To Know: Messages of Hope, Meaning and Unity From the Animal Kingdom. Have you...
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30 Day Kick Start Plan
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The Good Women of China
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When Deng Xiaoping's efforts to 'open up' China took root in the late 1980s, Xinran recognised an...
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Vikings: A History of the Viking Age
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★From Beginning to the End★ This is an excellent introduction to the history of this often...
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Marie Conner, A Leading Lady: Her Life and Civic Leadership in a Bygone Era
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Rache (174 KP) rated Audible – audio books, original series & podcasts in Apps
Jan 21, 2019
The app synchs, so you can be listening to a book on your tablet, switch to your phone and it will pick up at the same place. You can listen to books narrated by famous names like Stephen Fry, and a host of other wonderful voices, at home, in your car, through your headphones, and wherever else you can listen to music or podcasts, and the voices appear to be selected specifically with the content in mind. And if you don't like a book, you can simply swap it for another one, no questions asked.
All in all, Audible is a great, easy to use app, with fantastic content, excellent customer service, an amazing range and number of books and 'shows', and fantastic voice talents, all for a very low monthly fee. And you can give it a try with the first month (and your first book) free in a lot of cases.
ClareR (6256 KP) rated Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power in Books
May 31, 2023
This book is about the lives of Catherine de’ Medici (married to the French Henry II), Elisabeth of Spain and Mary, Queen of Scots and how their lives wove together.
There are some really interesting facts here (Mary was nearly 6 feet tall - now THIS is the kind of fact I live for!). But it was the personal side that really interested me. Catherine loved her children fiercely even though she had little time with them. She wanted to know every detail of their lives. Her letters to Elisabeth when she went to Spain were filled with family gossip and instructions. Just the kind of stuff that any mother would send their daughter, and Elisabeth appeared to want to always make her mother proud.
Mary and Elisabeth were like sisters, so when Mary needed Elizabeth’s and Spain’s support when the Scottish Lords turned against her, it must have hurt her greatly when they refused to help.
What I liked most was having the opportunity to dip my toes in to the history of France and Spain. It sounded as tumultuous as our own.
I do think that I’m going to have to follow up on Cathrine de’ Medici, though. Now she sounds fascinating!
I’m so glad that I read this - thanks to The Pigeonhole!