Extrait: "Quand j'entrai dans la salle des voyageurs de la gare de Loubain, mon premier regard fut pour l'horloge. J'avais à attendre deux heures dix minutes l'expess de Paris. Je me sentis las soudain comme après dix lieues à pied; puis je regardai autour de moi comme si j'allais découvrir sur les murs un moyen de tuer le temps; puis je ressortis et m'arrêtai devant la porte de la gare, l'esprit travaillé par le désir d'inventer quelque chose...

Mabel and Madame Badobedah are now fast friends and partners in adventure. When an expedition for dinosaur bones turns up only shells and seaweed, the ever-resourceful Madame Badobedah decides to lead their brave duo farther afield. But is the old villain up to her sneaky tricks again? A late night excursion to a locked museum has Mabel nervous, as does the emerald in Madame B's pocket. Mabel wants to be a great adventurer, not a thief! Then a friend...

"Readers get a new perspective of Alice in Wonderland through the diary of the White Rabbit's wife"--

"For readers of Women in Clothes, a philosophical guide to fashion. We all get dressed. But how often do we pause to think about the place of our clothes in our world? What unconscious thoughts do we express when we dress every day? Can a philosophy of living be wrapped up in a winter coat? Can we see clothes not as objects, but as ideas? Dressed is the thinking person's book about clothes, exploring these questions by ranging freely from suits to...

Like Alan Bennett's Writing Home, this collection of Bainbridge's personal essays presents a pleasantly idiosyncratic blend of subtle observations on contemporary England and personal memories of its past. For six years during the late eighties and early nineties, Bainbridge often began her column with "Something happened yesterday.". This offhand opening could lead to a humorous experience at a concert at the Albert Hall, a stint as a fortune-teller...

Publisher's description: With the literary canon consisting mostly of works created by and about men, the central perspective is decidedly male. This unique reference offers alternate approaches to reading traditional literature, as well as suggestions for expanding the canon to include more gender sensitive works. Covering 96 of the most frequently taught works of fiction, essays offer teachers, librarians, and students fresh insights into the female...