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ANIMALS IN WAR by COOPER JILLY
Category: Military
Jilly Cooper has written a tribute to the role of animals in wartime. From the pigeons carrying vital messages to and from the beleaguered city during the Seige of Paris to dogs sniffing out mines for the British invasion force in World War II. A vivid record of man's inhumanity to animals, and an aston ...Show more
Appassionata by Jilly Cooper
Category: unmapped
Known as L'Appassionata, her real name was Abigail Rosen and she was the sexiest, most flamboyant violinist on the music scene. She was also the loneliest girl in the world. When a suicide attempt destroyed her career as a violinist, Abby was determined to conquer the conductor's rostrum.
Appassionata by Jilly Cooper
Category: Fiction
Abigail Rosen, nicknamed Appassionata, was the sexiest, most flamboyant violinist in classical music, but she was also the loneliest and the most exploited girl in the world. When a dramatic suicide attempt destroyed her violin career, she set her sights on the male-dominated heights of the conductor's ...Show more
Between the Covers by Jilly Cooper
Category: Biography
'One truth I have learnt, as middle age enmeshes me like Virginia creeper, is that I shall never change-because my capacity for self-improvement is absolutely nil.' A classic collection of journalism from the legendary Jilly Cooper. Wonderfully warm and astonishingly acerbic, Jilly's observations from h ...Show more
Between the Covers: Jilly Cooper on sex, socialising and survival by Jilly Cooper
Category: Self-Help
The legendary Jilly Cooper on sex, socialising and survival. A classic collection of Jilly's most-loved journalism showcasing her trademark wit, irreverence and caustically sharp observations to delight and entertain her fans.'No one else can make me laugh and cry quite like Jilly Cooper.' Gill Sims'Jil ...Show more
How to Survive Christmas by Jilly Cooper
Category: Gifts
Christmas is looming. Will your mother-in-law present you with yet another hideous jersey this year? How are you going to cope with Granny's peke or the undesirable in-laws? Has the row about where to spend the holiday already started, and it's only August? Jilly Cooper has the answer to everything. Whe ...Show more
Jane and Prudence by Barbara Pym; Jilly Cooper (Introduction by)
Category: Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
The author of Excellent Women explores female friendship and the quiet yearnings of British middle-class life--a literary delight for fans of Jane Austen. Jane Cleveland and Prudence Bates were close friends at Oxford University, but now live very different lives. Forty-one-year-old Jane lives in the co ...Show more
Jump! by Jilly Cooper
Category: Fiction
Jilly Cooper returns to horses in a fabulously entertaining romp through the world of jump racing. Etta Bancroft - sweet, kind, still beautiful - adores racing and harbours a crush on one of its stars, the handsome, high-handed owner-trainer Rupert Campbell-Black. When her bullying husband dies, Etta's ...Show more
Jump! (Rutshire Chronicles #9) by Jilly Cooper
Category: Fiction
Etta Bancroft - sweet, kind, still beautiful - adores racing and harbours a crush on one of its stars, the handsome high-handed owner-trainer Rupert Campbell-Black. When her bullying husband dies, Etta 's selfish, ambitious children drag her from her lovely Dorset house to live in a hideous modern bunga ...Show more