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A Country Road, A Tree by Jo Baker
Category: Fiction
BY THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF LONGBOURN. "Skilful ...daring ...extraordinary". (The Guardian). "A fascinating fictional account of Samuel Beckett's wartime years". (IAN RANKIN). "Beautifully written, empathetic and unflinching, it is very, very good". (Daily Mail). "Marvellous, spare, moving ...Show more
A Country Road, a Tree by Jo Baker
Category: Fiction
Paris, 1939: the pavement rumbles with the footfall of marching Nazi soldiers along the Champs-Elysees. A young writer, recently arrived from Ireland to make his mark, smokes a last cigarette with his lover before the city they know is torn apart. As war takes hold, he will put his own life and that of ...Show more
Get Out of My Tent (Big Book Edition) by Jo Gliddon-Baker; Aleksandra Aleksandra Szmidt (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
Archie loves camping, he loves the fresh air.The sounds in the night, the wind in his hair.The warmth of the fire, the lovely smoke scent.But more than all that, Archie just loves his tent.When everyone else thinks that Archie's little tent looks more inviting than their own and they begin to pile in, A ...Show more
Get out of my Tent by Jo Gliddon-Baker
Category: Picture Books
Age range 3+Archie loves camping, he loves the fresh air. The sounds in the night, the wind in his hair. The warmth of the fire, the lovely smoke scent. But more than all that, Archie just loves his tent. When everyone else thinks that Archie's little tent looks more inviting than their own and they beg ...Show more
Get out of my Tent by Jo Gliddon-Baker
Category: Children's
Archie loves camping, he loves the fresh air. The sounds in the night, the wind in his hair. The warmth of the fire, the lovely smoke scent. But more than all that, Archie just loves his tent. When everyone else thinks that Archie's little tent looks more inviting than their own and they begin to pile i ...Show more
Hello Sailor! The hidden history of gay life at sea by Paul Baker & Jo Stanley
Category: History
"Innovative, revealing and brave, this book peers through previously forbidden portholes and unravels a neglected strand of British history. It tells many fascinating stories of lives lived against the odds..." - Andy Medhurst, University of Sussex
Lighthouse - An Anthology by Kat Carr; Anna McEvoy; Bianca Millroy (Editor); Lea Scott; Sharyn Swanepoel; Lane Thornton; Jodie Woodward; Carleton Chinner; Jo Edgar-Baker (Cover Design by); Sophia Evans; Kylie Fennell; Chris Foley (Introduction by); Kelly Lyonns; Alyssa Mackay; Brooke Maggs
Category: Short Stories
A grieving woman is drawn to a land-locked lighthouse where she meets a party of lost souls in need of a guide. She must face death in order to start a new life. The temporary caretaker of a lighthouse finds the perfect hideaway for safeguarding her secret, never expecting to encounter a murder and ...Show more
Longbourn by Jo Baker
Category: Fiction
A New York Times Book Review Notable Book, a Seattle Times Best Title, a Christian Science Monitor Best Fiction Book, a Miami Herald Favorite Book, and a Kirkus Best Book of the Year The servants take center stage in this irresistibly imagined belowstairs answer to Pride and Prejudice. While Elizabeth B ...Show more
Longbourn: Pride and Prejudice The Servant's Story by Jo Baker
Category: Fiction
If Elizabeth Bennet had the washing of her own petticoats, Sarah thought, she would be more careful not to trudge through muddy fields. It is wash-day for the housemaids at Longbourn House, and Sarah's hands are chapped and bleeding. Domestic life below stairs, ruled tenderly and forcefully by Mrs Hill ...Show more
Longbourn: The unputdownable Richard and Judy pick by Jo Baker
Category: Fiction
"'If Elizabeth Bennet had the washing of her own petticoats,' Sarah thought, 'she would be more careful not to tramp through muddy fields.'It is wash-day for the housemaids at Longbourn House, and Sarah's hands are chapped and raw. Domestic life below stairs, ruled with a tender heart and an iron will b ...Show more
Pattern Cutting Techniques for Ladies' Jackets by BAKER-WATERS JO
Category: Craft
Pattern Cutting Techniques for Ladies' Jackets shares the trade secrets from the world of bespoke tailoring and haute couture, alongside procedures from the ready-to-wear industry. Written by a trained Savile Row tailor working in the fashion industry, it explains how to make a basic pattern for a jacke ...Show more
Surprised by motherhood by Lisa-Jo Baker
Category: Parenting
A lawyer with a well-stamped passport and a passion for human rights, Lisa-Jo Baker never wanted to be a mom. And then she had kids. Having lost her own mother to cancer as a teenager, Lisa-Jo felt lost on her journey to womanhood and wholly unprepared to raise children."Surprised by Motherhood" is Lisa ...Show more