Patricia Hughes

Read passages from Anne Lister's secret diaries for March to December 1817, encoded so that no-one else can read them. Find out hidden details of this Georgian Yorkshirewoman's money, friends and love affairs.

Anne Lister's Secret Diary for 1817

Dale Nienow

Karma Ruder

In our rapidly changing and phenomenally diverse communities and organizations, we have an immense need for courageous collaboration, overt compassion and the ability to imagine and create positive change. The Gracious Space Change Framework provides a powerful and proven approach to hold our differences, dialogues and dreams so we can invent a more positive future together.

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Two young schoolgirls pledge undying love, marry each other secretly and promise to live together when they reach adulthood - but nothing works out as planned. This tale of Georgian England is made up of real diaries and letters, revealing actual lives of two women whose circumstances changed beyond belief. Money and society, colour and background made them utterly incompatible, even though they loved each other deeply.

The Early Life of Miss Anne Lister and the Curious Tale of Miss Eliza Raine

An Analysis of Selected Poetry by William Butler Yeats between 1918 and 1928

For Anne Lister 1817 was a year of letting go of the past and starting again. The coded entries for this year reveal decisions and events that form the rest of her adult life.

Gentleman Jack's Secret Diary for 1817

Who Killed Honor Bright?

Eliza Raine

Anne Lister

"This tale of Georgian England, from real diaries and letters, shows how money, colour and social background create discord for two young women."--Back cover.

Gentleman Jack

Anne Lister was born in 1791, the eldest living child of an extended landed family in Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire in northern England. As a girl with two brothers she would not inherit, so she decided to write for a living. From 1806 she wrote notes and described events in her life, but from 1817 her life changed - and she wrote her extensive journal every day until her death in 1840. Anne Lister's Diaries are recognised by the European Union as unique. They were donated in 1923 to Halifax Archives in West Yorkshire, England. The recent TV Series 'Gentleman Jack' is based on her life.

Gentleman Jack: Anne Lister's Secret Diary for 1817

Bill Grace

Gracious Space is an environment in which creative thinking and learning can occur. It inspires an attitude of openness, curiosity, and discovery. It is a safe place, but one that also invites diverse opinions and can hold conflict. It sounds simple, but often is hard to do.

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Gentleman Jack The Early Life of Miss Anne Lister and the Curious Tale of Miss Eliza Raine

Trisha Hughes

In Vikings to Virgin - The Hazards of Being King Trisha Hughes provides the reader with a pacey introduction to the many pitfalls faced by the ambitious as they climbed the dangerous ladders of royalty. It is easy to think that monarchs are all powerful, but throughout the Dark and Middle Ages it was surprisingly easy to unseat one and assume the crown yourself. But if it was easy to gain ... it was just as easy to lose. From the dawn of the Vikings through to Elizabeth I, Trisha Hughes follows the violent struggles for power and the many brutal methods employed to wrest it and keep hold of it. Murder, deceit, treachery, lust and betrayal were just a few of the methods used to try and win the crown. Vikings to Virgin - The Hazards of Being King spans fifteen hundred years and is a highly accessible and enjoyable ride through the dark side of early British monarchy.

The Hazards of Being King

"I belly-crawled across the floor after a bomb exploded outside our garden in Yemen I had tea with Barbara Bush in the Yellow Room of the White House I drove blindly into the midst of an anti-American riot in Venezuela I joined in a folk dance led by Queen Margrethe in Denmark and I ate dinner with a prime minister in Israel." Patricia Hughes gives us a candid, tough-minded and fun look at living abroad at the behest of our government. She expresses the frustrations and concerns of a mother and wife while accepting with good humor that the Foreign Service acquires "two for the price of one." She reminds us of a dedicated group of patriots that are often forgotten-the diplomats. This book presents a remarkable range of experience, emotions, people and places that influenced her and her family during 35 years of government service. From terrorism and a civil war to lunch in a palace; from demonstrations and groupies, presidents and princesses to life-long friends-these are The Royals and The Roaches.

Patricia Hughes

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