Under the Ivy: The Life & Music of Kate Bush, by Graeme Thompson [$29.95 hardcover] – This is the first ever in-depth study of Kate Bush's life and career. Under the Ivy features over 70 unique and revealing new interviews with those who have viewed from up close both the public artist and the private woman: old school friends, early band mates, long-term studio collaborators, former managers, producers, musicians, video directors, dance instructors and record company executives. Under the Ivy undertakes a full analysis of Bush's art, from her pre-teen forays into poetry, through scores of unreleased songs. Every crucial aspect of her music is discussed from her ground-breaking series of albums to her solo live tour. Her pioneering forays into dance, video, film and performance. Combining a wealth of new research with rigorous critical scrutiny, Under the Ivy offers a string of fresh insights and perspectives on her unusual upbringing in South London, the blossoming of her talent, her enduring influences and unique working methods, her rejection of live performance, her pioneering use of the studio, her key relationships and her gradual retreat into a semi-mythical privacy.
The Owl Killers, by Karen Maitland [$15.00 paper] – In 1321, the English town of Ulewic teeters between survival and destruction, faith and doubt, God and demons. Against this intense backdrop, a group of women have formed a beguinage, a self-sustaining community of women. Led by the strong-willed Servant Martha, these women are committed to a code of celibacy and prayer, hard work and charity that is unsanctioned by the all-powerful church. Still, the villagers have come to rely on this remarkable group of women for their very lives. And seeking shelter among them now is the youngest daughter of Ulewic's lord, a man who holds power over them all. But when a series of natural calamities strikes, the beguinage's enemies make their move, stirring the superstitious villagers with dark rumors of unspeakable depravities and unleashing upon the defiant all-female community the full force of their vengeance in the terrifying form of the Owl Killers. Men cloaked in masks and secrecy, ruling with violence and intimidation—the Owl Killers draw battle lines. In this village ravaged by flood and disease, the women of the beguinage must draw upon their deepest strength if they are to overcome the raging storm of long-held secrets and shattering lies.
The Book Of Me: A Do-It-Yourself Memoir, by Nannette Stone [$14.99 hardcover] – With hundreds of guided questions organized into sections about your past, present, and future, family history, and inner self, The Book of Me offers an excellent means to preserve memories and to discover hidden aspects of yourself. Here is the vehicle to embrace - with playfulness and intuitive insight - your own version of the life you have lived as you record the rudiments of a family history, the details of your life, and give expression to your inner voice. 192 lined pages. Hardcover books lie flat for ease of use. Archival, acid-free paper. Cloth spine, gold foil.
