A Stinging Delight Human biology A reissue of Rachel Holmes's

A reissue of Rachel Holmes's landmark biography of Dr James Barry

Many dismiss this as myth

Aeschylus' The Oresteia is translated by Robert fagles with an introduction

Dark Isle off the Florida coast is said to be cursed: drownings

ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9780241515846

A Stinging Delight Human biology A reissue of Rachel Holmes'sThe third son of a coalminer, David Storey takes us from his tough upbringing in Wakefield, to being 'sold' to Leeds Rugby League Club, to his escape to the Slade School of Art and his life in post war London. He describes shocking scenes in the seventeen deprived East End schools in which he taught. He documents the childhood death of his eldest brother, addressing much of the memoir to him and exploring how this relates to his own sometimes