The class divide during Edwardian Britain is at the heart of this dramatic story of Beth Hamilton-Green and her fight for freedom.Fighting to break free from her overbearing and manipulative parents, who are intent on her marrying the man of their choice, Beth is pressured towards leading a life devoid of any freedom that fits in with the social standing of the era. In contrast Beth's wayward brother James has no such restrictions on the way he leads his life and is free to sow his wild oats with whomever he pleases.Determined not to succumb to her parents' demands Beth befriends the headstrong Suffragette, Alice Sparks, and finds herself drawn into the fight for the emancipation of women. Alice's declaration of undying love for Beth throws her into confusion just as the handsome and mysterious Finn McGuiness appears in her life. But the real fight has only just begun, as Beth becomes embroiled in a powerful struggle for her own survival, where her beliefs and emotions are threatened and the resulting events lead to dramatic consequences. A passionate story of love, a woman's fight for equality in the early twentieth century and friendships pushed to the very limits of endurance.

'She's only a bird in a gilded cage, A beautiful sight to see; You may think she's happy and free from care, She's not, tho' she seems to be' After Dinah Garland's husband died in the Boer War, she thought she would never be able to love again, until she meets the confident and daring Warwick Enderby. But those around her are not so disarmed by Warwick's charm and are determined to delve into Mr Enderby's secrets. Dinah's brother Francis has secrets of his own in the shape of Cecilia Desatti, a young headstrong Italian whose beauty torments him. And young Laura Bates, on the verge of womanhood, has to conceal her love for the boyish Algie from her stern father. Each becomes trapped by the demands of private emotion and social background. When their secrets are revealed, will it bring heartache or happiness? Set in the years immediately before the First World War, Birds in a Gilded Cage is the final novel in the Sussex Quarter that began with The Stallion Man.

Premka: White Bird in a Golden Cage is a compelling and beautifully unfolding tale, offering a haunting look into a teacher/student relationship. This intimate memoir, written by one of Yogi Bhajan's prized teachers and exalted students, is full of devotion, love, dedication, betrayal, loss and the healing unification of the self. It also reads as a love letter to a unique time in history-the '60s in Los Angeles and New Mexico, where love, music, art, spiritual exploration, often led to self-transformation. As a historical treatise and a spiritual mystery, this book offers unique insight into the origins of the Western Sikh movement and the proliferation of Yogi Bhajan's kundalini yoga.

Valentina the emperor's daughter is an obsessive collector of exotic birds. Her servants track down every bird she desires - just one remains unfound: a bird that talks. Servants search far and wide to fulfill her impossible quest - and she beheads those who fail. In Valentina's palace, heads roll every day! Will the golden cage ever be filled? A deliciously dark European fairy tale with words as rich as its bold and luxurious illustrations.

Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read. “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”—James Baldwin From the Paperback edition.

I'LL LOCK HER IN A GILDED CAGE AND THROW AWAY THE KEY. The night we met, she thought she was tasting freedom.I devoured her once and left before I even knew her name. Four months later, Bratva business leads me to the house of my enemy with one objective:Burn it down and kill everyone inside. That's exactly what I plan to do...Until I find her cowering before me.The innocent girl from the club.My beautiful caged bird. I'm not here to save her--I'm here to ruin her.But something stops me in my tracks.Something I never expected. Did she say that's my baby in her womb? GILDED CAGE is the first book in the Kovalyov Bratva duet. Artem and Esme's story will conclude in Book 2, GILDED TEARS.

First published more than twenty years ago, with almost 150,000 copies sold, The Golden Cage is still the classic book on anorexia nervosa, for patients, parents, mental health trainees, and senior therapists alike. Writing in direct, jargon-free style, often quoting her patients’ descriptions of their own experience of illness and recovery, Bruch describes the relentless pursuit of thinness and the search for superiority in self-denial that characterizes anorexia nervosa. She emphasizes the importance of early diagnosis and offers guidance on danger signs. Little-known when this groundbreaking book was first published, eating disorders have become all too familiar. Sympathetic and astute, The Golden Cage now speaks to a new generation.