Mrs P's Journey : The Remarkable Story Of The Woman Who Created The A-Z Map

MRS P'S JOURNEY is the enchanting story of Phyllis Pearsall. Born Phyllis Isobella Gross, her lifelong nickname was PIG. The artist daughter of a flamboyant Hungarian Jewish immigrant, and an Irish Italian mother, her bizarre and often traumatic childhood did not restrain her from becoming one of Britain's most intriguing entrepreneurs and self-made millionaires. After an unsatisfactory marriage, Phyllis, a thirty-year-old divorcee, had to support herself and so became a portrait painter. It is doing this job and trying to find her patron's houses that Phyllis became increasingly frustrated at the lack of proper maps of London. Instead of just cursing the fact as many fellow Londoners probably did, Phyllis decided to do something about it. Without hesitation she covered London's 23,000 streets on foot during the course of one year, often leaving her Horseferry Road bedsit at dawn to do so. To publish the map, and in light of its enormous success, she sets up her own company, The Geographer's Trust, which still publishes the London A-Z and that of every major British city. MRS P'S JOURNEY is the account of a strong, independent woman who has left behind an enduring legacy. On June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Kim Phuc, severely burned by napalm, ran from her blazing village in South Vietnam and into the eye of history. Her photograph-one of the most unforgettable images of the twentieth century-was seen around the world and helped turn public opinion against the Vietnam War.This book is the story of how that photograph came to be-and the story of what happened to that girl after the camera shutter closed. Award-winning biographer Denise Chong's portrait of Kim Phuc-who eventually defected to Canada and is now a UNESCO spokesperson-is a rare look at the Vietnam War from the Vietnamese point-of-view and one of the only books to describe everyday life in the wake of this war and to probe its lingering effects on all its participants. "La Diva Nicotina is the history of our relationship with a plant whose only function is to stimulate, from its beginnings amongst the ancient civilisations of South America to the present day. From Mayan gods to Marlboro Man, from Casanova to President Clinton, La Diva Nicotina examines the roles tobacco has played in its long association with men and women, including its functions as spiritual messenger, as sexual ambassador, as a cure for cancer, global currency and ultimately as an assassin. Ever since the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas, tobacco has been central to western civilisation, and in some cases has been the cause of revolutions and the birth of nations."--BOOK JACKET "From the most photographed war in the twentieth century, among the enduring images is one of a little girl screaming in pain and terror after being burned by napalm in an air attack ... Her photograph ... was seen around the world and helped turn public opinion against the Vietnam War ... This book is the story of how that photograph came to be taken and what happened to Kim Phuc after it was taken ... Kim became a pawn in the Communist regime's propaganda campaign ... [her] recovery and rehabilitation was long and arduous, and after years of maipulation by Vietnamese officials, she escaped to Canada, where she now lives"--Jacket This is a portrait of one of America's First Ladies, from the moment the Clintons' eyes met in school through to the humiliation of the Lewinsky affair. The biography covers Hillary Clinton's love and ambition in life and in politics, and asks why would Hillary enter the political arena on her own? The entrepreneurial daughter of a Hungarian Jewish immigrant, looking for ways of supporting herself, Phyllis Pearsall decided to remedy the unmapped muddle that was London in the mid-1930s. This biography tells of the woman who single-handedly created the publishing phenomenon of the London A-Z. Through wars, changing fashions, industrialization, anti-smoking campaigns, and the subject of advertising and sponsorship, tobacco has played a prominent part in global culture. Trace the development of tobacco and smoking, from ritual refreshment to universal habit. Betty Schimmel survived death marches and the notorious concentration camp at Mauthausen, but she lost her first love, Richie. She gave him up for dead, and married Otto, a fellow death camp survivor. Three decades later she met Richie again. A portrait of Hillary Rodham Clinton focuses on her marriage to the president, following their relationship from their first meeting through the impeachment battle and analyzing the private dynamic of a political and public partnership The author came from Australia to settle in Montalcino, a Tuscan mountain eyrie famous for its wine. Her account of life there offers a rare insight into the anxiety, joy, fun and pressure of inhabiting this medieval village. Disproving the theory that women can't read maps, this is the fascinating story of Phyllis Pearsall, the eccentric British artist who single-handedly mapped London's A-Z and created a publishing phenomenon. The stone walls encircling Montalcino, first completed in the year 1110, form a defensive band around the village like a stone circle pushed down over the crown of the irregular-shaped hill. The story of the photograph that changed the course of the Vietnam War and of the brave struggle of Kim Phuc - the girl in the picture. Sensitively portrays the suffering of the young girl and her family after the attack and during the years of rehabilitation Story of Betty Schimmel and the two loves of her life. The first is her childhood sweetheart from Hungary KIM EASED BACK A CORNER OF THE bedroom window curtains.