Lady Aurelia Young Livres

How women donned goggles and gloves to fly through a predominantly man's world and on into the age of equality.

'Brenda Hale's story is extraordinary. She has been a pioneer... Spider woman and agent of change' Harriet Harman Lady Hale is an inspirational figure admired for her historic achievements and for the causes she has championed. Spider Woman is her story. As President of the Supreme Court, Lady Hale won global attention in finding the 2019 prorogation of Parliament to be unlawful. Yet that dramatic moment was merely the pinnacle of a career throughout which she was hailed as a pioneering reformer. As 'a little girl from a little school in a little village in North Yorkshire', she only went into the law because her headteacher told her she wasn't clever enough to study history. She became the most senior judge in the country. How does a self-professed 'girly swot' get ahead in a profession dominated by men? A lifelong smasher of glass-ceilings, who took as her motto 'women are equal to everything', her landmark rulings in areas including domestic violence, divorce, mental health and equality were her attempt to correct that. Wise, warm and inspiring, Spider Woman shows how the law shapes our world. It is the story of how Lady Hale found that she could overcome the odds and change British law for good. 'Essential, entertaining and inspirational reading for all lovers of freedom, equality and justice' Shami Chakrabati ** A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR**

From the end of the Royal Flying Corps, through the exploits of "The Few" in the Battle of Britain and up to its service in modern conflicts in the Middle East, this is a beautifully illustrated history of the RAF.

The first biography of sculptor Oscar Nemon (1906-1985), the little-known artist behind some of Britain's most iconic statues and busts. His sitters included the Queen, Sigmund Freud, President Truman, Margaret Thatcher and, most famously, Winston Churchill, whose statue guards the entrance to the Members' Lobby in the House of Commons.

An illustrated history of how the Luftwaffe intended 'the Blitz' to knock Britain out of the war, emphasising the German point of view and detailing how Britain's defences and civilians responded.