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Some, like Lady Hester Stanhope and the Hon. Jane Digby, were exiles from 19th-century high society; others were footloose adventurers, like Richard Burton and T.E. Lawrence. There were distinguished literary...

Along with Satre, Camus and Orwell, Arthur Koestler helped to shape the ideas of today. Once a communist, he saw through Marxism and led the intellectual counter-attack that culminated in...

The sensational true story of Kenyan missionary John Kaiser: A murdered priest. A covered-up crime. A fight for justice. John Kaiser, paratrooper turned priest, was a major voice in opposition...

This work provides a clear exposition of Jung's theories showing his ideas to be relevant to the times in which we live. His emphasis on the spiritual aspect to existence...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was, during his lifetime, an inspiration and an example. Today his influence on American life is stronger than ever. This book is a pictorial record...

People and Places is a delightful collection of 22 articles and reviews written by Richard Cobb over the past ten years. The selections-- many appearing here for the first time--include...

For more than five decades Walter and Albertina Sisulu were at the forefront of the struggle against apartheid. As secretary-general of the ANC, Walter was sentenced to life imprisonment with...

On March 27, 2003, President George W. Bush said, aAmerica has learned a lot about Tony Blair over the last weeks . . . and weare proud to have him...

The book titled There Shall be Wings: RAF from 1918 to the Present by the author To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the RAF, the author has interviewed over 150...

Imprint. In 1967, after a baby boy suffered a botched circumcision, his family agreed to a radical treatment. On the advice of a renowned expert in gender identity and sexual...

'Dingoes Den' is an autobiographical novel from B. Wongar, who is highly regarded throughout the world for his narratives of Aboriginal life. In this book, Wongar tells the story of...

The book titled A Classical Youth by the author Michael Longson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Now an eight-part docuseries on Apple TV+ featuring Kim Kardashian, Amy Schumer, Goldie Hawn, Kate Hudson, Wanda Sykes, Megan Thee Stallion and more She couldn't have been more than seven...

Author: Dan Walker, Jr. Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 368 'SUCH AN INCREDIBLE READ' ZOE BALL 'ONE OF THE YEAR'S MOST INSPIRING BOOKS' HOLLY WILLOUGHBY With a foreword by 2021...

Guilty: the conclusion of many trials. But this verdict was unusual, delivered by a jury comprising of the greatest minds of the twentieth century: Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir,...

' Words for My Comrades ambitiously sets out to transcend the standard pop star biography, carefully knotting the evolution of hip-hop into a sweeping account of 20th-century radical US politics'...

Although he rarely gave interviews and never held elected office, Santamaria became widely known through his regular commentaries in the Australian and in his magazine News Weekly . Building on...

The Site May 30, 2002 "How will we ever get through this?" is the question I ask on the night of September 11. "How?" Maybe the answer is here, all...

The winner of the Guardian First Book Award that reinvented the biographic form. One of the ten books - novels, memoirs and one very unusual biography - that make up...

The story of Emma and Carl Jung's highly unconventional marriage, their relationship with Freud, and their part in the early years of Psychoanalysis. Emma Jung was clever, ambitious and immensely...

"This is a beautiful book, full of ideas that could help restore America's genius for freedom and promise." -Thomas Moore, New York Times bestselling author of Care of the Soul...

This dictionary identifies over 6000 British and Irish travellers who toured in Italy in the 18th century. Compiled from the archive accumulted by Sir Brinsley Ford, it provides brief formal...

"This is a beautiful book, full of ideas that could help restore America's genius for freedom and promise." -Thomas Moore, New York Times bestselling author of Care of the Soul...

This is a biography of the first family of anthropology - Louis, Mary and Richard Leakey, whose discoveries have laid the foundations for much of our knowledge about the origins...

The book titled Oceans of Consolation: Personal Accounts of Irish Migration to by the author Fitzpatri David. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

The winner of the Guardian First Book Award that reinvented the biographic form. One of the ten books - novels, memoirs and one very unusual biography - that make up...

Originally published in 1949, TO HELL AND BACK was a smash bestseller for fourteen weeks and later became a major motion picture starring Audie Murphy as himself. More than fifty...

Like Angela's Ashes meets Bhowani Junction meets Empire of the Sun, a never less than engrossing, beautifully written memoir that reads like a novel. Kwan is an awkward, clumsy half-caste...

From Harriet Jacobs and Jane Addams to Gloria Steinem and Maxine Hong Kingston, 25 American women tell the stories of their lives. Jill Ker Conway, author of "The Road from...

The book titled Two Lives: My Spirit and I by the author J.T. Creider. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

'Ingenious... a glorious portrait of the great 15th-century prince of learning' Daily Telegraph 'A deeply fascinating, sui generis book by a brilliant scholar-writer, which uses the life story of a...

Isaiah Berlin once argued that the concept of the intelligentsia was 'Russia's greatest contribution to world civilization.' Since the mid-nineteenth century, the Russian intelligentsia has shared a profound sense of...

A thorough genealogical resource explores the techniques of discovering the secrets of one's family history and locating one's ancestors, covering everything from how to identify the members of one's family...

For most people, climbing a ladder to clear the gutters is a challenge. Jack Williams and his colleagues in the specialist signals unit supporting the SAS in Northern Ireland had...

While the Burma railway has been well chronicled, the hell of the Kinkisaki copper mine has not been revealed until now. John McEwan was a slave labourer, working naked in...

The book titled On the Banks of the Suez: Israeli General's Personal Account of the by the author Avraham Adan. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more...

The book titled Higher Than Hope: Biography of Nelson Mandela by the author Fatima Meer. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The author tells the captivating fish out of water story of her year long walk on the wild side. In witty prose she gives readers a behind the scenes looks...

Trisha Todd, the actress who starred in the classic lesbian film, Claire of the Moon presents an account of her own intimate journey to herself. With honesty and insight, she...

This book does not always make comfortable reading as it chronicles the tale of a Special Armed Services veteran, as he describes the regiment he loves, but where he also...

The critically acclaimed author of "On the Narrow" and "Women of the Pleasure Quarters" tells the enthralling true story of the woman who became the most celebrated geisha in Japan...

This book tells the stories of some of Australia's largely forgotten playwrights -- women who wrote drama that was performed on the nation's stages and broadcast across the airwaves from...

Fans of Sex and the City and Bridget Jones's Diary, and anyone who loves to date vicariously, will fall in love with Matchbook. In this irresistible read, America's hippest Matchmaker...