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From the playgrounds of Glasgow to the villages of Bangladesh; from religious rites to ancient superstitions; from the world's richest people to its powerless and enslaved, Lorna Gibb's masterful Childless...

A biography of America's first Renaissance man discusses Benjamin Franklin's diverse roles as a scientist, businessman, philosopher, writer, inventor, diplomat, politician, wit, and Founding Father.

The articles, letters and trial transcripts of one of the great icons of the twentieth century 'There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere and many of us will have...

One woman's harrowing story about life under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan Shirin-Gol was just a young girl when her village was levelled by the Russians' bombs in 1979. After...

Reginal Birch remembers his childhood years growing up in the remote east Kimberley town of Wyndham. He captures many bittersweet experiences of his family as he brings to life the...

From the author of Sunday Times bestsellers 'One Child', 'Ghost Girl' and 'Twilight Children' comes a heartbreaking story of one teacher's determination to turn a chaotic group of damaged children...

The gripping and shocking story of the woman who lost her husband, her partner and her two sons to the Melbourne gangland war. 'I have lived in a world of...

As he battles terminal cancer in a federal prison in Illinois, John Gotti, still the acting head of the Gambino Mafia family, is constantly in the news. Once Mr. Gotti...

This authoritative biography of Kurt Goedel relates the life of this most important logician of our time to the development of the field. Goedel's seminal achievements that changed the perception...

Richard McCann's account of his childhood became a massive UK bestseller. In it he told the harrowing story of how he and his sisters were left motherless when the Yorkshire...

The worst storm in history seen from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape. The...

My name is Emma, my story is true and I am telling it because I want my children and my children's children to know what sort of life I have...

Modern Women is a celebration of some of the influential and inspiring women who have changed the world through their lives, work and actions. From suffragettes to scientists, activists to...

At the end of A BROTHER'S JOURNEY, Richard Pelzer's mother and three brothers are moving to Salt Lake City, Utah. He has the choice of joining them - unwanted -...

The story of one of Australia's most loved film and television personalities. The Dingo family history follows the formula of any self-respecting soap opera. It's full of life, death, laughter,...

In the course of four years of investigative reporting, Bergen has interviewed scores of insiders -- from bin Laden associates and family members to Taliban leaders to CIA officials --...

Eudora Welty's works are treasures of American literature. When her first short-story collection was published in 1941, it heralded the arrival of a genuinely original writer who over the decades...

The official biography of Australian poet and writer Dorothea Mackellar, author of the celebrated poem 'My Country.' 'I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains...' Though many Australians...

From public executions to religious processions to political festivities, Toulouse's ceremonial life was remarkably rich in the decades prior to the French Revolution. In an engaging portrait that conveys this...

The story of Fray Servando's life in exile recounst the adventures of one of the most original ideologues of Latin American independence. On December 12, 1794, Fray Servando preached a...

A riotous take on an age that turns out to be as rich with towering female figures as it was with Rembrandts, Rabelais and Sir Walter Raleigh. The author showcases...

In 1940 John Martin was appointed Private Secretary to Winston Churchill. He remained at Churchill's side throughout the war and was promoted, in May 1941, to Principal Private Secretary. During...

As his father nears death in his retirement home in Mexico, John H. Richardson begins to unravel a life filled with drama and secrecy. John Sr. was a CIA "chief...

A lifelong Emerson lover, teacher, and spiritual seeker reveals how American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson's twelve essential teachings hold the answer to living an authentic and fulfilling life, one that...

While Patrick Dodson's bearded image is well known, the remarkable history of this outstanding Aboriginal leader has never before been told. In Paddy's Road, Kevin Keeffe brings us stories of...

Jewish men and women have been prominent in the fields of religion, music, commerce, law, diplomacy, philosophy, literature, art, sport and cinema. Who were the most influential, and how do...

Roger Jose had lived in Borroloola in an upside-down water tank with his Aboriginal wife Maggie for most of the twentieth century. An eccentric, a hermit, a bushman, a bush...

'Dave was coming back. I had told her I was leaving if she took him back. And she was taking him back. I walked out of the kitchen and into...

This is a study of Michel Foucault's life in philosophy. Foucault was probably the most influential Western philosopher since Sartre. Hailed as an original thinker, he has also been criticized...

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You know that feeling of not belonging when you have so much to say at a work meeting? For women of color and children of immigrants, being the "the other"...

The author of How to Be a Stoic asks what might be philosophy's ultimate question: can we learn to be better people? Is good character something that can be taught?...

From "weird, scary, ingenious" ( The New York Times ) stand-up comedian Maria Bamford, an instant New York Times bestselling, brutally honest, and "laugh-out-loud funny" (Jennette McCurdy, #1 New York...

In this award-winning novel, Stephen Kinnane has written a deeply personal story of two remarkable people and of a vibrant, resilient Aboriginal community that flourished against the odds in the...

The most authoritative life of Mao ever written, by the bestselling author of Wild Swans, Jung Chang and her husband, Jon Halliday. The most authoritative life of Mao ever written,...

Part biography, part self-help, an original, funny and moving portrait of Montaigne, Renaissance nobleman and essayist. How to get on well with people, how to deal with violence, how to...

The first truly authoritative and accessible history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions The story of philosophy is an epic tale- an exploration of the ideas, views...

A brilliant account of the life, thought and continuing importance of the world's greatest economist Adam Smith is now widely regarded as 'the father of modern economics' and the most...

A selection of dialogues and letters of one of the most eloquent - and influential - masters of Latin prose. A major writer and a leading figure in the public...