Collected Biographies

'He makes us see a subject we thought we knew so well from a completely different angle; in writing that is deeply researched, but inviting, warm, ...

A look into the tantalising secrets of Florence's Palazzo Rucellai. When Italian Renaissance professor Allison Levy takes up residency in the pala...

'With originality and subtlety, Diarmuid Hester examines how the gay imagination deals with place and with displacement, allowing for mystery and a...

Betty Comden and Adolph Green were the writers behind such classic stage musicals as On the Town, Wonderful Town, and Bells Are Ringing, and they p...

The relationship between my grandmother and her mother was very important and indeed crucial to her childhood and the very early days of her writin...

The Dams Raid is the RAFs most famous bombing operation of the Second World War, and Guy Gibson, who was in command, its most famous bomber pilot. ...

Did you know that Beethoven made every cup of coffee with exactly 60 beans?Or that Shirley Temple always had precisely 56 curls in her hair?Or that...

Did you know that Sirimavo Bandaranaike of Sri Lanka was the first woman in the world to become a democratically elected prime minister? That Tina ...

A treasure trove of carefully selected letters written by great artists, providing unique insight into their characters and a glimpse into their li...

From William Shakespeare to Oprah Winfrey and Anne Frank to Julius Caesar, get the inside track on the incredible lives of history's biggest names ...

The history of the United States is peppered with extraordinary military leaders. Fate has enshrined an exceptional few in the publics collective c...

For the journey of Lent this year, Kevin OGorman SMA chose an unusual companion, the Popes Exhortation Gaudete et Exsultate, Rejoice and Be Glad. F...

The spy novel has, over the past hundred years, become one of the most popular literary genres. The best exponents have become household names, as ...

This instant New York Times bestseller is an inspiring and useful (The Washington Post) guide to the art of leadership from David Gergenformer Whit...

From small steps to giant leaps, A Galaxy of Her Own tells fifty stories of inspirational women who have been fundamental to the story of humans in...

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