Collected Biographies

As heard on BBC 6 Music with Shaun Keveny, BBC Radio 5 Live and Talk Radio with Eamonn HolmesThe age of the rock star, like the age of the cowboy, ...

WINNER OF THE IASA BOOK AWARD! AMERICAN BOOK AWARD WINNER! As the child of children of immigrants, Louise DeSalvo was at first reluctant to write a...

BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 18-22nd FEBRUARY 2019Marking the 50-year anniversary of the legendary banned song Je t'aime. moi non plus, Véronique M...

Outsiders tells the stories of five novelists - Mary Shelley, Emily Bronte, George Eliot, Olive Schreiner, Virginia Woolf - and their famous novels...

When History Is Personal contains the stories of twenty-five moments in Mimi Schwartzs life, each heightened by its connection to historical, polit...

'Modern, punchy and fresh' Sunday Times'A positive and fascinating read' Stylist 'A collection of unexpectedly revealing interviews with mould-brea...

The New Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women is a fully revised and extended edition of a highly regarded reference work that illuminates the ...

Pasteurization, penicillin, Koch's postulates, and gene coding. These discoveries and inventions are vital yet commonplace in modern life, but were...

This book is about a shared journey made by John and Myfanwy Piper who early on settled down in a small hamlet on the edge of the Chilterns, whence...

Hundreds of young Americans from the town of Stamford, Connecticut, fought in the Vietnam War. These men and women came from all corners of the ...

Be with me alwaystake any formdrive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Thus does Heathcliff beg his dead Cathy in...

In This Fish Is Fowl Xu Xi offers the transnational and feminist perspective of a contemporary glocalized American life. Xus quirky, darkly comic, ...

OUTSIDERS tells the stories of five novelists - Mary Shelley, Emily Bronte, George Eliot, Olive Schreiner, Virginia Woolf - and their famous novels...

Which Scottish anti-slavery campaigner lost a son in a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp during the American Civil War? Was the enemy of Scotland's ...

Birminghams War: Voices of the Second World War is a collection of 100 accounts by local young men and women who served in the armed forces during ...

The women profiled in Inspiration are contemporary, timeless, bold, courageous, trailblazers and history makers. Their unique voices, images and st...

Chemical science has made major advances in the last few decades and has gradually transformed in to a highly multidisciplinary subject that is exc...

Chemical science has made major advances in the last few decades and has gradually transformed in to a highly multidisciplinary subject that is exc...

Midnight Oil are one of the most 'Australian' rock bands this country has produced. Born from the Australian pub rock scene that gave us AC/DC, Col...

Britain's royal history brought to life with 200 contemporary and historical illustrations, maps, shields and comprehensive genealogical tables. It...

Obituaries of performers and filmmakers, musicians and producers, dancers and composers, writers and others associated with the performing arts who...

Women played an integral role in the theater of the Antebellum and Civil War South. Yet their contributions have largely been overlooked by hist...

The entertainment world lost several legendary stars and a host of other men and women involved in the performing arts in 2012. Notables who died i...

This is the ultimate anthology of theatrical anecdotes, edited by lifelong theatre-lover Gyles Brandreth in the Oxford tradition, and covering ever...

Drawing on six years of research, this book covers the military service and postwar lives of notable Confederate veterans who moved into Norther...

Beacon Lights of History is a 14-volume set first published in 1902. This collection of John Lords lectures spans 6,000 years of European and Ameri...

''Women of Spirit'' details the candid and moving accounts of women who have beaten illness, faced racism and bereavement, and overcome a lack of e...

FROMTHE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MBAPPÉ AND MESSI, NEYMAR,RONALDOFor years, a personal battle has defined top-level Europeanfootball - Messi vs Ronald...

This book is about the individual achievements of a handful of officers of the state and, through their deeds, hardships and sacrifices, an attempt...

CALLING ALL WOMEN!She: A Celebration of Renegade Women by Stylist's Harriet Hall is the must-have book for women everywhere. Perfect for fans of Ca...

Paul Pogba, Kylian Mbappé and Antoine Griezmann were the stand-out stars of France's World Cup-winning team, drawing comparisons to the great class...

From the very first mouthful, 'Lunch with the FT' was destined to become a permanent fixture in the Financial Times.One thousand lunches later, the...

Before the Gold Rush of 18481858, Alta (Upper) California was an isolated cattle frontierand home to a colorful group of Spanish speaking, non-indi...

Masters of the Battlefield examines the lives and tactics of 28 of the world's greatest military leaders, from Julius Caesar to Stormin' Norman Sch...

Learn about trade and global economic crises in The Economics Book.Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and th...