Collected Biographies

When the hail starts to fall, Atina Diffley doesnt compare it to golf balls. Shes a farmer. Its as big as a B-size potato. As her bombarded land tu...

The day was hot and sticky. The man in the rowboat was an impetuous hothead. His row across the choppy Hudson that morning led to a confrontation t...

A dazzling literary exploration by acclaimed poet and critic Michael Schmidt, The First Poets brings to life the great Greek poets who gave our poe...

When Mary Stuart was forced off the Scottish throne she fled to England, a move that made her cousin Queen Elizabeth very uneasy. Elizabeth had con...

In his newest book, Daniel J. Mahoney offers refreshing historical antidotes to the displays of despotism in today's political arena.A brilliantly ...

The epic, page-turning history of how a group of physicists toppled the Newtonian universe in the early decades of the twentieth century. Marie Cur...

Bringing together an unprecedented number of extensive personal stories, this book shares the triumphs and heartbreaking moments experienced by som...

In the early 1970s, the athletes of the German Democratic Republic started to achieve incredible sports results, winning medals and setting new wor...

This beautifully illustrated diary contains some of the finest paintings from the National Gallery of Irelands permanent collection. Featuring 56 c...

Heartfelt personal accounts from transgender people fighting for the right to serve in the military Prior to coming out as transgender I served th...

With words and photographs, Rain in Our Hearts takes readers into Alpha Company, 4th Battalion, 31st Infantry, 196th LIB, Americal Division in 1969...

Every story has a hero, every hero has a superpower, and when used with intentionality, sport is an incredible superpower in the fight for gender e...

A double biography of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West, their friendship and love affair. Virginia Woolf is one of the world's most famous ...

When the first bombs fell on London in August 1940, the city was transformed overnight into a battlefront. For most Londoners, the sirens, guns, pl...

For years, the rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona has defined top-level European football. At its heart: a personal battle - Messi vs Ronald...

A full understanding of the historical process must include studies of the social and economic conditions of societies as well as biographies of th...

What can you remember of your childhood? This was the question put to a number of seniors asked to start from as far back as they could get, and go...

For over 70 years, Clowns International - the oldest established clowning organization - has been painting the faces of its members on eggs. Each...

By the early 17th century the Scientific Revolution was well under way. Philosophers and scientists were throwing off the yoke of ancient authority...

While the heroic exploits of The Few of Fighter Command are rightly lauded, those of The Many of Bomber Command often remain overlooked. Night afte...

'Highly readable . . . an intimate and varied account of fascinating stories of people at war' History of WarWar Stories is a fascinating account o...