On 2 August 1708 Captain Woodes Rogers set sail from Bristol with two ships, the Duke and Duchess, on an epic voyage of circumnavigation that was to make him famous.
Ernest Gellner was a multilingual polymath who set the agenda in the study of nationalism and the sociology of Islam for an entire generation of academics and students.
Taylor's research has demonstrated that type 2 is caused by just one factor - too much internal fat in the liver and pancreas - and that to reverse it you need to strip this harmful internal fat out with rapid weight loss.
The Australia Director at Human Rights Watch shares her experiences defending human rights from human trafficking in Nepal to the drug war in the Philippines to treatment of detainees in Papua New Guinea and in Australia offering an extremely involving personal account of how far we've come, and how far we've got to go.
Axedcharts the dramatic decline of the magazine industry in Australia from the million-selling highs of the 1990s to the recent round of mergers, closures and mass-redundancies.
To mark Bob Hawke's extraordinary life and legacy, this master work brings together the story of the man in full in a definitive hardback commemorative biography.
The matriarch of Australia's most violent and notorious criminal family, and allegedly the inspiration for the award-winning film Animal Kingdom, tells her side of the story.
A fascinating, one-of-a-kind memoir that takes readers on a journey to the dawn of the jet age-and reveals how technology will shape the world to come.
In Benjamin ';Bibi' Netanyahu's ';compelling' (The Economist) and ';fascinating' (The Wall Street Journal) New York Times bestselling autobiography, the prime minister of Israel tells the story of his family, his path to leadership, and his unceasing commitment to defending his country and securing its future.
An instant bestseller when first published in 1929-biographies of twelve bold individuals from history and what they did to separate themselves from the pack.
With a polished walking stick and neatly pressed trousers, Richard Halliburton served as an intrepid globetrotting guide for millions of Americans in the 1920s and '30s.
With a polished walking stick and neatly pressed trousers, Richard Halliburton served as an intrepid globetrotting guide for millions of Americans in the 1920s and '30s.
For years Tommy Charles searched South Carolina's upcountry for examples of ancient rock art carvings and paintings, efforts conducted on behalf of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA).
Captain Dynamite Johnny O'Brien sailed the seven seas for over sixty years, starting in the late 1860s in India and ending in the early 1930s on the U.
This is the story of James Capen Adams, a mountain man born in 1807 who brought grizzlies to the city of San Francisco, and then New York, for exhibition.
In 18th century America, Daniel Little became known as the "e;Apostle of the East"e; by his contemporaries and admirers for his many missionary journeys along Maine's eastern frontier.
