Biography: general

Malcolm Arnold's music encompassed a variety of forms from opera and ballet through orchestral and chamber music to film scores.

When I was at work in the City Relief Society, before the fire, I used to go to a poor sinner with the Bible in one hand and a loaf of bread in the other.

This book argues that the insulation of public life from the ethical standpoint puts in jeopardy the legitimacy and survival of our political communities.

Mutual understanding between the faithful of the world's great religions is no longer a luxury; all over the world, religions are challenged to find common ground in the cause of peace and justice, and in the face of war and exploitation.

This volume brings together an international group of scholars on Mark and Paul, respectively, who reopen the question whether Paul was a direct influence on Mark.

Well documented by public records, actual court reports, and newspaper accounts, this book is a true story of greed, ambition and murder in the first degree.

George Brown (1818-1880) was the influential editor of the Toronto Globe, the most powerful newspaper in British North America.

College Student Self-Efficacy Research Studies offers three uniquely designed sections that provide a unique mixture of research studies conducted on African American, Mexican American, and first-generation college students.

Television writer Tracy McMillan’s comic literary road trip into the heart and soul of her relationship with her father—a convicted pimp, drug dealer, and felon—and what it has meant for her relationships with men.

Winner of the 2008 Washington State Book Award in History/BiographyThis updated edition of Native Seattle brings the indigenous story to the present day and puts the movement of recognizing Seattle's Native past into a broader context.

Lanfranc of Pavia was archbishop of Canterbury from 1070 to 1089, and so for nineteen critical years in the history of the Anglo-Norman church and kingdom after the Norman conquest of 1066.

Harold Nicolson was a man of extraordinary gifts.

Cada vez que una mujer se atreve a contar su verdadera historia y a mostrar en carne viva sus heridas permite que otras cicatricen las suyas.

Over 2 million copies sold in The Word Biblical Commentary series.

For over three decades now, David Byrne has been a leading light in American culture - in popular music, experimental theatre, film, television, fine art, and writing.

Tom 'Bud' Abraham was one of the very few Englishmen to serve in Vietnam.

Fernand Daoust est surtout connu pour avoir été un dirigeant central de la Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec (FTQ) pendant vingt-quatre ans.

The founder of Gigi's Cupcakes shares her personal success story, her hard-won business acumen, and the life-changing inspiration that has helped her follow her dreams in this warm-hearted and encouraging memoir that ';will inspire savvy entrepreneurs to invest in their own dreams' (Daymond John, star of ABC's Shark Tank).

My Favourite Crime ranges across the world and over a wide array of contemporary issues.

This encyclopaedic work is unique amidst plethora of literature of similar nature, which encompasses compact and authentic information son all leading literary critics of world literature-both past and present.

In this autobiography, Sir Peter Mansfield describes his life from war time childhood that initially sparked his interest in physics to his work in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) that eventually led to the award of the Nobel Prize in 2003.

Don Cherry straddled the world of music and the world of golf.

A Spitfire Named Connie is an exciting rollercoaster of a story.

From small-town life to the world stage, Richard Lesher's inspiring tale is one of dogged determination.

Ursula Rosenfeld was born in 1925 in Quakenbruck, Germany to a Liberal Jewish family.

The spellbinding saga of Teamster boss Jackie Presser’s rise and fall In his rise from car thief to president of America’s largest labor union, Jackie Presser used every ounce of his street smarts and rough-edged charisma to get ahead.

Many books and memoirs have been written on prisoner of war captivity in the Far East during the Second World War.

In this groundbreaking work, Joseph Fitzpatrick challenges the traditional interpretation of chapter three of Genesis: the story of Adam and Eve in Eden.

In this never-before-published memoir from the files of The Walt Disney Archives, Disney Legend Jimmy Johnson (1917-1976) takes you from his beginnings as a studio gofer during the days of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to the opening of Walt Disney World Resort.

This edition includes a packet of Andrew Hudgins's favorite jokes, plus original commentary by the author.

The Sun Never Sets tells the extraordinary story of L.

In Malicious Deceivers, Ioana B.

Join Carole Bumpus and her husband in Book Three of the Savoring the Olde Ways series as they take you on their first culinary trek through Italy, including regions of Lombardy, Tuscany, Compania, Apulia, and Lazio.

This book examines how modern Western history has been shaped by the rise and fall of the great European empires.

WINNER OF THE BOARDMAN TASKER PRIZE 2008Metro magazine recently wrote that Andy Kirkpatrick makes Ray Mears look like Paris Hilton.

When Guy Kennaway, 63, a white, middle class, overweight, English, Tory-voting writer met Hussein Sharif, 22, an African-born, inner city, Tory-hating Muslim, they assumed they had little in common.

Part contemporary detective story, part World War II historical narrative, No Surrender is the inspiring true story of Roddie Edmonds, a Knoxville-born enlistee who risked his life during the final days of World War II to save others from murderous Nazis, and the lasting effects his actions had on thousands of lives—then and now.

Hannah Arendt's work inspires many to stand in solidarity against authoritarianism, racial or gender-based violence, climate change, and right-wing populism.

Changing one's diet not only improves physical health, but benefits mood, behaviour and cognitive function at a fundamental level.

This is the story of a long-lasting relationship, surviving against the odds.

This memoir invites readers to explore stages of their own spiritual journey.

"e;Bloomsbury on the Mediterranean,"e; is how Vanessa Bell described France in a letter to her sister, Virginia Woolf.

When her two daughters were approaching the finish of their education Marie Herbert felt the need to mark the end of the child-rearing phase of her life by a rite of passage, a way to find herself a new place in the grand scheme of things.

Peering into life's cringe-worthy moments, best-selling author Beth Lisick excavates territory that most would rather ignore.