Biography: general

Its in the early morning, usually on dry, icy cold, thorn-strewn fields, that rugby legends are created.

An illuminating biography of one of the greatest geometers of the twentieth centuryDriven by a profound love of shapes and symmetries, Donald Coxeter (19072003) preserved the tradition of classical geometry when it was under attack by influential mathematicians who promoted a more algebraic and austere approach.

Sonja Sternberg was born in Berlin in June 1926.

A cutting-edge exploration of how Marx's ideas have been adopted and adapted by revolutionary thinkers in the Global South.

Kim Fairley was twenty-four when she fell in love with and married a man who was fifty-seven.

NATIONAL BESTSELLERYour openhearted path to reclaiming what you love about your faithWhen your faith as you know it has been commodified, nationalized, scandalized, and rebranded beyond recognition, is it even possible to recover?

For fans of Lily King's Five Tuesdays in Winter, a contemporary short story collection that explores the depths of everyday humanity and the universal yearning for new beginnings.

Lucinda Jackson, a harried scientist and business executive, sets off to make a break from her corporate decades and have an extraordinary retirement.

The story of a mother's quest to end her family's food wasteand all the blunders that came with it.

Step into the world of the late 13th century, a time when the Anatolian plains were fractured, kingdoms crumbled, and new powers emerged from the shadows of empires.

This co-branded book features 18 stories of women on the cutting-edge of virtual reality and technology: women who are building the metaverse.

An exploration of the serialization of children's classics by contemporary publishers, this book digs into the impact of the practice and provides new ways of reading the corpus of British children's literature from the 20th century.

Step into the captivating world of 17th-century France, where Philippe I, Duke of Orleans, carved out his unique legacy amidst the grandeur of the Bourbon dynasty.

Am Ende des 18.

This book investigates a forgotten chapter of history: the role of Italian sciences within the child study movement.

The paperback release of this classic work.

The BBC and HBO series Gentleman Jack brought Anne Lister to international attention, awakening tremendous interest in her diaries, which run to nearly five million words and are partly written in her secret code.

Almost a quarter of a century ago, first in the West and then in Russia, the book of the grandmaster of Stalin's political intelligence, Pavel Sudoplatov, "Intelligence and the Kremlin.

The third volume of Mikhail Vostryshev's series is dedicated to the period of formation of Soviet Russia in the 1920s, when the country, having survived bloody wars and revolution, remained predominantly agrarian.

Andrés Valenzuela, "Papudo", miembro del Comando Conjunto, desertor de la Fuerza Aérea de Chile durante la dictadura de Pinochet.

Virginia Woolf.

This is a historical and anthropological study of the myth of the werewolf aimed at reflecting on the metamorphoses of evil and understanding the long evolution of a mythical structure.

This is the first published biography of Lieutenant Commander Le Roy Fitch, U.

This is a historical and anthropological study of the myth of the werewolf aimed at reflecting on the metamorphoses of evil and understanding the long evolution of a mythical structure.