Biography: general

Looking Through You: Northern Chronicles, the sequel to renowned Belfast poet and author Gerald Dawe's critically acclaimed In Another World: Van Morrison and Belfast, is the evocative record of the musical, literary and artistic influences that inspired and forged Dawe's awakening as a poet, and his career in Irish literature.

For fans of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild andSuleika Jaouad's Between Two Kingdoms, the invigorating true story of a man and his dog who circled the globe on foot.

Pastor Blackstone is once again on a spiritual journey to the subcontinent of India.

This book contributes to various political debates about Central Europe in terms of its literary-symbolic geography.

Sir William Richard Gowers was one of the pre-eminent clinical neurologists of the nineteenth century.

On 21 July 1942 the Nazis took control of the small Polish town of Zolkiew, life for Jewish 15-year-old Clara Kramer was never to be the same again.

Newman himself called the Oxford University Sermons, first published in 1843, `the best, not the most perfect, book I have done'.

An insider's view of the opera world from one of its greatest figures.

The Reformed Church historian and orientalist Johann Heinrich Hottinger (1620-1667) is a key figure in the history of Arabic and Islamic studies in early modern Europe.

LAS ESPERADAS MEMORIAS DE UNA DE LAS LÍDERES POLÍTICAS MÁS IMPORTANTES DE NUESTRO TIEMPO.

An overview of the life, work and continuing importance of the pre-eminent African American intellectual of the twentieth century.

A cardiologist and his patient tell a true story of surviving and thriving, in a book both informational and inspirational.

Homespun Faith, The Rest of the Story, Volume One, continues the autobiographical story of Daisy's life in devotional form, which was begun in Homespun Faith, Reflections on the Seasons of Life.

On 22 July 2012 Bradley Wiggins made history as the first British cyclist to win the Tour de France.

"e;I looked out over the trees and the city and the cars below, all moving fast to a somewhere I knew nothing about.

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How Molyneux''s Question shaped the conflict between empiricism and idealism in nineteenth-century British, American and Australian landscape painting and criticism.

As seen on Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch: a king crab fisherman and cook shares death-defying tales and dangerously delicious recipes.

A rich intellectual history of the reinvention of France''s colonial empire in the second half of the eighteenth century.

In this novel that sweeps Putin's height to power, Stephen Lee Meers tells the origins of Putin - from his childhood from extreme poverty in Leningrad to his rise in the ranks of the KGB, and he eventually monotheism in the Kremlin.

'I was thrown out of my first casino in spring of 2000.

An unprecedented behind-the-scenes portrait of the Trump presidency from the anonymous senior official whose first words of warning about the president rocked the nation's capital.

The life of Taj al-Saltaneh, daughter of the ruler of Iran, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, epitomized the predicaments of her changing era.

This entertaining collection of essays takes a biographical approach to early American naval history.

A comprehensive, authoritative, innovative and accessible account of Pythagoreanism, one of the most enigmatic and influential philosophies in the West.

As well as regular Sunday and weekday celebrations and the observance of saints' days, many churches and cathedrals also hold Eucharists for special occasions or intentions.

Novelist, culture critic, essayist, historian, comic satirist, image maker, actor, homosexual, bisexual, controversial, confrontational - finding words to describe Gore Vidal is never difficult.

Unlike traditional references that recount political and military history, this encyclopedia includes entries on a wide range of aspects related to daily life during the medieval crusades.

The book provides empirically-rich case studies of the lives and livelihoods of marginalised ethnic minorities in colonial and post-colonial Zimbabwe, with a specific focus on diverse rural areas.

The founder of POZ magazine shares ';a captivatingeyewitness account from inside the AIDS epidemic' (Next) and ';a moving, multi-decade memoir of one gay man's life' (San Francisco Chronicle).

Budapest has always been an important place.

'Long, thin, and cool as hell' was how parasitologist Thomas Platt described the new genus and species of trematode (Baracktrema obamai) he named in honor of the 44th USA president and his 5th cousin, Barack Obama.

A ';smart, juicy, deeply reported' (Katie Couric) biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all timeBarbara Waltersa woman whose personal demons fueled an ambition that broke all the rules and finally gave women a permanent place on the air, written by bestselling author Susan Page.

This is the first comprehensive exploration of ancient and modern tyranny in the history of political thought.

This is the first book-length study of the American actress Sandy Dennis (1937-1992).

'a brilliant history' The Sunday Times 'makes for riveting reading' The IndependentModern pagan witchcraft is arguably the only fully-formed religion England has given the world, and has now spread across four continents.

An American soldier vividly recounts leading a platoon through the most chaotic and significant year of the Vietnam War.

On 21 July 1403 Sir Henry Percy - better known as Hotspur - led a rebel army out at Shrewsbury to face the forces of the king Henry IV.

This book is the first full-length study of Douglas Coupland, one of the twenty-first century's most innovative and influential novelists.

American Baptists emerged from the Civil War as a divided group.

Born in Belfast during World War II, raised in a working-class Protestant family, and educated on scholarship at Queen's University, writer Stewart Parker's story is in many ways the story of his generation.

During her lifelong service to the poorest of the poor, Mother Teresa became an icon of compassion to people of all religions, and none.

Thomas Cairns Livingstone began to note his day-to-day experiences in 1913 and continued faithfully for the next 20 years.

This small-group study is based on Steve Harper's book Five Marks of a Methodist.

Millions of America's youth dream of playing major league baseball or in a college bowl game on New Year's Day.