As revolution raged in North America, James Aitken - house painter, highwayman, and escaped indentured servant - wandered the colonies formulating a dramatic plan to cripple the British navy by destroying Portsmouth dockyard and Bristol harbour.
New York Times bestselling author of Tinseltown and Bogart offers the first definitive account of the Black Dahlia murderthe most famous unsolved true crime case in American history.
WILFRED C-R – By Ross Pickford – short synopsisWilfred Clunies-Ross (1874–1927) is a fifth-generation member of the Scottish-Malay family that ruled the remote Cocos-Keeling atoll in the Indian Ocean for over a century.
This study of Anne of Cleves, the fourth wife of King Henry VIII, offers readers a more nuanced retelling of her queenship, which has often been dismissed as unimportant due to its brevity.
Longlisted for The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction 2026 One of the Sunday Times Best Non-Fiction Books to Read in Summer 2026'In this remarkable book, utterly gripping over 400 pages, high-end novelised non-fiction takes a big leap forward' MAIL ON SUNDAY'This is a stylish, intelligent page-turner, as gripping as a thriller film script' THE TIMES'A gripping true crime story, full of sixties glamour and political murk' THE SUNDAY TIMES'It's a hell of a story.
With sly humor and piercing clarity (Amanda Montell, New York Times bestselling author), and channeling the subversive and sharp-eyed voice showcased in her popular column for The Cut, Amil Niazi stylishly interrogates the aspirations of young adulthood, early middle age, motherhood, and life after ambition.
Contemporary Japanese American and Mexican American Poets examines how contemporary Japanese American and Mexican American poets imagine their past, present, and future through shared aesthetics.
Pioneering metal writer Keith Kahn-Harris presents a moving, visionary exploration of Ozzy Osbourne, and of metal music and culture: the potent legacy Ozzy left us.
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERDiscover the incredible true story of WW2's most extraordinary spy - from the bestselling author of The Spy and the Traitor.
In SALKIĆ VS ORWELL, writer Saidin Salkić turns his attention to his own novella, When Stalin Read Animal Farm, using it as a point of departure for a series of provocative literary essays on George Orwell, political allegory, historical memory, satire, censorship, empire, and the unstable relationship between fiction and power.
When you read this, there will be machines that can answer almost anything you ask them — faster than I can, faster than your teachers can, faster than you ever will.
This book provides the first in-depth examination of philosophy and feminism in the works of Wittgenstein, exploring the diverse approaches within this emerging field The four thematic parts are accompanied by an introduction from the editors.
Drawing on more than a decade of ongoing work as an educator in a small juvenile justice centre (JJC) in northern Spain, the author offers a uniquely situated perspective on juvenile justice.
Elizabeth Bishop is now recognized as one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century-a uniquely cosmopolitan writer with connections to the US, Canada, Brazil, and also the UK, given her neglected borrowings from many English authors, and her strong influence on modern British verse.
Gallipoli, for the average Australian, is the most famous battle that our volunteer soldiers ever fought, because it was our first entry as a nation into the war, and our people were keen to prove themselves.
One womans extraordinary personal journey in the US military and her triumphant effort to honor her predecessors with the Congressional Gold Medal Looking back on her remarkable career, Retired Army Colonel Edna W.
Elizabeth Bishop is now recognized as one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century-a uniquely cosmopolitan writer with connections to the US, Canada, Brazil, and also the UK, given her neglected borrowings from many English authors, and her strong influence on modern British verse.
Mike "e;King"e; Kelly was the hard-living, hard-drinking son of a Civil War veteran whose skills at baseball and infectious charm turned him into the game's first hero, and a symbol of what it meant to be a celebrity in America in the 1880s and 1890s.
The popular screen and stage star Laurence Harvey (1928-1973) is best remembered for his stellar performance in the film The Manchurian Candidate_a 20th century classic.
The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports takes the greatest Jewish athletes in all major sports from the past eleven decades and ranks them against each other, using a limited scope and quantitative criteria.
Serge Chaloff (1923-1957) is most widely remembered as the flamboyant baritone saxophone star with Woody Herman's 2nd Herd whose problems with drugs extended to erratic personal behavior.
In her one-of-a-kind voice, Diane Keaton shares the wisdom she s accumulated through the years as a mother, daughter, actress, artist, and international style icon.
Race Relations in Sociological Theory (1983) presents a clear definition of the field of race relations, and indicates how it should be systematically developed.
Hailed as one of the finest books to emerge from the Vietnam War, If I Die in a Combat Zone is a fascinating insight into the lives of the soldiers caught in the conflict.
'The definitive biography' - Simon Sebag Montefiore, bestselling author of The RomanovsGet lost in the labyrinthine life of Grigori Rasputin, an enigmatic figure that continues to puzzle historians to this day.
Contemporary Japanese American and Mexican American Poets examines how contemporary Japanese American and Mexican American poets imagine their past, present, and future through shared aesthetics.
The 100 Greatest Jews in Sports takes the greatest Jewish athletes in all major sports from the past eleven decades and ranks them against each other, using a limited scope and quantitative criteria.
Mike "e;King"e; Kelly was the hard-living, hard-drinking son of a Civil War veteran whose skills at baseball and infectious charm turned him into the game's first hero, and a symbol of what it meant to be a celebrity in America in the 1880s and 1890s.
Serge Chaloff (1923-1957) is most widely remembered as the flamboyant baritone saxophone star with Woody Herman's 2nd Herd whose problems with drugs extended to erratic personal behavior.
The popular screen and stage star Laurence Harvey (1928-1973) is best remembered for his stellar performance in the film The Manchurian Candidate_a 20th century classic.
The Rise and Fall of a Competitive Roller Skater: The Triumphant MemoirAt one time, Victor Scott stood among the elite ranks of competitive roller dance skating, achieving a level of excellence that few athletes ever reach.
