In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues, this bookhonors the life of Effa Manley, the trailblazing female co-owner of baseball's Newark Eagles.
This encyclopaedia presents biographical entries on internationally renowned scientists-biologists, chemists, physicists and mathematicians, who have made important contribution to science.
The scientific study of all forms of human and animal behaviour, sometimes concerned with the methods through which behaviour can be modified is collectively known as psychology.
WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONSelected as a Book of the Year in the Herald In 1845, a Reading bookseller named John Snare came across the dirt-blackened portrait of a prince at a country house auction.
The extraordinary, unlikely tale of Tycho Brahe and Johannes Kepler and their enormous contribution to astronomy and understanding of the cosmos is one of the strangest stories in the history of science.
The scientific study of all forms of human and animal behaviour, sometimes concerned with the methods through which behaviour can be modified is collectively known as psychology.
In The Four Elements, poet and philosopher John O'Donohue draws upon his Celtic heritage and the love of his native landscape, the west of Ireland, to weave together a tapestry of beautifully evoked images of nature.
Academy Award-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins delves into his illustrious film and theatre career, difficult childhood and path to sobriety in his honest, moving and long-awaited memoir.
'A wonderful take on the chaos of the modern word' Louise O'Neill'Really, really good - thoughtful, funny, smart and stupid' S amus O'Reilly'Self-deprecating, insightful and witty' Irish Examiner 'Carl has the rare gift of combining analytical clarity with maniacal vulnerability' Blindboy Boatclub'Great company .
'If you have yet to explore her cosmic music, begin, as Andy Beta did, with Journey in Satchidananda, then open this detailed and illuminating biography.
'Moving and generous'Isabella Hammad, author of Enter Ghost'Luminous, moving, and achingly beautiful'Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King 'I am forever changed after reading this book'Javier Zamora, author of Solito'A deeply inspiring and absorbing read'Mark Gevisser, author of The Pink Line'Spending time with the real people in Fire in Every Direction is a delight'Rabih Alameddine, author of An Unnecessary Woman Both a love story and a coming-of-age tale that spans countries and continents, Fire in Every Direction balances humour and loss, nostalgia and hope, as it takes us from the Middle East to London, and from 1948 to the present.
';One of the best making-of books to hit the shelves' BooklistFor the first time, the director and co-creators of This is Spinal Tap provide the full behind-the-scenes story of the making of the groundbreaking mockumentary.
Agent Link: The Spy Erased from History is a biography of William Wolfe Weisband who one colleague described as a "e;charter member"e; of America's top-secret Cold War codebreaking pioneers.
The Art Dealer's Apprentice tells the story of how the author moved to New York in 1989 as a young Midwesterner, found a job at an Upper East Side gallery, and became the protege of Carla Panicali, an Italian countess and major international art world figure.
A police detective and an investigative journalist team up in secret to try and solve a series of rapes and murders from the early 1980s on Florida's Gulf Coast, hoping to crack the cold case that has passed through generations of detectives.
An intimate look and "e;a detailed account"e; (Booklist) of the career of Baltimore Colts' running back Tom Matte and his celebrated stint as an emergency quarterback.
This encyclopaedia presents biographical entries on internationally renowned scientists-biologists, chemists, physicists and mathematicians, who have made important contribution to science.
This encyclopaedia presents biographical entries on internationally renowned scientists-biologists, chemists, physicists and mathematicians, who have made important contribution to science.
This encyclopaedia presents biographical entries on internationally renowned scientists-biologists, chemists, physicists and mathematicians, who have made important contribution to science.
Of all of the Founding Fathers of the American republic none, with the possible exception of Thomas Jefferson, has evoked more passions and aroused more controversy than Alexander Hamilton.
The Christian Tradition, formerly published by Pearson/Prentice Hall, introduces students at the beginning of the third millennium to a religion that has evolved over and shaped two previous millennia.
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.