Biography and non-fiction prose

The last of four volumes comprising a biographical dictionary of state speakers from 1911 to 1994, this book covers Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont.

Neil M Gunn (1892 - 1973), one of Scotland's most distinguished and highly regarded novelists of the 20th century, was a prolific writer.

To explore the life of Mahmud Sami al-Barudi is to gain a nuanced perspective on the many facets-the perils and promises-of change in the rapidly modernizing Egypt of the nineteenth century.

In So What's New about Scholasticism?

Explores the contrasting fates of Admiral John Duncan Bulkeley and General Douglas MacArthur, revealing the often-overlooked sacrifices of Bulkeley's PT boat crew during a heroic yet controversial rescue from the Philippines in World War II.

Roman Emperors is a concise chronological guide to the emperors who ruled the Roman Empire.

This biography traces the hard life and colorful career of "e;Iron Man"e; McGinnity from his childhood working the coalfields of Illinois to his death in 1929.

Health professionals are recognizing the major role that nutraceuticals play in health enhancement.

Former President Reagan, long remembered as the Great Communicator, never was at a loss for words, and his profound wisdom and wit are presented in this unique, impactful book covering more than fifty years from Hollywood to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and beyond.

You were made for more than a love/hate relationship with your body.

Louise Blanchard Bethune, the subject of this biography, was America's first female professional architect.

So who is Louis van Gaal?

Warm, funny, and memorable musings on a life spent fishing.

Pulitzer Prize-Winning AuthorIn recognition of her long and lauded career as a master essayist, a landmark collection including her most beloved pieces and some rarely seen work, rigorously curated by the author herself“Annie Dillard's books are like comets, like celestial events that remind us that the reality we inhabit is itself a celestial event.

This Element explains love with technologies in ways that go beyond traditional approaches to technologically mediated bodies and emotions.

A collection of insightful essays, interviews, and commentaries on music, art, and those who make it, from acclaimed author and Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Ned RoremIt is a rare artist who can deftly cross the boundaries separating one artistic endeavor from another.

The new edition of this comprehensive and authoritative anthology of Rousseau''s important early political writings in faithful English translations.

'A page turner.

Frome was historically one of the largest towns in Somerset and is rapidly growing today.

This volume collects the most substantial correspondence and documents relating to Wittgenstein's long association with Cambridge between the years 1911 and his death in 1951, including the letters he exchanged with his most illustrious Cambridge contemporaries Russell, Keynes, Moore, and Ramsey (and previously published as Cambridge Letters).

'To say this series is "e;empowering"e; doesn't do it justice.

In 2010, University of Kansas officials were shocked to learn that the FBI and IRS were on campus investigating Rodney Jones, former head of the Athletics Ticket Office, for stealing Jayhawks basketball tickets and selling them to brokers.

The present work is a pioneering effort to highlight life and works of the choicest great English novelists.

Walter Raaflaub, ein von seinen Patienten als Arzt und Mensch geschätzter Allgemeinmediziner, erkrankt 2002 an Prostatakrebs.

The power and status of English male elites were not merely inherited at birth but developed through everyday interactions with family, peers and guardians.

Biographic Memoirs: Volume 78 contains the biographies of deceased members of the National Academy of Sciences and bibliographies of their published works.

The tale of 'Cinderella' is told wherever stories are still read aloud and everyone is familiar with 'Rapunzel' and 'The Golden Goose', but who has heard all the wonderful stories collected by the Brothers Grimm?

Food consumption is vital to human survival.

An expertly reported and insightful biography of Al Gore from Pulitzer Prizewinning author David Maraniss.

Articulates Adam Smith''s model of human sociality, illustrated in experimental economic games that relate easily to business and everyday life.

Medieval mystics have much wisdom to offer contemporary middle-agedwomen grappling with empty nests, evolving careers andrelationships, spiritual growth, and physical issues.

Interest in Pink Floyd remains as intense as ever even 40 years after the release of Dark Side of the Moon, with lavish box-sets collecting demos and out-takes, and Roger Waters' world tours of The Wall playing to packed stadiums.

Undeniably, growing old is challenging; the physical pain and emotional angst are unrelenting.

Orlando Duque, the Colombian with the characteristic ponytail, is the most successful cliff diver in the world.

Evaluation of Novel Protein Products is a collection of several scientific essays that resulted from a symposium held in Stockholm.

'Martin Amis is a seriously good writer, and never on better form than now.

Part memoir, part how-to, all Baxter Black, Lessons from a Desperado Poet is a humorous, witty take on making a living by doing the right thing and trying everything.