Giovanni Boccaccio 
Life of Dante [EPUB ebook] 

Paul David Wellstone Jr., or ?Dave as he is known to his friends, fell into a zombie-like state of shock when he first got word that the eleven-seater plane carrying his parents and sister couldn t b …

Biofictions introduces three novel concepts: ‘biofiction, ’ ‘bioimagination, ’ and ‘biodiscourse’ to talk about intersections of literary and visual texts and biotechnology. The book proposes a new i …

The deliciously funny confessions of a debutante which became an international bestseller Fresh from convent school, Charlotte Bingham finds herself propelled from the private tortures of dancing cla …

In 1987 a massive snowstorm hits New York as Peter Kaldheim flees the city, owing drug debts to a dealer who is no stranger to casual violence. Leaving behind his chaotic past, Kaldheim hits the road …

‘‘Delicious.’ I licked my lips. The wine filled me with joy. A picture of a vineyard drenched in sunlight formed in my mind. Sean drew me rudely back to the lounge of our semi-d. ”How can they be in …

This book is the first substantial study in any language of one of revolutionary Russia”s most distinguished and controversial engineers – Iurii Vladimirovich Lomonosov (1876-1952). Not only does it …

The untimely death of Dougal Haston in 1977 robbed climbing of one of its most charismatic, controversial and enigmatic figures. A man of extremes, who managed to combine a rock star”s lifestyle wit …

man for the ages. John Adams, philosopher of the Revolution and early America, and participant in many of the major events of that period, strove to fi nd universal patterns in the lives of all men. …