Novelistic Biographies

Contents:-“Tolstoy and his message” by Ernest Howard Crosby.Biography(from the second edition 1904) and assessment of Leo Tolstoy”s spiritual quest, philosophy and teachings by Crosby, his leading c …

LONGLISTED FOR THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZEIn frantic flight from the Vietnam War, Jay Parini leaves the United States for Scotland. There, through unlikely circumstances, he meets famed Argentinian autho …

First Published in 1985 Britain and Joseph Chamberlain is not simply the first biography of Joseph Chamberlain to be written from a radical standpoint but also an exercise in ‘counter -history’. What …

Gallant Women: Stories from Kargil" is a tribute to the remarkable women who played pivotal roles during the Kargil War of 1999. While the war is often remembered for the bravery of soldiers on …

Written and compiled by friends and former students, The Idea of Social Structure honors Robert K. Merton, considered one of the premier sociologists of the twentieth century. Along with Talcott Pars …

”Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we”ve been waiting for. We are the change we seek” In his speeches as president, Barack Obama had the pow …

In this book – an ABC of the genre, with 26 entries – two renowned biographers and teachers take us on a tour, from A for Authorization to Z for Zigzagging to the End. In trenchant, witty entries the …

”Insightful, wise and life-affirming” Observer”Turns death into life, despair into hope, sorrow into joy” Stephen Fry In Radical Acts of Love, Janie Brown, oncology nurse and counsellor, offers a …