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A New Statesman Book of the Year for 2017 His father conceived of the Brooklyn Bridge, but it was Washington Roebling who built this iconic feat of human engineering after his father“s tragic death. …

It was the case that shocked the nation. On the evening of 20 April 2011, Tina Nash“s life changed forever. After suffering months of beatings and domestic abuse at the hands of boyfriend Shane Jenk …

How did a big-game fishing trip rudely interrupted by sharks inspire one of the key scenes in Hemingway“s The Old Man and the Sea? How did Robert Louis Stevenson“s cruise to the cannibal-infested S …

Long before he was one of America“s leading yachting writers, Nigel Calder was a novice cruiser with ambitions grander than his experience. Nigel and his partner Terrie were young and foolish, with …

No one did political corruption quite like Rod Blagojevich. The 40th governor of Illinois made international headlines in 2008 when he was roused from his bed and arrested by the FBI at his Chicago h …

What do No Bullets Bill, Shahn the Singing Aide, Friday from Iraq and Barbie the Paramedic to Be all have in common? They all lead interesting lives AND are residents, employees, management or guests …

Published in 1994: Nicolas Flamel: His Exposition of the Hieroglyphicall Figures is a narrative of the life of Nicolas Flamel. …

We cherish things, Japan has always known, precisely because they cannot last; it“s their frailty that adds sweetness to their beauty. Returning to his home in Japan after his father-in-law“s sudde …

“ Poignant … A meditation on life, love and the importance of nature“ IRISH TIMES When they were in their twenties, Niall Williams and Christine Breen made the impulsive decision to leave New Yor …

Bishop Stephen Neill was one of the most prolific, accomplished, and fascinating Christian leaders of the global church in the twentieth century. Privileged to live in radically different cultural co …