David Macpherson 
Six Brief Memoirs [EPUB ebook] 

An anthology of five of the best autobiographical narratives detailing black life in New England in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The volume is accompanied by Cottrol»s introduction, …

‘Hand harvesting was a different process to machine harvesting. It was convivial and slow. We started at dawn and slowly proceeded across the vineyards. It was better for us and for the grapes, the h …

From an apprentice aircraft engineer, into a flying career. A commercial pilot flying Beaver»s, DC3 Dakota, Vicker»s Viscount and finally as a Training Captain on the Boeing B707. All with one airl …

»Wonderfully intense and honest – a poignant manual of how to grow hope against the odds.» – Chris Packham, TV presenter and author of Fingers in the Sparkle Jar. Finding herself in a new home in B …

John Brown: The Forgotten Chess Composer? reintroduces a classic chess title to a whole new readership. Chess Strategy was originally published in 1865, and now Brian Gosling investigates the life an …

To define Nigeria is to tell a half-truth. Many have tried, but most have concluded that it is impossible to capture the true scope and significance of Africa’s most populous nation through words or …

Katharine Briggs made an indelible mark on the world of folklore with her compilation of the Dictionary of British Folktales in the English Languages, while her subsequent Dictionary of Fairies confi …

A shattering account of war and disillusionment from a young woman reporting from the front lines of the war on terror SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD » You»ll be thinking about this book l …

In a life dedicated to studying and writing about Nazism and the Holocaust, Otto Dov Kulka has set to one side his experiences as a child inmate at Auschwitz. Breaking years of silence, Kulka brings …