William Gibson 
Enlightenment Prelate [PDF ebook] 
Benjamin Hoadly, 1676-1761

Sir James Dewar was a major figure in British chemistry for around 40 years. He held the posts of Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy at Cambridge (1875-1923) and Fullerian Professor of Chemis …

Most Civil War histories focus on the performance of top-level generals. However, it was the individual officers below them who actually led the troops to enact the orders. Some of these were remarka …

Baptist Noel (1798-1873) has been described by the American Evangelical Anglican historian Grayson Carter as a towering figure in nineteenth-century Evangelicalism, but he has been written out of its …

At a time when female architects were still as rare as hen’s teeth, a seemingly unlikely entrant to the profession, a middle-aged vicar’s wife – Annabel Dott, was taking tentative steps on building p …

"The Northern Whale-Fishery" by William Scoresby is a comprehensive exploration of the 19th-century whaling industry in the Arctic regions, blending maritime adventure with economic, enviro …

Reflections on the late Arthur Miller from over seventy writers, actors, directors and friends, with »Arthur Miller Remembers», an interview with the writer from 1995. Following his death in Februa …

Have you ever been abandoned by someone you thought loved you? How about feeling unwanted and unloved by your mother or father? From Abandonment to Abundance is a real story of an African American gi …

Carolyn Ellis is the leading writer in the move toward personal, autobiographical writing as a strategy for academic research. In addition to her landmark books Final Negotiations and The Ethnographi …

Ever felt all alone or abandoned? Were you bullied or picked on in school? Have you always desired a better relationship with your parents? Or have you been in an abusive relationship and didn»t kno …

The acclaimed author of The Magnetic Girl delivers “an elegy for her dead sisters . . . a heartfelt, painful family saga, skillfully told by a survivor” (Kirkus Reviews).   When J …