Gerald Gaillard 
Routledge Dictionary of Anthropologists [PDF ebook] 

The adventures and tribulations of Eglantyne Jebb, founder of Save the Children, and humble revolutionary Winner of the 2007 Daily Mail Biographer’s Club Prize An unconventional biography of an uncon …

This book is base on The author »s life in which she recalles some experiences that triggered her inner desire to search for peace. Some stories of her youth, her marriage, military life, and her con …

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 …

Strings Attachedis the story of a brilliant, but ferocious music teacher who came to be known as Mr K. A Ukrainian immigrant who survived an abusive childhood to become a noted resident and teacher, …

Around Christmas of 1882, while peering through a microscope at starfish larvae in which he had inserted tiny thorns, Russian zoologist Elie Metchnikoff had a brilliant insight: what if the mobile ce …

 »The most beautiful book I ever read. » – Rune Larsson, ultra-distance runner Markus Torgeby was just 20 years old when he headed off into the remote Swedish forest to live as a recluse and dedicate …

The biography of a 29 year old woman, disgruntled after a long period of depression and promiscuity. Tired of feeling like she was the only one who had been where she had gone. She walks through her …

He Liyi belongs to one of China »s minorities, the Bai, and he lives in a remote area of northwestern Yunnan Province. In 1979 his wife sold her fattest pig to buy him a shortwave radio. He spent eve …

Educated is the story of a girl’s struggle for balance between learnings about life and her family’s worldviews. From her loyalty to and love for her family to the need of severing these same ties, t …