Benjamin Franklin 
Franklin: The Autobiography and Other Writings on Politics, Economics, and Virtue [PDF ebook] 

From the author of The Savage God, a unique memoir of growing old, and a lesson in not going gently into that good night The ponds of Hampstead Heath are small oases; fragments of wild nature nestled …

For nearly 40 years ‘among the glades of Epping Forest’ Churchill found a base for his parliamentary life. This book relates with anecdotal and archival evidence the attempt to unseat him after what …

This strikingly original book introduces a Winston Churchill we have not known before. Award-winning author Jonathan Rose explores in tandem Churchill’s careers as statesman and author, revealing the …

Constantin von Tischendorf was a pioneer. He existed in an age when biblical studies as we know it was being formed, when the quest for forgotten manuscripts and lost treasures was being undertaken w …

Marcus Garvey founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association in 1914. He was one of the first black leaders to encourage black people to discover their cultural traditions and history, and to se …

This is a classic real-life story of derring do on the high seas, complete with extreme risk, last-minute ingenuity and many near-misses. Beginning in the 1960s, this book tells of the real life adve …

A captivating collection of pieces about the art of narration by Britain”s finest biographer, Michael Holroyd In this collection of pieces, Michael Holroyd reflects on the eccentricities of the art …

Everybody knows Charles Darwin and others in his family, from Tom Wedgwood, the first photographer, to Vaughan Williams and poet John Cornford. But when Charles’ great-great-granddaughter tried to ro …

An uncensored road trip through gay American life in the early sixties! Jack Nichols is now known as a founding father of the gay and lesbian liberation movement, editor of GAY (the first gay weekly …

The power of the American press to influence and even set the political agenda is commonly associated with the rise of such press barons as Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst at the turn of …