Samuel Pepys 
Diary of Samuel Pepys [EPUB ebook] 

A family”s thrilling voyage around the Caribbean and across the Atlantic Ocean ”A great read for anyone daring to throw caution to the wind” Coast Three years after his return from the Alaskan wi …

The authors of this new collection argue that the many features of the now-infamous Duke University men’s lacrosse controversy are best understood in the context of the three major socio-legal instit …

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE. ‘I kill a man and most people forgive me. However, I love a man and many say this makes me an evil person.’ On 24 March 1962, when …

This book encompasses the fascinating 40 year journey in life of someone who just wasn’t your average practicing GP, but someone whose passion and drive were to use his skills and medical ability to …

John Snow was a Victorian physician who helped to establish that cholera was spread by contaminated water (not bad air, as theory had it). He traced the source of a deadly cholera outbreak to one pum …

______________________ ”Too much to do? Stop and read this” – Guardian ”For a fresh take on an eternal dilemma, Overwhelmed is worth a few hours of any busy woman”s life – if only to ensure that …

This is the first ever biography in English of ”the Spanish Merckx”, who remains one of the most fascinating Tour de France champions. Luis Ocaña seemed doomed to live in the shadow of cycling”s g …

Hans Küng has been a major influence on post-war Christianity by any reckoning. a peritus for the second Vatican council, he then went on to publish a number of controversial books, including Infalli …

I am 30 years old, still single, following a dream, wallowing in self pity; yet I manage to briefly mask my self-loathing with wine, random flings with B list celebrities, professional athletes, dati …

Geographers is an annual collection of studies on individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought. Subjects are drawn from all periods and from …