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This book argues that guilt, shame, and remorse, associated with a history of substance abuse, explain why a minority of Islamist extremists carried out suicide terrorism in Europe between 2001 and 2 …

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 …

Sir Oliver Popplewella”s career goes a long way to explode myths and to show what judges are really like: impartial, skilled in the law, above party politics certainly, but essentially human. He was …

The final set of volumes (Vol 18-21 sold separately) of The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower contain 1, 783 documents drawn from Eisenhower”s second term as president from 20 January 1957 to 20 Jan …

Nelly Roussel (1878–1922)—the first feminist spokeswoman for birth control in Europe—challenged both the men of early twentieth-century France, who sought to preserve the status quo, and the women wh …

This book presents an account of the life of naval commander Andrew Cunningham, the best-known and most celebrated British admiral of the Second World War. It supplements Cunningham”s papers by Cabi …

This book examines the life and political career of Albertino Mussato (1261–1329), a Paduan poet, historian and politician. Mussato was one of the first writers of the late medieval period to begin r …

Autobiography of versatile singer Aled Hall, co-written with Alun Gibbard. Aled”s life journey takes us to two completely different worlds. He was brought up in rural Carmarthenshire, but he is just …

Henry Armstrong: Boxing”s Super Champ is the story of arguably the most incredible fighter in the history of boxing – told by one of the few surviving writers to have been around during Armstrong”s …

In late 1927, at the age of twenty-four, George Orwell relocated to a tiny flat on London’s Portobello Road, and from there embarked on a series of exploratory "tramping" expeditions to the …