Nieuwe biografieën

This is not my story, although everything happened to me. This is a story about the power of God. I just happened to find myself a secondary character. To appreciate this story, you must be able to a …

Published in 1994: This book is to commemorate the one hundredth anniversary of Heinrich Hertz’s death at the terribly young age of thirty-six. The introductory biography together with eleven papers …

As an adult, I learned this: persist. Work hard. Face rejection, weather the setbacks, until you meet the gatekeeper who will open a door for you. Jesmyn Ward grew up in a poor, rural community in Mi …

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 …

First published in 1949, The Progress of a Biographer follows a general principle that there are absolute truths, which an individual can in some degree apprehend and live by, but which churches and …

Michael Foot”s two-volume biography of Aneurin ”Nye” Bevan (1897-1960) – arguably Britain”s greatest socialist, indelibly associated with the founding of the National Health Service, – is one of …

Prisoners of the Sumatra Railway is the first book to detail the experiences of British former prisoners of war (POWs) who were forced to construct a railway across Sumatra during the Japanese occupa …

Just a few weeks after the foundation of the United Arab Emirates on 2 December 1971, Dr Sultan al-Qasimi was selected as the new ruler of Sharjah. With the addition of a further and final emirate in …

A hard-hitting, honest, and disturbing account of a young boy”s abuse at the hands of his parents, leading to his ultimate destruction. …

The e-book version of The Fourth Pyramid: The Life and Legacy of Om Kalthoum is intended to bring you an immersive, interactive experience as close as possible to the live show. The content is arrang …