Leo Suryadinata 
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Biographical Sketches (4th edition)

”A diary is an assassin”s cloak which we wear when we stab a comrade in the back with a pen”, wrote William Soutar in 1934. But a diary is also a place for recording everyday thoughts and special …

Hermann Hesse, winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature, is now acknowledged internationally as one of the major writers of this century. His books, which have become best-sellers, appeal partic …

The Life of Cesare Borgia: A History and Some Criticisms by Rafael Sabatini provides a detailed historical biography of Cesare Borgia, a controversial figure in Renaissance Italy. Sabatini explores t …

"My Path to Atheism" by Annie Besant is a compelling autobiographical account that strains the author’s adventure from devout spiritual perception to atheism. Besant, an outstanding social …

Reflections on the late Arthur Miller from over seventy writers, actors, directors and friends, with ”Arthur Miller Remembers”, an interview with the writer from 1995. Following his death in Februa …

A Game of Three Halves is the official biography of Kenny Swain. It tells the tale of the man who quit teaching to sign for Chelsea, the glamour club of the 1970s, and then moved on to Aston Villa wh …

This is a girl”s guide to emotional baking.We”ve all been there.The blind date from hell.The Big Hurt.The guy who details his various surgeries over Caesar salad on the first date.Who needs a pint …

In Solon the Thinker, John Lewis presents the hypothesis that Solon saw Athens as a self-governing, self-supporting system akin to the early Greek conceptions of the cosmos. Solon”s polis functions …

________________________ THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MEMOIR OF BEN WATT”S BATTLE WITH A RARE ILLNESS ________________________ ”Intensely moving” – Mick Brown, Daily Telegraph ”Quiet elegance and r …