Biografias românticas

George Crabbe, 18th-century poet, clergyman and surgeon-apothecary, is best known for ”Peter Grimes”, the tale of a sadistic fisherman that inspired Benjamin Britten”s opera of the same name. The …

A volume of recollections by 11 individuals who have been in the midst of all kinds of protests, all presented with liveliness and honesty, with joy and passion. The subjects are varied, and include …

While wetting the bed was normal for the other five-years-olds, my experience almost cost me my life. I was sleeping soundly at about 2:00 am when my foster sister began shouting, "Momma, she we …

Although the author’s graduation from his pre-sea nautical HMS Conway was both expected and anticipated, to be honoured at the same time with the Queen’s Gold Medal was certainly not, coming as it di …

The contents of this book are dear to me. They represent a part of my life that I have had to live and deal with. We are a broken object. We are all broken in different ways. Some of us in a small pi …

How does a farm boy brought up on an isolated farm with no electricity, or running water supply, leaving school at fifteen with no academic qualifications, have a successful career in the police forc …

A biography of Edgar Evans, principal tenor at the Royal Opera House (1946-1975) and, later, a teacher at the Royal College of Music.This is an e-book version of a biography of Edgar Evans, principal …

A TOUCH OF DEATH RECOUNT THE STORIES OF OTHERS AND DISCOVER HOW YOU, AND PEOPLE IN YOUR LIFE, HAVE THE HEALING POWER TO IMPACT AND CHANGE THE COURSE OF YOUR RECOVERY Quote from Oncologist MD If you g …

Abdus Salam, the subject of the book was a Pakistani scientist who shared the Physics Nobel Prize in 1979. Born in a remote, rural sunburnt country town in the outback of colonial Punjab, he made it …

‘Tomorrow I will be leaving the delights of beautiful, snowy Ramsbury and setting off on my adventure to Ghana …’The inspirational true story of one woman, two villages, infinite optimism and thous …