This is a simple tale of a family of eight children (six girls and eventually two boys) who lived in a village in South Devon.There are some aspects of this story that will make you laugh and plenty …

This volume explores the extraordinary life and work of Hildegard of Bingen, the 12th century abbess and prophet whose interests ranged from music to theology to zoology to medicine. These essays-wri …

Aim High is an inspirational book written by the UK’s leading wheelchair athlete, Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson. She has won 16 medals, eleven of which are gold, countless European titles, six London Mara …

So you want to be a great mum and, ideally, a rich one too? Welcome to Million Pound Mum. This range of books offers constructive advice on how to start a business, still be a great mum and have fun …

Paulo Freire is one of the century”s great thinkers on education and the politics of liberation. Known mostly for his literacy campaigns in Latin America and Africa, and for his seminal work Pedagog …

How do academics survive the bureaucracy, the petty jealousies, the absurdities of operating in the university? More important, how do they, as humans, cope with the darker shadows that enter profess …

The period between the 1880s and the 1920s was a time of momentous changes in the Ottoman Empire. It was also an age of literary experiments, of which autobiography forms a part. This book analyses T …

Gennady Andreevich Zyuganov is the leader of Russia”s resurgent Communist Party and was Boris Yeltsin”s strongest challenger in the summer 1996 presidential elections. Although his face became fami …

The ideas of Max Wertheimer (1880-1943), a founder of Gestalt theory, are discussed in almost all general books on the history of psychology and in most introductory textbooks on psychology. This int …

From an apprentice aircraft engineer, into a flying career. A commercial pilot flying Beaver”s, DC3 Dakota, Vicker”s Viscount and finally as a Training Captain on the Boeing B707. All with one airl …