John Quincy Adams 
John Quincy Adams: Diaries Vol. 1 1779-1821 (LOA #293) [EPUB ebook] 

When he was six years old, he declared to the hearing of some friends: "I want to be a pilot when I grow up, " and it generated mocking laughter from them. The laughter became louder when a …

Napoleon Bonaparte’s defeat in 1815 came at an inconvenient time for John Monk, an ambitious young naval officer. Forced to rethink his plans, John turned to the merchant service, where he encountere …

Bhikkhuni Dhammananda defied convention to become the first woman fully ordained in the Thai Theravada Buddhist tradition. Dubbed "Rebel Monk" by the Thai press, she faced enormous oppositi …

Ploughing through peat bogs, rescuing sheep, walking alone in the dark; this book has it all. It is full of riveting adventures of walking solo in the glorious British countryside. ‘Just Another Pile …

The first and only full-length critical study of Dario Fo, the 1997 Nobel Prize for Literature Winner This book, now extensively rewritten and updated, remains the only full-length critical study to …

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

Since publication in 1973 James I has established itself as one of the most popular short accounts of James I”s reign. The First Edition was described by John Morrill as `a far better, shrewder, mor …

Hans Küng has been a major influence on post-war Christianity by any reckoning. a peritus for the second Vatican council, he then went on to publish a number of controversial books, including Infalli …