Ian Ruxton 
Diaries of Sir Ernest Satow, 1912-1920 – Volume Two (1917-1920) [EPUB ebook] 

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE, THE JHALAK PRIZE, THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION AND THE BREAD AND ROSES AWARD Saturday, 23rd November 2013. It was just another day in America. And as befits a …

With Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (1773), Phillis Wheatley (1753? – 1784) became the first English-speaking person of African descent to publish a book and only the second woman-of …

If I’d really been serious about getting to grips with my mid-life crisis, then I’d have been better opting for a course of therapy than going off travelling. Or if I had to travel, I’d have been bet …

Des Sleightholme, former Editor of Yachting Monthly’ for many years, is well known for his irreverent outlook on the Establishment and for his unfailing eye for the funny side of things; here he take …

This definitive biography of George Antonius tells the life story of a man who lived during a dramatic period of history, amid challenge that remains unresolved: the Palestine-Zionist conflict. Betra …

From realizing I wouldn”t have survived the heat in the kitchen without music to determining that Coverdale era Deep Purple is pretty damn good, this is a collection of essays tying together my 35 y …

Throughout America”s history, lawyers with a crusading zeal have, through their moral stance, intellectual integrity, and sheer brilliance, made use of the law to fight social injustice. In short bi …

Edward Said, the famous Palestinian American scholar and activist, was one of the twentieth century”s most iconic public intellectuals, whose pioneering and – to some – controversial work on Orienta …

The Needle and the Damage Done is the story of a boy from a small Irish village who became an adventurer, multi-award-winning doctor and physician to the stars. Part travelogue, part thriller, part c …