Michael Williams 
Police Patrol, My Experiences on the Job [EPUB ebook] 

As he was carried off on a stretcher at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Welsh swimmer David Davies was celebrating his success. His exhausting performance in the first ever 10 km open water race earned …

In 1987 a massive snowstorm hits New York as Peter Kaldheim flees the city, owing drug debts to a dealer who is no stranger to casual violence. Leaving behind his chaotic past, Kaldheim hits the road …

Memoirs of a prisoner, who spent a decade in some of Britain’s most secure prisons. …

_____________________ The fabulous follow-up memoir to the word-of-mouth sensation Diplomatic Baggage _____________________ ”Hilarious and hair-raising by turns” – Daily Mail ”Refreshingly candi …

This book tells the stories of 11 American gay men who tried to make sense of their identities in the years before the modern gay movement began. In their own words, these men recollect fascinating a …

Criminal biographies enjoyed enormous popularity in the Eighteenth Century: today they offer us some fascinating perspectives on the period. Drunks, Whores and Idle Apprentices is the first book to r …

I also highly recommend Anne R. Dick s The Search for Philip K. Dick for anyone interested in the life of the writer. Lavie Tidhar, Washington Post Offering an intimate perspective on the life of an …

Jean-François De Galup, Comte De La Pérouse is second only to James Cook in his historical significance and was the major explorer of the Pacific in the eighteenth century.Pérouse’s life has been the …

The year is 1942, the British are stoical but fearful, the war could go either way. A boy is born in middle England on a small tenanted farm that might be lost to the Germans. He knows nothing of thi …

”A nuanced and witty meditation on confronting the challenges life throws at us all” Oliver Burkeman Jonathan Rowson”s competitive success as a chess Grandmaster and work as an applied philosopher …