Chakrabarty Bidyut Chakrabarty 
Importance of Not Being Earnest [PDF ebook] 
A Memoir

In the aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Crawford F. Sams led the most unprecedented and unsurpassed reforms in public health history, as chief of the Public Health and Welfare Sect …

Scott Quinnell’s book is called The Hardest Test . It is the story of how he became a successful rugby player, in spite of having to fight against learning difficulties at school. When he retired in …

The memoir of “the first African American female reporter to gain entry into the closed society of the White House and congressional news correspondents” (Hank Klibanoff,  coauthor of the Pulitz …

A hard-hitting, honest, and disturbing account of a young boy”s abuse at the hands of his parents, leading to his ultimate destruction. …

This book introduces students to African-American innovators and their contributions to art, entertainment, sports, politics, religion, business, and popular culture. While the achievements of such i …

As the western world’s most wanted terrorist, Osama bin Laden has fought to keep his personal life a mystery – loyalty and fear keeping those who know him from speaking out – until now. For the first …

Abd al-Rahman III (891 – 961) was the greatest of the Umayyad rulers of Spain and the first to take the title of Caliph. During his reign, Islamic Spain became wealthy and prosperous. He founded the …

Ashraf `Ali Thanawi (1863-1943) was one of the most prominent religious scholars in Islamic history. Author of over a thousand books on different aspects of Islam, his work sought to defend the Islam …

The chapters in this text comprise biographical sketches of previously unknown (or lesser known) African-Americans, among them General Daniel Chappie James Jr; William Levi Dawson (composer); Vinnett …