Edward Abbey 
Confessions of a Barbarian [EPUB ebook] 
Selections from the Journals of Edward Abbey, 1951 – 1989

Most Civil War histories focus on the performance of top-level generals. However, it was the individual officers below them who actually led the troops to enact the orders. Some of these were remarka …

Sir James Dewar was a major figure in British chemistry for around 40 years. He held the posts of Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy at Cambridge (1875-1923) and Fullerian Professor of Chemis …

The acclaimed author of The Magnetic Girl delivers “an elegy for her dead sisters . . . a heartfelt, painful family saga, skillfully told by a survivor” (Kirkus Reviews).   When J …

A true story about a troubled boy growing up with an extremely distressed family and an untamed mother who suppressed and self medicated her mental illness by inflicting pain on her children! …

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BARBELLION PRIZE 2021 ”A manifesto for recalibrating” DAILY MAIL ”I can”t think of many books where the reader feels so passionately on the side of the narrator” GUARDIAN ”A …

The Experimentalists is a collective biography, capturing the life and times of the British experimental writers of the swinging 1960s. A decade of research, including as-yet unopened archives and in …

"It wasn’t until I was 13 that I realised pressing 50 pence pieces into Plasticine sheets and filling the impressions with water, freezing overnight and quickly using the ice coins in the electr …

Life would be easier without anxiety but it also wouldn’t have anywhere near as much depth.Ever feel like you’re different because you suffer from anxiety?Ever feel like no one understands you and yo …

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 …

"The Northern Whale-Fishery" by William Scoresby is a comprehensive exploration of the 19th-century whaling industry in the Arctic regions, blending maritime adventure with economic, enviro …