Solomon Northup 
Twelve Years a Slave [EPUB ebook] 

**Longlisted for the ALCS Gold Non-Fiction Dagger** **Longlisted for t he Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize 2022** ”Haunting … lingers in the mind long after the final page is turned” Sund …

‘I could hardly believe my eyes. A cold mantle of white was rapidly transforming our sunny paradise into a bizarre winterscape of citrus Christmas trees, cotton wool palms and snowball oranges.’ When …

Around Christmas of 1882, while peering through a microscope at starfish larvae in which he had inserted tiny thorns, Russian zoologist Elie Metchnikoff had a brilliant insight: what if the mobile ce …

My journey has been interesting as I was faced with a difficult childhood that encompassed abandonment, dysfunctional family, child abuse, mental and physical abuse. I thought I had all the answers w …

This book encompasses the fascinating 40 year journey in life of someone who just wasn’t your average practicing GP, but someone whose passion and drive were to use his skills and medical ability to …

Memoir of renowned actress Siân Phillips by Hywel Gwynfryn. Siân Phillips is one of Wales”s most iconic actresses ever. As she celebrates her 90th birthday, this volume records her interesting and e …

”Rape, Ravage and Rant are the German watchwords in this war. Right, Revenge & Retrenchment shall be ours.” Alexander Scrimgeour, 17th September 1914. Most published war diaries have been written b …

Flora Tristan is best known as a nineteenth century French social critic and reformer. Her writings can be seen as a precursor to Marxism and Feminism. Flora Tristan: Life Sories by Susan Grogan, inv …

How did a big-game fishing trip rudely interrupted by sharks inspire one of the key scenes in Hemingway”s The Old Man and the Sea? How did Robert Louis Stevenson”s cruise to the cannibal-infested S …