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This book is the first substantial study in any language of one of revolutionary Russia”s most distinguished and controversial engineers – Iurii Vladimirovich Lomonosov (1876-1952). Not only does it …

The untimely death of Dougal Haston in 1977 robbed climbing of one of its most charismatic, controversial and enigmatic figures. A man of extremes, who managed to combine a rock star”s lifestyle wit …

With his blonde dreadlocks and his speed on the running track, Jamie Baulch earned the nickname ”The Flying Pineapple”. This is Jamie’s story about his life as one of the most decorated British ath …

man for the ages. John Adams, philosopher of the Revolution and early America, and participant in many of the major events of that period, strove to fi nd universal patterns in the lives of all men. …

A definitive biography of the man who coined the expression ‘conspicuous consumption’. Based on newly released archival sources, this book sets the facts straight on more than 60 years of myths and m …

If you have ever been all alone but still felt like you were on center stage in front of a packed, whispering audience, then someone has probably been watching you. In 2014, Dawn Goodwin realized she …

A New Statesman Book of the Year for 2017 His father conceived of the Brooklyn Bridge, but it was Washington Roebling who built this iconic feat of human engineering after his father”s tragic death. …

Michael Foot”s two-volume biography of Aneurin ”Nye” Bevan (1897-1960) – arguably Britain”s greatest socialist, indelibly associated with the founding of the National Health Service, – is one of …

It was the case that shocked the nation. On the evening of 20 April 2011, Tina Nash”s life changed forever. After suffering months of beatings and domestic abuse at the hands of boyfriend Shane Jenk …

Just a few weeks after the foundation of the United Arab Emirates on 2 December 1971, Dr Sultan al-Qasimi was selected as the new ruler of Sharjah. With the addition of a further and final emirate in …