Daniel Bensaid 
Impatient Life [EPUB ebook] 

John S. Peart-Binns brings us a fresh and distinctive view of Herbert Hensley Henson, the eighty-sixth Bishop of Durham, who is shown here to have formed his own character and forged his own way amid …

Constantin von Tischendorf was a pioneer. He existed in an age when biblical studies as we know it was being formed, when the quest for forgotten manuscripts and lost treasures was being undertaken w …

Miyazawa Kiichi played a leading role in Japan”s government and politics from 1942 until 2003, during which time he served as Prime Minister, and also as Minister of Finance, Minister of Foreign Aff …

I looked again at the folded map of Europe in my hand. Then I crossed the road to the Continental booking office and bought a ticket for Salzburg in Austria. “Return?’ asked the clerk. “Definitely no …

A novel chronicle that speaks of cruelty and torture in Uzbekistan. …

”In 1605 a crippled, greying, almost toothless veteran of Spain”s wars against the Ottoman Empire published a book. That book, Don Quixote , went on to sell more copies than any other book beside t …

”Emer O”Sullivan has made an indispensable contribution to Wildean literature … Compelling, informative and fascinating” – Stephen Fry The Fall of the House of Wilde identifies Oscar Wilde as a me …

As Indians got their first taste of satellite television during the first Gulf War, Raghav Bahl saw his future in the signals flickering across the small screen. Armed with burning ambition, keen bus …

Robert Rosenstone was among the first ”postmodern” historians, and remains one of the most renowned. In this honest, revealing and often funny memoir, he shows us how he got there and why. Adventur …