Ruth Hayhoe & Yongling Lu 
Ma Xiangbo and the Mind of Modern China [EPUB ebook] 

This is a simple tale of a family of eight children (six girls and eventually two boys) who lived in a village in South Devon.There are some aspects of this story that will make you laugh and plenty …

‘The Lump’ started back in the 1950s and possibly even further back in Ireland whereby men worked many hours in tough conditions and were paid cash in hand thus avoiding payment of tax. Bricklaying w …

When you were young did you dream of becoming a mother? Were your dreams of protection, perfectly straight pigtails, well balanced meals, and never-ending smiles? Well, Meagan was just as surprised a …

The amazing story of Harriet Tubman. Born a slave in the Deep South of the US, she escaped via the Underground Railroad to the north, then went back and helped some 70 more slaves to escape, at great …

”A fascinating personal document written with much sympathy, yet an admirable candour.” Joyce Carol Oates ”[A] richly personal portrait…Replete with compelling inside-literature tales, this is a l …

The inside story of a treasured profession, in the footsteps of Confessions of a GP and Kitchen Confidential Since making his journalistic debut breaking into Piers Morgan’s office, BBC foreign corre …

A deeply personal story of one man”s life-long obsession with an ancient poet, and an exploration of what Horace”s thoughts on life, leisure and love can teach us today ”A moving memoir that shak …

This volume explores the extraordinary life and work of Hildegard of Bingen, the 12th century abbess and prophet whose interests ranged from music to theology to zoology to medicine. These essays-wri …