Alfred Schirokauer 
Lord Byron 

Anna was the ‘last woman standing’ of Henry VIII’s wives – and the only one buried in Westminster Abbey. How did she manage it?Anna, Duchess of Cleves: The King »s ‘Beloved Sister » looks at Anna …

John Terry is known as Chelsea »s  »captain, leader, legend » for good reason. The quintessential one-club man, he has spearheaded the club »s achievements in the twenty-first century, helping the …

Ever wondered what it was like to run a fledgling heritage railway?Former General Manager of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway Bernard Warr lifts the veil on the ups and downs of running a private …

Love at first sight. During the Holocaust. Bonds as strong as steel, forged in the flames of hate.These are extraordinary stories of love affairs during the most dangerous, degrading, and deadly …

First published in 1996. The emergence of Pakistan as an independent nation in 1947 was one of the major historical events of the twentieth century. There are few parallels in history where freedom h …

Hermann Hesse, winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature, is now acknowledged internationally as one of the major writers of this century. His books, which have become best-sellers, appeal …

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 su …

"Abraham Lincoln and the Union" is a masterpiece authored via Nathaniel W. Stephenson, a distinguished author regarded for his awesome capacity to intertwine history and nonfiction, …

Johnson rose from obscure origins to become a major literary figure of the eighteenth century. Through a detailed survey of his major works and political journalism, Hudson constructs a complex …

The dramatic story of the last fifty years of the Speyer banking dynasty, a Jewish family of German descent, is surprisingly little known today, yet at the turn of the 20th century, Speyer was the …