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Nuala O”Faolain”s first memoir Are You Somebody? became a literary sensation and an international bestseller when it was first published by New Island Books in 1996. It launched a new life for its …

What was it like to be married to Scotland”s most famous prisoner?Sara Trevelyan was independent, clever, and privileged. She was a qualified doctor who campaigned for penal reform. She fell in love …

”Stephen Fisher is one of the best kept secrets in military history. With his wealth of knowledge and exacting eye for detail, his book on D-Day is sure to impress a vast audience” Dan Snow ”Steph …

Misadventures is a unique ensemble of mishaps and anecdotes revealing the ups and downs of one woman”s life in twentieth-century London. Sylvia Smith”s deadpan patter belies the startling …

A special commemorative edition with an introduction by acclaimed author June Caldwell. Are You Somebody? is the incredibly candid story of Nuala O”Faolain, born one of nine children into the …

First published in 1978. This biography aims solve the problem of the lack of access to information regarding American engineers and technologists of the nineteenth-century, whilst also providing opp …

First published in 2002. In this title, Edward B. D”Auvergne chronicles the life of Pierre Loti, written with fervent sympathy. We journey with Loti from Brittany to Constantinople, from China to …