Ulysses S. Grant 
Personal Memoirs 

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ”She”d been intimately his, and he hers, for twenty-seven years – which were his final twenty-seven years. She”d lasted through three wives, the Nobel Prize, and all …

Recent American political developments, including the election of Donald Trump, reveal profound disquiet with the highly centralized political regime based on discretionary allocation of funds and …

The children were scared and confused, but most importantly, they felt lost when the one person who is supposed to love you and care for you, abandon you and cares more about the men in her life …

Originally published in 1868, this book follows the life of Prince Henry, including chapters on the Siege of Tangier, the capture of Ceuta and the death of Prince Henry. …

Aged just 23, and already set on a life of adventure, Roger Taylor signed up as an able seaman on the square-rigger Endeavour II, bound from Australia to New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. It was …

The work of the poet Peter Redgrove is one of the great unexplored treasures of late twentieth century literature. His prolific output presents an intriguing variety of personae: magician, scientist, …

Longing to be loved within that world of child maltreatment is a universe of emotions as musicis written. Reflections playing with our minds at different times. The wings of darkness, illuminationof …

It was Christmas Eve 1800. The streets of Paris were crowded with citizens. Some were shopping, some were eating and drinking. But others were plotting to murder the most famous and powerful man in …

As the last presumptive founder of American sociology, Edward Alsworth Ross (1866û1951) was the first to secure its place in public discourse. Originally an economist who strongly criticized monopoli …

”A nuanced and witty meditation on confronting the challenges life throws at us all” Oliver Burkeman Jonathan Rowson”s competitive success as a chess Grandmaster and work as an applied philoso …