Henry Childs Merwin 
Thomas Jefferson 

Theodore Roosevelt explores the personal and political life of the 26th President of the United States. It considers among other things his ’manliness, ’ a gendered framework of traits for the Gilded …

The final set of volumes (Vol 18-21 sold separately) of The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower contain 1, 783 documents drawn from Eisenhower”s second term as president from 20 January 1957 to 20 Jan …

This book examines the ”window” in the life and work of the seminal architectural thinker Christian Norberg-Schulz (1926 – 2000). It draws new attention to his architectural designs and re-examines …

You”re no idiot, of couse. You know many people have turned to Buddhism as an alternative to organized religion, but you”re mistaken if you believe that all Buddhists live a monklike existence. Don …

Five months, one week and three days of hell. The German offensive to capture Stalingrad began in August 1942, using Friedrich Paulus’s 6th Army and elements of the 4th Panzer Army. The attack was …

This is the story of Queen Caroline’s favourite ghostwriter, the infamous Captain Thomas Ashe, who was also an adventurer and sometime blackmailer. His unpublished novel, The Claustral Palace: or …

30 January 1972, the day that became known as Bloody Sunday, is remembered as one of the darkest and bloodiest events of The Troubles in Northern Ireland. Thirteen people were killed when members of …

This book is based on the unpublished journals of William Schaw Lindsay (1815-1877) housed in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.From rags to riches. Born in Scotland and orphaned by the age of …

’This sumptuously illustrated celebration of Hawking’s life captures perfectly its depth and breadth.’ – Marcus Chown — A behind-the scenes tour of the inner sanctum of one of the world”s most prom …

This autobiography traces Francis X. Clooney”s intellectual and spiritual journey from middle-class American Catholicism to a lifelong study of Hinduism. It explains how he came to fashion comparati …