Biography: adventurers and explorers Books
Transworld Publishers Ltd Mayada Daughter Of Iraq
Book SynopsisMayada was born into a powerful Iraqi family. One grandfather fought alongside Lawrence of Arabia. The other is acclaimed as the first true Arab nationalist. Her uncle was Prime Minister for nearly forty years, her mother an important politician. When Saddam Hussein and his Ba''ath party seized power, and instituted his reign of terror, Mayada found herself alone in Baghdad, a divorced parent of two children, earning a meagre living printing brochures. Until one morning in August 1999 she was summarily arrested and dragged to the notorious Baladiyat Prison, falsely accused of printing anti-government propaganda.There she was thrown into a cell with 17 ''shadow women''. Like latter-day Sherezades, these women passed their days, while waiting for the next interrogation and torture session, telling each other their stories. They were eager to hear Mayada''s stories of her privileged former life, of the history of her proud family, of kings and queens, of meetings with Saddam hiTrade ReviewA captivating book. * Daily Express *An astonishing read. * Woman's Own *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd The Leadership Secrets of Genghis Khan
Book SynopsisGenghis Khan is history''s greatest conqueror. As a teenager he was an outcast fleeing enemies on a mountain in northern Mongolia, an exile, a nobody. Yet it took only twenty years for Genghis to build the largest land empire in history - four times the size of Alexander''s, twice the size of Rome''s.How did he do it? What lessons does his life reveal about the nature of leadership? What is ''greatness'' in leadership? What traits did Genghis possess exactly? Were they unique, or might some apply in other times and other places - even here and today?In Leadership Secrets of Genghis Khan, John Man re-examines the life of Genghis Khan to discover the qualities, characteristics and strategies that made him the great leader that he was. The answers are sometimes surprising. Genghis was far from just the tyrant that history records, but rather a leader of exceptional vision and modernity. And many of the secrets of his success are as valuable and applicable in today''s competitive business world as they were in rallying the Mongol hordes.Trade ReviewIf only Tony Blair had paid attention to Genghis Khan . . . [Genghis] has much to teach us . . . a thought-provoking book. -- William Leith * Observer *John Man's new book, extracting 21 business lessons from the Mongol emperor's life, shows that Khan would have Alan Sugar for breakfast * The Times *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd For the Love of a Son
Book SynopsisFrom the time she was a little girl, Maryam rebelled against the terrible second-class existence that was her destiny as an Afghan woman.She had witnessed the miserable fate of her grandmother and three aunts, and wished she had been born a boy. As a feisty teenager in Kabul, she was outraged when the Russians invaded her country. After she made a public show of defiance, she had to flee the country for her life.A new life of freedom seemed within her grasp,but her father arranged a traditional marriage to a fellow Afghan, who turned out to be a violent man. Beaten, raped and abused, Maryam found joy in the birth of a baby son. But then her brutal husband stole him away far beyond his mother''s reach. For many long years she searched for her lost son, while civil war and Taliban oppression raged back home in Afghanistan. Set against a landscape littered with tragic tales of horrific suffering, Jean Sasson, author of Princess, chronicles the story of
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Faber & Faber The Dust Diaries
Book SynopsisWhen Owen Sheers discovers a book in his father''s study he stumbles upon the life of an obscure relative: Arthur Cripps, lyric poet and maverick missionary to Rhodesia. Compelled by the description of Cripps'' extraordinary life in Africa, Sheers embarks on a journey through contemporary Zimbabwe in an attempt to better understand his ancestor''s devotion to the country and its people and the dramatic, often bloody, differences that echo across the years.
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Faber & Faber Isabella deMedici The Glorious Life and Tragic
Book SynopsisIsabella de'' Medici was the hostess of a glittering circle in Renaissance Florence. Beautiful and liberated, she not only matched the intellectual accomplishments of her male contemporaries, but sought sexual parity also, engaging in an adulterous affair with her husband''s cousin. It was this affair - and her very success as First Lady of Florence - that led to her death at the hands of her husband at the age of just thirty-four. She left behind a remarkable story, and as her legacy a son who became the best of the Orsini Dukes, immortalised by Shakespeare as Duke Orsino in Twelfth Night. Caroline P. Murphy illuminates this often misunderstood figure, and in the process brings to life the home of creativity, the city of Florence itself.
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Faber & Faber Commander The Life and Exploits of Britains
Book SynopsisEdward Pellew, captain of the legendary Indefatigable, was quite simply the greatest frigate captain in the age of sail. An incomparable seaman, ferociously combative yet chivalrous, a master of the quarterdeck and an athlete of the tops, he was as quick to welcome a gallant foe into his cabin as to dive to the rescue of a man overboard. He is the likely model for the heroic but all-too-human Jack Aubrey in Patrick O''Brian''s novels.Pellew was orphaned at eight, but fought his way from the very bottom of the Navy to fleet command and a viscountcy. Victories and eye-catching feats won him a public following. Yet as an outsider with a gift for antagonizing his better-born peers, he made powerful enemies. Redemption came with his last command, when he set off to do battle with the Barbary States and free thousands of European slaves. Contemporary opinion held this to be an impossible mission, and Pellew himself, in leading from the front in the style of his
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Penguin Putnam Inc Once A Warrior
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Random House Publishing Group Better Living Through Birding
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Central Park birder Christian Cooper takes us beyond the viral video that shocked a nation and into a world of avian adventures, global excursions, and the unexpected lessons you can learn from a life spent looking up.“Wondrous . . . captivating.”—Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of An Immense WorldA Washington Post and Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year • Longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medal Christian Cooper is a self-described “Blerd” (Black nerd), an avid comics fan and expert birder who devotes every spring to gazing upon the migratory birds that stop to rest in Central Park, just a subway ride away from where he lives in New York City. While in the park one morning in May 2020, Cooper was engaged in the birdwatching ritual that had been a part of his life since he was ten years ol
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Penguin Putnam Inc Differ We Must
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Penguin Putnam Inc Soldiers and Kings
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Random House Publishing Group First Love
Book SynopsisA bold, poignant essay collection that treats women’s friendships as the love stories they truly are, from the critically acclaimed author of Negative Space“Fiercely felt and finely etched.”—Leslie Jamison, New York Times bestselling author of The Empathy ExamsLilly Dancyger always thought of her closest friendships as great loves, complex and profound as any romance. When her beloved cousin was murdered just as both girls were entering adulthood, Dancyger’s devotion to the women in her life took on a new urgency—a desire to hold her friends close while she still could. In First Love, this urgency runs through a striking exploration of the bonds between women, from the intensity of adolescent best friendship and fluid sexuality to mothering and chosen family.Each essay in this incisive collection is grounded in a close female friendship in Dancyger’s life, reaching outward
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Penguin Random House Group Gangster Hunters
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Penguin Publishing Group Brothers of the Gun
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Penguin Publishing Group Big Asian Energy
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Penguin Random House Group Women of War
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Sharks Dont Sink
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Random House USA Inc World Class
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Random House USA Inc The Lucky Ones
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group Ocean of Clouds
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Backinprint.com The Growing Season The Sights and Sounds of
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Harvard University Press Justice Rising
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Ebury Publishing Fragrant Palm Leaves
Book Synopsis''It isn''t likely that this collection of journal entries will pass the censors. If it can''t be published, I hope my friends will circulate it among themselves. I''ll leave Vietnam tomorrow...'' Thus Thich Nhat Hanh begins his 11 May 1966 journal entry. Since that time, he has been unable to return to his homeland but, now based in France, he has become one of the world''s most respected spiritual leaders. Fragrant Palm Leaves reveals a vulnerable and questioning young man reflecting on the many difficulties he and his fellow monks faced in Vietnam trying to make Buddhism relevant to the people''s needs. We follow him, in 1964, as he helps establish the movement known as ''engaged Buddhism'': starting self-help villages, a new university, a Buddhist order and many other efforts for peace. Fragrant Palm Leaves is regarded by many Vietnamese as Thich Nhat Hanh''s most endearing and stimulating book. It offers readers a glimpse into the mind of a great thinker a
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Vintage Publishing Henry VIIIs Last Victim The Life and Times of
Book SynopsisHenry Howard, Earl of Surrey was one of the most flamboyant and controversial characters of Henry VIII''s reign. A pioneering poet, whose verse had a profound impact on Shakespeare, Surrey was nevertheless branded by one contemporary as ''the most foolish proud boy that is in England''. He was the heir of England''s premier nobleman, first cousin to two of Henry VIII''s wives - Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard - and best friend and brother-in-law to the King''s illegitimate son, Henry Fitzroy. Celebrated for his chivalrous deeds both on and off the battlefield, Surrey became, at only twenty-eight, the King''s Lieutenant General in France. But his confident exterior masked insecurity and loneliness. A man of intriguing contradictions, Surrey was both law enforcer and law breaker, political conservative and religious reformer and his life, replete with drunken escapades, battlefield heroics, conspiracy and courtroom drama, sheds new light on the opulence and artifice oTrade ReviewRarely have I felt so utterly captivated by a history book. It is stunning! Jessie Childs is a major new talent. She brings her characters to life so vividly, and the narrative just flows, packed with amazing detail. This, for me, is a surprisingly fresh view on a period with which I am very familiar. -- Alison WeirA truly superb biography. -- A. N WilsonClatters along like an epic gangster movie... gripping. -- Roger Lewis * Daily Express *Jessie Childs is a rising star among historians. Just when we thought everything had been said about Henry VIII she makes us see him from a completely new angle - through the eyes of a poet aristocrat. -- Desmond SewardChilds's description of these complex manoeuvrings [at Henry's court], as of the French wars, is excellent...this book opens a fascinating window on the mid-Tudor world. * Guardian *
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Saint Andrew Press Looking for Mrs Livingstone
Book SynopsisThis is the enthralling story of the courageous and stoical wife of the world-renowned explorer and missionary, David Livingstone. In the history books, Mary Livingstone is a shadow in the blaze of her husband's sun, a whisper in the thunderclap of his reputation. Yet she played an important role in Livingstone''s success and her own feats as an early traveller in uncharted Africa are unique. She was the first white woman to cross the Kalahari, which she did twice - pregnant - giving birth in the bush on the second journey. She was much more rooted in southern Africa than her husband: he has a tomb in Westminster Abbey, London; she has an obscure and crumbling grave on the banks of the Zambezi in a destitute region of Mozambique. In the thrall of Africa, the author has travelled extensively over several years in the footsteps of Mary Livingstone, from her birthplace in a remote district of South Africa to her grave on the Zambezi. She explores the places the Livingstones knew as a coupTrade Review‘a marvellous study…an immensely satisfying book.’ -- Paul Theroux“A truly absorbing extraordinary journey, beautifully written.” -- Kirsty Wark
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Gill De Valera Rule 19321975
Book SynopsisThe concluding volume of David McCullagh's new life of Eamon De Valera.In this, the concluding volume of David McCullagh's monumental new biography of the revolutionary and statesman, we join de Valera in 1932 as he takes the reins of power in the first Fianna Fáil government and follow him as he confronts one challenge after another the Economic War, the drafting of Bunreacht na hÉireann, the Emergency, the North, the declaration of the Republic, economic stagnation in the 1950s and sets about gradually remaking a sovereign Ireland in his own image.Beautifully written and deeply researched, McCullagh's De Valera is a provocative and nuanced portrait of Ireland's most enigmatic leader, as well as a balanced assessment of his role in shaping our national self-image.
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Gill Saving the State Fine Gael from Collins to
Book SynopsisWhen Fine Gael entered a coalition government with Fianna Fáil in 2020 the party did what would have been unthinkable for its forefathers who fought and won a bitter civil war to establish the institutions of an independent Irish state almost a century earlier.Told through the lens of its leaders and Taoisigh, Saving the State is the fascinating story of the wilderness years and the achievements in government, the defeats and crises, the partnerships and the leadership upheavals that have shaped Fine Gael over the decades.From the special place in the party's pantheon of heroes occupied by Michael Collins to the dark era of the Blueshirts, and from its role as the founders of the state to its claim to be the defenders of the state, the ways that members perceive their own history is also explored.This book is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how Fine Gael came to be the party it is today and the role that it played in sh
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Gill The Irish in the Resistance
Book SynopsisHighlights the untold stories of Irish men and women who bravely joined the WWII Resistance, risking everything to defy Nazi occupation and aid Allied forces across Europe.In June 1940, the fall of France prompted General Charles de Gaulle to make an impassioned rallying call to his fellow citizens to fight back against the Germans. His famous radio speech, broadcast from the BBC in London, was later credited with igniting a spark of resistance which eventually grew into a vast underground network of civilians who took a stand against Nazi occupation in Europe. In this collection of real-life stories, we meet the forgotten Irish men and women who joined the Resistance.Discover Janie McCarthy, a teacher from Killarney who was active in five different resistance networks in Paris helping allied soldiers to get to safety; Captain John Keany from Cork, who parachuted behind enemy lines to help the Resistance in Italy; and Catherine Crean, the Irish governess born on Moore Street in Dublin, who was arrested for helping the Belgian Resistance and sent to the notorious Ravensbrück concentration camp.These stories, and many more, chart the course of World War II and remind us of the power of individuals to make a difference.
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Gill Haughey
Book SynopsisWith exclusive access to the Haughey archives, Gary Murphy presents a reassessment of Charles Haughey's life and legacy.Saint or sinner? He was the most talented and influential politician of his generation, and his presence still looms over the Irish body politic, yet the very roots of his success his charisma, his intelligence, his ruthlessness, his secrecy have rendered almost impossible any objective evaluation of his life and work. He is, depending on whom you ask, either the great villain of Irish political life or the benevolent and forward-thinking saviour of a benighted nation.That is, until now. Based on unfettered access to Haughey's personal archives, as well as extensive interviews with over 80 of his peers, rivals, confidantes and relatives, Haughey is a rich and nuanced portrait of a man of prodigious gifts, who, for all his flaws and many contradictions, came to define modern Ireland.A superbly balanced exploration of the life and politics of one of the most fascinating figures in 20th century Ireland.' Professor John HorganAn indispensable read for anyone with an interest in modern Irish history.' David McCullaghOffers much new detail - and not a few surprises - about the personality and career of a political titan who is still, in equal measure, revered and reviled in 21st century Ireland.' Conor Brady
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Gill Finding Mangan
Book SynopsisJune 1849: Dr William Wilde, passing a wretched hovel in Dublin's Liberties, discovers James Clarence Mangan in a state of indescribable misery and squalor. Aged just 46, the man dubbed Ireland's National Poet' is about to succumb to the cholera epidemic that is gripping famine ravaged Ireland.August 2008: Writer Bridget Hourican encounters Mangan during a Liberties lock-in with that other great Irish poet, Shane MacGowan, who found inspiration in Mangan's poetry.Alcoholic, opium addict, Romantic, Famine poet, Dublin street character and hero of James Joyce, the mercurial Mangan begins to obsess Bridget. The surviving biographical material - scant, subjective, sometimes falsified - both fascinates and frustrates her and she determines to find him. Who was this Baudelaire of The Liberties this lurker in Irish history whose enigmatic presence helped determine its course?As the lines between r
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Penguin Books Ltd Collecting the World
Book SynopsisHans Sloane was the greatest collector of his time, and one of the greatest of all time. His name is familiar today through the London streets and squares named after him, but the man himself, and his achievements, are almost forgotten.Born in the north of Ireland, Sloane made his fortune as a physician to London''s wealthiest residents. In 1687 he travelled to Jamaica, then at the heart of Britain''s commercial empire, to survey its natural history, and later organised a network of correspondents who sent him curiosities from across the world. He became one of the eighteenth century''s preeminent natural historians and assembled an astonishing collection of specimens, artefacts and oddities - the most famous curiosity cabinet of the age. Shortly after his death, Sloane''s vast collection was then acquired - as he had hoped - by the nation. It became the nucleus of the world''s first national public museum, the British Museum.This is the first biography of Sloane in over sixty years and the first based on his surviving collections. Early modern science and collecting are shown to be global endeavours intertwined with empire and slavery but which nonetheless produced one of the great public institutions of the Enlightenment, as the cabinet of curiosities gave way to the encyclopaedic museum. Collecting the World describes this pivotal moment in the emergence of modern knowledge, and brings this totemic figure back to life.Trade ReviewA magnificent scholarly coup and an enthralling read -- John Carey * The Sunday Times *A superb biography - human, judicious and as passionately curious as Sloane himself - and a model of how to write a history of collecting -- Arnold Hunt * Times Literary Supplement *Robust, thoughtful and elegantly crafted ... Not before time, the smart lad from Killyleagh, creator of one of the world's great civilising resources, has found his ideal chronicler -- Jonathan Keates * Spectator *In this fine and erudite book, Delbourgo recovers Sloane from the oblivion into which he has fallen -- Ruth Scurr * Financial Times *Approachable yet authoritative ... Delbourgo has at last given us a readable and entertaining single-volume account of Sloane's life and legacy -- Michael Hunter * Literary Review *
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James Clarke & Co Ltd George and Emily Eden
Book SynopsisGeorge and Emily Eden were a devoted sibling pair. Both unmarried, they were accepted as a mildly unconventional couple by friends in the dynastically conscious governing class. George (1784-1849) entered politics as a Whig to replace his elder brother, who had been groomed for success but drowned in the Thames off Westminster one January night in 1810. Four years later George inherited his father''s peerage as 2nd Baron Auckland. In 1835 he was appointed Governor-General of India, and Emily (1797-1869), although reluctant to leave her close friend, the Prime Minister Lord Melbourne, went with him. A witty and perceptive writer, who later published a distinctively voiced pair of novels, Emily chronicled the Indian period, as she did her entire adult life, in letters. Allen traces the development of her closeness to George, their interlocking private and public lives and the events that impacted on them, including the Afghan disaster of January 1842 and the mixture of blame and forbea
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James Clarke & Co Ltd George and Emily Eden
Book SynopsisGeorge and Emily Eden were a devoted sibling pair. Both unmarried, they were accepted as a mildly unconventional couple by friends in the dynastically conscious governing class. George (1784-1849) entered politics as a Whig to replace his elder brother, who had been groomed for success but drowned in the Thames off Westminster one January night in 1810. Four years later George inherited his father''s peerage as 2nd Baron Auckland. In 1835 he was appointed Governor-General of India, and Emily (1797-1869), although reluctant to leave her close friend, the Prime Minister Lord Melbourne, went with him. A witty and perceptive writer, who later published a distinctively voiced pair of novels, Emily chronicled the Indian period, as she did her entire adult life, in letters. Allen traces the development of her closeness to George, their interlocking private and public lives and the events that impacted on them, including the Afghan disaster of January 1842 and the mixture of blame and forbea
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John Murray Press Bringing the House Down
Book SynopsisThe first ever personal account of the family at the heart of the Profumo AffairTrade Review'[Profumo] has written an elegantly sorrowful account of his family's great shame' * Peter McKay, Evening Standard *'Painful to write, moving to read, this beautifully crafted account will not be the final word on the Profumo affair, but shows that, behind its continuing fascination as the arch political scandal lies a long trail of human misery' * Independent on Sunday *'Elegiac and evocative volume' Sunday Telegraph / Seven * Sunday Telegraph / Seven *'It certainly has all the excitement, neurosis and edginess of a book that needed to be written... gritty, heartfelt and honest...it is a real book, by a real writer, about real people' * Mail on Sunday (Book of the Week review by Craig Brown, 5 out of 5 stars) *'An intimate, perky, donnishly literate memoir... It is a rather infectious read, elegantly written, often funny, sometimes caustic' * Times *'Gentle, touching, wry' * Guardian *'Profumo's book... restores a context to a story that has so long had a life of its own. And it offers a measured and affecting insight into what it was like to be a seven-year-old in the eye of the original tabloid storm' * Observer *'A fascinating, gripping tale' * Daily Express *'David Profumo is an outstandingly witty, stylish and original writer. In this bracingly honest and frequently sparkling family memoir, he has really excelled himself. Indeed, I would not hesitate to describe Bringing the House Down as a masterpiece' * Hugh Massingberd, Country Life *'Brilliant, intimate radio' * New Statesman, on Radio 4 Book of the Week *'His family memoir is clear-eyed, beautifully written, often painful to read, and sometimes very funny indeed' * Stephen Robinson, Daily Telegraph *'Intensely observant and acutely perceptive ... hugely literate and sophisticated' * Peregrine Worsthorne, Spectator *'Searingly honest... David Profumo has written a revelatory book, and all others that purport to deal with the scandal are at a stroke rendered redundant in their narrowness. This one excels, above all, as a study of human nature in some of its most intriguing and arresting forms' * Simon Heffer, Literary Review *'[An] honest and compelling book ... Bringing the House Down is notably well written, vivid and easy to read.' * Ian Gilmour, London Review of Books *'An intimate, unsentimental account of the 20th century's greatest sex scandal' * Sebastian Shakespeare, Tatler *
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Hachette Australia The Gospel According to Paul
Book SynopsisMy fellow irrelevant Australians. Never, in the history of our democracy, has Australian political life been in such a parlous state. There are people living in this country who have never seen true political leadership, having been governed in recent times by the dullest, most sanctimonious, hypocritical choir of patsies. This book will give them a woefully overdue idea of what a real leader looks like.Leadership is not like a can of Popeye''s spinach - you have to earn it. And earn it I did. And I am going to tell you how. In The Gospel According to Paul, writer and satirist Jonathan Biggins draws on his award-winning play to harness the eviscerating wit, wisdom and confidence of Keating, showing us the evolution of Paul John Keating, from Bankstown to the Lodge and beyond. Almost the autobiography Keating said he would never write, it is a timely reminder of the political leadership we are sorely missing.
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Random House Canada Mind Over Matter
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Random House Canada The Traitors Daughter
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Ronald Reagans Journey Democrat to Republican
Book SynopsisExamines Ronald Reagan's political development from New Deal liberal to conservative Republican. This book argues that Reagan's presidency cannot be fully understood and evaluated without significant attribution to the spiritual, political, and economic beliefs that he formed during his journey from Democrat to Republican.Trade ReviewRonald Reagan’s Journey is an important book, a significant addition to our growing knowledge of Ronald Reagan. -- Martin Anderson, Keith and Jan Hurlbut Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford UniversityEveryone knows that Ronald Reagan started as a 'New Deal Democrat' and ended as a conservative Republican. But what, exactly, does that mean? And how did it happen? In Ronald Reagan’s Journey, Edward Yager answers those questions in a systematic, scholarly fashion for the first time. He fills an important gap in our understanding of one of the most important presidents of the twentieth century. -- Andrew E. Busch, Claremont McKenna College and author of Reagan?s Victory: The Presidential Election of 1980 and the Rise of the RightThe period 1945-62 was a critical stage in the political-ideological development of Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan, the 1980s president, cannot be understood without understanding his transformation in this period. Reagan's life was a journey-a series of journeys; yet, the journey he traveled from 1945-62 was one of the most important of those journeys, and also one of the most neglected, until this very important book. This was the sojourn that set Reagan upon the course that took him to the presidency.This is a unique, fair, non-partisan, balanced, and generally valuable work that stands apart in the vast Reagan literature-a crucial contribution to the field. The book is consistently insightful and well-written. It is sophisticated, nuanced, careful,comprehensive, balanced, and thoughtful. Yager has done a superb job.. -- Paul Kengor, Grove City College and author of God and Ronald Reagan: A Spiritual LifeThe period 1945-62 was a critical stage in the political-ideological development of Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan, the 1980s president, cannot be understood without understanding his transformation in this period. Reagan's life was a journey-a series of journeys; yet, the journey he traveled from 1945-62 was one of the most important of those journeys, and also one of the most neglected, until this very important book. This was the sojourn that set Reagan upon the course that took him to the presidency. This is a unique, fair, non-partisan, balanced, and generally valuable work that stands apart in the vast Reagan literature-a crucial contribution to the field. The book is consistently insightful and well-written. It is sophisticated, nuanced, careful, comprehensive, balanced, and thoughtful. Yager has done a superb job. -- Paul Kengor, Grove City College and author of God and Ronald Reagan: A Spiritual LifeTable of ContentsChapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Early Years Chapter 3 The Communist Threat Chapter 4 The "Encroaching" Federal Government Chapter 5 Family and Friends Chapter 6 Intellectuals Chapter 7 The Journey and its Meaning
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Pluto Press Bobby Sands
Book SynopsisPublished on the 35th anniversary of Sands' death, this powerful biography illuminates his life and political impact.Trade Review'An excellent book. It tells not just the story of Bobby, the prison protest and hunger strikes, but accurately captures the atmosphere of the prison. Friends of Bobby tell of the person they knew. He is alive and vibrant on every page' -- Dr Laurence McKeown, former IRA Hunger-Striker'The life of Bobby Sands shows development, growth, maturation, and a profoundly humanistic internationalist flavour, in the midst of a bitter, ugly struggle that can purge the humanity out of anyone' -- Mumia Abu-Jamal, American activist and journalist'A gripping, heart-stopping, exhilarating sometimes sad book - a story of life, love and noble death' -- Malachy McCourt, actor, writer and politician'Bobby Sands, as this magnificent biography reminds us, was a hero for the whole world. We cried when he died, but he laughed in the face of tyranny and taught us the deepest meaning of comradeship' -- Mike Davis, political activist and historian'This book has been, in my view, a primary tool for our collective, peaceful efforts, and helped us to achieve victories in our struggle - Bobby's spirit lives on' -- Todd Ashker, representative of the Short Corridor Collective Human Rights Movement, Pelican Bay State Prison, CaliforniaTable of ContentsForeword to the New Edition by Mumia Abu-Jamal Preface to the New Edition Prelude 1. Growing Up in Utopia 2. Violence and Anger 3. Into the IRA 4. A Change of Scene 5. A Trip to the South 6. Prison 7. Things Get Hot 8. Learning to Rebel 9. Leaving Long Kesh 10. Putting It into Practice 11. A Bad Day in Dunmurry 12. Castlereagh 13. Back to Prison 14. Solitary Confinement 15. On the Blanket 16. Escalating the Protest 17. H6: Building Solidarity Within 18. H6: Extending the Protest 19. Toward the Inevitable 20. Hunger Strike 21. Step by Step 22. The End 23. The Beginning Notes Acknowledgements Index
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Pluto Press John Maclean
Book SynopsisA literary biography of one of the early heroes of radical Scottish Independence.Trade Review'This is an extremely interesting and well-researched book – it provides a valuable insight into the life of one of Scotland’s most important, respected and influential political figures, whose legacy shines on today' -- Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland and leader of the Scottish National Party'A beautifully structured and brilliantly written biography... Henry Bell's moving, evocative portrait of the complex man and his times is compelling and timely. It tells not just the story of the radical hero from the red Clyde, but a story of Scotland' -- Jackie Kay, novelist and Makar, Scottish Poet Laureate'John Maclean's swing towards the project of socialist independence for Scotland contains detailed lessons for today. Bell's biography tells the story of how a potter's son from the outskirts of Glasgow ended up schooling Lenin on the dynamics of class and nation' -- Paul Mason, journalist and author'A fine introduction to Scotland's most famous revolutionary. It acknowledges the power of the John Maclean legend but gives the facts from which that legend grew... and it reminds us of the tragic price that he and his family paid for his dedication to the cause of Marxist revolution' -- James Robertson, novelist and poet'There have been other biographies of John Maclean, but this clearly written narrative by Henry Bell sets a new standard in its careful balance and judicious conclusions. Maclean emerges from the pages of the book as a more complex figure than that depicted hitherto' -- Sir Tom Devine, Professor Emeritus at The University of Edinburgh'It is always good to see something new published about John Maclean. Since the Glasgow Labour Party retreated from Socialism it has done it's best to forget him... Scotland does not deserve its greatest people' -- Alasdair Gray, writer and artistTable of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Out for Life and All That Life Can Give Us 2. Dispeller of Ignorance 3. The Revolutionary Gospel 4. The Rapids of Revolution 5. Internationalists First, Last, and All the Time 6. The War Within a War 7. Convict 2652 8. We are Going to Live to See the Day 9. Scotland's Bolshevik 10. The Accuser of Capitalism 11. Let's Kill Capitalism this Year 12. One Big Union 13. An Open Letter to Lenin 14. All Hail the Scottish Workers' Republic 15. The John Maclean March Notes Bibliography Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Derrida
Book Synopsis* The definitive biography of the philosopher Jacques Derrida (1930-2004). * In writing this biography, Benoit Peeters talked to over a hundred individuals who knew and worked with Derrida.Trade Review''Peeters has ransacked the voluminous Derrida archives and interviewed scores of his friends and colleagues. The result is a marvellously compelling account, lucidly translated by Andrew Brown. The man who emerges from this portrait is an agonised soul with sudden outbreaks of gaiety, an astonishingly original thinker with more than a dash of vanity who nevertheless made himself fully available to the humblest student.'' Terry Eagleton, The Guardian ‘'Exhaustive and exhilarating.'’ The Scotsman ''A real tour de force. Assimilating a vast amount of material Derrida’s own voluminous publications, unpublished documents and correspondence, and conversations with a host of acquaintances Ð Benoit Peeters has produced a compelling narrative that sheds light on all aspects of Derrida’s remarkable career.'' Jonathan Culler, Cornell University ‘'If you've ever given up on Derrida, this portrait of him as a lovable, thin-skinned and narcissistic outsider in France who shot to fame in the United States should make you reconsider.'’ New Statesman ‘'In his impressive, massive biography... Benoit Peeters, a former student of Derrida’s, tells a captivating tale of the enfant terrible outsider.'’ Wichita Eagle Table of ContentsAcknowledgements vii Introduction 1 PART I JACKIE 1930–1962 1 The Negus 1930–1942 9 2 Under the Sun of Algiers 1942–1949 19 3 The Walls of Louis-le-Grand 1949–1952 35 4 The École Normale Supérieure 1952–1956 59 5 A Year in America 1956–1957 80 6 The Soldier of Koléa 1957–1959 92 7 Melancholia in Le Mans 1959–1960 108 8 Towards Independence 1960–1962 113 PART II DERRIDA 1963–1983 1 From Husserl to Artaud 1963–1964 127 2 In the Shadow of Althusser 1963–1966 144 3 Writing Itself 1965–1966 155 4 A Lucky Year 1967 170 5 A Period of Withdrawal 1968 186 6 Uncomfortable Positions 1969–1971 207 7 Severed Ties 1972–1973 230 8 Glas 1973–1975 256 9 In Support of Philosophy 1973–1976 267 10 Another Life 1976–1977 288 11 From the Nouveaux Philosophes to the Estates General 1977–1979 298 12 Postcards and Proofs 1979–1981 308 13 Night in Prague 1981–1982 332 14 A New Hand of Cards 1982–1983 342 PART III JACQUES DERRIDA 1984–2004 1 The Territories of Deconstruction 1984–1986 355 2 From the Heidegger Aff air to the de Man Aff air 1987–1988 379 3 Living Memory 1988–1990 402 4 Portrait of the Philosopher at Sixty 417 5 At the Frontiers of the Institution 1991–1992 440 6 Of Deconstruction in America 451 7 Specters of Marx 1993–1995 462 8 The Derrida International 1996–1999 478 9 The Time of Dialogue 2000–2002 495 10 In Life and in Death 2003–2004 518 Notes 543 Sources 593 Bibliography 596 Index 605
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SPCK Publishing Woodbine Willie
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SPCK Publishing New Habits
Book SynopsisLove, life and motherhood... beyond the convent gatesTrade ReviewFrom a secluded world of abstinence and spiritual searching, Eleanor walked out into challenge, disappointment, health problems, relationship ups and downs – in fact, a life familiar to most of us! Her practical, sometimes faltering response, along with a healthy dose of humility and humour, contributes to this heartwarming tale of love, resilience and hope for us all. -- Pam Rhodes"A unique and courageous story of a fabulous and feisty woman moving from the constraints of a convent to the hedonism of the sixties. A tale of feminism, motherhood and courage." -- Emma Freud OBE, Broadcaster and Social Commentator“It’s a story which could be straight out of TV’s Call The Midwife.” -- The Daily Mail“Gripping, funny, poignant, and convincing, it is a powerful evocation of a world about which few of us know.” -- Gervase Phinn, bestselling author of The Other Side of the DaleTable of ContentsContentsAck nowledgments 7Prologue 9PART 1: Adaptat ion: Chichester 1969–70 111 Homecoming 132 Problems 213 Employment 264 A Fine but Brief Romance 335 Di and Dee, and a Revelation 426 T ales from the Unit 497 A Seriously Foolish Affair 588 Penzance and the Lu re of Crayfish 66PART 2: Catal ogue of Errors: Poole 1970–71 739 Interlude 7510 R oses Round the Door 8011 M ould, Mildew and Other Issues 8612 L ost in Lilliput 9213 Af termath 96PART 3: A New Beginning: Port smouth 1971–76 9914 A Sister Once Again 10115 A Flat, and a Cat Called Jeremy 10616 A Brother’s Recommendation 11417 Ni ghts – July 1972 124For John, Esme and Paul18 A Courtship 13219 The Family 13820 Weddi ngs 143PART 4: Marriage and Motherhood: 1973–79 15321 Further Adaptation 15522 Honeymoon 16223 Disaster 16724 M oving House 17225 The Investigative Process 17826 Esme 18327 Conflict 19128 Intermission 19629 Ab out the Boy 20130 The Calm 20831 The Storm 214Epilogue 222
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Headline Publishing Group Living History
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Aimee and Jaguar
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Napoleon The Path to Power 1769 1799 v 1
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Edinburgh University Press Augustan Rome 44 BC to AD 14 the Restoration of
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Allison & Busby The Improbable Adventures of Miss Emily Soldene
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