Biography: adventurers and explorers Books

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  • But She Looks Fine

    Histria LLC But She Looks Fine

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisCelebrities have a lot to say about this book?I want to thank you for all the great work you are doing. - Mark Hamil, actor (Star Wars, The Mandalorian, The Sandman)?Olivia is a ten plus year survivor, a true inspiration and has done more in her short life so far, than most ever do in a lifetime. - Ryan Sutter, ABC''s Bachelorette?This book will make you stop in your tracks, pay attention, and captivate your heart in a deeply emotional way. It''s a story beyond Lyme disease - but a story about a child who grew up having to fight for her life. - Ally Hilfiger, Artist, Designer, Lyme Activist?This young powerhouse knows what it means to start a movement from the grassroots level. She has been selfless and courageous in openly sharing her story. I''m so darn proud to be her Wingman?I''d follow her anywhere. - (Ret.) Colonel Nicole Malachowski, First Female U.S Air Force Thunderbird Pilot?The music world has Aretha, Cher, Madonna & Adele. The Lyme world has Olivia. ?Jeff Crater, Co-Founder Center for Lyme ActionThis is the story of how Olivia turned the physical challenges and emotional hardships she had faced since she was a little girl into an engaged life of advocacy for others. So many young people are faced with life-changing hardships?from illness and disease to loss and calamity. What Olivia Goodreau discovers through her journey with chronic Lyme, and what she has been sharing with the world, is that inside of every predicament is also a possibility.

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    £15.26

  • The Sport of Presidents

    Histria LLC The Sport of Presidents

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe book examines the relationship between the presidency and the sport, and argues through stories that the two naturally go together. Golf is the sport of presidents. It defines the presidency. It is a game of patience, concentration, focus, and moving forward toward a target. The job is about aim and guiding others toward an end goal amid the obstacle, and the job requires simplicity and making progress in as fewer moves as possible. Golf allows access to the president, and it is also a form of communication the leader uses to send subtle messages to the public.

    1 in stock

    £17.56

  • Inventing Paradise

    Santa Monica Press Inventing Paradise

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisInventing Paradise: The Power Brokers Who Created the Dream of Los Angeles traces the improbable rise of Los Angeles through the prism of six visionaries who had outsize influence on the city’s growth: Phineas Banning, Harrison Gray Otis, Henry Huntington, Harry Chandler, William Mulholland, and Moses Sherman. In the late 1870s, Los Angeles was a violent, dusty, 29-square-mile pueblo with a few thousand souls, largely unchanged since its founding in 1781. By 1930, its size had swelled to within 96% of its current 468 square miles, housing a staggering 1.2 million people. In just 50 years, L.A. had joined the ranks of other world-class cities. In the tradition of Mike Davis’s classic work City of Quartz, Paul Haddad (Freewaytopia and 10,000 Steps a Day in L.A.) debunks many myths about the City of Angels with a wildly entertaining narrative that sheds new light on the fascinat

    1 in stock

    £19.79

  • Benjamin Franklin in American Thought and Culture

    American Philosophical Society Benjamin Franklin in American Thought and Culture

    Book SynopsisAn exploration of Benjamin Franklin's diverse legacies in American life from 1790, the year of his death, to 1990. This book also focuses on the intricate relations between the functions of images and perceptions in society on the one hand and the changing social and cultural conditions that have constantly affected the alterations of those images and perceptions on the other. Includes a Selected Bibliography. Illustrations.

    £23.42

  • J. E. B. Stuart

    Savas Beatie J. E. B. Stuart

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisFifteen years have passed since the publication of the last biography of Jeb Stuart. Several appeared during the last century lauding his contributions to Confederate fortunes in the Eastern Theater. Each follows a familiar tradition established by hero-worshipping subordinates portraying its subject as a model of chivalric conduct with a romantic's outlook on life and a sense of fair dealing and goodwill, even toward his enemy. J. E. B. Stuart: The Soldier and the Man, by award-winning author Edward Longacre, is the first balanced, detailed, and thoroughly scrutinized study of the life and service of the Civil War's most famous cavalryman. Long known to scholars and history buffs alike as The Beau Sabreur of the Confederacy, James Ewell Brown Stuart of Virginia was possessed of many gifts, personally and professionally, and led the Army of Northern Virginia's cavalry to the all-but-complete satisfaction of his superiors. Stuart, insisted Robert E. Lee, never brought me a piece of fa

    1 in stock

    £24.79

  • Loving and Leaving Washington

    MQ - University of Nebraska Press Loving and Leaving Washington

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisJohn Yochelson was seventeen when he first heard President Kennedy's call, Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. Responding to the call to public service, he had afront-row seat from the mid-1970s through the mid-1990s. This is his inside account of the lives of public servants from the perspective of a lifelong moderate.

    1 in stock

    £20.99

  • A Plausible Man

    The New Press A Plausible Man

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe remarkable story of the man behind the book that helped spark the Civil War, in a stunning historical detective storyA Plausible Manis a remarkable piece of historical sleuthing and often a riveting read. Ms. Ashton's tale is enhanced by the inclusion of numerous photos of people and places important in Jackson's life.Wall Street JournalIn December of 1850, a faculty wife in Brunswick, Maine, named Harriet Beecher Stowe hid a fugitive slave in her house. While John Andrew Jackson stayed for only one night, he made a lasting impression: drawing from this experience, Stowe began to write Uncle Tom's Cabin, one of the most influential books in American history and the novel that helped inspire the overthrow of slavery in the United States. A Plausible Man unfolds as a historical detective story, as Susanna Ashton combs obscure records for evidence of Jackson's remarkable flight from slavery to freedom, his quest to liberate his enslaved family, and his emergence as an international

    1 in stock

    £18.89

  • Another Zionism Another Judaism

    Other Press LLC Another Zionism Another Judaism

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £30.39

  • Final Engagement

    Diversion Books Final Engagement

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £19.54

  • A Measure of Intelligence

    Diversion Books A Measure of Intelligence

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisIn a quest to advocate for her daughter, Pepper Stetler uncovers the dark history of the IQ that leads her to question what exactly we are measuring when we measure intelligence. When Pepper Stetler was told that her daughter, Louisa, who has Down Syndrome, would be regularly required to take IQ tests to secure support in school, she asked a simple question: why? In questioning the authority and relevance of the test, Stetler sets herself on a winding, often dark, investigation into how the IQ test came to be the irrefutable standard for measuring intelligence. The unsettling history causes Stetler to wonder what influence this test will have over her daughter’s future, and, if its genesis is so mired in eugenics, whether Louisa should be taking it at all. So what are we measuring when we try to measure “intelligence”? As she uncovers the history of IQ, exposing its roots in eugenics, racism, xenophobia, and ableism, Stetle

    1 in stock

    £18.93

  • Custer

    Casemate Publishers Custer

    Book SynopsisA new whole-life biography of Custer that deals with his personal history as well as his military career.The reader is introduced to a little-known side of Custera deeply personal side. George Custer grew up in an expanding young country and his early influences mirrored the times. Two aspects of this era dominate most works about him: the Civil War, and the war with the Indians, culminating in his death at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. When mentioned, if at all, his early life and years as a cadet at West Point are brief, and then only enough to set some background for discussion of the mystery of the Little Bighorn. This is the first Custer biography to focus on these lesser-known parts of his life in great detail.The approach uses all of Custer's known writings: letters; magazine articles; his book, My Life on the Plains; and his unfinished memoirs of the Civil War; along with materials and books by his wife, Elizabeth Custer; and reflections of others who knew him well.The five

    £20.25

  • The Battlin Bastards of Bravo

    Casemate Publishers The Battlin Bastards of Bravo

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe "Battlin'' Bastards" of B Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division share their harrowing Vietnam experiences, highlighting brotherhood, resilience, and the lasting impact of war on their lives.The ?Battlin? Bastards? of B Company, 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, fought daily against a well-trained and determined enemy during their tours in Vietnam, 1968?71. Before the war, these men were brothers, sons, sweethearts, husbands, and fathers. Some were athletes, some musicians. Some were just out of high school, some in established careers. There is no monolithic ?Battlin? Bastard,? but when they joined the 101st Airborne Division?one of the most highly decorated divisions in the United States Army?in Vietnam, they united, fighting for each other, and fighting to return safely home. It was difficult to put their experiences behind them. As Bravo veteran, Terry Taylor, recalled, ?I learned at the age of 18 that you don?t have to die to go to hell. Vietnam was hell on earth.? And yet despite the obstacles, many of these men built successful lives post-war. Decades after returning from the war, when the men were ready to cautiously revisit their experiences, the Bastards started stateside reunions.From these reunions came the wish to share their stories with the world, to honor, to educate, and to inspire. The result is this book, written from interviews and diligent archival research, in which the surviving ?Battlin? Bastards? tell their stories of combat in their own words, and honor those who ?sacrificed for their country and their unit.?

    1 in stock

    £26.96

  • Phoenix Rising

    Casemate Phoenix Rising

    1 in stock

    1 in stock

    £20.25

  • Gavin at War

    Casemate Publishers Gavin at War

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe previously unpublished wartime diary of Lieutenant General James Gavin, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II.

    1 in stock

    £19.12

  • Into the Inferno

    Casemate Publishers Into the Inferno

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £23.96

  • School of Travel

    Morgan James Publishing llc School of Travel

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisSchool of Travel chronicles Donald N. Roberson, Jr.’s rich experiences while living and working inCroatia, the Czech Republic and beyond. Drawing from his two-decade-long journey abroad, the memoir transports the audience through captivating cultural encounters, spirited adventures, and intimate interactions with locals. Roberson frames travel as an educational endeavor, a concept he’s explored in previous research, exemplifying how voyages can lead to deeper understanding of the world, peaceful interactions with others, and profound personal growth. The narrative is enriched with Roberson’s personal photographs, offering the curious an authentic glimpse into his travels. More than a mere recollection, this memoir serves as a testament to travel’s transformative power, encouraging literary explorers to embark on their own journeys of discovery through life. While Roberson shares his truth to the best of his memory, don’t take his word for it. The author hopes to foster a dialogue about the world’s vastness and the education it offers, and inspire fellow adventurers to travel, to meet other people, and get to know the great big world which is our home.

    1 in stock

    £16.10

  • Spinoza The Outcast Thinker

    Seven Stories Press Spinoza The Outcast Thinker

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £12.59

  • The Dead Dont Need Reminding

    Bold Type Books The Dead Dont Need Reminding

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThis “inventive, poetic, vulnerable, and sincere” book from an acclaimed author and poet weaves two wrenching personal narratives of recovery and reclamation, spliced with a dazzle of pop-culture (Kirkus).The Dead Don’t Need Reminding is a braided story of Julian Randall’s return from the cliff edge of a harrowing depression and his determination to retrace the hustle of a white-passing grandfather to the Mississippi town from which he was driven amid threats of tar and feather.   Alternatively wry, lyrical, and heartfelt, Randall transforms pop culture moments into deeply personal explorations of grief, family, and the American way. He envisions his fight to stay alive through a striking medley of media ranging from Into the Spiderverse and Jordan Peele movies to BoJack Horseman and the music of Odd Future. Pulsing with life, sharp, and wickedly funny, The Dead Don’t Need Reminding is

    1 in stock

    £22.50

  • Without Precedent

    PublicAffairs Without Precedent

    15 in stock

    15 in stock

    £25.88

  • 26 Seconds

    Simon And Schuster Group USA 26 Seconds

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £15.29

  • What My Brother Knew

    She Writes Press What My Brother Knew

    1 in stock

    Book Synopsis

    1 in stock

    £15.29

  • Life and Death of the American Worker

    Simon & Schuster Life and Death of the American Worker

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisWinner of the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, an explosive exposé of the toxic labor practices at the largest meatpacking company in America and the immigrant workers who had the courage to fight back.On June 27, 2011, a deadly chemical accident took place inside the Tyson Foods chicken processing plant in Springdale, Arkansas, where the company is headquartered. The company quickly covered it up although the spill left their employees injured, sick, and terrified. Over the years, Arkansas-based reporter Alice Driver was able to gain the trust of the immigrant workers who survived the accident. They rewarded her persistence by giving her total access to their lives. Having spent hours in their kitchens and accompanying them to doctor’s appointments, Driver has memorialized in these pages the dramatic lives of husband and wife Plácido and Angelina, who liked to spend weekends planting seeds from their native El Salvador in their garden; f

    1 in stock

    £17.09

  • Hot Wet and Shaking

    Invisible Publishing Hot Wet and Shaking

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisDesire is holy, sex is church, and our bodies are built for pleasure and connection. These are the tenets that Kaleigh Trace lives by and which she explores in these memoirs and essays.Hot, Wet, and Shaking chronicles Trace’s journey from ignorance to bliss, from being a critically uncool teenager to a successful couple’s and sex therapist, all while weaving together themes of feminism, sex positivity, and disability justice. Writing as a queer, disabled, cisgender woman, Trace lays bare the vulnerability inherent in all of our bodies, the healing intimacy that can be found in loving community, and the endless capacity for humour and play that sex can offer us. Trace laughs at her missteps, forgives herself her errors, and reassures the reader that imperfection is perfect.Moving from the delight of learning how to orgasm to the grief of living with terminal cancer, Trace welcomes you into her world, inviting you to consider the freedom available to u

    1 in stock

    £12.34

  • Mountain Guru: The Life of Doug Scott

    Birlinn General Mountain Guru: The Life of Doug Scott

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisDoug Scott was a legend among mountaineers. His expeditions, undertaken over a period of five decades, are unparalleled achievements. This book describes the extraordinary drama of them all, from the Himalaya to New Zealand, Patagonia, Yosemite and Alaska. It includes his famous ‘epic’ on The Ogre, one of the hardest peaks in the world to climb, his ascent of Kangchenjunga without supplementary oxygen and his ascent, with Dougal Haston, of Everest in 1975. Catherine Moorehead also uncovers the elusive man behind the obsessive mountaineer. From his rumbustious youth in Nottingham through two tempestuous marriages to a secure third marriage, she shows how Scott matured in thought and action as his formidable global reputation increased. In doing so she reveals him to be a clash of opposites, an infuriating monomaniac who took extraordinary risks yet who developed a deep interest in Buddhism and inspired widespread affection. Scott spent almost as long as his climbing career in founding and developing Community Action Nepal, providing schools and health posts in remote parts of Nepal, where he is still much revered. Doug Scott died in 2020.Trade Review'Doug Scott was one of my closest friends. He had so many facets to his character – integrity, courage, great intelligence, and a strong sense of social responsibility, particularly in the way he devoted his later life to support the people of up-country Nepal. This book is a remarkable tribute to an extraordinary climber and a great humanitarian' -- Sir Chris Bonington'Doug Scott was one of the earliest and most successful proponents of Alpine-style ascents in the highest mountains on every continent. His ethical regard for the mountain environment was also well ahead of its time. This biography commemorates and explores the life of a visionary climber and a man of great humanity' -- Reinhold Messner'Reveals the extraordinary drama of [Scott's] life, both on and off the mountains' * Sunday Post *'reveals a multi-faceted man in a biography that will be of as much interest to those who love the mountains as those who prefer to study the human condition' * Scottish Field *

    1 in stock

    £25.00

  • Blue Ambition

    Biteback Publishing Blue Ambition

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisIn this meticulously researched biography, Michael Ashcroft charts Kemi Badenoch's fascinating course from relative obscurity to being hailed in some quarters as the saviour of conservatism in the UK.

    1 in stock

    £17.00

  • The Stealing of Innocence

    Olympia Publishers The Stealing of Innocence

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £11.69

  • Authentic Media Lifting the Darkness

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisLiftingthe Darknesscelebrates 30 years on the road with Tough Talk as former powerlifters andbodybuilders Arthur White and Ian McDowall relate their remarkable experiencesof sharing the love of Jesus in prisons, schools and churches.

    1 in stock

    £11.39

  • Wordcatcher Publishing Duct Tape and Daddy Issues

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    Book SynopsisCONFESSIONS OF A PHONE-SEX GIRLWhat is a poor student to do when the summer holidays are looming, she''s totally broke and even the local supermarket won''t hire her? In this case she straps herself in, gets out her best sexy voice and goes to work on a phone sex line. Join Dee and her alter-egos on a journey of discovery - of herself, her customers and of the vagaries of the kind of man who rings sex lines.Meet Matthew,who has many questionsabout bottoms; Dave, who missed his vocationas a doctor; and Stan, who ruins shoes in a way you will not believe!

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    £999.99

  • Lost Worlds of Ancient and Modern Greece: Gilbert

    Archaeopress Lost Worlds of Ancient and Modern Greece: Gilbert

    15 in stock

    Book SynopsisBy day, young Gilbert Bagnani studied archaeology in Greece, but by night he socialised with the elite of Athenian society. Secretly writing for the Morning Post in London, he witnessed both antebellum Athens in 1921 and the catastrophic collapse of Christian civilisation in western Anatolia in 1922. While there have been many accounts by refugees of the disastrous flight from Smyrna, few have been written from the perspective of the west side of the Aegean. The flood of a million refugees to Greece brought in its wake a military coup in Athens, the exile of the Greek royal family and the execution or imprisonment of politicians, whom Gilbert knew. Gilbert’s weekly letters to his mother in Rome reveal his Odyssey-like adventures on a voyage of discovery through the origins of western civilisation. As an archaeologist in Greece, he travelled through time seeing history repeat itself: Minoan Knossos, Byzantine Constantinople and Ottoman Smyrna were all violently destroyed, but the survivors escaped to the new worlds of Mycenaean Greece, Renaissance Venice and modern Greece. At Smyrna in the twentieth century, history was written not only by the victors but was also recorded by the victims. At the same time, however, the twentieth century itself was so filled with reports of ethnic cleansings on such a scale that the reports brutalized the humanity of the supposedly civilized people reading about them, and the tragedy of Smyrna disappeared from public awareness between the cataclysmic upheavals of the First and Second World Wars.Trade ReviewThis is a lively account of a formidable personality, scholar and archaeologist in the making. – Sir Michael Llewellyn Smith (2020), British Ambassodor to Greece 1996 – 1999'This first of three volumes based on {Bagnani's] personal letters and news’ reports covers the momentous years from 1921-1924... We are treated to highly-entertaining sketches of leading archaeologists in Greece, and the way fieldwork was conducted, as well as the social life of the political class and wealthy elite of Athens. Informative, excellently-edited and a delight to read.' – Professor John Bintliff (2020), Edinburgh University'This book stands as a major contribution—and an accessible one—to our understanding of the history of Greece in the years 1921-1924. In bringing Gilbert Bagnani back to life through his subject’s letters and through his own careful delving into primary sources, Ian Begg joins a group of scholars (among them Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan, Jack L. Davis, Susan Heuck Allen, Kostis Kourelis, Artemis Leontis, Despina Lalaki) who have examined the personal lives, attitudes and idiosyncrasies of archaeologists, artists and performers, anthropologists, and historians as entryways into the discoveries they made, using their personalities as lenses for their scholarly or artistic methods. Such approaches by later generations of scholars shed fresh light on the work of their predecessors and enlarge our understanding of the histories they wrote or performances they created.' – Robert Pounder (2021): Bryn Mawr Classical Review'The titles of some books act like magnets. They pull you towards them and command attention... It is not about the lost worlds of Ancient Greece alone but also about the lost worlds of Modern Greece... Who is Gilbert Bagnani and what adventures is he having in Greece before and after the Asia Minor Catastrophe? Any hesitation you may have had vanishes into thin air when you start reading this absorbing, literate, informative and simply wonderful book.' – James Karas (2022): Greek Press, Toronto, March 4, 2022‘In 2022 Greece will be commemorating the one-hundredth anniversary of the Asia Minor Catastrophe. There are only a few books in English accessible to a broad audience that consider the events of 1922. These include, for example, Michael Llewellyn Smith’s Ionian Vision (1973), Lou Ureneck’s The Great Fire (2015), and Philip Mansel’s Levant: Splendour and Catastrophe on the Mediterranean (2010). To these we should now add Begg’s Lost Worlds. Lost Worlds of Ancient and Modern Greece is also the first part of a projected trilogy that will follow Bagnani and his future wife Stewart (Mary Augusta Stewart Huston) throughout the 1920s and 1930s before they finally left Europe for a new life in Canada. We should all very much look forward to learning about the next stops in this journey...’ – Natalia Vogeikoff-Brogan (2022): Journal of Modern Greek Studies‘A serious and punctilious archaeologist, culturally open to the investigation of other historical periods, an able journalistic correspondent, an incurable salon-lover and admirer of luxury, gifted with an intelligent sense of irony,12 even a secret agent. Gilbert Bagnani’s multifaceted personality emerges very well from the pages of Ian Begg’s book, which takes us not only through the history of Greece in the 1920s but also through that of the Archaeological Schools and of the Italian one in particular.’ - Stefano Struffolino (2022), Journal of Greek ArchaeologyTable of ContentsForeword – Prof. T. H. B. Symons ; Preface ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; Timeline ; Maps ; Prologue: Odysseus vs. Achilles ; Chapter 1. Vengeance ; Chapter 2. Back in Time ; Chapter 3. Imposing Ruins ; Chapter 4. Marble Sepulchres ; Chapter 5. The Arms Merchant and the Secret Agent ; Chapter 6. Foreign Correspondent ; Chapter 7. The Oracle of Apollo and St Paul ; Chapter 8. The Renaissance at a Byzantine Outpost ; Chapter 9. Exposed ; Chapter 10. The Knights of Rhodes ; Chapter 11. The King of Kos ; Chapter 12. Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea ; Chapter 13. Monasteries in the Air ; Chapter 14. In the Minotaur’s Labyrinth on Crete ; Chapter 15. Inferno ; Chapter 16. Executions ; Chapter 17. The Pharaoh’s Curse ; Chapter 18. The Castles of the Giant Cyclopes ; Chapter 19. A Surviving Byzantine Republic ; Chapter 20. Karpathos: The Island of Poseidon ; Chapter 21. Paradise Lost ; Chapter 22. Mission to the Underworld: Spying for Mussolini ; Chapter 23. Lost Greek Empires ; Chapter 24. The Land of the Golden Fleece ; Epilogue ; Figures ; Bibliography ; Index

    15 in stock

    £42.41

  • Talking to My Fathers Ghost

    Chronicle Books Talking to My Fathers Ghost

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisShortly after his funeral, my dad started haunting me . . . and it's been a delight! AlexInspired by real-life experience, Alex Krokus's graphic novel is a heartfelt and humorous story of losing a parent and getting to know him better after his passing.

    2 in stock

    £16.19

  • By My Name

    Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers By My Name

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £10.44

  • Cofio Dai

    Y Lolfa Cofio Dai

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisA tribute to one of Wales''s greatest figures: the presenter, singer and farmer, Dai Jones, by the people who knew him best. The book''s editor, Beti Griffiths, was a close friend of Dai''s and she and Olwen, his widow, have worked closely to compile a list of contributors including well-known names such as Nia Roberts, Lyn Ebenezer and Margaret Williams.

    1 in stock

    £12.00

  • Hunangofiant Dyn Positif

    Y Lolfa Hunangofiant Dyn Positif

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThis is the inspirational story of Wayne Howard a man who has survived illness but continues to live life to the full... He has had an extraordinary life: he has travelled extensively, married in the Bahamas, played American football, visited Columbia and learnt Spanish. He has also experienced traumatic situations such as industrial dispute, burning his face in an accident and facing deep depression.

    1 in stock

    £12.00

  • Inside Out

    Gemini Books Group Ltd Inside Out

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisApril Ashley was a trailblazing figure in the fight for trans visibility and acceptance, one of the first British people to undergo gender-reassignment surgery, in 1960 - this is her remarkable story

    2 in stock

    £10.44

  • Necessary Women

    The History Press Ltd Necessary Women

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe untold story of the women who have lived and worked in the Palace of Westminster

    2 in stock

    £16.19

  • How British Intelligence Plotted to Read Hitlers

    The History Press Ltd How British Intelligence Plotted to Read Hitlers

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisWere British Intelligence chiefs gullible or sensible to recruit an astrologer to assist in the war effort against Nazi Germany? And was the astrologer genuine or a charlatan?

    1 in stock

    £13.49

  • Love Duty and Escape Italy 1943

    Helion & Company Love Duty and Escape Italy 1943

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £26.09

  • Max Gluckman

    Berghahn Books Max Gluckman

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThis handy, concise biography describes the life and intellectual contribution of Max Gluckman (1911-75) who was one the most significant social anthropologists of the twentieth century.Max Gluckman was the founder in the 1950s of the Manchester School of Social Anthropology. He did fieldwork among the Zulu of South Africa in the 1930s and the Lozi of Northern Rhodesia/Zambia in the 1940s. This book describes in detail his academic career and the lasting influence of his Analysis of A Social Situation in Modern Zululand (1940-42) and of his two large monographs on the legal system of the Lozi.From the Introduction:Max Gluckman was the most influential of a group of social anthropologists who emerged from South Africa during the 1930s into what was essentially a new academic discipline. His description and analysis of events in real time implied a rejection of contemporary social anthropological practice, of the ethnographic present', and of hypothetical or conjectural reconstructions and an acceptance of the need to study primitive' societies in the context of the modern world.

    1 in stock

    £18.95

  • Publishing Push LTD My Joy

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £14.99

  • Olympia Publishers Progesterone and Me

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £8.54

  • Eva Henighan

    Troubador Publishing Eva Henighan

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisEva Henighan: How We Survived The Twentieth Century, is the gripping biography of a much-loved woman, after a notebook containing her life story was discovered amongst her belongings.

    1 in stock

    £9.49

  • A RELUCTANT MEMSAHIB

    Troubador Publishing Ltd A RELUCTANT MEMSAHIB

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisAn intimate portrait of a life at the centre of a momentous period in Indian and British history. A womanâs perspective on the British Raj and life in India based on diaries and letters of Isabel Richards.

    1 in stock

    £13.49

  • Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie Publishers The RavenHaired Girl

    1 in stock

    a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

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    £9.49

  • C.S. Lewiss Oxford

    Bodleian Library C.S. Lewiss Oxford

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    £28.50

  • First Contact

    Eye Books First Contact

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisA true story of modern day exploration and the discovery of cannibal tribes in the 21st century.

    1 in stock

    £9.49

  • Battersea Park Road to Paradise

    Watkins Media Battersea Park Road to Paradise

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    Book SynopsisShe's the Starbucks-addicted, exercise-allergic and self-confessed sceptical author of The Battersea Park Road to Enlightenment - now join Isabel Losada for further travels in the realms of the soul, the senses and the sheer absurdity of life, from a feng shui reading gone hilariously wrong to an ayahuasca ceremony that goes all too right

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    £999.99

  • Churchill at the Gallop

    Raceform Ltd Churchill at the Gallop

    2 in stock

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    2 in stock

    £15.29

  • The Dervish Bowl

    Haus Publishing The Dervish Bowl

    Book SynopsisA narrative of the life ofArminius Vambéry.

    £21.25

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