Biography Books
Whitefox Publishing Ltd Mentor and Monitor
Book SynopsisWhat is the role of the judge? To simply mete out Justice, moving on to the next case, or something more profound and productive? What role can (and should) a judge play in the repair of a dysfunctional life?After a long career at the Bar and on the Bench, John Samuels discovered that the mentoring role he unexpectedly undertook for his pupils could also apply to those sentenced by a judge. Such a role is arguably invaluable to a society seeking to curb the expansion of its prison system by properly rehabilitating its offenders.Interwoven with a personal history and journey of discovery, Mentor and Monitor identifies a positive route for rehabilitation, while offering fascinating insights into the inner workings of the English Justice system and a broad and distinguished legal career.
£18.00
Parthian Books Relationships with Pictures
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£10.80
Holy Trinity Publications William Palmer: The Oxford Movement and a Quest
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Movement within the Anglican communion sought changes to the Church of England in its articulation of theology and performance of liturgy that would more clearly demonstrate what the movement's members believed was the place of their Church within the wider universal and ancient Church. In this regard they mostly looked to the Roman Catholic Church, but one of their most prominent members thought their goals would be better served by seeking recognition from the Orthodox Church.This book charts the eccentric career of that member, William Palmer, a fellow of Magdalen College and deacon of the Anglican Church. Seemingly destined for a conventional life as a classics don at Oxford, in 1840 and 1842 he travelled to Russia to seek communion from the Russian Orthodox Church. He sought their affirmation that the Anglican Church was part of the ancient Catholic and Apostolic Church world-wide. Despite their personal regard for him, the Russians remained unconvinced by his arguments, not least because of the actions of the Anglican hierarchy in forming alliances with other Protestant bodies. Palmer in turn wrestled with what he saw as the logical inconsistencies in the claim of the Orthodox to be the one true church, such as the differing views he encountered on the manner of reception of converts into the Church by either baptism and chrismation or the latter alone.Increasingly disillusioned with the Church of England, and finding himself without support from the Scottish Episcopal Church, Palmer closest Russian friends such as Mouravieff and Khomiakoff urged him to cast aside his reservations and to convert Orthodoxy. Ultimately he baulked at making what he saw as the cultural leap from West to East, and after some years in ecclesiastical limbo, he followed the example of his Oxford friends such as John Henry Newman, and was received into the Roman Catholic Church in Rome in 1855. He lived in Rome as a Catholic layman until his death in 1879.This is a fascinating account of a failed "journey to Orthodoxy" that should provide food for thought to all who may follow this path in the future and offer grounds for reflection to Orthodox believers on how to remove unnecessary stumbling blocks that can arise on the path to their Church.Table of ContentsForeword Introduction Chapter One: Childhood, Rugby and Oxford Chapter Two: France and Durham Chapter Three: Return to Oxford Chapter Four: Russia, 1840-1841 Chapter Five: The Cursing Deacon Chapter Six: The Galitsin Affair Chapter Seven: Return to Russia Chapter Eight: Struggle for a Soul Chapter Nine: Pearls before Swine Chapter Ten: The Struggle Continues Chapter Eleven: Passing into Oblivion Chapter Twelve: The Correspondence with Khomiakoff Chapter Thirteen: In the Levant Chapter Fourteen: Leaving the East Chapter Fifteen: In Limbo Chapter Sixteen: Rome at Last Chapter Seventeen: Life in Rome Chapter Eighteen: Death in Rome Epilogue Acknowledgements Abbreviations Endnotes Bibliography Index
£34.19
Patagonia Books Into the Thaw
Book SynopsisAn award-winning author and photographer returns to the Arctic to document the effects of climate change.Forty years ago, the park ranger Jon Waterman took his first journey into the Alaskan Arctic, to the Noatak headwaters. He was astonished by the abundant wildlife, the strange landscape, and its otherworldly light—how the “frequent rain showers glow like lemonade poured out of the sky.” Taken with a new sense of wonder, he began to explore the North on several trips in the 1980s. After a 30-year absence from the Noatak, he returned with his son in 2021. Amid a now-flooded river missing the once-plentiful caribou, he was shocked and heartbroken by the changes. The following year, in 2022, he took one final journey “into the thaw” to document—for this lushly illustrated and scholarly book—the environmental and cultural changes wrought by the climate crisis. A widely published auth
£22.49
Blank Forms Ticking Stripe
Book SynopsisA collection of writings by the mathematician and composer linking notions of continuity and construction across math, minimalist music and contemporary artNoted mathematician and composer Spencer Gerhardt presents Ticking Stripe, a groundbreaking collection of essays linking notions of continuity and construction across the boundaries of math, art, music and philosophy. Gerhardt offers new, deeply informed analysis of the 1960s New York avant-garde, viewed through the lens of trailblazing artists such as La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Catherine Christer Hennix, Henry Flynt and Tony Conrad. Ticking Stripe pairs the spirit of L.E.J. Brouwer?a mathematician who sought to reconstruct the continuum in his own philosophical terms called intuitionism?with the ambitions of pioneering minimalists who combined continued constructions, idealized processes of introspection and conceptual world-building with a host of philosophical, scientific and spiritual concerns. Informed by his own work as a mathematician and composer, Gerhardt explores the depths of these disparate traditions, finding unlikely areas of commonality.Spencer Gerhardt is a composer and musician, and teaches mathematics at the University of Southern California.
£17.58
Forefront Books Itching to Love
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£17.84
HarperCollins Publishers India 2024
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£19.19
Bloomsbury Publishing USA Rethinking Kerouac
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£19.99
Amplify Publishing Uncaged
Book SynopsisUncaged: A Good Girl's Journey to Reinvention is a story about the choices we make, the cages we build for ourselves, and how we can break free. From the quiet suburbs of Switzerland to the warm, familial settings of Greece and beyond, Uncaged takes readers inside a deeply personal journey from toxicity and heartbreak to self-discovery and transformation. Raised in a traditional Greek family, Katia enters the world with deeply ingrained beliefs about what it means to be a good girl, forced to put others' needs and desires above her own, while checking all the boxes of societal approvalacademic excellence, a promising career, a picture-perfect marriage. Yet, despite her many accomplishments, even strong-willed Katia struggles to fully love and accept herself, and progressively loses touch with her true essence, which deep down is playful, adventurous, and free-spirited. As a result of the false labels (selfish) and other painful childhood baggage she carries, Katia often expresses the outrage of an adolescent who wasn't permitted to feel her angeror even her grief. But as her story unfolds, the hardworking defense analyst learns (the hard way) to take risks and make mistakes, and finally, to embrace her true calling and a more authentic life. From rebelliously riding away on a lover's Harley to overcoming an embittered divorce to grieving the loss of her beloved father to finally embracing healthy loveKatia's story is raw, honest, vulnerable, and strong. Uncaged proves that we can change, risk, forgive, and grow. We can find genuine meaning and purpose. We can carve out life on our own terms. We can create home and belongingand even loveno matter where in the world we find ourselves.
£23.79
HarperCollins Publishers Robert Louis Stevenson
Book SynopsisThe most authoritative, comprehensive, perceptive biography of R. L. Stevenson to date, using for the first time his collected correspondence which has been unavailable to all previous writers.The short life of Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) was as adventurous as almost anything in his fiction: his travels, illness, struggles to become a writer, relationships with his volatile wife and step-family, friendships and quarrels have fascinated readers for over a century. In his time he was both engineer and aesthete, dutiful son and reckless lover, Scotsman and South Sea Islander, Covenanter and atheist. Stevenson's books, including Treasure Island', The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde' and Kidnapped', have achieved world fame; others The Master of Ballantrae', A Child's Garden of Verses', Travels with a Donkey' remain all-time favourites. His unique gift for storytelling and dramatic characterisation has meant that some of his characters live in the consciousness even of those wTrade Review'Rich and colourful!Harman's book is a delight from beginning to end.' John Carey, Sunday Times 'Excellent!RLS has never been portrayed with such diligence and care!her portraits of Stevenson's nearest and dearest are also unsurpassed.' Independent on Sunday 'Cool, ironic and often funny!appreciative, extremely subtle!lively accessible!compelling.' Financial Times 'A smoothly assembled and readable study which confirms Stevenson as a writer of the first importance.' Independent 'Vivid and engaging!Stevenson emerges from her pages as a vital, courageous, contrary and exhilarating figure.' TLS Praise for 'Fanny Burney': 'A great achievement.' Andrew Marr, Observer 'Excellent.' Miranda Seymour, Sunday Times
£15.29
Laura Kennington Kairos
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£11.39
Chiselbury Publishing Not The Red Baron
Book SynopsisOn 20th July 1995, Robin Bowes, one the last great twentieth century barnstormers, died at the controls of his replica Red Baron' Fokker DR1 triplane just as he was about to commence an aerial dogfight display at Stourhead Gardens, Wiltshire.
£8.54
Whitefox Publishing Ltd Radbourne Racing
Book SynopsisThe 1960s was the golden age of European motorsport, with two countries leading the saloon car field: Britain with the Mini and Italy with the Fiats 500 and 600. As their rivalry was further ignited by the creation of the Mini Cooper and Fiat Abarth, there was a fervent need for tuning and go faster' component companies and here, one of Britain's most iconic, Radbourne Racing, was born.In this captivating memoir, Lincoln Small the last surviving co-founder of Radbourne Racing shares the untold story of how a small company, fuelled by ingenuity, left an indelible mark on British motorsport history. Through a retelling rich with anecdotes of both rivalries and triumphs, Small brings to life the glamour, grit and camaraderie of those unforgettable halcyon days, offering a heartfelt tribute to the people, cars and innovations that shaped motorsport's most exhilarating era.Featuring rare, personal photographs and comprehensive appendices, Abarth, Radbourne Racing and Me is both a nostalgic celebration and a vital record of a team and a time when every lap was a leap into the unknown. For petrol-heads and racing enthusiasts alike, this is a story of inspiration and legacy that will resonate long after the final page.
£23.74
Propolis Opposite The Cross-Keys
Book SynopsisThe childhood memoirs of crime writer ST Haymon, chronicling her time growing up in Norwich and rural east Anglia in the 1920s
£10.80
Propolis The Quivering Tree
Book SynopsisThe second volume of memoir by crime writer ST Haymon chronicling her childhood in 1920s Norwich and rural Norfolk
£10.80
Candy Jar Books Outside the Box The Doctor Who Art of Jeff
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£13.50
Parthian Books Birdsplaining
Book SynopsisIn pursuit of moments of feeling 'sharply alive' and confronting fear of the body's betrayals, Birdsplaining is focused unapologetically on the uniqueness of women's experience of nature and constraints placed upon it. Sometimes bristling, always ethical, it upends familiar ways of seeing the natural world.
£9.49
D Giles Ltd The Belle Epoque Life in Paris
Book SynopsisBased onpreviously unpublished documents, this book traces the life in Paris ofCountess Olga von Hohenfelsen, later known as Princess Paley, the morganaticwife of Grand Duke Paul of Russia, uncle of the last emperor, NicholasII.
£21.25
Reach plc The Black Widow
Book SynopsisUPDATED PAPERBACK FOR 2025If you think you know everything about the East End's toughest gangsters, think again.Meet Linda Calvey, aka the Black Widow.
£8.99
Leschenault Press Relentless Skies
Book SynopsisThe Life of Australia's Pioneer Aviator and WartimeCommander Air Vice-Marshal Don Bennett CB CBE DSO FRAeS
£28.30
Wilkinson Publishing Olivia Grace and Gratitude
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£19.12
Clash Books Tragedy Queens
Book SynopsisArchetypes are real. Muses are real. Writers are the channels of these spirits & if that sounds like witchcraft that's because it is. These stories gave me chills. Sylvia Plath & Lana Del Rey course through the veins of these dark, sexy, mind-bending, fantastical, romantic, & haunting tales. Authors from different genres came together in their love & passion for these muses.
£16.07
3rd Coast Books L.L.C. Oy Mame! Oy Mame!: I Looked into the Eyes of Evil
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£8.99
Sand Hill Review Press I'll Never Know
Book SynopsisWith 80 fading fast in the rearview mirror and handball, health and other lifelong joys littering the roadside, retired San Francisco Monsignor Harry George Schlitt relates the realities, indignities and sometimes hilarity of recognizing he''s not the man he once was. Like many his age, FATHER HARRY of the GOD SQUAD, as he''s best known, has embraced what environmentalist Bill McKibben dubbed codger power. Prayerfully accepting the fogey truism that if you can no longer join them, you can still beat them, Father Harry draws from a lifetime of media ministry to a global congregation ranging from the ragtag to political leaders, the military to peaceniks, from teens to the incarcerated and dying. Always the loyal priest bound by promises and duty to his episcopal elders, Father Harry is finally freed to speak his mind by his de facto irrelevance at age 82 and his proximity to the pearly gates. Covering a five-year period spanning grim historic societal events like the Covid-19 pandemic and the orchestration by the religious right of a serious threat to undo both Vatican II and the papacy of Francis, I''ll Never Know: The Rock & Roll Priest Looks at 80 is a soulful tonic, two parts grin and one part wry. Since 1968, Father Harry worked as a rock & roll deejay, TV host and now podcaster and cyber celebrant for the Sunday Mass. His first book, I''ll Never Tell: Odyssey of a Rock & Roll Priest, won awards and international acclaim.
£15.44
Hamilcar Publications The President of Pandemonium: The Mad World Of
Book Synopsis“The story of Ike Ibeabuchi is one of the strangest in modern boxing history and Luke G. Williams has told it with great clarity, sensitivity, and skill. President of Pandemonium is crammed with raw and revealing details as Williams draws us into the unsettling world of a man as vulnerable as he was destructive. It is a gripping read.”—Donald McRae, The Guardian Ike “The President” Ibeabuchi had the boxing world at his feet in 1997 after vanquishing David Tua in a battle for the ages in Sacramento. The Nigerian heavyweight’s subsequent descent into a vortex of mental illness and crime and punishment was as shocking as it was tragic. Was Ibeabuchi a vulnerable man exploited by a ruthless sport and a dysfunctional criminal justice system, or was he guilty-as-charged for his deeds and rightly punished? Somewhere amid a colorful cast of characters including Republican politicians, crooked promoters, and demons hiding in air-conditioning units, lies the uncomfortable truth. In President of Pandemonium, Luke G. Williams vividly recreates Ibeabuchi’s life in and out of the ring. Combining exclusive interviews with those who guided his career and observed him closely, as well as firsthand testimony from “The President” himself, this is a story of brilliance destroyed by dark forces, both real and imagined.
£9.49
Pacific Grove Books My Life in Pacific Grove: A Memoir
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£22.49
Agar Publishing She In Paradise; Kauai, Poetry, Paint
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£27.54
John F Blair Publisher The Legendary Caddies of Augusta National
Book SynopsisStarting in the 1930s, the Black caddies of Augusta National walked the course with the world’s greatest golfers. This book tells their stories, forever entwined with the history of the game. They used nicknames like Stovepipe, Burnt Biscuits, Skillet, Skinny, and Marble Eye. They worked for presidents of the United States, captains of industry, and the greatest golfers in the world. Their real names were Carl Jackson, Willie Perteet, and Matthew Palmer—and they witnessed every great moment, both private and public, at Augusta National beginning in the1930s—from Gene Sarazen''s "shot heard ''round the world" to Jack Nicklaus winning a record five of his six Masters. Read why Nicklaus said he wouldn’t trade caddie Willie “Pete” Peterson “for a million dollars” and what Willie “Cemetery” Perteet really thought of President Eisenhower’s golf game. The Black caddies of Augusta National also endured, in their own ways, the racist social order of the sport and at the same time participated, albeit vicariously, in its many thrills. Ward Clayton documents their stories—history as compelling as the game of golf itself.
£14.24
Monkfish Book Publishing Company An Island to Myself
Book SynopsisA memoir about how solitude can deepen a life.In his twenties, writer and activist Michael McGregor traveled to the remote Greek island of Patmos to spend two months alone. It was 1985, before cellphones or the internet, when even a phone call home was costly. Those days transformed his understanding of himself, his God, and his purpose—and in this book he offers, for others, how finding a place of solitude can change a life.McGregor had spent three years writing about the world’s poorest people and five months traveling when he chose, at 27, to live for two months in total solitude, 6,000 miles from home. He went primarily to write a novel, but from the moment he stepped onto the ferry to begin the 11-hour ride to Patmos, he knew his time would be meaningful. As he settled into a routine that included hours of writing each day, walks through fierce wind in the evenings, and nights that brought on dreams, memories, and unexpected spiritual encounters, he soon realized that solitude can be difficult and even dangerous but also awe-inspiring and life-altering.McGregor immerses the reader in particulars of the simple life he lived for two winter months on an island where he knew no one. He reflects on authors and spiritual teachers before showing the ways in which his returns to solitude in subsequent decades reflected or altered his earlier experiences of being alone.In the book’s final section, McGregor returns to Patmos during the same January dates he visited four decades earlier. He attempts to replicate his earlier experience. His reflections on the changes in his life, the island world, and his understanding of both God and solitude add another dimension to this multifaceted book.
£999.99
Hachette Livre - BNF Lettres de Marie Bashkirtseff (Éd.1891)
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£16.00
Springer Nature Switzerland AG Inventive Geniuses Who Changed the World:
Book SynopsisThis book describes the life and times of fifty-three great British scientists and engineers – male and female inventive geniuses who changed the world, improving the lives of mankind, and propelling humanity forward. Their stories abound with personal ingenuity, brilliance and scientific or engineering wizardry, and with the ambition to satisfy fundamental human needs. The author aspires to set these individual achievements in the socio-political context of their place in history, sometimes embracing the activities of others to round off the story and scientific contribution. Avoiding overly technical language, he nonetheless succeeds in making complex theories and technologies more comprehensible and accessible to a lay audience. This book is a must for all those interested in the prehistory and history of the steam engine, transport, communication technology, public health services, and many topics from the natural sciences. Many of the inventions described in its pages have helped shape the modern world.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- “Revolutions” - Scientific, Agricultural and Industrial.- The Steam Age – Evolution of Steam Engines and the 1st Steam Locomotive.- Advances in Forms of Transport – Steam Locomotives, Cycle Tyres, Oceanic Liners, and Jet Aircraft. Transport Infrastructure - Canals, Roads, and Commercial Railways.- Drawbacks with Industrialization. Sanitary Revolution Offering Technologies to Improve Public Health.- Natural Sciences.- History of the Atom, 1803 to 1932.
£29.99
Springer International Publishing AG The Stumbling Progress of 20th Century Science:
Book SynopsisThe 70 years from 1880 to 1950 witnessed the final ascent of humankind into the modern age. Historically, this period is characterized by deep political, social and economic crises. However, parallel to this and much less known in the public, rational scientific thinking also experienced the darkest and deepest crisis of its own history. All the great modern scientific discoveries like quantum theory, genetics and neurology are products of this. Ground-breaking discoveries, profound crises, revolutionary thoughts, refutation of previously unshakable beliefs - these years are marked by scientific achievements of numerous great minds, who overturned our understanding of the world, of space, time and infinity, of life, logic and calculability almost overnight. The "intuitive genius" of these pioneers still forms the foundation of today’s scientific thinking and technological progress. In fact, tackling and overcoming those deep scientific crises shaped our modern life like nothing else. The resulting reorientation of our understanding of nature and ourselves allowed ancient philosophical questions to appear in a new light: "What is reality?", "What can we know about the world?" or "What is man's place in nature?". The most exciting period in the history of science is retold here in an entertaining way.Table of ContentsNewton's World Formula that was not a World Formula - How the Speed of Light Shook up Classical Physics.- The Battle about the Atom: From Boltzmann to Einstein – How Pure Chance Broke into the Well-Ordered World of Physics.- Mathematics Becomes Paradoxical - Georg Cantor and the Insurmountable Contradictions in Infinity.- Darwin's Hesitation and Mendel's Diligence - Life as a Plaything of Molecular Elements.- No more Ground Beneath our Feet - The Collapse of Classical Sciences.
£19.99
Roli Books Pvt Ltd Param Vir Chakra
Book SynopsisThe Indo-Pak War 1947-48 Operations in Tithwal-Battle of Darapari after the threat to Srinagar was removed, the Indian forces concentrated in the URI Sector and prepared to launch operations to evict the Pakistani aggressors from the valley.
£10.25
Royalty Fine Art Evidence of Hope: A Personal Healing Journey Captured with Art
£22.39
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. AND GIRLS WILL BE GIRLS
Book SynopsisShe was there every morning, chasing butterflies, stalking squirrels and mynahs, her voice brimming withaughter, her slight figure flitting about between the trees.'' Childhood memories are cherished by everybody. They are a reminder of a simpler time, a time when we easily appreciated the mundane, when excitement and joy were aplenty and whenittle caused us worry or even fear. Every experience of childhood is unique and special and only as adults do we realize howittle weet come in our way to fully enjoyingife in those days of unbothered pleasure. In And Girls Will Be Girls, Ruskin Bond anthologizes short stories and personal essays that speak to this unbridled delight. Whether it was a cricket match that changed aife, or an umbrella that became a friend, or nostalgia over oldovethis book has something for everybody!
£12.00
HarperCollins Publishers India The Diary of A Cricketers Wife
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£8.71
Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd. Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power
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£32.39
Steve Lambley Information Design Aussie Ties: My Australia
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£22.80
Amsterdam Publishers Land of Many Bridges: My Father's Story
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£23.70
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Pete's Bogus Journey: An Autobiographical Descent
Book SynopsisThere is no doubt that life is a bogus journey and it does not end well for any of us. However, join eye surgeon Pete Cackett on his eventful pathway through life and career in medicine and learn from his own unfortunate mishaps. Discover how it is possible to make your own journey less bogus, especially if you follow his advice and tips from his 'Hidden Curriculum'. This book is a celebration of life in all its glorious bogusness with plenty of humour and retro pop culture references along the way.This is a medical autobiography and is the first one which directly addresses the medical profession (doctors and medical students) and other allied health professionals. It covers many relevant issues and topics on working as a doctor, including those which many are reluctant to talk about such as private practice. It also includes advice gleaned from over 30 years in medicine as part of a 'Hidden Curriculum'. This guidance can be used by the reader to make changes to their own lives in order to create a happier and more successful existence.
£58.50
Austin MacAuley Publishers Fze Me Myself and I My Inner Journey
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£9.27
Independently Published Adventures of the Miso Mice
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£9.42
Independently Published Vers le futur: Les poèmes et réflexions d'une IA
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£7.28
Independently Published Rhythms of the Heart: A Vkings Poetry Collection
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£10.04
Independently Published A Pequena Notável Dafne Anãzinha
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£172.17
Independently Published Goddess of Rock: Stevie Nicks in Fashion and
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£9.66
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC The Dying Art
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£8.54
Austin Macauley Publishers LLC A Boy and His Comet Dancing Through the Rain
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£14.39
