This book keeps the high standard set in previous books. Using humour and pathos the author manages to prove that all politicians are not... Read more

Pepys diary has made him a literary celebrity. In his own time he was known as the chief naval official under Charles II and James II and this... Read more

An illuminating study of the life and work of György Ligeti, one of the best-loved and most original composers of our time. For 50 years... Read more

After spending time as a professor in upstate New York, Robert Ward decided to give journalism a try.

What followed were two decades of... Read more

At the age of 48 documentary filmmaker and painter Jane Darke lost her husband, the playwright Nick Darke, to cancer. After twenty five years... Read more

She was the first woman to address the U.S. Congress, the first to operate a brokerage firm on Wall Street, and the first to run for president.... Read more

A new biography of Baptist missionary Adoniram Judson (1788 - 1850), written to honor the 200th anniversary of his first mission trip from the... Read more

When Peter Paul Rubens died in 1640 he left an indestructible reputation as one of the world's great painters. His prolific output included... Read more

" Though Abraham Lincoln has been the subject of numerous biographies, his personality remains an enigma. During his lifetime, Lincoln... Read more

'Arnold Bennett was born in a street called Hope Street. A street less hopeful it would be hard to imagine.' Thus begins Margaret... Read more