A tale of research evolves into a story that began over a century ago. In the depths of the Depression, a German Lutheran daughter of Iowa managed to follow her brothers to Carthage College. After two years, she succumbed to the cultural ideal and left college for marriage. But her Lutheran minister husband proved to be abusive and deserted her at ......
A revealing memoir by the Israeli leader who almost made peace with the Palestinians. Written almost entirely from inside a prison cell, this is the compelling memoir of former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert. It offers a riveting political story and an unparalleled window into Israeli history, peacemaking, and politics.
Pauline Kramer-Saxon tells her story, as well as those of a wonderfully diverse cast of women (and some men) who pass through her lingerie store, Secret Women’s Business.
In Selected Letters of William Makepeace Thackeray, Edgar F. Harden provides a lively and accessible framework for selected letters, diaries, and comical illustrations of Thackeray. Harden has carefully selected documents which convey the essential biographical developments of a very interesting life and pictorial expressions of a great man of ......
How an Englishman Helped Govern Hong Kong in its Last Decades as a Briti
In 1976, Peter Mann left a gloomy England for the last corner of the British empire: Hong Kong. As a police inspector, he commanded a sub-unit and led a district vice squad in Kowloon, before joining the colonial government's Administrative Service and working in the fields of transport, housing, security, environment and tourism. He also served ......
This book is the first in the Australian Guerrilla series by the author of The Desert Column, and one who was a sniper in World War 1. Published in 1942 with the imminent threat of invasion by the Japanese, this shows how one can become an expert with the rifle.
The original autobiography of a 20th century Australian superstar, updated with a new biographical chapter covering the time from its publication in 1985 to his death in 2008, and almost to the present day. It includes more than 200 photos and illustrations.
Memoirs of sniping at Gallipoli and on the Western Desert, plus tips for Australian militia in 1942 when a Japanese invasion seemed imminent. Book 2 of The Australian Guerrilla Series, produced by Idriess during World War Two for the Australian militia.
So It Started There chronicles the life and career of drummer Nick Banks, and how he came to be in one of the UK’s most iconic and beloved bands: Pulp.
Beginning with his childhood in Rotherham, Nick recounts his personal and musical journey through the genres, first as a punk, then as a goth; how it all ......
