Laurie Notaro 
We Thought You Would Be Prettier 

My British Rail Life focuses on the nationalised rail industry. From leaving school in1975, to the date of privatisation, 1 April 1994, Colin Varney fashions a recollection, which is anhonest and …

Hugh Clegg was a founding figure of post-war British Industrial Relations, the forerunner of Employment Relations and Human Resource Management, as taught in most Business Schools today. He defined …

A unique and fascinating look at Victorian society through the remarkable lives of an enlightened and philanthropic aristocratic couple, the Marquess and Marchioness of Aberdeen, who tried to change …

My sand life, my pebble life. My life measured out in tides, coming in and going out. My life measured out in games of trying to spot the sea first. My life measured out in the delicious and …

"The Martyrs of Science" is a historical paintings written by means of David Brewster, a Scottish physicist and inventor, within the nineteenth century. The book presents a compelling …

This book introduces the life and work of Darcy Ribeiro (1922–1997), one of the foremost exponents of Brazilian/Latin American Social thought in the 20th century. Ribeiro was an anthropologist, ind …

“A surprising, granular, luminous, and path-breaking biography.” —Edward Hirsch, critic and author of How to Read a Poem Legendary editor Judith Jones, the woman behind some of the most importa …

”A truly remarkable writer, one of the most gifted non-fiction authors alive” Simon Schama, Financial Times Robespierre was only thirty-six when he died, sent to the guillotine where he had sent th …