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By Susan Kress

£19.95 10 Feb 2012 Paperback University of Virginia Press

A compelling intellectual biography of Carolyn G. Heilbrun, who up until her recent suicide was renowned as a provocative feminist critic of the culture and (as Amanda Cross) a writer of witty detective novels. The new 1 epilogue, written especially for this paperback edition, focuses on the last phase of Carolyn Heilbrun's intellectual journey.

William Carlos Williams

10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By Eric Williams, Paul Herman Williams, William Williams, Emily Wallace

£14.99 10 Feb 2012 Paperback New Directions Publishing Corporation

William Carlos Williams: An American Dad is made up of seventeen biographical sketches by William Eric Williams plus "A Letter to My Father on His 100th Birthday" by Paul Herman. It approaches Williams through everyday things such as gardening and baseball, and goes into some detail about his immediate family members. There are over sixty photos.

James and Royce Reconsidered

08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By David C. Lamberth

£16.95 08 Feb 2012 Paperback Harvard Divinity School Theological Studies

In the first decade of the twentieth century, William James and Josiah Royce, both professors of philosophy at Harvard, towered over American philosophy and exerted wide influence on European thought. This book focuses on the European influence of these thinkers and the revival of interest in America and Europe.

Sketch for a Self-analysis

03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By Pierre Bourdieu

£35.50 03 Feb 2012 Hardback The University of Chicago Press

Over the past four decades, French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu produced one of the most imaginative and subtle bodies of social theory of the postwar era. When he died in 2002, he was considered to be the most influential sociologist in the world and a thinker on a par with Foucault and Levi-Strauss--a public intellectual as important to his generation as Sartre was to his.
"Sketch for a Self-Analysis" is the ultimate outcome of Bourdieu's lifelong preoccupation with reflexivity. Vehemently not an autobiography, this unique book is instead an application of Bourdieu's theories to his own life and intellectual trajectory; along the way it offers compelling and intimate insights into the most important French intellectuals of the time--including Foucault, Sartre, Aron, Althusser, and de Beauvoir--as well as Bourdieu's own formative experiences at boarding school and his moral outrage at the colonial war in Algeria.

African American Leaders of Maryland

02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By Suzanne Ellery Chapelle, Glenn O. Phillips

£13.50 02 Feb 2012 Paperback Maryland Historical Society

A collection of approximately forty portraits with mini biographies of Maryland's extraordinary African American men and women. Included are well known luminaries Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, "Baby Joe" Gans, Leon Day, Lillie Carroll Jackson, and Thurgood Marshall and equally brave yet not-so-famous Marylanders such as Ann Weems, a fifteen-year-old runaway slave, author Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, physician Louise Young, and Harry Cummings, the first African American to hold public office in Baltimore City.

Honest John Williams

02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By Carol E Hoffecker

£39.95 02 Feb 2012 Hardback Associated University Presses

John J. Williams (1904-88), a chicken-feed dealer from Sussex County, Delaware, had no previous political experience when he was elected to the U.S. Senate as a Republican in 1946. To the amazement of Washington insiders, Williams emerged as an important advocate for fiscal probity and integrity in government.

Williams had deep roots in Sussex Country, the most southern, most rural, and most socially conservative part of Delaware. The book examines Williams's involvement in the country's poultry industry from its beginnings during the 1920s through the turbulent World War II years when Sussex poultry producers tangled with federal government officials from the Office of Price Administration and the U.S. Army. The war years coincided with the maturation of poultry production in Sussex that brought the county's people into more complex and wide-ranging economic, social, and political interactions. It was in reaction to these events that John Williams decided to run for the U.S. Senate.

The Same Age as the State

02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By Maire Cruise O'Brien

£31.50 02 Feb 2012 Hardback University of Wisconsin Press

Through a life that encompasses Irish tradition, culture, language, scholarship and poetry, as well as national and international politics, Maire Cruise O'Brien (nee Maire Mhac an tSaoi) is uniquely placed to tell the complex story of the emergence and growth of Ireland as an independent country. Her life not only parallels that development, her family played an active part in it.

Born in 1922, she intimately remembers the generation of the nineteenth century - her grandparents - and their way of life and values. Her own parents' dangerous involvement in the struggle for freedom, in the company of de Valera and Collins, was a hugely important element in her young life, as was her father's subsequent work as a senior government minister. Part of the new Irish elite, she lived in both Dublin and west Kerry; she went on to become an Irish scholar, to study Celtic languages in Paris immediately after the Second World War; and was called to the Bar but chose, instead, to join the Department of External (now Foreign) Affairs. She was the 'token woman' on the first Irish UN delegation in New York; and she was charge d'affaires in Franco's Spain in the 1940s, with experiences 'both baroque and absurd'.

Then she met and married Conor Cruise O'Brien, a rising star at the UN. Therafter, her life took her to the Congo, Ghana, Europe and America, where Conor worked both academically and politically in highly dramatic situations. From her unique vantage point she vividly recalls the workings of the international community. Their return to Ireland and Conor's position as a government minister took her full circle.

How the Firefly Got Its Light

01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The Definitive Biography, Including His Encounter with the Red Baron,

By Pradyumna Kumar

£11.95 01 Feb 2012 Hardback Grantha Corporation

Jugnu Rani, a tiny firefly, ponders over her insignificance and witnesses the gradual distancing between trees and humankind. She observes the disciplined life of ants and the hard work of the bees, and feels that her existence is useless. But Suraj Dada, the Sun, reminds her that every creature has a place and purpose in the universe.

Captain Roy Brown

01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By Alan Bennett, Margaret Harmon, Denny May

£15.95 01 Feb 2012 Paperback Brick Tower Press

The decades-old question surrounding the death of the Red Baron has been embroiled in controversy. This study covers the life of Captain Arthur Roy Brown, who is well-known as an ace fighter pilot. It also covers Captain Brown's encounter with Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron, in detail.

Jelly Roll Morton

01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

New Orleans Style! Chicago Style! Kansas City Style! It's All Jelly Roll

By Stacy Brown, Todd Barmann

£8.50 01 Feb 2012 Paperback Select Books Inc

Biography of the colorful and turbulent life of Jelly Roll Morton, the self-proclaimed "inventor" of Jazz. This volume is the first title in our series of musician biographies, "The Music of New Orleans."

The Pursuit of Truth

01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By William H McNeill

£35.50 01 Feb 2012 Hardback The University Press of Kentucky

William H. McNeill's seminal book The Rise of the West A. History of the Human Community (1963) received the National Book Award in 1964 and was later named one of the 100 best nonfiction books of the twentieth century by the Modern Library. From his post at the University of Chicago, McNeill became one of the first contemporary North American historians to write world history, seeking a broader interpretation of human affairs than that which prevailed in his youth.

A candid, intellectual memoir from one of the most famous and influential historians of our era. The Pursuit of Truth charts the development of McNeill's thinking and writing over seven decades. At the core of his worldview is the belief that historical truth does not derive exclusively from criticizing, paraphrasing, and summarizing written documents, nor is history merely, a record of how human intentions and plans succeeded or failed.

Over the course of his career as a historian, teacher, and mentor, McNeill expanded the range of history and integrated it into an evolutionary worldview uniting physical, biological, and intellectual processes, Accordingly, The Pursuit of Truth explores the personal and professional life of a man who affected the way a core academic discipline has been taught and understood in America.

A Place of Belonging

26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

An Artistic Biography of the Komissarzhevsky Family

By Phyllis Demuth Movius

£11.50 26 Jan 2012 Hardback University of Alaska Press

Alaska has always attracted people from varied backgrounds. This book introduces us to five women who settled in Fairbanks between 1903 and 1923 and who typify the disparate population that has long enriched Alaska.

A Triptych from the Russian Theatre

26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By Victor Borovsky

£45.50 26 Jan 2012 Hardback University of Iowa Press

This is a collective biography of three generations of the Komissarzhevsky family whose artistic activities had an enormous impact on Russian and world theater.

Carolyn G. Heilbrun

26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By Susan Kress

£19.95 26 Jan 2012 Paperback University of Virginia Press

The Music Room

26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By William Fiennes

£18.99 26 Jan 2012 Hardback WW Norton & Co

A bittersweet description of an ancient family house in an enchanted setting, and of growing up with a damaged brother.

Lost Prophet

26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By John D'Emilio

£16.00 26 Jan 2012 Paperback The University of Chicago Press

A biographical tour de force on one of the 20th century's bravest civil rights champions. Critically heralded American historian D'Emilio brings Bayard Rustin out of the shadows of the past to tell the story of a man who was a victim of homophobic prejudice.

Honest John Williams

18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By Carol E Hoffecker

£39.95 18 Jan 2012 Hardback Associated University Presses

The Same Age as the State

18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By Maire Cruise O'Brien

£31.50 18 Jan 2012 Hardback University of Wisconsin Press

The Pursuit of Truth

17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The Life and Work of an Architect, Guildsman, and Distributist

By William H McNeill

£35.50 17 Jan 2012 Hardback The University Press of Kentucky

William Cobbett

15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By G. K. Chesterton, Stewart Angas Weaver, James Bemis

£13.50 15 Jan 2012 Paperback IHS Press

Examining the life of a prominent political journalist, this definitive biography explores the impact of William Cobbett's career and legacy on English society. Showing how Cobbett was more than just a journalist, this study reveals often ignored aspects of Cobbett's life and personal philosophy, especially his actions to restore the life and culture of English rural life. The better known aspects of his long career--including his time in the British Army, his advocacy for Parliamentary reform, his imprisonment for treason, and his eventual Parliamentary seat after the passing of the 1832 Reform Act--are also documented. In total, this compelling and succinct account discusses the many achievements, consistent bravery, and humble demeanor of a passionate and principled historical figure.

The Medieval Future of Arthur Joseph Penty

15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By Peter C. Grosvenor, D.L. O'Huallachain, Race Matthews

£19.95 15 Jan 2012 Hardback IHS Press

More focused than a general biography, this book is a study of the principles and values that Arthur Joseph Penty, an influential 20th-century thinker, maintained and discussed throughout his life. Believing that capitalism was dehumanizing and destructive to farming, craftsmanship, and personal accountability, Penty advocated more socially responsible ideas that, the book explains, are still relevant today.

The Last of the Realists

15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Reading More Than Lolita in Tehran

By Harold Robbins, Denis Joseph Conlon, Aidan Mackey

£14.95 15 Jan 2012 Paperback IHS Press

Written by one of his contemporaries, this biography of G. K. Chesterton gives new insight into the politics of one of the early 20th-century's most all-encompassing authors. Championing a worldview that focused on the need for justice and social equality, Chesterton sought to make society respectable and balanced through his countless political, economic, and religious writings.

Jasmine and Stars

15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By Fatemeh Keshavarz

£27.00 15 Jan 2012 Network Resource The University of North Carolina Press

In a direct, frank, and intimate exploration of Iranian literature and society, scholar, teacher, and poet Fatemeh Keshavarz challenges popular perceptions of Iran as a society bereft of vitality and joy. Her fresh perspective on present day Iran provides a rare insight into this rich culture alive with artistic expression but virtually unknown to most Americans. She warns against the rise of what she calls the New Orientalist narrative, which thrives on stereotype and prejudice and is often tied to current geopolitical conflict rather than an understanding of Iran. She offers a lively critique of the recent best-seller Reading Lolita in Tehran, which she says epitomizes this New Orientalist attitude. Blending in firsthand glimpses of her own life Keshavarz paints a portrait of Iran depicting both cultural depth and intellectual complexity.

In Praise of Black Women (Vol. 4)

15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By Simone Schwarz-Bart, Andre Schwarz-Bart

£51.50 15 Jan 2012 Hardback University of Wisconsin Press

This volume is part of a series which is a tribute to women in Africa and the African diaspora. It weaves together oral tradition, folk legends and stories, songs and poems, historical accounts, and traveller's tales from Egypt to southern Africa.

William Carlos Williams

12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

An Artistic Biography of the Komissarzhevsky Family

By Eric Williams, Paul Herman Williams, William Williams, Emily Wallace

£14.99 12 Jan 2012 Paperback New Directions Publishing Corporation

A Triptych from the Russian Theatre

11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By Victor Borovsky

£45.50 11 Jan 2012 Hardback University of Iowa Press

This is a collective biography of three generations of the Komissarzhevsky family whose artistic activities had an enormous impact on Russian and world theater.

Carolyn G. Heilbrun

11 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By Susan Kress

£19.95 11 Jan 2012 Paperback University of Virginia Press

James and Royce Reconsidered

10 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By David C. Lamberth

£16.95 10 Jan 2012 Paperback Harvard Divinity School Theological Studies

African American Leaders of Maryland

04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By Suzanne Ellery Chapelle, Glenn O. Phillips

£13.50 04 Jan 2012 Paperback Maryland Historical Society

Honest John Williams

03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By Carol E Hoffecker

£39.95 03 Jan 2012 Hardback Associated University Presses

The Same Age as the State

03 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By Maire Cruise O'Brien

£31.50 03 Jan 2012 Hardback University of Wisconsin Press

The Pursuit of Truth

02 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By William H McNeill

£35.50 02 Jan 2012 Hardback The University Press of Kentucky

How the Firefly Got Its Light

01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The Definitive Biography, Including His Encounter with the Red Baron,

By Pradyumna Kumar

£11.95 01 Jan 2012 Hardback Grantha Corporation

Captain Roy Brown

01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

By Alan Bennett, Margaret Harmon, Denny May

£15.95 01 Jan 2012 Paperback Brick Tower Press

Jelly Roll Morton

01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

New Orleans Style! Chicago Style! Kansas City Style! It's All Jelly Roll

By Stacy Brown, Todd Barmann

£8.50 01 Jan 2012 Paperback Select Books Inc

Freddie Flintoff

01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

My World

By Andrew Flintoff

£14.99 01 Jan 2012 Paperback Hodder & Stoughton General Division

Andrew Flintoff, the England captain, is one of the most exciting sportsmen in the world, and, following the historic Ashes victory of 2005, one of the nation's best-loved and most recognisable characters. Here, he talks about his fame, his family, the sport he loves and the effect it has had on his life since the summer of 2005.

Carolyn G. Heilbrun

27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Susan Kress

£19.50 27 Dec 2011 Paperback University of Virginia Press

The Music Room

27 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

An Artistic Biography of the Komissarzhevsky Family

By William Fiennes

£18.99 27 Dec 2011 Hardback WW Norton & Co

A bittersweet description of an ancient family house in an enchanted setting, and of growing up with a damaged brother.

A Triptych from the Russian Theatre

26 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Victor Borovsky

£45.50 26 Dec 2011 Hardback University of Iowa Press

This is a collective biography of three generations of the Komissarzhevsky family whose artistic activities had an enormous impact on Russian and world theater.

A Place of Belonging

23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Phyllis Demuth Movius

£11.50 23 Dec 2011 Hardback University of Alaska Press

Lost Prophet

23 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By John D'Emilio

£16.00 23 Dec 2011 Paperback The University of Chicago Press

Honest John Williams

19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Carol E Hoffecker

£38.95 19 Dec 2011 Hardback Associated University Presses

The Same Age as the State

19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Maire Cruise O'Brien

£30.50 19 Dec 2011 Hardback University of Wisconsin Press

The Pursuit of Truth

16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By William H McNeill

£34.95 16 Dec 2011 Hardback The University Press of Kentucky

William Carlos Williams

14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Eric Williams, Paul Herman Williams, William Williams, Emily Wallace

£14.99 14 Dec 2011 Paperback New Directions Publishing Corporation

Carolyn G. Heilbrun

12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Susan Kress

£19.50 12 Dec 2011 Paperback University of Virginia Press

James and Royce Reconsidered

12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

An Artistic Biography of the Komissarzhevsky Family

By David C. Lamberth

£16.95 12 Dec 2011 Paperback Harvard Divinity School Theological Studies

A Triptych from the Russian Theatre

09 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Victor Borovsky

£44.50 09 Dec 2011 Hardback University of Iowa Press

This is a collective biography of three generations of the Komissarzhevsky family whose artistic activities had an enormous impact on Russian and world theater.

My Life Experience (v. 1:1)

08 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Emigration, Vol. 1:1

By Ilona Davydova

£32.50 08 Dec 2011 Hardback Express-Method Inc

At age 15, Ilona Davydovas family immigrated to the United States. Davydova left behind her home, her language, her culture, and her ideals. In her endless search for herself in this new capitalist world, she faced countless struggles. In 1989, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the author returned to her homeland. Within a few months, through an astonishing combination of circumstances, she rose to become one of the most prominent entrepreneurs in Russia.

Sketch for a Self-analysis

07 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Pierre Bourdieu

£38.00 07 Dec 2011 Hardback The University of Chicago Press

African American Leaders of Maryland

06 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Suzanne Ellery Chapelle, Glenn O. Phillips

£13.50 06 Dec 2011 Paperback Maryland Historical Society

Honest John Williams

02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Carol E Hoffecker

£38.95 02 Dec 2011 Hardback Associated University Presses

The Same Age as the State

02 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Maire Cruise O'Brien

£30.50 02 Dec 2011 Hardback University of Wisconsin Press

How the Firefly Got Its Light

01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Definitive Biography, Including His Encounter with the Red Baron,

By Pradyumna Kumar

£11.95 01 Dec 2011 Hardback Grantha Corporation

Captain Roy Brown

01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Alan Bennett, Margaret Harmon, Denny May

£15.95 01 Dec 2011 Paperback Brick Tower Press

Jelly Roll Morton

01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

New Orleans Style! Chicago Style! Kansas City Style! It's All Jelly Roll

By Stacy Brown, Todd Barmann

£8.50 01 Dec 2011 Paperback Select Books Inc

The Pursuit of Truth

01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By William H McNeill

£34.95 01 Dec 2011 Hardback The University Press of Kentucky

The Music Room

28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By William Fiennes

£18.99 28 Nov 2011 Hardback WW Norton & Co

A bittersweet description of an ancient family house in an enchanted setting, and of growing up with a damaged brother.

Carolyn G. Heilbrun

25 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Susan Kress

£19.50 25 Nov 2011 Paperback University of Virginia Press

A Place of Belonging

24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

An Artistic Biography of the Komissarzhevsky Family

By Phyllis Demuth Movius

£18.50 24 Nov 2011 Hardback University of Alaska Press

A Triptych from the Russian Theatre

24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Victor Borovsky

£44.50 24 Nov 2011 Hardback University of Iowa Press

This is a collective biography of three generations of the Komissarzhevsky family whose artistic activities had an enormous impact on Russian and world theater.

Lost Prophet

24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By John D'Emilio

£15.00 24 Nov 2011 Paperback The University of Chicago Press

Honest John Williams

17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Carol E Hoffecker

£40.95 17 Nov 2011 Hardback Associated University Presses

The Same Age as the State

17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Maire Cruise O'Brien

£30.50 17 Nov 2011 Hardback University of Wisconsin Press

The Pursuit of Truth

16 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Life and Work of an Architect, Guildsman, and Distributist

By William H McNeill

£34.95 16 Nov 2011 Hardback The University Press of Kentucky

William Cobbett

15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By G. K. Chesterton, Stewart Angas Weaver, James Bemis

£12.95 15 Nov 2011 Paperback IHS Press

The Medieval Future of Arthur Joseph Penty

15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Peter C. Grosvenor, D.L. O'Huallachain, Race Matthews

£19.50 15 Nov 2011 Hardback IHS Press

The Last of the Realists

15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Harold Robbins, Denis Joseph Conlon, Aidan Mackey

£14.50 15 Nov 2011 Paperback IHS Press

William Carlos Williams

15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Reading More Than Lolita in Tehran

By Eric Williams, Paul Herman Williams, William Williams, Emily Wallace

£14.99 15 Nov 2011 Paperback New Directions Publishing Corporation

Jasmine and Stars

15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Fatemeh Keshavarz

£26.34 15 Nov 2011 Network Resource The University of North Carolina Press

Because Cowards Get Cancer Too

11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By John Diamond

£20.00 11 Nov 2011 Hardback Times Books

A caustically funny, informative, and clear-eyed memoir of fighting cancer, from a curmudgeon and self-professed coward unafraid to take on the myths and taboos of the illness.

James and Royce Reconsidered

11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By David C. Lamberth

£16.95 11 Nov 2011 Paperback Harvard Divinity School Theological Studies

Carolyn G. Heilbrun

10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

An Artistic Biography of the Komissarzhevsky Family

By Susan Kress

£20.50 10 Nov 2011 Paperback University of Virginia Press

A Triptych from the Russian Theatre

09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Victor Borovsky

£46.50 09 Nov 2011 Hardback University of Iowa Press

This is a collective biography of three generations of the Komissarzhevsky family whose artistic activities had an enormous impact on Russian and world theater.

Sketch for a Self-analysis

08 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Pierre Bourdieu

£38.00 08 Nov 2011 Hardback The University of Chicago Press

African American Leaders of Maryland

07 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Suzanne Ellery Chapelle, Glenn O. Phillips

£13.50 07 Nov 2011 Paperback Maryland Historical Society

How the Firefly Got Its Light

01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Definitive Biography, Including His Encounter with the Red Baron,

By Pradyumna Kumar

£11.95 01 Nov 2011 Hardback Grantha Corporation

Captain Roy Brown

01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Alan Bennett, Margaret Harmon, Denny May

£15.95 01 Nov 2011 Paperback Brick Tower Press

Jelly Roll Morton

01 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

New Orleans Style! Chicago Style! Kansas City Style! It's All Jelly Roll

By Stacy Brown, Todd Barmann

£8.50 01 Nov 2011 Paperback Select Books Inc

Iwant

31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

My Journey from Addiction and Overconsumption to a Simpler, Honest Life

By Jane Velez-Mitchell

£23.00 31 Oct 2011 Paperback Health Communications

CNN correspondent and nationally recognized expert on addiction and recovery, Jane Velez-Mitchell shares her personal journey of gradually stripping away her compulsive cravings for 'everything' to lead a more serene and authentic existence--and in doing so, clears a path anyone would be wise to follow.

Brief Lives: Virginia Woolf

28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Elizabeth Wright

£7.99 28 Oct 2011 Paperback Hesperus Press Ltd

Perfect for Woolf enthusiasts and newcomers alike, Brief Lives: Virginia Woolf offers a concise, authoritative account of the author's life, and presents an engaging overview of her afterlife in literary history.

Poetic Lives: Donne

28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Nicholas Robins

£7.99 28 Oct 2011 Paperback Hesperus Press Ltd

A biography of the life and career of Donne, charting his progress from an impoverished young writer to Dean of St Paul's. It includes examples of Donne's own writing to reveal the full richness of the poet.

The Music Room

28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By William Fiennes

£18.99 28 Oct 2011 Hardback WW Norton & Co

A bittersweet description of an ancient family house in an enchanted setting, and of growing up with a damaged brother.

A Place of Belonging

26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Phyllis Demuth Movius

£18.50 26 Oct 2011 Hardback University of Alaska Press

Lost Prophet

26 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Life and Work of an Architect, Guildsman, and Distributist

By John D'Emilio

£15.00 26 Oct 2011 Paperback The University of Chicago Press

William Cobbett

15 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By G. K. Chesterton, Stewart Angas Weaver, James Bemis

£13.50 15 Oct 2011 Paperback IHS Press

The Medieval Future of Arthur Joseph Penty

15 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Peter C. Grosvenor, D.L. O'Huallachain, Race Matthews

£20.50 15 Oct 2011 Hardback IHS Press

The Last of the Realists

15 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Harold Robbins, Denis Joseph Conlon, Aidan Mackey

£15.50 15 Oct 2011 Paperback IHS Press

James and Royce Reconsidered

13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By David C. Lamberth

£16.95 13 Oct 2011 Paperback Harvard Divinity School Theological Studies

Sketch for a Self-analysis

10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Pierre Bourdieu

£38.00 10 Oct 2011 Hardback The University of Chicago Press

African American Leaders of Maryland

07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Suzanne Ellery Chapelle, Glenn O. Phillips

£13.50 07 Oct 2011 Paperback Maryland Historical Society

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

05 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Alicia Craig Faxon

£60.00 05 Oct 2011 Hardback Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.

Chronicling Rossetti's career from his early achievements as a founder of the final years, Faxonoraries, bringing to life a charismatic character. 265 illustrations, 140 in full color.

How the Firefly Got Its Light

01 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Definitive Biography, Including His Encounter with the Red Baron,

By Pradyumna Kumar

£11.95 01 Oct 2011 Hardback Grantha Corporation

Captain Roy Brown

01 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Alan Bennett, Margaret Harmon, Denny May

£15.95 01 Oct 2011 Paperback Brick Tower Press

Jelly Roll Morton

01 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

New Orleans Style! Chicago Style! Kansas City Style! It's All Jelly Roll

By Stacy Brown, Todd Barmann

£8.50 01 Oct 2011 Paperback Select Books Inc

Centre & Periphery, Roots & Exile

01 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Interpreting the Music of Istvan Anhalt & Gyorgy Kurtag

By Friedemann Sallis, Robin Elliott, Kenneth DeLong

£70.99 01 Oct 2011 Hardback Wilfrid Laurier University Press

Examines the impact place and displacement can have on the composition and interpretation of Western art music, using as its primary objects of study the work of Istvan Anhalt and Gyorgy Kurtag.

Iwant

30 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

My Journey from Addiction and Overconsumption to a Simpler, Honest Life

By Jane Velez-Mitchell

£23.00 30 Sep 2011 Paperback Health Communications

The Music Room

29 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By William Fiennes

£18.99 29 Sep 2011 Hardback WW Norton & Co

A bittersweet description of an ancient family house in an enchanted setting, and of growing up with a damaged brother.

A Place of Belonging

27 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The North Texas Spacecraft of Gene Watson, Father and Visionary

By Phyllis Demuth Movius

£18.50 27 Sep 2011 Hardback University of Alaska Press

The Weirding Field

15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Esther Pearl Watson

£10.99 15 Sep 2011 Hardback McSweeney's Publishing

"The Weirding Field" is a new kind of narrative scrapbook, telling the story of Gene Watson--folk artist, failed astronaut, phenomenon--through the eyes of his daughter, artist Esther Pearl Watson, who has used both his successes and failures to direct her life and career.

Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies

15 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Mary T.S. Schaffer

£16.99 15 Sep 2011 Paperback Rocky Mountain Books

The year 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of "Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies", one of the best-selling books ever published on the mountains of western Canada. In celebration of this remarkable work of mountain literature, this title features archival colour and black and white photographs.

James and Royce Reconsidered

14 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By David C. Lamberth

£16.95 14 Sep 2011 Paperback Harvard Divinity School Theological Studies

Sketch for a Self-analysis

11 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Pierre Bourdieu

£38.00 11 Sep 2011 Hardback The University of Chicago Press

African American Leaders of Maryland

08 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Suzanne Ellery Chapelle, Glenn O. Phillips

£13.50 08 Sep 2011 Paperback Maryland Historical Society

How the Firefly Got Its Light

01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Definitive Biography, Including His Encounter with the Red Baron,

By Pradyumna Kumar

£11.95 01 Sep 2011 Hardback Grantha Corporation

Captain Roy Brown

01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Alan Bennett, Margaret Harmon, Denny May

£15.95 01 Sep 2011 Paperback Brick Tower Press

Jelly Roll Morton

01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

New Orleans Style! Chicago Style! Kansas City Style! It's All Jelly Roll

By Stacy Brown, Todd Barmann

£8.50 01 Sep 2011 Paperback Select Books Inc

Centre & Periphery, Roots & Exile

01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Interpreting the Music of Istvan Anhalt & Gyorgy Kurtag

By Friedemann Sallis, Robin Elliott, Kenneth DeLong

£70.99 01 Sep 2011 Hardback Wilfrid Laurier University Press

Examines the impact place and displacement can have on the composition and interpretation of Western art music, using as its primary objects of study the work of Istvan Anhalt and Gyorgy Kurtag.

Caligula

01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A Biography

By Aloys Winterling

£24.95 01 Sep 2011 Hardback The University Press Group Ltd

The infamous emperor Caligula ruled Rome from AD 37 to 41 as a tyrant who ultimately became a monster. This book sets the emperor's story into the context of the political system and the changing relations between the senate and the emperor during Caligula's time and finds a rationality explaining his notorious brutality.

Brain Surgeon

01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A Doctor's Inspiring Encounters with Mortality and Miracles

By Keith Black

£12.99 01 Sep 2011 Paperback Little, Brown & Company

"BRAIN SURGEON is an inspirational book about true heroes-readers will marvel at Keith Black's achievements both as a doctor and as a man, and will be in awe of his patients' courage and will to survive."--Denzel Washington

The Music Room

01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

My Journey from Addiction and Overconsumption to a Simpler, Honest Life

By William Fiennes

£18.99 01 Sep 2011 Hardback WW Norton & Co

A bittersweet description of an ancient family house in an enchanted setting, and of growing up with a damaged brother.

Iwant

31 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Jane Velez-Mitchell

£23.00 31 Aug 2011 Paperback Health Communications

A Place of Belonging

30 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Phyllis Demuth Movius

£18.50 30 Aug 2011 Hardback University of Alaska Press

Brief Lives: Geoffrey Chaucer

26 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Gail Ashton

£7.99 26 Aug 2011 Paperback Hesperus Press Ltd

One of England's best-loved authors, Geoffrey Chaucer was a poet, bureaucrat and diplomat. His richly imaginative and witty works, written in vernacular English rather than courtly French or Latin, established his mother tongue as a literary language in its own right.

James and Royce Reconsidered

17 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By David C. Lamberth

£16.95 17 Aug 2011 Paperback Harvard Divinity School Theological Studies

Sketch for a Self-analysis

14 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Pierre Bourdieu

£38.00 14 Aug 2011 Hardback The University of Chicago Press

African American Leaders of Maryland

11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Suzanne Ellery Chapelle, Glenn O. Phillips

£13.50 11 Aug 2011 Paperback Maryland Historical Society

The Music Room

04 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By William Fiennes

£18.99 04 Aug 2011 Hardback WW Norton & Co

A bittersweet description of an ancient family house in an enchanted setting, and of growing up with a damaged brother.

A Place of Belonging

02 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Definitive Biography, Including His Encounter with the Red Baron,

By Phyllis Demuth Movius

£18.50 02 Aug 2011 Hardback University of Alaska Press

Enoch Powell

01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By R.D. Pearce

£16.99 01 Aug 2011 Hardback Haus Publishing Limited

John Enoch Powell (1912-98) was the most controversial British politician of the second half of the 20th century.

Captain Roy Brown

01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Alan Bennett, Margaret Harmon, Denny May

£15.95 01 Aug 2011 Paperback Brick Tower Press

Jelly Roll Morton

01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

New Orleans Style! Chicago Style! Kansas City Style! It's All Jelly Roll

By Stacy Brown, Todd Barmann

£8.50 01 Aug 2011 Paperback Select Books Inc

Centre & Periphery, Roots & Exile

01 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Interpreting the Music of Istvan Anhalt & Gyorgy Kurtag

By Friedemann Sallis, Robin Elliott, Kenneth DeLong

£56.99 01 Aug 2011 Hardback Wilfrid Laurier University Press

Examines the impact place and displacement can have on the composition and interpretation of Western art music, using as its primary objects of study the work of Istvan Anhalt and Gyorgy Kurtag.

Iwant

31 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

My Journey from Addiction and Overconsumption to a Simpler, Honest Life

By Jane Velez-Mitchell

£23.00 31 Jul 2011 Paperback Health Communications

Young Men & Fire

29 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Norman MacLean

£18.77 29 Jul 2011 Audio Cd HighBridge Audio

On August 5, 1949, a crew of 15 of the U.S. Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in Montana wilderness. Less than an hour later, all but three were dead or fatally burned in a "blowup," an explosive 2,000 degree firestorm 300 feet deep and 200 feet tall. Winner of a 1992 National Book Critic Award, Young Men & Fire consumed 14 years of Norman Maclean's life. He sifted through grief and controversy in search of the truth about the Mann Gulch tragedy, then wrote about it in excruciating detail. The sobering story of the worst disaster in the history of the Forest Service also embraces the themes of honor, death, compassion, rebirth, and the human spirit.

Exhibitionist

21 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Earl Stendahl: Art Dealer Impresario

By April Dammann

£30.00 21 Jul 2011 Hardback Angel City Press,U.S.

Earl L. Stendahl came to Los Angeles in 1909 with the zeal of a showman and an extraordinary eye, and went on to create one of the most influential art galleries in the world. Never-published vintage photographs from the Stendahl family archive illustrate this colorful biography of the man who introduced modern art to Los Angeles and put Pre-Columbian art on the map.

James and Royce Reconsidered

20 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

One Man's War in the Rhodesian Light Infantry

By David C. Lamberth

£16.95 20 Jul 2011 Paperback Harvard Divinity School Theological Studies

Sketch for a Self-analysis

17 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Pierre Bourdieu

£38.00 17 Jul 2011 Hardback The University of Chicago Press

Fireforce

15 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Chris Cocks

£14.95 15 Jul 2011 Paperback 30 Degrees South Publishers

The Horror of Guerrilla Warfare in Africa

African American Leaders of Maryland

14 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Suzanne Ellery Chapelle, Glenn O. Phillips

£13.50 14 Jul 2011 Paperback Maryland Historical Society

The Music Room

07 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By William Fiennes

£18.99 07 Jul 2011 Hardback WW Norton & Co

A bittersweet description of an ancient family house in an enchanted setting, and of growing up with a damaged brother.

The Hourglass of Life

05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Rita Levi-Montalcini

£16.50 05 Jul 2011 Hardback The Dana Press

Italian neurologist Rita Levi-Montalcini's distinguished career is matched only by her extraordinary life. This memoir discusses her experience as a revolutionary woman in science.

A Place of Belonging

05 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Definitive Biography, Including His Encounter with the Red Baron,

By Phyllis Demuth Movius

£18.50 05 Jul 2011 Hardback University of Alaska Press

Captain Roy Brown

01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Alan Bennett, Margaret Harmon, Denny May

£15.95 01 Jul 2011 Paperback Brick Tower Press

Jelly Roll Morton

01 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT

New Orleans Style! Chicago Style! Kansas City Style! It's All Jelly Roll

By Stacy Brown, Todd Barmann

£8.50 01 Jul 2011 Paperback Select Books Inc

Little Symphonies

30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A Phil Spector Reader

By Abbott, Kingsley

£9.99 30 Jun 2011 Paperback Helter Skelter Publishing

Phil Spector is the reclusive maverick producer who invented The Wall of Sound. Widely imitated, but never bettered, the records he made with The Righteous Brothers, The Ronettes, The Crystals, and Ike and Tina Turner are among the most played to this day. This collection gathers the best articles, interviews, and reviews about the enigmatic man and his revolutionary music.

Iwant

30 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

My Journey from Addiction and Overconsumption to a Simpler, Honest Life

By Jane Velez-Mitchell

£23.00 30 Jun 2011 Paperback Health Communications

Joe Simon: My Life in Comics

24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Man Behind the Comics

By Joe Simon, Steve Saffel

£17.99 24 Jun 2011 Hardback Titan Books Ltd

Joe Simon is one of the most important figures in comics history, and half of the famous creative team Simon and Kirby. Simon began his prolific career in the Great Depression. This book reveals what it was like to bring comics out of their infancy, as they became an American art form.

Scientific Lives

24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By John Aubrey

£7.99 24 Jun 2011 Paperback Hesperus Press Ltd

"The honourable Robert Boyle esq., the son of Richard Boyle, the first Earl of Cork, was born at Lismore in the county of Cork. He was nursed by an Irish nurse, after the Irish manner, where they put the child in a pendulous satchel instead of a cradle, with a slit for the child's head to peep out." This new selection from John Aubrey's enormous work of 17th-century biography, "Brief Lives," brings together his writings on contemporary scientists, explorers and men of innovation, including astronomer Edmund Halley, celebrated mapmaker Wenceslaus Hollar, and the architects Christopher Wren and Inigo Jones. Simultaneously quirky, amusing, and informative, these pieces together provide a fascinating portrait of an exciting and inventive age.

The Weirding Field

23 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The North Texas Spacecraft of Gene Watson, Father and Visionary

By Esther Pearl Watson

£10.99 23 Jun 2011 Hardback McSweeney's Publishing

James and Royce Reconsidered

22 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By David C. Lamberth

£16.95 22 Jun 2011 Paperback Harvard Divinity School Theological Studies

Sketch for a Self-analysis

19 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Pierre Bourdieu

£38.00 19 Jun 2011 Hardback The University of Chicago Press

Little Symphonies

16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A Phil Spector Reader

By Abbott, Kingsley

£9.99 16 Jun 2011 Paperback Helter Skelter Publishing

African American Leaders of Maryland

16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Life and Work of an Architect, Guildsman, and Distributist

By Suzanne Ellery Chapelle, Glenn O. Phillips

£13.50 16 Jun 2011 Paperback Maryland Historical Society

William Cobbett

15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By G. K. Chesterton, Stewart Angas Weaver, James Bemis

£12.95 15 Jun 2011 Paperback IHS Press

The Medieval Future of Arthur Joseph Penty

15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Peter C. Grosvenor, D.L. O'Huallachain, Race Matthews

£19.50 15 Jun 2011 Hardback IHS Press

The Last of the Realists

15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Rhetoric and Pedagogy of Gertrude Buck

By Harold Robbins, Denis Joseph Conlon, Aidan Mackey

£14.50 15 Jun 2011 Paperback IHS Press

A Feminist Legacy

15 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Suzanne Bordelon

£18.50 15 Jun 2011 Paperback Southern Illinois University Press

Explores Gertrude Buck's, a pioneering English professor and theorist at Vassar College, contribution to the fields of education and rhetoric in the Progressive Era. This book offers a scholarly treatment of Buck's achievements that elucidates the historical and contemporary impact of her work and life.

The Music Room

09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By William Fiennes

£18.99 09 Jun 2011 Hardback WW Norton & Co

A bittersweet description of an ancient family house in an enchanted setting, and of growing up with a damaged brother.

The Hourglass of Life

07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Rita Levi-Montalcini

£16.50 07 Jun 2011 Hardback The Dana Press

Italian neurologist Rita Levi-Montalcini's distinguished career is matched only by her extraordinary life. This memoir discusses her experience as a revolutionary woman in science.

A Place of Belonging

07 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Definitive Biography, Including His Encounter with the Red Baron,

By Phyllis Demuth Movius

£18.50 07 Jun 2011 Hardback University of Alaska Press

Captain Roy Brown

01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Alan Bennett, Margaret Harmon, Denny May

£15.95 01 Jun 2011 Paperback Brick Tower Press

Jelly Roll Morton

01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT

New Orleans Style! Chicago Style! Kansas City Style! It's All Jelly Roll

By Stacy Brown, Todd Barmann

£8.50 01 Jun 2011 Paperback Select Books Inc

Iwant

31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

My Journey from Addiction and Overconsumption to a Simpler, Honest Life

By Jane Velez-Mitchell

£23.00 31 May 2011 Paperback Health Communications

Young Men & Fire

27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Norman MacLean

£18.77 27 May 2011 Audio Cd HighBridge Audio

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

27 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Alicia Craig Faxon

£60.00 27 May 2011 Hardback Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.

Chronicling Rossetti's career from his early achievements as a founder of the final years, Faxonoraries, bringing to life a charismatic character. 265 illustrations, 140 in full color.

James and Royce Reconsidered

25 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By David C. Lamberth

£16.95 25 May 2011 Paperback Harvard Divinity School Theological Studies

Sketch for a Self-analysis

22 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Pierre Bourdieu

£38.00 22 May 2011 Hardback The University of Chicago Press

African American Leaders of Maryland

19 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Life and Work of an Architect, Guildsman, and Distributist

By Suzanne Ellery Chapelle, Glenn O. Phillips

£13.50 19 May 2011 Paperback Maryland Historical Society

William Cobbett

15 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By G. K. Chesterton, Stewart Angas Weaver, James Bemis

£12.95 15 May 2011 Paperback IHS Press

The Medieval Future of Arthur Joseph Penty

15 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Peter C. Grosvenor, D.L. O'Huallachain, Race Matthews

£19.50 15 May 2011 Hardback IHS Press

The Last of the Realists

15 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Wagnerian Influences on French Musical and Literary Culture 1870-1945

By Harold Robbins, Denis Joseph Conlon, Aidan Mackey

£14.50 15 May 2011 Paperback IHS Press

Wagner and the French Muse

15 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul Du Quenoy

£64.50 15 May 2011 Hardback Academica Press

Richard Wagner's musical themes, dramatic structures and philosophical tropes recurred in the works of almost every major French composer before World war One. This research monograph studies and reinterprets the works and ideas of Wagner which have had such a profound influence on the artistic and intellectual life of France.

A Feminist Legacy

15 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Rhetoric and Pedagogy of Gertrude Buck

By Suzanne Bordelon

£18.50 15 May 2011 Paperback Southern Illinois University Press

King of Nepal

13 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Life Before the Drug Wars

By Joseph R Pietri

£16.99 13 May 2011 Paperback Trine Day

From the halcyon days of easily accessible drugs to years of government intervention and a surging black market, this tale chronicles a former drug smuggler's career in the drug trade, its evolution into a multibillion-dollar business, and the characters he met along the way.

The Music Room

12 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By William Fiennes

£18.99 12 May 2011 Hardback WW Norton & Co

A bittersweet description of an ancient family house in an enchanted setting, and of growing up with a damaged brother.

The Hourglass of Life

10 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Rita Levi-Montalcini

£16.50 10 May 2011 Hardback The Dana Press

Italian neurologist Rita Levi-Montalcini's distinguished career is matched only by her extraordinary life. This memoir discusses her experience as a revolutionary woman in science.

A Place of Belonging

10 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Definitive Biography, Including His Encounter with the Red Baron,

By Phyllis Demuth Movius

£18.50 10 May 2011 Hardback University of Alaska Press

Captain Roy Brown

01 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Alan Bennett, Margaret Harmon, Denny May

£15.95 01 May 2011 Paperback Brick Tower Press

Jelly Roll Morton

01 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT

New Orleans Style! Chicago Style! Kansas City Style! It's All Jelly Roll

By Stacy Brown, Todd Barmann

£8.50 01 May 2011 Paperback Select Books Inc

Iwant

30 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

My Journey from Addiction and Overconsumption to a Simpler, Honest Life

By Jane Velez-Mitchell

£23.00 30 Apr 2011 Paperback Health Communications

Brief Lives: Marquis De Sade

29 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By David Carter

£7.99 29 Apr 2011 Paperback Hesperus Press Ltd

As explicit in his prose as he was in his private life, the Marquis de Sade remains one of the most controversial writers of all time. This biography presents his life story.

Little Symphonies

28 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A Phil Spector Reader

By Abbott, Kingsley

£9.99 28 Apr 2011 Paperback Helter Skelter Publishing

James and Royce Reconsidered

27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By David C. Lamberth

£16.95 27 Apr 2011 Paperback Harvard Divinity School Theological Studies

Sketch for a Self-analysis

24 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Pierre Bourdieu

£38.00 24 Apr 2011 Hardback The University of Chicago Press

African American Leaders of Maryland

21 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Analyzing and Fighting Caste

By Suzanne Ellery Chapelle, Glenn O. Phillips

£13.50 21 Apr 2011 Paperback Maryland Historical Society

Dr. Ambedkar and Untouchability

20 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Christophe Jaffrelot

£32.50 20 Apr 2011 Hardback The University Press Group Ltd

Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (1891--1956) rose from a community of "untouchables," to become a major figure in modern Indian history. Christophe Jaffrelot's biography reconsiders Dr. Ambedkar's life and thought and his unique combination of pragmatism and idealism. Establishing himself as a scholar, activist, journalist, and educator, Ambedkar ultimately found himself immersed in Indian politics and helped to draft the nation's constitution as law minister in Nehru's first cabinet. Ambedkar's ideas remain an inspiration to India's Dalit community.

Astaire and Rogers

19 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Edward Gallafent

£13.95 19 Apr 2011 Paperback The University Press Group Ltd

This is the first book to pay tribute to the genuine cinematic contribution of these magnificent performers. Gallafent traces the development of Astaire and Rogers' star personas both together and apart and how the narratives of their films were designed around those personas.

The Music Room

14 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By William Fiennes

£18.99 14 Apr 2011 Hardback WW Norton & Co

A bittersweet description of an ancient family house in an enchanted setting, and of growing up with a damaged brother.

The Hourglass of Life

12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Rita Levi-Montalcini

£16.50 12 Apr 2011 Hardback The Dana Press

Italian neurologist Rita Levi-Montalcini's distinguished career is matched only by her extraordinary life. This memoir discusses her experience as a revolutionary woman in science.

A Place of Belonging

12 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Story of Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks

By Phyllis Demuth Movius

£18.50 12 Apr 2011 Hardback University of Alaska Press

Sex, Botany and Empire

10 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Patricia Fara

£16.50 10 Apr 2011 Hardback The University Press Group Ltd

In Sweden and Britain, imperial powers both, Carl Linnaeus and Joseph Banks ruled over their own small scientific empires, promoting botanical exploration to justify the exploitation of territories, peoples, and natural resources. This book explores the entwined destinies of these two men and how their influence served both science and empire.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

05 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Alicia Craig Faxon

£50.00 05 Apr 2011 Hardback Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.

Chronicling Rossetti's career from his early achievements as a founder of the final years, Faxonoraries, bringing to life a charismatic character. 265 illustrations, 140 in full color.

Captain Roy Brown

01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Definitive Biography, Including His Encounter with the Red Baron,

By Alan Bennett, Margaret Harmon, Denny May

£15.95 01 Apr 2011 Paperback Brick Tower Press

Aimee Semple McPherson and the Making of Modern Pentecostalism, 1890-1926

01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Chas H. Barfoot

£50.00 01 Apr 2011 Hardback Equinox Publishing Ltd

Based on the biographer's access to internal church documents and cooperation of her family and friends, this biography offers an appraisal of Aimee's rise to fame, revivals in major cities, and influence on American religion and culture in the Jazz Age. It presents what transformed Pentecostalism into a transnational, global religion.

Big Girls Don't Cry

01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Extraordinary Autobiography of Paula Yates' Mother

By Helene Thornton

£6.99 01 Apr 2011 Paperback Blake Publishing

For two decades, Paula Yates was one of Britain's wildest celebrities who lived life on the edge. It's clear where she got it from, for her mother Helene Thornton's own turbulent life was one of extreme passions and heartache. This title discusses the circumstances that lead to the revelation that Paula's true father was Hughie Green.

Jelly Roll Morton

01 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT

New Orleans Style! Chicago Style! Kansas City Style! It's All Jelly Roll

By Stacy Brown, Todd Barmann

£8.50 01 Apr 2011 Paperback Select Books Inc

Iwant

31 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

My Journey from Addiction and Overconsumption to a Simpler, Honest Life

By Jane Velez-Mitchell

£23.00 31 Mar 2011 Paperback Health Communications

James and Royce Reconsidered

30 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By David C. Lamberth

£16.95 30 Mar 2011 Paperback Harvard Divinity School Theological Studies

Sketch for a Self-analysis

27 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Pierre Bourdieu

£38.00 27 Mar 2011 Hardback The University of Chicago Press

Brief Lives: Wilkie Collins

25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Melisa Klimaszewski

£7.99 25 Mar 2011 Paperback Hesperus Press Ltd

Author of the first detective novel in English, Wilkie Collins was one of the most popular authors in Victorian England. In this illuminating biography, Melisa Klimaszewski situates the writer within his own milieu and demonstrates how his work sparks new understandings of Victorian life and letters. A close friend and collaborator of Charles Dickens, Collins secured his own fame with sensational novels that feature intricate legal plots, mistaken identities, and complex crimes. Boldly challenging the mores of Victorian society by maintaining two families and shunning the institution of marriage, Collins was also one of the most unconventional public figures of his day. His life story, succinctly told in this elegant biography, promises to instruct and to entertain.

Still Life

25 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

Adventures in Taxidermy

By Melissa Milgrom

£17.99 25 Mar 2011 Hardback Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Takes us on the journey that stretches from the anachronistic family workshop of the last chief taxidermist for the American Museum of Natural History to the studio where an English sculptor, granddaughter of a surrealist artist, preserves the animals for Damien Hirst's most disturbing artworks.

African American Leaders of Maryland

24 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary

By Suzanne Ellery Chapelle, Glenn O. Phillips

£13.50 24 Mar 2011 Paperback Maryland Historical Society

Just for Fun

20 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Linus Torvalds, David Diamond

£8.99 20 Mar 2011 Paperback HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Once upon a time Linus Torvalds was a skinny unknown, just another nerdy Helsinki techie who had been fooling around with computers since childhood. Then he wrote a groundbreaking operating system and distributed it via the Internet -- for free. Today Torvalds is an international folk hero. And his creation LINUX is used by over 12 million people as well as by companies such as IBM.Now, in a narrative that zips along with the speed of e-mail, Torvalds gives a history of his renegade software while candidly revealing the quirky mind of a genius. The result is an engrossing portrayal of a man with a revolutionary vision, who challenges our values and may change our world.

The Music Room

17 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By William Fiennes

£18.99 17 Mar 2011 Hardback WW Norton & Co

A bittersweet description of an ancient family house in an enchanted setting, and of growing up with a damaged brother.

The Hourglass of Life

15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

The Life and Work of an Architect, Guildsman, and Distributist

By Rita Levi-Montalcini

£16.50 15 Mar 2011 Hardback The Dana Press

Italian neurologist Rita Levi-Montalcini's distinguished career is matched only by her extraordinary life. This memoir discusses her experience as a revolutionary woman in science.

William Cobbett

15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By G. K. Chesterton, Stewart Angas Weaver, James Bemis

£13.50 15 Mar 2011 Paperback IHS Press

The Medieval Future of Arthur Joseph Penty

15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT

By Peter C. Grosvenor, D.L. O'Huallachain, Race Matthews

£19.95 15 Mar 2011 Hardback IHS Press

The Last of the Realists

15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT