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Patrick Hennessey's The Junior Officers' Reading Club is a lucid, witty account of all the horror, boredom and exhilaration of war. Patrick Hennessey is pretty much like any other …

A masterpiece of autobiography, and perhaps the first literary memoir of an addict, the Penguin Classics edition of Thomas De Quincey's Confessions of an English Opium-Eater is …

After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, a professor shares the lessons he's learned--about living in the present, building a legacy, and taking full advantage of the time you …

Few American lives are stranger, more action-packed, or wilder than that of Hunter S. Thompson. Born a rebel in Louisville, Kentucky, Thompson spent a lifetime channeling his …

The long-awaited autobiography of Keith Richards, guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. With The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the …

Ismail Ibn Katheer was a highly influential historian, exegete and scholar. He was truly an expert on tafsir (Quranic exegesis) and faqih (jurisprudence), he wrote many great …

Ett av många spännade nybyggaröden som berättas från kolonisationen av Arvidsjaurs socken handlar om ”Kullern” Hans Aronsson, född 1803.Förutom Kullerns imponerande nybyggargärning …

Den tredje mars 1917, mitt under brinnande världskrig, går Jöns och Ninnie Ringborg från Norrköping ombord på MS Valparaiso för en sjöresa till Chile. Bakgrunden i Sverige är en …

Hilary Davidson delves into the clothing of one of the world’s great authors, providing unique and intimate insight into her everyday life and material world   What did Jane Austen …

A lively and accessible introduction to the quintessential philosopher, and the civilized world's first enemy of the state. Socrates: A Life Worth Living traces the life and ideas …