In this extraordinary memoir, Nobel Prize??winning author Gunter Grass remembers his early life, from his boyhood in a cramped two-room apartment in Danzig through the late 1950s, when The Tin Drum was published. During the Second World War, Grass volunteered for the submarine corps at the age of fifteen but was rejected; two years later, […]
The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times & Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers is a bestselling classic that not only enables us to see more deeply into our history but helps us better understand our own times. In this 7th edition, Robert L. Heilbroner provides a new theme that connects thinkers as diverse as Adam […]
Gregori Rasputin is probably one of the best known, but least understood of the key figures in the events which ultimately led to the downfall of the Russian Tsars some 90 years ago. His political role as the power behind the throne is as much obscured today, as it was then, by the fascination with […]
He has compiled a wide range of material which gives equal emphasis to the study and context of Pinters writing and the experiences of the theatre practitioners who bring his plays to the stage. Pinters own responses to his artistic output are gathered, from his first interview in 1959 to the latest interview carried out […]
As the editor of Majesty magazine, Ingrid Seward has developed professional and personal relationships with the royal family. We discover a surprising portrait of the English monarch and the princess, contradicting what the press has previously reported: a fragile Diana battling an unfeeling mother-in-law. We learn that the Queen tried to welcome Diana into the […]
This series brings to you the inspiring life stories of people whose lives, work, thoughts and achievements have left indelible marks on the pages of world history. Projecting courage, determination, patriotism, and love for mankind, these people are great role models for children. Simply yet vividly told, these books will keep children engrossed and help […]
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Incorporates?ÿLet Sleeping Vets Lie?ÿand?ÿVet in Harness.?ÿ “A very warm, very engaging read. . . . The reader falls totally under his spell.”?ÿ –Associated Press?ÿ The second volume in the multimillion copy bestselling series Millions of readers have delighted in the wonderful storytelling and everyday miracles of James Herriot in the over thirty years since his […]
In June 2002, Mukhtar Mai, a Pakistani woman from the impoverished village of Meerwala, was gang raped by a local clan known as the Mastoi — punishment for indiscretions allegedly committed by the womans brother. While certainly not the first account of a female body being negotiated for honor in a family, this time the […]
Guides us through the monuments and lost paradises, dilapidated Ottoman villas, back streets and waterways of Istanbul – the city of the authors birth and the home of his imagination. This is an account of one mans love affair with the city that has been his home since his birth.
LUST FOR LIFE is a fictionalized biography of the Dutch painter, Vincent Van Gogh and is based primarily on Van Goghs three volumes of letters to his brother, Theo. Van Gogh was a violent, clumsy and passionate man who was driven to the extremity of exhaustion by his fervor to get life — the essence […]
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Will Smith, THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS is the inspiring, rags-to-riches story of the charismatic Chris Gardner – a once homeless father who raised and cared for his son on the mean streets of San Francisco and went on to become a crown prince of Wall Street. At […]