History and Biography General

This collection of essays draws inspiration from the late James Deetz's In Small Things Forgotten (1977).

There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or where those stories end.

This book presents a lively and compelling account of how the crusades really worked, and a revolutionary attempt to rethink how we understand the Middle Ages.

25th anniversary edition of a modern classic with a new preface by the author. Smith delivers the best introduction to the spirituality of Howard Thurman that led to his prophetic voice.

Now reprinted, this revealing autobiography includes a prologue and epilogue written by two of the author's sons, Leeroy and Peter, who have pieced together more of this poignant love and life story.

'One of today's most readable, intellectually nimble and scientifically literate philosophers' Nature 'Who would have guessed that a philosopher's life could be so full of adventures?'

Living with disability is not easy. Staying alive with hope and joy as well as the pain is possible. A harsh life is yet beautiful as the prose, poems and pictures show in this little volume.

'Kings and Queens of England and Britain' takes its readers on a journey from the Saxons in 802, through William The Conqueror, right up to the current day monarch Queen Elizabeth II and the three heirs apparent.