(Paperback)

An autobiography of John Stuart Mill (1806-73). This title describes the pressures placed on him by his childhood, the mental breakdown he suffered as a young man, his struggle to understand a world of feelings and emotions far removed from his father's strict didacticism, and the later development of his own radical beliefs.

(Hardback)

Why was James Cook chosen to lead the Endeavour expedition to the Pacific in 1768 Highly readable and presenting much new research, this is an important new book for Cook scholars and armchair explorers alike.