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An extraordinary and unique memoir from an international hostage negotiator.

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For today's readers, the great Italian philosopher of history Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) can be startlingly relevant to the social and educational divisiveness we confront at century's end: here Giuseppe Mazzotta, one of the leading Italianists in the United States, shows how much Vico, properly read, can bring to an understanding of contemporar

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Who are the new philanthropists And how is their philanthropy 'new' In this book, a management writer and his wife, a portrait photographer, have collaborated to portray a new generation of practical philanthropists, men and women who have made their own fortunes and decided to move on from financial success to try to help those in need.

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Throughout the ages philosophers have examined their own lives in an attempt both to find some meaning and to explain the roots of their philosophical perspectives. This volume is an introduction to philosophical autobiography, a rich but hitherto ignored literary genre that questions the self, its social context, and existence in general.

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No other family was as active, and successful as the Garretts. They saw how education for women was a basic need, and how suffrage would be worthwhile as a right in itself and as a route to much else. Using letters, diaries and contemporary writings, the author chronicles the struggles and the triumphs of the Garretts.

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A heartbreaking tale of childhood poverty, abuse and racism that happily becomes an inspiring story of an extraordinary woman's strength through adversity.

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The creator of Animal House at last tells the real story of the fraternity that inspired the iconic film - a story far more outrageous (and funny!) than any movie could ever capture.

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Pearl Buck made important contributions as a humanitarian and an advocate of racial equality and women's rights. She did much to change American attitudes toward persons with mental retardation and toward mixed-race children. Until 1993, she was first American woman to win both the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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The true story of Donna Ford, who between the ages of five and eleven was abused by her stepmother Helen.

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This is my mother's story through my eyes. This story will be easy to relate to for many women young and old alike. The story will take the reader on a journey and home again. The book contains some Bible verses and at the end I make allusion to four strong women of the Bible.

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In 1865, a butcher from Australia proclaimed himself to be the English aristocrat, Sir Roger Tichborne, thought to have died at sea many years before. He insisted on restoration of Tichborne inheritance. This book makes the case for seeing the Tichborne cause as an unlikely but vital moment in Britain's political and social development.

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Torey Hayden returns with this deeply-moving sequel to her first book, One Child (the Sunday Times bestseller). After seven years, Torey is reunited with Sheila, the disturbed 6-year-old she tried to rescue.

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The American poet, Thomas Lynch, is also a funeral director in a small Michigan town, and this is his testimony. It comprises 12 essays - each a lesson taught to the living by the dead.

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An anthology that breaks with tradition. Part autobiography, part anthology - this is the definitive literary work on Twins.

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Offers new clues about the mysterious boy raised in a dungeon.

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This book provides a detailed examination of the life and legal legacy of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, including a discussion of the many legal cases in which he was involved.

Thurgood Marshall was the first African American Supreme Court Justice.

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Christiana Morgan was an erotic muse who influenced twentieth-century psychology and inspired its male creators, including C G Jung, who saw in her the quintessential 'anima woman.' This biography explores how Morgan yearned to express her genius yet sublimated it to spark not only Jung but also her own lover Henry A Murray.

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From the author of the phenomenal Sunday Times bestsellers One Child and Ghost Girl, comes a startling and poignant memoir of three people's victimisation and abuse and their heartbreaking but ultimately successful steps to recovery, with the help of Torey Hayden, an extraordinary teacher.

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An account of a poverty-stricken childhood in Liverpool during the 1930s.

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This portrait of a unique partnership is also the story of a pivotal time and place in Australian art and politics.

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The extraordinary and moving story of one woman's battle against racism and move to Australia.