books by subject
Social & Urban History Biographies

Rosie: Scenes from a Vanished Life

Getting On, Falling Off: From adoption and finding life and love in the Far East to fighting a losing battle with Parkinson's Disease

Lady Gregory's Toothbrush

Stiff Upper Lip: Secrets, Crimes and the Schooling of a Ruling Class

The First Black Footballer: Arthur Wharton 1865-1930: An Absence of Memory

Fred Korematsu Speaks Up

Marching to the Mountaintop: How Poverty, Labor Fights and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King Jr's Final Hours (History (US))

The Duel: The Parallel Lives of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr

After Gandhi

The Scottish Enlightenment: The Scots' Invention of the Modern World

Beyond A Boundary

World War II: The People's Story

William Burges

The Bedford Boys: One Small Town's Ultimate D-Day Sacrifice

In the Belly of the Beast

Failures of State: The Inside Story of Britain's Battle with Coronavirus

Eat the Buddha: Life, Death, and Resistance in a Tibetan Town

Lev Vygotsky: Revolutionary Scientist

Yes She Can: Why Women Own The Future

The Accidental Duchess: From Farmer's Daughter to Belvoir Castle

Small Wars Permitting: Dispatches from Foreign Lands

Working in Women's Archives: Researching Women's Private Literature and Archival Documents

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates

Strength in What Remains

Searching for Hassan: Journey to the Heavy

Watching the Tree: A Chinese Daughter Reflects on Happiness, Spiritual Beliefs and Universal Wisdom

The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Volume X – Companion: 10

Masquerade: The Lives of Noel Coward

Sorrow of the Earth: Buffalo Bill, Sitting Bull and the Tragedy of Show Business
