The Memoir of the Last Tsar of Bulgaria, from Monarchy to Democracy
During World War II, most of Europe’s last monarchies collapsed. Under Tsar Boris III, Bulgaria had been a reluctant ally of Hitler’s Germany, refusing to send troops to fight the Soviets and resisting the Holocaust. But after Boris died in 1943, the Red Army entered the country, and communists executed much of the royal family and sent the ......
This book is a wonderful collection of 75 autobiographical short stories from prolific outdoors writer Kev Reynolds, recording his treasured recollections of 50 years of mountain travel and adventure. These tales spread across the Moroccan Atlas, Pyrenees, European Alps, Himalaya and elsewhere leave you by turns amused, reflective and inspired.
A Memoir by Stephen Birmingham, America's Leading Social Historian and B
Donald Trump's presidency produced no end of controversy. His tumultuous presidency also created new avenues of public policy and national politics. Prominent scholars of American institutions, politics and public policy assess the multiple consequences of Trump's singular presidency in this volume. How did Trump's unconventional behavior alter ......
Fighting for My Trans Son's Life, Joy, and Fertility
Cristina's son was about to embark on gender-affirming care that would likely cause infertility, when she realised the need to support both her child and the adult he would become, and give him the right to have children of his own. In doing so she discovered a future - where living your life authentically doesn't mean giving up your fertility - ......
In Addiction and Recovery, Martha Postlethwaite--pastor and a person in recovery--reflects on her pilgrimage of healing through valleys of despair and vistas of resurrection. Through her own and others' stories, she explores themes such as surrender, truth telling, shame, powerlessness, grace, forgiveness, and resurrection.
Progressive rock a genre formed out of a creative surge in the late Sixties and throughout the Seventies originated and flowered most spectacularly in the UK. Made by young musicians for a young audience, prog music looked towards new horizons by synthesising rock, jazz, folk, classical and other styles.
An uplifting and beautifully crafted collection of stories that celebrate the joy of being trans. Written by an award-winning author and following the cycle of the seasons, these empowering vignettes invite readers to find joy in their own lives.
"When my father was a little boy in Vienna, he told Anna Freud this dream: He is walking on the rim of the white gravel path that leads around the oval pond in the upper part of the Belvedere Gardens. The birds are singing, the sun is out ... Then a blue-black machine with a brilliant array of handles and shafts comes into sight... The machine ......
This book explores China from the time of Maos rule to the crisis that unfolded at Tiananmen Square in 1989, through the eyes of Ross Terrill, a journalist, advisor, and professor. Terrill links his travels with Chinas history and enriches each page with voices from village, town and city.
