Peter Candid (um 1548-1628)

"This Maileresque combination of personal reflection, boxing analysis, and sports biography is a must read for fight fans...."Booklist, Starred ReviewAn intimate portrait of Joe Fr...

The chapter explores the legal, political, and literary contexts of the possible torture of John Felton, the 1628 assassin of the royal favourite George Villiers, Duke of Buckingha...

Neue Einblicke und Einsichten in das Werk von Peter Rühmkorf. »Wo ich gelernt habe« ist der Titel einer Rede, die Peter Rühmkorf 1999 als Poetik-Dozent an der Universität...

In the mid- late 1800s and early 1900s, Thomas Hardy produced a plethora of eclectic works that were considered too candid and even sacrilegious for their time. Hardy's publishing ...

This readable biography of Lance Armstrong surveys his legendary cycling career as well as the details of his life outside of cycling. The son of a single mother and born in a...

With over 500 planets now known to exist beyond the Solar System, spacecraft heading for Mars, and the ongoing search for extraterrestrial intelligence, this timely book explores c...

Since his death in 1985, Philip Larkin's reputation as a writer has undergone a profound and dramatic transformation. With the publication of a candid biography, a controversial co...