Non-Fiction

Heading into the wild, Hamilton would prove himself to be a fast learner, as adept with a firearm as with sign language: this early experience would be the making of him. As the nineteenth century progressed, along with many other trappers Hamilton found himself drawn into the Indian Wars brought about by territorial expansion. Exploring, trapping, trading and fighting, Hamilton shows how every aspect of a mountain man’s life relied on his wits and knowledge in order survive the inhospitable environments.

In 1905 the Ottoman Empire’s rule in its chief province, greater Syria, was drawing precariously towards its close. Remaining unfazed by hardship or convention, Gertrude Bell, the daughter of an industrialist and land owner, set off on her journey across the region’s interior. During the months that followed, Bell grew to understand and respect the Arab peoples to a degree that few ever have, travelling further than any western woman before her.

Robin Neillands tells the story of The British Expeditionary Forces in WW!.. This is the dramatic story of how those men, regular soldiers from every walk of life, plunged into this new and terrible war, held their muddy trenches against impossible odds and gave the Empire time to muster its forces and ready itself for the long struggle ahead.

If you’d like to benefit from scientific studies about self-discipline and willpower without actually reading them, this book is for you. The author has done the job for you and researched the most useful and viable scientific findings that will help you improve your self-discipline.

#1 AMAZON BESTSELLER in lawns and landscape. "Rarely does a gardening book raise eyebrows, let alone hell." Fire the Landscaper explores the health risks, cultural biases, and the insults to the environment caused by the artificial representations of nature that surround us. The author, Phil Williams, is the former owner of a successful lawn and landscape company. He exposes the waste, fraud, and downright ridiculousness of an industry focused solely on aesthetics. Through his subsequent training as a permaculture designer, he offers many practical solutions aligned with nature to increase the health and productivity of landscapes, and the world by extension, while simultaneously reducing the workload of upkeep.

When I was six years old my family started to dress like the Amish. For the next 12 years my sister and I were held prisoner and subjected to horrendous abuse. In my late teens my parents feared we would escape and took us to an Amish community where we were adopted and became baptized members. I was once again in a world of fear, animal cruelty and sexual abuse.One morning, after the being assaulted by the bishop I made a desperate dash for the police station....