A detailed account of the series of bloody battles that occurred when the houses of Lancaster and York fought for control of the crown.This new history focuses on the seventeen battles that took place around the country between 1455 and 1487. It considers the causes, course and result of each battle, beginning with the first battle of St Albans on twenty-two May 1455, which was won by the Yorkist faction lead by Richard, Duke of York.The bloodiest battle ev...

The story of Freud's involvement with cocaine and how it affected research long after he died... The book tells of a number of drug related tragedies Freud was involved in including the death of Ernest Fleischl and that of the less well known Otto Gross who was a good analyst, a cocaine addict and has advanced ideas about sex which led him to founding an orgiastic commune in Italy. Freud devotees will be unhappy with the book because it depicts their hero as all too human but it is a balan...

Drawing on more than 100 interviews and extensive research, journalists DAVID COHEN and REBECCA KEILLOR track the rise, fall and re-emergence of former NZ prime minister Jacinda Ardern on to the global stage, just as the United Nations gears up to choose a new secretary-general. With the world on a powderkeg, is Ardern up to the job?In June 2025, Jacinda Ardern’s official memoir “A Different Kind of Power” was released to mixed reviews with a common theme:“...

This collection arose out of a 2019 conference to commemorate the completion of the fourteen- volume Correspondence of James K. Polk. Its scholarship—which pays tribute to the Polk Project itself, as well as to the controversial nature of the Polk legacy—will result in a significant reinterpretation of the eleventh US president.Contributors include John F. Polk, who examines the ways history has mischaracterized almost the entire Polk family tree, and Kelly Houston Jones, who inves...

A must-read for software developers lacking command-line skills, focusing on Linux. It provides transferable command-line proficiency for use in Mac OS, Unix, and Windows with WSLKey FeaturesA practical, no-nonsense guide specifically written for developers (not sysadmins) who need to quickly learn command-line skillsExpand your practical skills and look like a wizard on the command lineBuild practical skills to work effectively with the most c...

In these ten offbeat stories, Christians, Jews, and skeptics stumble through spiritual detours, crises, and comic missteps.· A college student battling substance abuse finds Jesus after being swindled in a drug deal· A suburban husband and father turns his daughter’s Barbie into a Voodoo doll as he slides into evil· A trivia champion hooks up with a doomed young woman, leading to a hard collision with the things that really matterSome of these characters get...

A self-taught son of Irish immigrants, devout Catholic, King Country farmer, and farming lobbyist, Jim Bolger entered New Zealand political life in the 1970s. He was a flinty Minister of Labour under Robert Muldoon and Prime Minister from 1990 to 1997. As ambassador to Washington, he helped create warmer relations with the United States. In recent years, he has chaired boards, has been the chancellor of the University of Waikato, and marked more than a half-century of marriage to Joan. Nev...

Discover how to have a well-behaved toddler using these proven principles! (And never feel guilty about disciplining your toddler again!)Do you need help with toddler discipline?Is your toddler starting to get an attitude, throwing tantrums, and not listening?Is your level of stress increasing because you're at your limit and don't know how to discipline your toddler without feeling guilty?What about when you're in public and your toddler does the opposite o...

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When first published in 1999, Your Drug May Be Your Problem was ahead of its time. The only book to provide an uncensored description of the dangers involved in taking every kind of psychiatric medication, it was also the first and only book to explain how to safely stop taking them. In the time elapsed, there have been numerous studies suggesting or proving the dangers of some psychiatric medications and even the FDA now acknowledges the problems; more studies are under way to de...

The study of enslavement and human trafficking in Ancient World cultures (10,000 BCE-500 CE) brings special difficulties. This includes the inequality of available sources, whereby enslavers' perspectives outweigh narratives of the enslaved. Another is the relative overrepresentation of Greece, Rome, and Egypt in comparison with other societies, regardless of ample archaeological records. While the continuities between ancient and modern histories seem less obvious than in...

This light-hearted and entertaining book, authored by top psychologist David Cohen, explores the influences and impacts on our perception of body image, examining the power of appearance and the psychology behind how we think and feel about ourselves physically.Packed with scientific findings alongside historical anecdotes and humorous insights, the book first looks at the history of body image and appearance, and how ideals of beauty have changed over time. It goes on to note the ...