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Encouraging reflection upon the inescapable ethical dimensions of the conduct of research, Ian Gregory explores how ethical concerns inform not only the conduct of research but how they enter into the very decision to engage in a piece of research, its analysis and the use of its outcomes.

Having survived the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, photographer Edith Irvine and her assistant, Daisy Valentine, documented the devastation. This true story includes many of Irvine's photos. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults.

The life of a woman in Victorian England was fraught with social restrictions and professional obstacles. And so Elizabeth Gow, young and ambitious, must give up a future of academic promise at a fashionable London seminary for women to travel to America with her father. All hope vanishes as she boards the ship that will carry her to an uncertain future in an unknown land. With an unerring ear for Victorian language and a sense of authenticity...

From the author of "A Century of Pop" comes an in-depth look at Stevie Ray Vaughn and his roots in the vibrant Texas music scene. Photos.

Blutrot blüht die Rose von Lancaster. Mit kaum zwölf Jahren wird Margaret Beaufort aus dem Hause Lancaster 1455 mit Edmund Tudor verheiratet. Die Familie wartet ungeduldig auf einen Thronfolger. Tatsächlich bekommt Margaret, selbst noch ein Kind, einen Sohn: Henry. Als mit dem Rosenkrieg ein tödlicher Kampf um die Krone entbrennt, gilt Margarets ganzes Streben einem einzigen Ziel: Ihr Sohn soll König von England werden. Denn in einem ist Marga...

Horrorhafte Erzählungen zwischen Blutdurst und Wahnsinn! In den Geschichten aus dem Wunderland erhellen abgeschlossene Episoden voll Horror, Blut, Wahnsinn, Gier und kranken Obsessionen einige Teile des Wonderland-Mythos', die bislang im Dunkeln geblieben sind: Die Historie der Bruderschaft der Wächter, die die Pforte ins Land der Albträume bewachen, gehört ebenso dazu wie die Geschichte der kleinen Alice, Calies Mutter, die sich als Erste de...

#1 "New York Times" bestselling author Philippa Gregory weaves witchcraft, passion, and adventure into the story of Jacquetta, Duchess of Bedford.

Politics and passion are inextricably bound together in this compelling drama. The Boleyn family is keen to rise through the ranks of society, and what better way to attract the attention of the most powerful in the land than to place their most beautiful young daughter at court? But Mary becomes the King's mistress at a time of change and when he gets tired of her, she sets out to school her sister, Anne, as a replacement.

Gregory returns with a stunning new sequel to the bestselling Dear America title "The Winter of Red Snow." The Revolutionary War toils on, but the Stewart family can no longer avoid getting involved. Abby's father joins the Continental Army, while Abby, her mother, and her sister become camp followers.

Gregory returns with a stunning new sequel to the bestselling Dear America title "The Winter of Red Snow." The Revolutionary War toils on, but the Stewart family can no longer avoid getting involved. Abby's father joins the Continental Army, while Abby, her mother, and her sister become camp followers.

From the winter of 1779 until 1781, Abigail Stewart and her family follow the path of her father's Continental Army unit after their Valley Forge home burns down, enduring harsh winters and scarce food, and narrowly escaping danger time and again.

When a wealthy benefactor is found dead in Michaelhouse, Brother Michael and Matthew Bartholomew must find the culprit before the College is accused of foul play. At the same time, Cambridge is plagued by a mystery thief, who is targetting rich pilgrims. Moreover, pranksters are at large in the University, staging a series of practical jokes that are growing increasingly dangerous, and that are dividing scholars into bitterly opposed factions....