‘A well-written Life is almost as rare as a well-spent one,’ wrote Thomas Carlyle in 1838. Had he lived to read the superb biographies in Exisle’s list, he might have thought differently.
“My book is about losing my family because of my violent ways and having to dig deep down inside myself to come up with reasons why I behave like I do, which takes me to places and times in my life I had almost forgotten. I had a lot of bad early teachings from my parents on how to behave in a relationship, but through counselling and a ‘Living Without Violence’ course I learned a proper way of dealing with my emotions and anger.”
Kevin is one of fourteen million aids orphans. This is the story of his life, his determination, his successes and his wonderment at why he has had to live the way he has and finally the rescue by his co-author international film maker Miles Roston.
The Life of Dumont D'Urville (1790 - 1842)
D'Urville undertook three global voyages of exploration and is the navigator who made the single greatest contribution to perfecting the map of the Pacific in the nineteenth century.
Louis de Bougainville: Soldier, Explorer, Statesman
Louis-Antoine Comte de Bougainville (1729-1811) is best known for his circumnavigation of the globe from 1766 to 1769. Throughout a long and distinguished life, however, he participated in many of the turning points of world history: the birth of the United States, the fall of French Canada, the opening of the Pacific, the French revolution and the Revolutionary Wars, the crowning of Napoleon and the modernisation of France .