Barbara White

A joyous comparative study of two kindred voyages undertaken a lifetime apart. In early summer 2015, following recent retirement, Barbara and Robert White left Plymouth, UK, on their elderly sailing yacht Zoonie, heading westwards to commence their circumnavigation. Eighty-seven years before them, in late summer 1928, recently married Erling and Julie Tambs left Ulvøysund, Norway, aboard their engineless, retired pilot cutter Teddy, on a similarly...

Fanny Murray (1729-1778) was a famous Georgian beauty and courtesan, desired throughout England and often to be found pressed to a gentleman's heart in the form of a printed disc secretly tucked into their pocket-watch. She rose from life in the 'London stews' to fame and fortune, through her career as a high-class courtesan. She was seduced and then abandoned, aged just 12, by Jack Spencer, grandson of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough (and related to...

"Antes de comenzar con la dieta cetogénica en 2020, pasé mucha investigación, pero algunas preguntas aún no estaban claras para mí. Si bien el estilo de vida cetogénico tiene algunas bases bastante claras, también hay muchas zonas grises. Seamos realistas, la vida no es en blanco y negro. Cada persona es un mundo. Por lo tanto, es importante aprender y comprender tanto como sea posible, y luego decidir qué enfoque es el mejor y más razonable...

The celebrated history of Nantucket's great whaling days often overshadows the fascinating changes that took place in the years following. Discover the story behind the Nantucket Civil War Monument--and learn about some named on it, some left off and some who may not belong. Meet the Cold Water Army of seven hundred schoolchildren who paraded against King Alcohol in hopes that the island would become a temperance oasis. Little remains of the bathing...

Our Nig is a classic of African American Literature that has proven to be an enduring contribution to our understanding of free blacks in the nineteenth century. Originally published in 1859, it was neglected for over a hundred years and is now the subject of renewed scholarly interest. A fascinating fusion of two literary modes of the nineteenth century--the sentimental novel and the slave narrative--Our Nig traces the trials and tribulations of...