John Ross - Shakespeare's tremor and Orwell's cough

John Ross is US medical doctor with literary interests. In this book he describes number of kind of case histories of literary greats.

( Life and especially Death of authors in English )

Nicholas Rankin – Telegram from Guernica

This is a biography of British (South African-born) de facto war correspondent George Steer. Over his career Steer witnessed fighting in Ethiopia, Spanish Basqueland and Finland. The title of the book refers to the fact that Steer reported how he found evidence that German incendiaries had destroyed Guernica – when Franco's side blamed the anarchists and British government claimed "there was no evidence".

( Four wars in three countries )

Ferdinand von Schirach - Crime


Ferdinand von schirach is a German criminal lawyer. In this book he writes about some of the cases he has been dealing with.

( Guilt may be tricky business )