Doug West: 49 books

Angela Merkel is a German politician best known as the first female chancellor of Germany and one of the architects of the European Union. Trained as a physicist, Merkel entered politics after the 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall. Rising to the position of chairwoman of the Christian Democratic Union...

The story of Queen Elizabeth's life, from when she was a young princess, to her coronation in 1953 through to becoming the longest-reigning British monarch, is a rich one. This short book charts the key events of her life and reign. Her public life is conveyed from the abdication of her uncle,...

Nikola Tesla, a Serbian American, was a major contributor to the start of the electric age, which transformed daily life at the turn of the twentieth century. His inventions, patents, and theoretical work formed the basis of the modern AC electricity system. Meanwhile, his inventive genius led to...

The descendant of Viking raiders, William the Conqueror, or William the Bastard as he was also known, took the throne of England in 1066. William showed himself to be an outstanding soldier and an extremely effective ruler, combining great fortitude with an unwavering insistence on his own authority....

David Sokal, a once-happy Buddhist monk in India, finds himself back in America without a job and living with his hippie parents in New Jersey who would prefer David leave because they like to walk around their home naked.Could things get any worse? Yes, they can. David does secure a job at...

Walter Reed - chances are, you are familiar with his name only because you have heard of the major army medical center named after him. Maybe you have heard of his name in general references related to yellow fever. Either way, there is so much more to this humble, hard-working man than most know....

The Durand family comes from a very traditional French village, where daughters are married off to eligible men – regardless of what those daughters want. At the height of the Great Depression, recent immigrant Madame Durand believes that the family’s best chance for survival is finding a suitable...