Jonathan Smyth: 3 books

The search for a republican morality provides an exciting new study of an important event in the French Revolution and a defining moment in the career of its principal actor, Maximilien Robespierre, the Festival of the Supreme Being. This day of national celebration was held to inaugurate the new...

“Anyone who believes that faeries are wee, golden-haired creatures with dragon-fly wings and sweet intentions has never met a real faerie.” –Suzanne J. Willis, “A Silver Thread Between Worlds” Retellings of familiar favourites from new perspectives, and brand new tales share the pages...

Chronic pain is very common. Half of all adults suffer from either persistent (long term) or recurrent (repeated) pain of some kind. These are both chronic pain. This can vary from the severely disabling pain of cancer or arthritis to the mild pain of an old injury to a joint or ligament. Doctors...