Dave Farnham: 19 books

How well do we truly know the members of the British Monarchy?  Although their faces are well-known from frequent media exposure, the individuals themselves are, generally speaking, fairly elusive as real personalities, understandably protected as they are by massive security. The Queen...

Thomas Edison once commented that genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. It is the one percent that produces the spark to ignite the light of creative action.  It also provides the basis of this book, which contains quotations from many sources past and present...

The beliefs of the Buddhist religion derive from Prince Siddartha Gautama, nowadays known simply as The Buddha.  Although there are no written records from his lifetime, around 2,500 years ago, his words were passed on orally and are still as relevant today as they were then. Little is...

What is happiness?  The truth is, nobody really knows.  It’s a word without a clear definition, yet we are all engaged in the pursuit of happiness (a phrase immortalised, though never defined, in the constitution of the United States).  For each one of us it means something unique...

Former KGB agent Vladimir Putin is one of the world’s most enigmatic leaders. Fiercely protective of his private life, yet at the same time projecting his image at every opportunity, he is scrutinized and analysed constantly by the media, in an attempt to build up a picture of what makes him tick....