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Ska'd for Life: A Personal Journey with The SpecialsSka'd for Life: A Personal Journey with The Specials
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While I was never abig fan of the Specials, I was still enough interested to buy this book and I...
Admiral of the Fleet: Sir Charles LambeAdmiral of the Fleet: Sir Charles LambeJames Bond;: The authorized biography of 007; a fictional biographyJames Bond;: The authorized biography of 007; a fictional biography
This book is a must read for anyone who is a true James Bond aficionado. It follows James from...
Madame Vestris: A Theatrical BiographyMadame Vestris: A Theatrical BiographyImperial Mother, Royal Daughter: Correspondence Between Marie Antoinette and Maria TheresaImperial Mother, Royal Daughter: Correspondence Between Marie Antoinette and Maria Theresa
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Tom JonesTom Jones
This review of the Welsh Sinatra's private, business and professional life in recent years...
McCartney: The BiographyMcCartney: The Biography
Best Price: $14.33
In this first critical biography, Chet Flippo charts the career of Paul McCartney - a founder...
The Cowardly LionessThe Cowardly Lioness
This autobiographical account by Jean Rook concentrates on the woman behind the tough public...
Back in the High Life: A Biography of Steve WinwoodBack in the High Life: A Biography of Steve Winwood
Clayson, stuck in lo-fi obscurity, plays Salieri to Winwood's Mozart, asking why Steve has...
Ska'd for Life: A Personal Journey with The SpecialsSka'd for Life: A Personal Journey with The Specials
Best Price: $88.44
While I was never abig fan of the Specials, I was still enough interested to buy this book and I...


Admiral of the Fleet: Sir Charles LambeAdmiral of the Fleet: Sir Charles LambeJames Bond;: The authorized biography of 007; a fictional biographyJames Bond;: The authorized biography of 007; a fictional biography
This book is a must read for anyone who is a true James Bond aficionado. It follows James from...
Madame Vestris: A Theatrical BiographyMadame Vestris: A Theatrical BiographyImperial Mother, Royal Daughter: Correspondence Between Marie Antoinette and Maria TheresaImperial Mother, Royal Daughter: Correspondence Between Marie Antoinette and Maria Theresa
Best Price: $314.34
Tom JonesTom Jones
This review of the Welsh Sinatra's private, business and professional life in recent years...

McCartney: The BiographyMcCartney: The Biography
Best Price: $14.33
In this first critical biography, Chet Flippo charts the career of Paul McCartney - a founder...
The Cowardly LionessThe Cowardly Lioness
This autobiographical account by Jean Rook concentrates on the woman behind the tough public...
Back in the High Life: A Biography of Steve WinwoodBack in the High Life: A Biography of Steve Winwood
Clayson, stuck in lo-fi obscurity, plays Salieri to Winwood's Mozart, asking why Steve has...
Trajan: Optimus PrincepsTrajan: Optimus Princeps
Best Price: $59.95
The achievement of Julian Bennett cannot be overestimated. His book, the first in English, is...
The Lake Shore Electric Railway Story (Railroads Past and Present)The Lake Shore Electric Railway Story (Railroads Past and Present)
Best Price: $18.89
This book is too good not to have at least one review. While I have no overwhelming interest in...

In the Footsteps of Orpheus: The Life and Times of Miklós Radnóti (Jewish Literature and Culture)In the Footsteps of Orpheus: The Life and Times of Miklós Radnóti (Jewish Literature and Culture)
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In the Footsteps of Orpheus The Life and Times of Miklós Radnóti Zsuzsanna...
My Life in Stalinist Russia: An American Woman Looks BackMy Life in Stalinist Russia: An American Woman Looks Back
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Although I have read a number of books on the Soviet Union, much to my surprise, I found myself...
Bloomington Past and Present:Bloomington Past and Present:
Best Price: $29.95
"Good places are shaped by the gifts of nature and by the labor and love of many people...
Hero of the Heartland: Billy Sunday and the Transformation of AmericanHero of the Heartland: Billy Sunday and the Transformation of American
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Billy Sunday was a remarkable man of his times, and Martin makes that very clear in this...
Musorgsky Remembered (Russian Music Studies)Musorgsky Remembered (Russian Music Studies)
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Put the Moose on the Table: Lessons in Leadership from a CEO's Journey through Business and LifePut the Moose on the Table: Lessons in Leadership from a CEO's Journey through Business and Life
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Mr. Randall Tobias teamed with his son, Todd, to create this vivid memoir which can be an...
Pershing: General of the ArmiesPershing: General of the Armies
Best Price: $58.00
The product of nearly 25 years of research, Pershing: General of the Armies remains one of the...
Leo Ornstein: Modernist Dilemmas, Personal ChoicesLeo Ornstein: Modernist Dilemmas, Personal Choices
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Leo Ornstein (1893? -- 2002)remains one of the most obscurely fascinating figures in American...
Uninvited Guest - Family's Journey into SchizophreniaUninvited Guest - Family's Journey into Schizophrenia
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In this work, Jenny Robertson and her daughter make a journey into the unanswerable questions of...
Betjeman & the Anglican ImaginationBetjeman & the Anglican Imagination
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Elegantly and perceptively written, John Betjeman and the Anglican Imagination leads readers...

Journeyman: An AutobiographyJourneyman: An Autobiography
Ewan MacColl and A.L.Lloyd brought about the 1950s revival of traditional folk music in Britain....
Guns n" Roses" : The Most Dangerous Band in the WorldGuns n" Roses" : The Most Dangerous Band in the WorldANNIE LENNOXANNIE LENNOXA Mind of my OwnA Mind of my OwnRalph Richardson: The Authorized BiographyRalph Richardson: The Authorized Biography
Best Price: $42.50
For readers who want to know some of history of theater in England at the start of the XX...

Evel Incarnate: The Life and Legend of Evel KnievelEvel Incarnate: The Life and Legend of Evel Knievel
Best Price: $48.00
Let's just say that the BBC documentary `Touch of Evel' would have benefitted greatly if...
Me And My Shadows: A Family MemoirMe And My Shadows: A Family Memoir
Numberous books on Judy Garland but this is one from a close famliy member (Judy's daughter)...
Diana Ross: An Unaithorized BiographyDiana Ross: An Unaithorized Biography
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Recollections of My LifeRecollections of My Life
Best Price: $27.50
This is an interesting but somewhat strange book. It provides a really amazing view of what it...
Reflections on Kurt GödelReflections on Kurt Gödel
On Pages 1 and 2, Wang tells us that Godel, the master of the incomplete, suggests the...

Mervyn Stockwood: A Lonely LifeMervyn Stockwood: A Lonely Life
Best Price: $21.00
Mervyn Stockwood was the most controversial diocesan bishop of his generation. An innovator and...
Celebrating Elie Wiesel: Stories, Essays, ReflectionsCelebrating Elie Wiesel: Stories, Essays, Reflections
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Elie Wiesel is a consummate storyteller, commentator on classic Jewish texts, human rights...
Harvest Of Hope: TheologyHarvest Of Hope: Theology
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My Notre Dame: Memories and Reflections of Sixty YearsMy Notre Dame: Memories and Reflections of Sixty Years
Best Price: $15.47
Behind the Scenes at Galileo's Trial: Including the First English Translation of Melchior Inchofer's Tractatus syllepticusBehind the Scenes at Galileo's Trial: Including the First English Translation of Melchior Inchofer's Tractatus syllepticus
Galileo's trial in 1633 before the Roman Inquisition is one of the most frequently mentioned...

Isabelle of France: Capetian Sanctity and Franciscan Identity in the Thirteenth Century (ND Texts Medieval Culture)Isabelle of France: Capetian Sanctity and Franciscan Identity in the Thirteenth Century (ND Texts Medieval Culture)
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Professor Field has done it again! Extending beyond Agnes of Harcourt, and thrusting readers...
John Buridan: Portrait of a Fourteenth-Century Arts Master (Publications in Medieval Studies)John Buridan: Portrait of a Fourteenth-Century Arts Master (Publications in Medieval Studies)
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Toward the Endless Day: The Life of Elisabeth Behr-SigelToward the Endless Day: The Life of Elisabeth Behr-Sigel
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Elisabeth Behr-Sigel was one of the most challenging - often controversial - Orthodox...
Locating Bourdieu (New Anthropologies of Europe)Locating Bourdieu (New Anthropologies of Europe)
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Pierre Bourdieu (1930?2002) had an enormous influence on social and cultural thought in the...
Thunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the Army of His TimesThunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the Army of His Times
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Very exciting to see the new paperbook edition of this superbly researched and compassionately...

Wagner and CinemaWagner and Cinema
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The work of Richard Wagner is a continuing source of artistic inspiration and ideological...
Anthony Wayne: Soldier of the Early RepublicAnthony Wayne: Soldier of the Early Republic
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Anthony Wayne: Soldier of the Early Republic by Paul David Nelson. 384 pages. 1985. This...
Invincible Generals: Gustavus Adolphus, Marlborough, Frederick the Great, George Washington, WellingtonInvincible Generals: Gustavus Adolphus, Marlborough, Frederick the Great, George Washington, Wellington
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This was a great book for me to read because it influenced me to become the Commander-in-Chief...
Arafat, a political biographyArafat, a political biography
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From his earliest beginnings as a student leader in Cairo, to his current position as Chairman...
Four Years With General LeeFour Years With General Lee
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Walter Taylor was 'first to last the closest' of all staff officers to General Robert E....

JFK: History of an ImageJFK: History of an Image
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19 Stars of Indiana: Exceptional Hoosier Women19 Stars of Indiana: Exceptional Hoosier Women
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Columnist and former Indiana Secretary of Commerce Michael S. Maurer presents 19 Stars of...
Alva Vanderbilt Belmont: Unlikely Champion of Women's RightsAlva Vanderbilt Belmont: Unlikely Champion of Women's Rights
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A New York socialite and feminist, Alva Vanderbilt Belmont was known to be domineering,...
Hungry for Light: The Journal of Ethel Schwabacher (Everywoman: Studies in History, Literature, and Culture)Hungry for Light: The Journal of Ethel Schwabacher (Everywoman: Studies in History, Literature, and Culture)
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"Schwabacher is a lyrical and literate writer... Hungry for Light is much more than...
George Nelson: The Design of Modern DesignGeorge Nelson: The Design of Modern Design
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Although the book is minimal on color illustrations and its strength relies mainly on its text,...

Peter Behrens and a New Architecture for the Twentieth                 CenturyPeter Behrens and a New Architecture for the Twentieth Century
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This is a lengthy, superbly written book about the life, work and cultural milieu of one of the...
Zellig Harris: From American Linguistics to Socialist ZionismZellig Harris: From American Linguistics to Socialist Zionism
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Robert F. Barsky is the author of two marvelous political/intellectual biographies of Noam...
Science and Technology in Korea: Traditional Instruments and TechniquesScience and Technology in Korea: Traditional Instruments and Techniques
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It might surprise Western scientists to learn that there were periods in Korean...
Being Watched: Yvonne Rainer and the 1960s (October Books)Being Watched: Yvonne Rainer and the 1960s (October Books)
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How Yvonne Rainer's art shaped new ways of watching as well as performing;...
Please Pay Attention Please: Bruce Nauman's Words: Writings and Interviews (Writing Art)Please Pay Attention Please: Bruce Nauman's Words: Writings and Interviews (Writing Art)
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Since the 1960s, the artist Bruce Nauman has developed a highly complex and pluralistic oeuvre...

Hannah Arendt: Twenty Years Later (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought)Hannah Arendt: Twenty Years Later (Studies in Contemporary German Social Thought)
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Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was one of the most important political philosophers...
Pope Innocent III (1160/61-1216): To Root Up and to PlantPope Innocent III (1160/61-1216): To Root Up and to Plant
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Excellent, readable, thorough introduction to a very interesting pope, Innocent III. Moore...
Kiki: ten thousand years in a lifetime;: A New Guinea autobiographyKiki: ten thousand years in a lifetime;: A New Guinea autobiography
when Heinrich Harrer wrote that he came from the Stone Age, what would A.M. Kiki say? He truely...
The Infortunate: The Voyage and Adventures of William Moraley, an Indentured ServantThe Infortunate: The Voyage and Adventures of William Moraley, an Indentured Servant
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William Moraley's autobiography, originally published in 1743, provides a rare view of life...
Ezra Pound, Popular Genres, and the Discourse of CultureEzra Pound, Popular Genres, and the Discourse of Culture
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In 1917, having begun the long poem that would prove his life's work, Ezra Pound affirmed...

Notes of a White Black Woman: Race Color CommunityNotes of a White Black Woman: Race Color Community
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As a biracial teenager I was delighted to read a book that addresses the issue of race identity....
The Life of TitianThe Life of Titian
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After Vasari's Lives of the Most Famous Artists,The Life of Titian by the...
John Clarke and His LegaciesJohn Clarke and His Legacies
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Those interested in colonial New England biography would do well to pay close attention to the...
Sweet Land of Liberty: The Ordeal of the American Revolution in Northampton County, PennsylvaniaSweet Land of Liberty: The Ordeal of the American Revolution in Northampton County, Pennsylvania
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Having been born and raised in Northampton County I was pleasantly surprised to come across this...
Ernest Hemingway: A ReconsiderationErnest Hemingway: A Reconsideration
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The original edition of this widely praised critical study was described as "quite the best...

The Most Learned Woman in America: A Life of Elizabeth Graeme FergussonThe Most Learned Woman in America: A Life of Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson
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During the era of the American Revolution and long after, the name Elizabeth Graeme Fergusson...
The Correspondence of Thomas Reid (Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid)The Correspondence of Thomas Reid (Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid)
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Thomas Reid (1710-1796) is now recognized as one of the towering figures of the Enlightenment....
From Vietnam to 9/11: On the Front Lines of National Security with a New Epilogue on the Iraq WarFrom Vietnam to 9/11: On the Front Lines of National Security with a New Epilogue on the Iraq War
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...they get five deferments when their Country asks them to serve. Like Dick Cheney. I only...
Art and Its Discontents: The Early Life of Adrian StokesArt and Its Discontents: The Early Life of Adrian Stokes
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Art And Its Discontents: The Early Life Of Adrian Stokes by Richard Read (Senior Lecturer in Art...
Jean Gerson And the Last Medieval ReformationJean Gerson And the Last Medieval Reformation
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In this biography of the noted French philosopher and theologian Jean Gerson, the first since...

Slovakia on the Road to Independence: An American Diplomat's Eyewitness Account (Adst-Dacor Diplomats and Diplomacy Series)Slovakia on the Road to Independence: An American Diplomat's Eyewitness Account (Adst-Dacor Diplomats and Diplomacy Series)
Best Price: $42.00
Rebel! a Biography of Tom PaineRebel! a Biography of Tom PaineWord Crazy: Broadway Lyricists from Cohan to SondheimWord Crazy: Broadway Lyricists from Cohan to Sondheim
Best Price: $64.00
Wonderful look at the lives of American Lyricists and their specialised art form. Using many...
The Unfinished Road: Jewish Survivors of Latvia Look BackThe Unfinished Road: Jewish Survivors of Latvia Look Back
Best Price: $117.25
During the Holocaust, thousands of Jews from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and later Hungary...
Invisible Sojourners: African Immigrant Diaspora in the United StatesInvisible Sojourners: African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States
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This book provides many useful info to get one started for research, understand the African...

A President in the Family: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and Thomas WoodsonA President in the Family: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and Thomas Woodson
Best Price: $29.55
If you've followed the Jefferson-Hemings controversy, you know that the DNA tests have shown...
Enduring the Revolution: Ding Ling and the Politics of Literature in Guomindang ChinaEnduring the Revolution: Ding Ling and the Politics of Literature in Guomindang China
Best Price: $84.95
An anarchist by temperament, the beautiful and talented Ding Ling attempted to find her way in...
Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell, and the Torch Song TraditionElvis Costello, Joni Mitchell, and the Torch Song Tradition
Best Price: $26.95
This book reads like someone's doctoral dissertation, which is to say, dry, boring and...
Homegrown Music: Discovering BluegrassHomegrown Music: Discovering Bluegrass
Best Price: $8.50
All of us were bluegrass music neophytes at some time in our past. Perhaps a few of us were born...
June Jordan: Her Life and Letters (Women Writers of Color)June Jordan: Her Life and Letters (Women Writers of Color)
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June Jordan was a strong woman and political leader, acting in many ways, including as a poet,...

In Their Own Words: Songwriters Talk About the Creative ProcessIn Their Own Words: Songwriters Talk About the Creative Process
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The interviews included in this fascinating collection of discussions with popular songwriters...
Five Empresses: Court Life in Eighteenth-Century RussiaFive Empresses: Court Life in Eighteenth-Century Russia
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I enjoyed this book for the most part. It delves into the lives of these 5 empresses and how...
William Jay: Abolitionist and AnticolonialistWilliam Jay: Abolitionist and Anticolonialist
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A founder of the New York Anti-Slavery Society, William Jay was one of the most prolific and...
Quelch's Gold: Piracy, Greed, and Betrayal in Colonial New EnglandQuelch's Gold: Piracy, Greed, and Betrayal in Colonial New England
Best Price: $8.70
Just finished this great book. Not being a history buff, I opened the cover to this book with...
Living in the Shadow of the Freud FamilyLiving in the Shadow of the Freud Family
Best Price: $25.00
Sophie Freud's new book is more than a history of a famous family in the 20thc, but a...

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