The History Thieves: Secrets, Lies and the Shaping of a Modern Nation
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In 1889, the first Official Secrets Act was passed, creating offences of 'disclosure of information'...
The First Yeats: Poems by W.B. Yeats, 1889-1899
W.B. Yeats and Edward Larrissy
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W.B. Yeats (1865-1939) began writing poetry as a devotee of Blake, Shelley, the pre-Raphaelites, and...
Intimations: Selected Poetry by Anna Akhmatova
Anna Akhmatova, James E. Falen and Kevin M. F. Platt
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Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Whale and Star Press Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966)...
An Anthology of Decorated Papers: A Sourcebook for Designers
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This remarkable and beautiful book brings together a collection of decorated papers dating from the...
Karl Hagedorn (1889-1969)
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Originating from Berlin Hagedorn moved to Manchester in 1905 to train in textile production. Having...
Team Chemistry: The History of Drugs and Alcohol in Major League Baseball
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In 2007, the Mitchell Report shocked traditionalists who were appalled that drugs had corrupted the...
Stories of Anton Chekhov
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Called the greatest of short story writer, Anton Chekhov changed the genre itself with his spare,...
How to Jug a Hare: The Telegraph Book of the Kitchen
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The opening of the Savoy in 1889, with Auguste Escoffier at the helm of its kitchen, rang in the new...
A Doctor on the Western Front: The Diary of Henry Owens 1914-1918
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Henry Owens Great War diary provides a vivid and complete narrative, seen from the perspective of an...
South Sea Tales
Robert Louis Stevenson and Roslyn Jolly
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The literary world was shocked when in 1889, at the height of his career, Robert Louis Stevenson...