Conversations with Miller
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New York Times drama critic Mel Gussow first met Arthur Miller in 1963 during rehearsals of After...
Doped: The Real Life Story of the 1960s Racehorse Doping Gang
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Doped is the gripping true-story racing thriller set in Britain in the 1950s and early 1960s....
Ezzard Charles: A Boxing Life
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Genius is seldom recognized in its own time. In the case of Ezzard Charles it took several decades...
Fallen Angel: The Passion of Fausto Coppi
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Voted the most popular Italian sportsman of the twentieth century, Fausto Angelo Coppi was the...
Javelin Boys: Air Defence from the Cold War to Confrontation
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The Gloster Javelin was the UK's first line of night and all-weather air defence both at home and in...
King of the World: Picador Classic
Salman Rushdie and David Remnick
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With an introduction by Salman Rushdie With a new afterword by the author It was the night of...
Lennie Tristano: His Life in Music
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Lennie Tristano occupies a rare position in jazz history. Emerging from an era when modernism was...
Labour Managed Firms and Post-Capitalism
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Marx claims that unselfishness is a child of (workplace) culture, whereas the gene is selfish. If...
From Mainframes to Smartphones
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This compact history traces the computer industry from its origins in 1950s mainframes, through the...
Robotics: A Very Short Introduction
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Robotics is a key technology in the modern world. Robots are a well-established part of...