Three Strikes You're Out
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In the beginning, God created the Heavens and Earth, and God created men and women of all walks of...
Nica's Dream: The Life and Legend of the Jazz Baroness
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It's a misty night in 1950s New York. A silver Rolls-Royce screeches to a stop at the neon-lit...
I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy
Peter Guralnick, Bob Riesman and Pete Townshend
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A major figure in American blues and folk music, Big Bill Broonzy (1903-58) left his Arkansas Delta...
Human Missions to Mars: Enabling Technologies for Exploring the Red Planet: 2016
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A mission to send humans to explore the surface of Mars has been the ultimate goal of planetary...
The Edge of Objectivity: An Essay in the History of Scientific Ideas
Charles Coulston Gillispie and Theodore M. Porter
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Originally published in 1960, The Edge of Objectivity helped to establish the history of science as...
German Sports, Doping, and Politics: A History of Performance Enhancement
Michael Kruger, Stefan Nielsen and Christian Becker
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In the Cold War era, sport was not just a symbol of the power and strength of a nation-state, but of...
Ireland's Mr Show-Jumping: The Life and Times of Frank McGarry
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Frank McGarry was the 'father of Irish show-jumping' as it is known today. An entrepreneur and...
The Philosophy of Neo-noir
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Film noir is a classic genre characterized by visual elements such as tilted camera angles, skewed...
A Very Private Celebrity: The Nine Lives of John Freeman
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John Freeman was one of Britain's most extraordinary public figures for over half a century; an...
Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay: The Dodgy Business of Popular Music
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Simon Napier-Bell is a legend in the music business. Not only was he the manager of The Yardbirds, T...