Last Swill and Testament: The Hilarious, Unexpurgated Memoirs of Paul 'Sailor' Vernon, Blues Fanatic, Rare Record Dealer, Ligger, Erstwhile Bon Viveur and Friend to the Stars
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Born to shell-shocked parents in shell-shocked London shortly after the end of World War II, Paul...
Margaret Thatcher: Power and Personality
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As Britain's first woman Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher brought about the biggest social and...
Mario Vargas Llosa: A Life of Writing
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Awarded the Nobel Prize in 2010 at the age of seventy-four, Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa has...
Mockingbird Songs: My Friendship with Harper Lee
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The violent racism of the American South drove Wayne Flynt away from his home state of Alabama, but...
Destination London: German-speaking Emigres and British Cinema, 1925-1950
Tim Bergfelder and Christian Cargnelli
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The legacy of emigres in the British film industry, from the silent film era until after the Second...
Classic Hollywood Style
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Classic Hollywood Style tells the story of some of the most iconic looks from the golden era of...
Mad Men, Death and the American Dream
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Matthew Weiner's Emmy-winning series Mad Men has earned wide critical acclaim in its seven seasons....
Selling Outer Space: Kennedy, the Media and Funding for Project Apollo, 1961-63
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In the early 1960s, the Kennedy administration's public campaign to sell Project Apollo met with...
The Catholic Labyrinth: Power, Apathy, and a Passion for Reform in the American Church
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The sexual abuse scandals that exploded in 2002 shook a church already under stress in the U.S....
Midland Red Double-Deckers
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Throughout their existence from 1904 until 1981, the Birmingham and Midland Motor Omnibus Company...