Commodore Squib: The Life, Times and Secretive Wars of England's First Rocket Man, Sir William Congreve, 1772-1828
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Sir William Congreve, political propagandist, lawyer, inventor, and Chief Equerry to King George IV,...
Madam Secretary
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A national bestseller on its first publication in 2003, "Madam Secretary" is the riveting personal...
Economic Development of Taiwan: Early Experiences and the Pacific Trade Triangle
Frank S.T. Hsiao and Mei-Chu Wang Hsiao
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Taiwan's economic growth since the 1970s has roots in its pre-war development and post-war formation...
Barbarians at the Gate
Bryan Burrough and John Helyar
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The battle for the control of RJR Nabisco in the Autumn of 1988, which became the largest and most...
Sound Technology and the American Cinema: Perception, Representation, Modernity
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Representational technologies including photography, phonography, and the cinema have helped define...
Stranger Than Paradise
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A low-budget breakout film that wowed critics and audiences on its initial release, Stranger than...
Fiddler's Dream: Old-Time, Swing, and Bluegrass Fiddling in Twentieth-Century Missouri
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In this sequel to Howard Marshall's earlier book on old-time fiddlers in Missouri, Play Me Something...
Anatomy of a Confession: The Debra Milke Case
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Anatomy of a Confession is the story of the 1990 murder trial of Debra Milke. Two men-Debra's...
El Paso: A Novel
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Long fascinated with the Mexican Revolution and the vicious border wars of the early twentieth...
Paddington' Pollaky, Private Detective: The Mysterious Life and Times of the Real Sherlock Holmes
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'Paddington' Pollaky, Victorian super-sleuth, was a contradiction: a man of mystery who tried to...