The Man Who Saw the Future: A Biography of William Lilly
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Winter, 1643. Astrologer William Lilly is gazing at a pot of piss. Parliament has asked him to help:...
The Only Woman in the Room: A Memoir of Japan, Human Rights, and the Arts
Beate Sirota Gordon, John W. Dower and Nicole A. Gordon
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In 1946, at age twenty-two, Beate Sirota Gordon helped to draft the new postwar Japanese...
The Revolutionary War Lives and Letters of Lucy and Henry Knox
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In 1774, Boston bookseller Henry Knox married Lucy Waldo Flucker, the daughter of a prominent Tory...
The Sky Wept Fire: My Life as a Chechen Freedom Fighter
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On the eve of the first Chechen war in the 1990s, Mikail Eldin was a young and naive arts...
They All Love Jack: Busting the Ripper
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LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION A book like no other - the tale of a...
Toupie Lowther: Her Life - a New Assessment
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Toupie Lowther appears as a walk-on character in many biographies of Radclyffe Hall and Una...
Sammy Davis Jr.: A Personal Journey with My Father
Tracey Davis and Nina Bunche Pierce
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Nicknamed Mr. Show Business, Sammy Davis Jr. was a consummate performer who sang, danced, and acted...
Shawn Mendes: The Ultimate Fan Book
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This is a number one album in nine countries, 1.5 billion views on YouTube and a world tour that...
Soldier Against The Odds: From Korean War to SAS
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Lofty Large is, quite simply, an SAS legend. He joined the army aged 15 in February 1946 and soon...
The House in France: A Memoir
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In 2009, six years after her mother's death, Gully Wells returns to La Migoua, the house in Provence...