Revolutionary Lives: Constance and Casimir Markievicz
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Constance Markievicz (1868-1927), born to the privileged Protestant upper class in Ireland, embraced...
The Beatles Solo: The Illustrated Chronicles of John, Paul, George, and Ringo After the Beatles
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They were a phenomenon together and a fascination apart. The Beatles as a group released 12 studio...
The Fuggers of Augsburg: Pursuing Wealth and Honor in Renaissance Germany
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As the wealthiest German merchant family of the sixteenth century, the Fuggers have attracted wide...
Don't Give Your Heart to a Rambler: My Life with Jimmy Martin, the King of Bluegrass
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As charismatic and gifted as he was volatile, Jimmy Martin recorded dozens of bluegrass classics and...
Frederick the Great: King of Prussia
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'Highly readable and deeply researched' - Andrew Roberts 'Masterful ...brilliantly brings to life...
James Baldwin: Escape from America, Exile in Provence
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To escape racism in America, James Baldwin fled to Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France, in 1970, where he...
Mojo Hand: The Life and Music of Lightnin' Hopkins
Timothy J. O'Brien and David Ensminger
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In a career that took him from the cotton fields of East Texas to the concert stage at Carnegie Hall...
I Sang the Unsingable
Bethany Beardslee and Minna Zallman Proctor
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American soprano Bethany Beardslee rose to prominence in the postwar years, when the modernist...
In Search of Silence: The Journals of Samuel R. Delany, 1957-1969: Volume 1
Samuel R. Delany and Kenneth R. James
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For fifty years Samuel Delany has cultivated a special relationship with language in works of...
10,000 Things You Need to Know: The Big Book of Lists
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This is the ultimate book of lists that is sure to entertain and inform a 1,000-page collection of...