The First Modern Japanese: The Life of Ishikawa Takuboku
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Many books in Japanese have been devoted to the poet and critic Ishikawa Takuboku (1886-1912)....
The Impossible Has Happened: The Life and Work of Gene Roddenberry, Creator of Star Trek
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8 September 2016 will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the debut of the world's most successful...
The King of Kings: The Triumph and Tragedy of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia
Peter Lewis and Asfa-Wossen Asserate
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Haile Selassie I, the last emperor of Ethiopia, was as brilliant as he was formidable. A descendant...
Big Jim Larkin: Hero or Wrecker?
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Much has been written about 'Big Jim' Larkin but, remarkably, this is the first full-length...
C'est la Vie: The Fun and Follies of Four-Score Years
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"It was the writer Hunter Davies, though he does not know it, who prompted me to write this book....
Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee
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New York Times bestselling author Michael Korda's fresh, contemporary single volume historical...
Cora Du Bois: Anthropologist, Diplomat, Agent
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Although Cora Du Bois began her life in the early twentieth century as a lonely and awkward girl,...
Cosmo Lang: Archbishop in War and Crisis
Robert Beaken and Rowan Williams
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The period 1928-1942 saw some of the greatest political and social upheavals in modern British...
Drifting into Politics: The Unfinished Memoirs of Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman
Tawfik Ismail and Ooi Kee Beng
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This is the unfinished autobiography of Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, the medical doctor who held key...
Edmund Spenser: A Life
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Edmund Spenser's innovative poetic works have a central place in the canon of English literature....