The Unexpected President: Chester A. Arthur--His Life and Times
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When President James Garfield was shot, no one in the United States was more dismayed than his Vice...
Torment Saint: The Life of Elliott Smith
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Elliott Smith was one of the most gifted songwriters of the nineties, adored by worshipful fans for...
Wilson: The Struggle for Neutrality, 1914-1915: Volume III
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Critics have called the two prior volumes in this life of Woodrow Wilson "a model of political...
Passionate Economist: How Brian Abel-Smith Shaped Global Health and Social Welfare
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Brian Abel-Smith was one of the most influential expert advisers of the 20th century in shaping...
Primo Levi: The Matter of a Life
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In 1943, twenty-four-year-old Primo Levi had just begun a career in chemistry when, after joining a...
Rat Pack Confidential: Frank, Dean, Sammy, Peter, Joey and the Last Great Showbiz Party
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The first biography of the Rat Pack - Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Peter Lawford,...
Richard Wagner: A Life in Music
Stewart Spencer and Martin Geck
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Best known for the challenging four-opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung, Richard Wagner (1813-83)...
Ride a White Swan: The Lives and Death of Marc Bolan
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From mod folk artist to flower power pixie elfin to the king of glam rockers, Marc Bolan was the...
Robespierre: A Revolutionary Life
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For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94) was a great revolutionary...
Rudolf Uhlenhaut: Engineer and Gentleman
Wolfgang Scheller, Thomas Pollak and Carmen Pollak
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This first comprehensive biography of Rudolf Uhlenhaut, illustrated with many previously unpublished...