Ariel: A Literary Life of Jan Morris
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Jan Morris is one of the great British writers of the post-war era. Soldier, journalist, writer...
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Arthur Schopenhauer devoted his adult life to the articulation of a philosophy for the world, a...
Attila the Hun: A Barbarian King and the Fall of Rome
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The name Attila the Hun has become a byword for barbarism, savagery and violence. His is a truly...
Symbols of Power: Ten Coins that Changed the World
Thomas Hockenhull and Robert Bracey
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Money has always been a subject of interest, today more so than ever. For centuries it has performed...
Hoda Barakat's Sayyidi wa Habibi: The Authorized for Students of Arabic
Hoda Barakat and Laila Familiar
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Sayyidi wa Habibi (My Master and My Love) is a novel by acclaimed Lebanese author Hoda Barakat,...
A Companion to Latin American Women Writers
Brigida M. Pastor and Lloyd Hughes Davies
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This volume offers a critical study of a representative selection of Latin American women writers...
Funny How Things Turn Out: Love, Death and Unsuitable Husbands - a Mother and Daughter Story
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Muriel Newmarch was born in North London in 1903. She died in 2009, aged 106. Judith Bruce is her...
Guderian: Panzer General
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Born in Kulm, Germany, on 17 June 1888, Heinz Wilhelm Guderian was the son of an army officer. He...
Salt & Old Vines: True Tales of Winemaking in the Roussillon
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Grab a bottle of wine, and a glass. Pop it open. Pour. Hold it up to the light and see how the...
There are Two Sexes: Essays in Feminology
Catherine Porter, Antoinette Fouque and Sylvina Boissonnas
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Antoinette Fouque cofounded the Mouvement de Liberation des Femmes (MLF) in France in 1968 and...