
Half-Lion: How P.V. Narasimha Rao Transformed India
Book
When P.V. Narasimha Rao became the unlikely prime minister of India in 1991, he inherited a nation...
History memoir economics

The Chronicles of Melanie (2016)
Movie Watch
In the early morning of June 14, 1941, under Stalin's orders, over 40 000 people from Latvia,...
international drama history biography

Hawksmoor
Book
'There is no Light without Darknesse and no Substance without Shaddowe' So proclaims Nicholas...

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017)
Movie Watch
Startlet. Screen Siren. The Most Beautiful Woman in the World. All phrases used to describe 1940’s...
Documentary Biography History

Call the Midwife - Season 7
TV Show
In the old houses and bold new apartment buildings of 1963 London, expectant mothers need more help...
nurse doctor midwife doula maternity motherhood

James Warren, Empire Of Monsters: The Man Behind Creepy, Vampirella, And Famous Monsters
Book
via Edelweiss "The definitive biography of the visionary publisher of Famous Monsters of...
Magazines Comics History

Brunel
Book
This is a concise illustrated biography of Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59), the foremost engineer...

Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley
Book
This is the first of two volumes that make up what is arguably the definitive Elvis biography. Rich...

Igor Stravinsky
Book
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) is regarded as the inventor of modern music, his phenomenal achievements...

Cleopatra (1963)
Movie Watch
"Cleopatra" is a lengthy, sprawling, spectacular love story, helmed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz,...