The House in France: A Memoir
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In 2009, six years after her mother's death, Gully Wells returns to La Migoua, the house in Provence...
The Invention of Nature: The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt, the Lost Hero of Science
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WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDWINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2016'A...
The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide
J.R.R. Tolkien, Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
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Stunning two-volume slipcased set containing the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien's...
Bird: The Life and Music of Charlie Parker
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Saxophone virtuoso Charlie "Bird" Parker began playing professionally in his early teens, became a...
Catch That Tiger
Noel Botham and Bruce Montague
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With exclusive access toprivate diariesand dozens of photographs, this is theincredible story of one...
Demosthenes of Athens and the Fall of Classical Greece
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Regarded as ancient Greece's greatest orator, Demosthenes lived through and helped shape one of the...
Doctor Socrates: Footballer, Philosopher, Legend
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'Compelling from start to finish...Downie does full justice to an extraordinary life' Pete Davies,...
Edge of the Orison: In the Traces of John Clare's Journey Out of Essex
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In Edge of the Orison the visionary Iain Sinclair walks in the steps of poet John Clare. In 1841 the...
Field Marshal: The Life and Death of Erwin Rommel
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Erwin Rommel was a complex man: a born leader, brilliant soldier, a devoted husband and proud...
JB -- An Unlikely Spanish Don: The Life & Times of Professor John Brande Trend
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John Brande Trend, the first Professor of Spanish in Cambridge in 1933, arrived at his Chair by a...