Paying Calls in Shangri-La: Scenes from a Woman's Life in American Diplomacy
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Judith M. Heimann entered the diplomatic life in 1958 to join her husband, John, in Jakarta,...
Rhythm is Our Business: Jimmie Lunceford and the Harlem Express
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In the 1930s, swing music reigned, and the Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra was the hottest and hippest...
Shadows on the Road: Life at the Heart of the Peloton, from US Postal to Team Sky
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In 2012, veteran cyclist Michael Barry announced his retirement from the sport after riding for...
Coppi: Inside the Legend of the Campionissimo
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Herbie Sykes's Coppi is a beautiful, unique evocation of global cycling legend Fausto Coppi. Built...
Dare to Do: Taking on the Planet by Bike and Boat
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAROn 1 April 2011, rower and...
Doddie: My Autobiography
Alex MacDonald and Sandy Jardine
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This is the autobiography of a Rangers legend. Alex MacDonald's compelling memoirs cover his...
Edith Cavell: Nurse, Martyr, Heroine
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Edith Cavell was born in 1865, daughter of a Norfolk vicar, and shot in Brussels on 12 October 1915...
Edmund Burke: The Visionary Who Invented Modern Politics
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Longlisted for the Orwell Prize and the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction; both conservative and...
Electric Salome: Loie Fuller's Performance of Modernism
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Loie Fuller was the most famous American in Europe throughout the late nineteenth and early...
Lancelot 'Capability' Brown: The Omnipotent Magician, 1716-1783
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Lancelot Brown changed the face of eighteenth-century England, designing country estates and...