
Camp Life is Paradise for Freddy: A Childhood in the Dutch East Indies, 1933-1946
Fred Lanzing, Marjolijn De Jager and William Frederick
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"Children see and hear what is there; adults see and hear what they are expected to and mainly...

How I Became a Spy: A Mystery of WWII London
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From the award-winning author of The Great Trouble comes a story of espionage, survival, and...

Pope Alexander III (1159-81): The Art of Survival
Anne J. Duggan, Peter D. Clarke and Brenda Bolton
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Alexander III was one of the most important popes of the Middle Ages and his papacy (1159-81) marked...

The Princess's Garden: Royal Intrigue and the Untold Story of Kew
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The British enthusiasm for gardening has fascinating roots. The Empire and trade across the globe...

Ernst Kantorowicz: A Life
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This is the first complete biography of Ernst Kantorowicz (1895-1963), an influential and...

Frederick, Conrad and Manfred of Hohenstaufen, Kings of Sicily: The Chronicle of Nicholas of Jamsilla 1210-1258
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In the decade following the death of Frederick II in 1250, his sons Conrad and Manfred had to defend...
Beethoven's Cello: Five Revolutionary Sonatas and Their World
Marc D. Moskovitz and R. Larry Todd
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In 1796 the young Beethoven presented his first two cello sonatas at the court of Frederick William...

The History of the Jews
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The History Of The Jews: From The Earliest Period Down To Modern Times, In Three Volumes. (Vol. 3)...