The Arch Conjuror of England: John Dee
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Outlandish alchemist and magician, political intelligencer, apocalyptic prophet, and converser with...
Ford v Ferrari (aka Le Mans '66) (2019)
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Historical motorsport drama. The Ford Motor Company decides to boost its sales by launching its own...
The Unfortunate Endeavours of Charles Henry Brown: Aeronaut 1827-1870
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This is the biography of a pioneer aeronaut, Charles Henry Brown, whose life-long obsession with...
Orlando: A Biography
Virginia Woolf, Sandra M. Gilbert and Brenda Lyons
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Once described as the 'longest and most charming love-letter in literature', the Virginia Woolf's...
Karl Polanyi: A Life on the Left
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Karl Polanyi (1886-1964) was one of the twentieth century's most original interpreters of the market...
Thomas Becket: Warrior, Priest, Rebel, Victim: A 900-year-old Story Retold
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From the winner of the 2004 Whitbread Biography Award and the Marsh Biography Award John Guy, comes...
Kennedy: The Classic Biography: Deluxe Modern Classic
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Ted Sorensen knew Kennedy the man, the senator, the candidate, and the president as no other...
Nostradamus - Prophet of Provence: The Novelised Biography
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'Nostradamus, Prophet of Provence' is a uniquely comprehensive critical biography of the famous...
The Recorded Sayings of Zen Master Joshu
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So striking were the replies of Joshu (778-897 CE) to students' questions, that it was said that his...
A Most Unsettled Man: the Triumphs and Travails of George Matcham
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George Matcham, dubbed the most unsettled man alive, was born in East India Company controlled...
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