Ernest Hemingway
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Ernest Hemingway has enjoyed a rich legacy as the progenitor of modern fiction, an oversized...
Errol Flynn: The Life and Career
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Errol Flynn set the standard for the modern action hero in films like The Adventures of Robin Hood,...
Nine Lives of William Shakespeare
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Acclaimed as the greatest dramatist of all time, William Shakespeare needs little introduction. Or...
How the New Art of Eurythmy Began: Lory Maier-Smits, the First Eurythmist
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The actual historical moments of birth of the various arts are not known. At most, significant...
Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions at Fifty: Reflections on a Science Classic
Lorraine Daston and Robert J. Richards
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Thomas S. Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions was a watershed event when it was published...
The Art of Sword Combat: A 1568 German Treatise on Swordmanship
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Following the success of Jeffrey L. Forgeng's translation of Joachim Meyer's The Art of Sword Combat...
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
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WINNER OF THE 2013 PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY General Alex Dumas, is a man almost unknown today,...
W.A.S. Benson: Arts and Crafts Luminary and Pioneer of Modern Design
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On the 150th anniversary of his birth, this is the first work devoted to the life and work of the...
The Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
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Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) is the most important woman in Chinese history. She ruled China for...
Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power 1799-1815
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'Napoleon's legend is so persistent that it confounds the historical reality in the popular...