Byng of Vimy: General and Governor General
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Field-Marshal the Viscount Byng of Vimy did not fit into a conventional mould in the Army, as...
In Gratitude
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The future flashed before my eyes in all its pre-ordained banality. Embarrassment, at first, to the...
Mothers of Sparta: A Memoir in Pieces
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If you're looking for a parenting book, this is not it. This is not a treatise on how to be a...
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The Adventures of Form and Content: Essays
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An astounding work of doubles by Albert Goldbarth, "a dazzling virtuoso who can break your heart"...
Vagueness in Psychiatry
Geert Keil, Lara Keuck and Rico Hauswald
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In psychiatry there is no sharp boundary between the normal and the pathological. Although clear...
Medical Muses: Hysteria in Nineteenth-Century Paris
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Hysteria as a disease no longer exists, but in the nineteenth century hysteria was thought to affect...
On Photography
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Susan Sontag's On Photography is a seminal and groundbreaking work on the subject. Susan Sontag's...
A Doctor on the Western Front: The Diary of Henry Owens 1914-1918
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Henry Owens Great War diary provides a vivid and complete narrative, seen from the perspective of an...
Ann Dvorak: Hollywood's Forgotten Rebel
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Possessing a unique beauty and refined acting skills, Ann Dvorak (1911-1979) found success in...
Girl in the Dark
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"An astonishing memoir" Sonali Deraniyagala, author of Wave BOOK OF THE WEEK ON BBC RADIO 4 'Oh,...