The Life and Legacy of Constantine: From Late Antiquity to Early Modern Memory
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The transformation from the classical period to the medieval has long been associated with the rise...
The Proper Pirate: Robert Louis Stevenson's Quest for Identity
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Exploring the life and times of author Robert Louis Stevenson, The Proper Pirate takes readers on a...
Winifred Gerin: Biographer of the Brontes
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The biographer Winifred Gerin (1901-81), who wrote the lives of all four Bronte siblings, stumbled...
Young Hitler: The Making of the Fuhrer
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When Adolf Hitler went to war in 1914, he was just 25 years old. It was a time he would later call...
The Age of Bowie: How David Bowie Made a World of Difference
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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A handsome six footer with a warm and engaging personality, Davie Jones...
The Alexander Scriabin Companion: History, Performance, and Lore
Lincoln Ballard, Matthew Bengston and John Bell Young
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This unique collaboration between a musicologist and two pianists - all experts in Russian music -...
The Dyers Handbook: Memoirs of an 18th Century Master Colourist
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Persian blue, pomegranate flower, spiny lobster, wine soup, pale flesh, dove breast, golden wax,...
Lighter-Than-Air: The Life and Times of Wing Commander N.F. Usborne RN, Pioneer of Naval Aviation
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Neville Florian Usborne entered the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1897. In the years between him joining...
Destination London: German-speaking Emigres and British Cinema, 1925-1950
Tim Bergfelder and Christian Cargnelli
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The legacy of emigres in the British film industry, from the silent film era until after the Second...
Homo Prospectus
Martin E. P. Seligman, Peter Railton, Roy F. Baumeister and Chandra Sripada
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Our species is misnamed. Though sapiens defines human beings as "wise" what humans do especially...