
Lisette's List
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From Susan Vreeland, bestselling author of such acclaimed novels as Girl in Hyacinth Blue,...
The Man Who Created the Middle East: A Story of Empire, Conflict and the Sykes-Picot Agreement
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At the age of only 36, Sir Mark Sykes was signatory to the Sykes-Picot agreement, one of the most...

The Flash - Season 2
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At 11, Barry Allen's life changed completely when his mother died in a freak accident and his...

Susan Sontag: The Complete Rolling Stone Interview
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Published in its entirety for the first time, a candid conversation with Susan Sontag at the height...

The Life of Henrietta Anne: Daughter of Charles I
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Henrietta Anne Stuart, youngest child of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, was born in June 1644 in the...

The Admiral Benbow: The Life and Times of a Naval Legend
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Admiral John Benbow was an English naval hero, a fighting sailor of ruthless methods but indomitable...
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
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Andrew Carnegie, the great steel-baron-turned-philanthropist, was an industrialist unlike any other....

Alexander the Great: A Very Short Introduction
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Alexander the Great became king of Macedon in 336 BC, when he was only 20 years old, and died at the...

Welcome Home to Murder
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From author Rosalie Spielman comes a heartfelt cozy mystery that proves sometimes coming home again...

Lone Rider: The First British Woman to Motorcycle Around the World
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In 1982, at the age of just twenty-three and halfway through her architecture studies, Elspeth Beard...