Undertones of War
Edmund Blunden and John Greening
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Edmund Blunden (1896-1974) was one of the youngest of the war poets, enlisting straight from school...
W. J. Stein: A Biography
Johannes Tautz and John M. Wood
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Based on personal knowledge and intimate interviews with his subject, as well as access to W.J....
Sir Walter Winterbottom: The Father of Modern English Football
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Sir Walter Winterbottom was arguably the most influential man in modern English football. He is...
Susan Sontag: The Making of an Icon
Carl Rollyson and Lisa Paddock
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This first biography of Susan Sontag (1933-2004) is now fully revised and updated, providing an even...
The Invention of Angela Carter: A Biography
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Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in The Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Financial Times,...
The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide
J.R.R. Tolkien, Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull
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Stunning two-volume slipcased set containing the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien's...
Born in Siberia
Tamara Astafieva, Michael Darlow, Debbie Slater and Luba Ioffe
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In 1966 and 1968 Michael Darlow worked in Russia on two major television co-productions between the...
Conversations with Edmund White
Will Brantley and Nancy McGuire Roche
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Conversations with Edmund White brings together twenty-one interviews with an author known for...
Driven Toward Madness: The Fugitive Slave Margaret Garner and Tragedy on the Ohio
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The story of Margaret Garner-the runaway slave who, when confronted with capture, slit the throat of...
Einstein: A Biography
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Albert Einstein is an icon of the twentieth century. Born in Ulm, Germany, in 1879, he is most...