Topless Cellist: The Improbable Life of Charlotte Moorman
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The Juilliard-trained cellist Charlotte Moorman sat nude behind a cello of carved ice, performed...
The Goddess Pose: The Audacious Life of Indra Devi, the Woman Who Helped Bring Yoga to the West
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When the woman who would become Indra Devi was born in Russia in 1899, yoga was virtually unknown...
Debussy
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Nearly one hundred years after the death of its composer, the music of Claude Debussy has lost none...
Manuscripts Don't Burn: Mikhail Bulgakov: A Life in Letters and Diaries
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The Russian playwright and novelist Mikhail Bulgakov (1891 - 1940) is now widely acknowledged as one...
My Father, Frank: Unresting Spirit of Everest
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Frank Smythe's mountaineering achievements in the decade before the Second World War became a part...
Nelson: Love and Fame
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The story of Horatio Nelson's life - his naval glory, public fame, charismatic leadership,...
Member of the Family: Manson, Murder and Me
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Following the recent death of Charles Manson – the leader of the sinister 60s cult – Dianne Lake...
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7 Summits: 1 Cornishman Climbing the Highest Mountains on Each Continent
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Most of us can watch an old episode of the holiday programme Wish You Were Here without it having...
A Shot Story: From Juvie to Ph.D.
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The botched robbery didn't do it. Neither did the three gunshots. It wasn't until he was...
Anwar Al-Sadat: Transforming the Middle East
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Part of The World in A Life series, this brief, inexpensive text provides insight into the life of...