Saladin: The Life, the Legend and the Islamic Empire
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Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age. As the man who united the Arabs and saved...
Lou Reed: A Life
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As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed...
In the Unlikeliest of Places: How Nachman Libeskind Survived the Nazis, Gulags, and Soviet Communism
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Annette Libeskind Berkovits thought her attempt to have her father record his lifes story failed....
Yakuza Moon: The True Story of a Gangster's Daughter
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This heartbreaking and informative account of the memories of a woman at the heart of Japanese...
Lampedusa: Gateway to Europe
Pietro Bartolo, Lidia Tilotta and Chenxin Jiang
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"Dr Pietro Bartolo has seen more suffering and death in his career than any one man should have to...
In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran
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A superb, authoritatively written insider's account of Iran, one of the most mysterious but...
The Dark Side of Japan: Ancient Black Magic, Folklore, Ritual
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The Many Hells of Japan is a collection of folktales, ritual black magic, protection spells,...
The Art of Swordsmanship by Hans Leckuchner
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Completed in 1482, Johannes Leckuchner's Art of Combat with the "Langes Messer" (Messerfechtkunst)...
The Solace of Water
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After the loss of her young son, Carver, an African-American preacher’s wife named Delilah Evans...
"the solace of water" race relations romance love death suicide
Falling Angels
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Set in London at the turn of the last century, Falling Angels is a masterful, moving, and...