Shute: The Engineer Who Became a Prince of Storytellers
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Nevil Shute was a writer whose books were frequently looked down on by literary critics and yet when...
The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying
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An exquisite memoir about how to live—and love—every day with “death in the room,” from poet...
The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History
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'The must-read biography of the year.' Evening Standard 'He writes with gusto...the result is a book...
Darwin
Charles Darwin and Philip Appleman
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The impact of Charles Darwin's work on Western civilization has been broad and deep. As much as...
Friendships in Constant Repair: Perspectives on the Life of Stephen Oliver
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Stephen Oliver was quite simply, one of the most talented composers of his generation. His premature...
JB -- An Unlikely Spanish Don: The Life & Times of Professor John Brande Trend
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John Brande Trend, the first Professor of Spanish in Cambridge in 1933, arrived at his Chair by a...
Kafka: The Early Years
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How did Kafka become Kafka? This eagerly anticipated third and final volume of Reiner Stach's...
Letters to His Wife
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'There is something absolute about the letters between you & me; ...The letter is a form of...
Narrative of Frederick Douglass
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A new edition of the classic African American autobiography, now with with the inclusion of...
Low-Volume Road Engineering: Design, Construction, and Maintenance
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"Everything that sustains us - grown, mined, or drilled - begins its journey to us on a low-volume...