Suetonius: The Flavian Emperors
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Nero's suicide in AD 68 was followed by a disastrous civil war that left the empire in a parlous...
The First Family: Terror, Extortion and the Birth of the American Mafia
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Before Al Capone and Lucky Luciano, there was the one-fingered, cunning Giuseppe Morello and his...
Crime and Criminals of Victorian England
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Dark and foggy Victorian streets, the murderous madman, the arsenic-laced evening meal - we all...
Damning Words: The Life and Religious Times of H. L. Mencken
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H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) was a reporter, literary critic, editor, author - and a famous American...
Dearest Jean: Rose Macaulay's Letters to a Cousin
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These candid letters from Rose Macaulay to her first cousin Jean Smith are previously unknown....
Elizabeth Woodville: The Real Story of the White Queen
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Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV, mother of Elizabeth of Y ork and the Princes in the Tower...
Kurt Vonnegut: Letters
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This collection of Vonnegut's letters is the autobiography he never wrote - from the letter he...
Makers of the Telegraph: Samuel Morse, Ezra Cornell and Joseph Henry
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This book focuses on the contribution of Morse's colleagues and employees to the creation of the...
My Year off: Picador Classic
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With an introduction by Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm My brain, which had just let me down so...
Mindfulness at Work Pocketbook: 2015
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Mindfulness is our capacity to focus, to really pay attention and use our brain's resources wisely....