Queen Victoria
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Paula Bartley's Queen Victoria examines Victorian Britain from the perspective of the Queen....
Revolt in the Desert: The Abridged Edition of 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom'
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The Arab Revolt of 1916-1918, when the disparate tribes of Arabia rose up as one great force to...
Shooting Straight: Guns, Gays, God, and George Clooney
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Despite many wanting him to fail, Piers Morgan took over from US TV legend Larry King at CNN in 2010...
Sylvia Plath in Devon: A Year's Turning
Elizabeth Sigmund and Gail Crowther
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Sylvia Plath in Devon: A Year's Turning is part memoir, part biography focusing on the fifteen...
Before and After: Reminiscences of a Working Life
Edith Morley and Barbara Morris
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Intended to 'relate my experiences to the background of my period and to portray incidents in the...
Canadian Girl in South Africa: A Teacher's Experiences in the South African War, 1899-1902
Maud E. Graham, Michael Dawson, Catherine Gidney and Susanne M. Klausen
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As the South African War reached its grueling end in 1902, colonial interests at the highest levels...
Diary of a Wartime Affair: The True Story of a Surprisingly Modern Romance
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London in 1934. Clever young civil servant Doreen Bates is working in the same office as E, an older...
Jean Ternant and the Age of Revolutions: A Soldier and Diplomat (1751-1833) in the American, French, Dutch and Belgian Uprisings
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Jean Ternant's life (1751-1833) spanned a period of enormous change in European life. Born when men...
Kampong Spirit - Gotong Royong: Life in Potong Pasir, 1955 to 1965
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The most significant aspect of living in a kampong was its kampong spirit - or gotong royong. Though...
Memoirs of a Rifleman Scout
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Major Crum fought in the Second Boer War (1890 - 1902) in the Mounted Infantry, where he was wounded...