Civil War: The History of England: Volume III
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In Civil War, Peter Ackroyd continues his dazzling account of England's history, beginning with the...
A Year in a Ditch
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Rivers, canals and Britain's glorious waterways are championed and admired at every opportunity....
The Civil Wars of Julia Ward Howe: A Biography
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This “lively biography” (The New Yorker) is the first to tell the story of Julia Ward Howe as a...
Memoir Gender studies History
Homo Ludens
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In Homo Ludens, Johan Huizinga defines play as the central activity in flourishing societies. He...
Here Come the Warm Jets
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"Warren's first book of poems is highly self-reflective, interestingly interrogative, and a lot of...
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...
Calamities
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"Renee Gladman has always struck me as being a dreamer--she writes that way and the dreaming seems...
Charles Williams: The Third Inkling
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This is the first full biography of Charles Williams (1886-1945), an extraordinary and controversial...