Through Grown-up Eyes: Living with Childhood Fame
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Bobby Henrey was eight when he was improbably chosen by film director Carol Reed and producer Sir...
Searching for Walter
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Walter Bloy, an ex-merchant navy officer, died in 1947 shortly before his son Stephen's second...
Tessa Verney Wheeler: Women and Archaeology Before World War Two
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In this book, Carr unravels the biography of the archaeologist Tessa Verney Wheeler, a charming,...
Lincoln's Notebooks: Letters, Speeches, Journals, and Poems
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In addition to being one of the most admired and successful politicians in history, Abraham Lincoln...
Marcel Proust
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Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922) spent fourteen years creating A la recherche du temps perdu (In Search...
Benaud in Wisden
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Richie Benaud, who died this year aged 84, was "perhaps the most influential cricketer and cricket...
Cobra Pilote: The Ed Hugus Story
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The life story of James Edward (Ed) Hugus, a racing driver and car dealer, with special emphasis on...
Venice: Faber Modern Classics
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Often hailed as one of the best travel books ever written, Venice is neither a guide nor a history...
The New Politics of Regionalism: Perspectives from Africa, Latin America and Asia-Pacific
Ulf Engel, Heidrun Zinecker, Frank Mattheis and Antje Dietze
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This edited volume approaches regionalism as one potential pattern in a changing global order. Since...
Karl Hagedorn (1889-1969)
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Originating from Berlin Hagedorn moved to Manchester in 1905 to train in textile production. Having...