No Life Without You
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Dr Nixon has BA, MA. M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees. In view of the diversity of his commitments and...

No Ordinary Woman: The Life of Edith Penrose
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Edith Penrose was a remarkable woman and distinguished scholar who lived through, and witnessed at...

President McKinley: Architect of the American Century
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"A deft character study of a president."--The New York Times Book Review "A valuable education on...
biography history

Deep Thinking: Where Machine Intelligence Ends and Human Creativity Begins
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In May 1997, the world watched as Garry Kasparov, the greatest chess player in the world, was...
computing technology science biography

The Wood for the Trees: One Man's Long View of Nature
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From one of our greatest science writers, this biography of a beech-and-bluebell wood through...

The Wood for the Trees: The Long View of Nature from a Small Wood
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From one of our greatest science writers, this biography of a beech-and-bluebell wood through...

Before Pictures
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Douglas Crimp is the rare art critic whose work profoundly influenced a generation of artists. He is...

A A. Milne: His Life
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A.A. Milne is one of the most successful English writers ever. His heart-warming...

Aiming High: The Life of Ski and Travel Pioneer Erna Low
Mark Frary and Roger Lloyd Pack
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Erna Low, born in Vienna in 1909, was instrumental in starting what has become a multimillion pound...

An Author and a Gardener: The Gardens and Friendship of Edith Wharton and Lawrence Johnston
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In August 1937 a small group of Edith Wharton's intimate friends gathered to pay their last respects...