Well-Tempered Woodwinds: Friedrich von Huene and the Making of Early Music in a New World
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Friedrich von Huene (1929- ) is arguably the most important manufacturer of historical woodwinds in...
Wilfred Owen
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One of Britain's best-known and most loved poets, Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) was killed at age 25 on...
William Wallace: The Man and the Myth
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William Wallace of Elderslie, younger son of a country knight, came to fame through his active...
Pericles of Athens
Vincent Azoulay, Janet Lloyd and Paul Cartledge
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Pericles has the rare distinction of giving his name to an entire period of history, embodying what...
Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady: The Origins of Chabad Hasidism
Immanuel Etkes and Jeffrey M. Green
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Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady (1745-1812), in imperial Russia, was the founder and first rebbe of...
Serving Victoria: Life in the Royal Household
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During the sixty-odd years of her reign, Queen Victoria gathered around her a household dedicated to...
Shackleton: By Endurance We Conquer
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Ernest Shackleton is one of history's great explorers, an extraordinary character who pioneered the...
Shakespeare's Bastard: The Life of Sir William Davenant
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Sir William Davenant (1606-1668) - Poet Laureate and Civil War hero - is one of the most influential...
SS-Brigadefuhrer Und Generalmajor Der Waffen-SS Theodor Teddy Wisch
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This biography examines, in great detail, the life of Theodor Wisch, Waffen-SS General and Swords to...
Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva
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'Compassionate and compelling, this is not a political story but a quest for love in the heart of...