Passionate Economist: How Brian Abel-Smith Shaped Global Health and Social Welfare
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Brian Abel-Smith was one of the most influential expert advisers of the 20th century in shaping...
Primo Levi: The Matter of a Life
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In 1943, twenty-four-year-old Primo Levi had just begun a career in chemistry when, after joining a...
Rat Pack Confidential: Frank, Dean, Sammy, Peter, Joey and the Last Great Showbiz Party
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The first biography of the Rat Pack - Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Peter Lawford,...
Richard Wagner: A Life in Music
Stewart Spencer and Martin Geck
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Best known for the challenging four-opera cycle The Ring of the Nibelung, Richard Wagner (1813-83)...
Ride a White Swan: The Lives and Death of Marc Bolan
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From mod folk artist to flower power pixie elfin to the king of glam rockers, Marc Bolan was the...
Robespierre: A Revolutionary Life
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For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94) was a great revolutionary...
Rudolf Uhlenhaut: Engineer and Gentleman
Wolfgang Scheller, Thomas Pollak and Carmen Pollak
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This first comprehensive biography of Rudolf Uhlenhaut, illustrated with many previously unpublished...
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll
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Rock 'n' roll was born in rural Alabama, 1923, in the form of Sam Phillips, the youngest son of a...
Shackleton: A Life in Poetry
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Sir Ernest Shackleton, known as a tough polar explorer and inspirational leader, also held the words...
Spirit of Fire: The Life and Vision of Teilhard de Chardin
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"This may be the book to hook a new generation on the religious power of Teilhard's vision of divine...