Minstrel Magic: George Mitchell - A Lovely Man
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Choirmaster George Mitchell hated the limelight, yet was responsible for a worldwide show business...
My Search for Ramanujan: How I Learned to Count: 2016
Ken Ono and Amir D. Aczel
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"The son of a prominent Japanese mathematician who came to the United States after World War II, Ken...
No Way but This: In Search of Paul Robeson
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Film star. Icon. Agitator. Martyr. Paul Robeson was a brilliant student and champion athlete who...
Experimental Conversations: Perspectives on Randomized Trials in Development Economics
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The practice of development economics has undergone something of a revolution as many economists...
Henry the Liberal: Count of Champagne, 1127-1181
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Over the course of the twelfth century, the county of Champagne grew into one of the wealthiest and...
Hope: Entertainer of the Century
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With his topical jokes and his all-American, brash-but-cowardly screen character, Bob Hope was the...
A Short Life of Kierkegaard: With Lowrie's Essay How Kierkegaard Got into English and a New Introduction by Alastair Hannay
Walter Lowrie and Alastair Hannay
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A small, insignificant-looking intellectual with absurdly long legs, Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)...
All the Beloved Ghosts
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An acutely observed, evocative collection of short stories blending fiction, biography, and...
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Irvin S. Cobb: The Rise and Fall of an American Humorist
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"Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn." - Irvin S. Cobb Born and raised...
Thunder Shaman: Making History with Mapuche Spirits in Chile and Patagonia
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As a "wild," drumming thunder shaman, a warrior mounted on her spirit horse, Francisca Kolipi's...