Survivor: The Shocking and Inspiring Story of a True Champion
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Fatima Whitbread had the worst possible start in life. Abandoned as a baby, she spent much of her...
Jorge Semprun: The Spaniard Who Survived the Nazis & Conquered Paris
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Spanish by birth, Parisian by adoption, Semprun (1923-2011) was a legendary figure on the front...
Lost Lion of Empire: The Life of Ewart Grogan DSO, 1876-1976
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An African Younghusband - the compelling life of a great adventurer. Ewart Grogan, 'the baddest and...
My Mam Shirley
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Behind the notorious Hudson men who dominated the Canterbury Estate for over 30 years were the...
Baseball's Power Shift: How the Players Union, the Fans, and the Media Changed American Sports Culture
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Baseball fans and the media pinch hit for the players. From Major League Baseball's inception in the...
Hero or Tyrant? Henry III, King of France, 1574-89
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King Henry III of France has not suffered well at the hands of posterity. Generally depicted as at...
God's Continent: Christianity, Islam, and Europe's Religious Crisis
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Is the Christian church in Europe doomed to collapse under the weight of globalization, Western...
Insanity and Sanctity in Byzantium: The Ambiguity of Religious Experience
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In the Roman and Byzantine Near East, the holy fool emerged in Christianity as a way of describing...
Nietzsche's Journey to Sorrento: Genesis of the Philosophy of the Free Spirit
Paolo D'Iorio and Sylvia Mae Gorelick
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"When for the first time I saw the evening rise with its red and gray softened in the Naples sky,"...
The Evolution of Scientific Knowledge: From Certainty to Uncertainty
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This book aims to provide scientists and engineers, and those interested in scientific issues, with...