
Olympic Collision: The Story of Mary Decker and Zola Budd
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It remains one of the most memorable moments in modern Olympic history. At the 1984 summer games in...

On the Wilder Shores of Love: A Bohemian Life
Lesley Blanch and Georgia de Chamberet
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Most famous for The Wilder Shores of Love, her book about four women travellers, Lesley Blanch was a...

Orlando: A Biography
Virginia Woolf, Sandra M. Gilbert and Brenda Lyons
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Once described as the 'longest and most charming love-letter in literature', the Virginia Woolf's...

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Galley Slave: The Autobiography of a Protestant Condemned to the French Galleys: v. 1: Seafarers' Voices
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This remarkable memoir tells of the miseries of Jean Marteilhe of Bergerac, 'a Protestant condemned...

George and Martha Washington: A Revolutionary Marriage
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George and Martha Washington, of Mount Vernon, Virginia, were America's original first couple. From...

Grace
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For decades, Grace Coddington's personal touch has steered wildly imaginative fashion spreads in...

Arming Mother Nature: The Birth of Catastrophic Environmentalism
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When most Americans think of environmentalism, they think of the political left, of vegans dressed...

Great Railway Maps of the World
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From Mark Ovenden, the author of London Underground by Design and Metro Maps of the World, comes...