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Within Arm's Length
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Dan Emmett was just eight years old when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. The events...
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Yukio Mishima
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Yukio Mishima was the most internationally acclaimed Japanese author of the twentieth century:...
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A More Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthrough Ideas
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To get a great answer, you need to ask the perfect question. Warren Berger revives the lost art of...
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Paying Calls in Shangri-La: Scenes from a Woman's Life in American Diplomacy
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Judith M. Heimann entered the diplomatic life in 1958 to join her husband, John, in Jakarta,...
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Primates of Park Avenue: A Memoir
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After marrying a man from the Upper East Side and moving to the neighbourhood, Wednesday Martin...
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Rhapsody in Black: The Life and Music of Roy Orbison
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He was blessed with a set of pipes that Elvis Presley claimed were the best in the business. His...
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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)...
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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...
The Cooked Seed
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In 1994, Anchee Min published Red Azalea, a memoir of growing up during the violent trauma of the...
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Bertolt Brecht
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Known for his experimental, modernist Epic Theatre and its 'alienation effect', Bertolt Brecht (1898...