The Only Woman in the Room: A Memoir of Japan, Human Rights, and the Arts
Beate Sirota Gordon, John W. Dower and Nicole A. Gordon
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In 1946, at age twenty-two, Beate Sirota Gordon helped to draft the new postwar Japanese...
The Real Persuasion: Portrait of a Real-Life Austen Heroine
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Her father is a vain, foolish baronet, obsessed with his lineage but forced to quit his ancestral...
The Revolutionary War Lives and Letters of Lucy and Henry Knox
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In 1774, Boston bookseller Henry Knox married Lucy Waldo Flucker, the daughter of a prominent Tory...
Sammy Davis Jr.: A Personal Journey with My Father
Tracey Davis and Nina Bunche Pierce
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Nicknamed Mr. Show Business, Sammy Davis Jr. was a consummate performer who sang, danced, and acted...
The Girl from Station X: My Mother's Unknown Life
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'A typical day on the 4 to 12 shift, as I am at present, so that the sheer agony of it may be placed...
Delta Lady: A Memoir
Rita Coolidge and Michael Walker
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The two-time Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter bares her heart and soul in this intimate...
Driven Toward Madness: The Fugitive Slave Margaret Garner and Tragedy on the Ohio
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The story of Margaret Garner-the runaway slave who, when confronted with capture, slit the throat of...
Franco: A Personal and Political Biography
Stanley G. Payne and Jesus Palacios
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General Francisco Franco ruled Spain for nearly forty years, as one of the most powerful and...
Mary Berry - Queen of British Baking: The Biography
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Mary Berry is one of Britain's most respected and well-loved gurus of the kitchen. The undisputed...
Neil Jordan: Interviews
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These interviews cover the career to date of Neil Jordan (b. 1950), easily the most renowned...