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Based on personal knowledge and intimate interviews with his subject, as well as access to W.J....
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'I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination' -...
Shute: The Engineer Who Became a Prince of Storytellers
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Nevil Shute was a writer whose books were frequently looked down on by literary critics and yet when...
The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying
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The Churchill Factor: How One Man Made History
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The impact of Charles Darwin's work on Western civilization has been broad and deep. As much as...
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Stephen Oliver was quite simply, one of the most talented composers of his generation. His premature...
JB -- An Unlikely Spanish Don: The Life & Times of Professor John Brande Trend
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John Brande Trend, the first Professor of Spanish in Cambridge in 1933, arrived at his Chair by a...