Robespierre: A Revolutionary Life
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For some historians and biographers, Maximilien Robespierre (1758-94) was a great revolutionary...
S is for Samora: A Lexical Biography of Samora Machel and the Mozambican Dream
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Samora Machel led FRELIMO, the Mozambican Liberation Front, to victory against Portuguese...
Soldier 4346057: A Second World War Diary
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This book is in the form of a diary of military service kept from 3 September 1939 to release in...
The Aviators: Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the Epic Age of Flight
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From Winston Groom, the best-selling author of Forrest Gump; Shiloh, 1862; and Vicksburg, 1863,...
The Lady and the Peacock: The Life of Aung San Suu Kyi of Burma
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Peter Popham's major new biography of Aung San Suu Kyi draws upon previously untapped testimony and...
Chinese Rules: Five Timeless Lessons for Succeeding in China
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From the author of the acclaimed 'Mr. China' comes another rollicking adventure story - part memoir,...
Edward IV: Glorious Son of York
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Few English monarchs had to fight harder for the right to rule than King Edward IV - Shakespeare's...
Empire of the Sikhs: The Life and Times of Maharaja Ranjut Singh
Patwant Singh and Jyoti M. Rai
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The definitive biography of Ranjit Singh, contemporary of Napoleon and one of the most powerful and...
Failure of Empire: Valens and the Roman State in the Fourth Century A.D.
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Failure of Empire is the first comprehensive biography of the Roman emperor Valens and his troubled...
Flesh and Blood: A History of My Family in Seven Maladies
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Flesh and Blood is the story of the McGann family as told through seven maladies - diseases, wounds...