
Pericles of Athens
Vincent Azoulay, Janet Lloyd and Paul Cartledge
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Pericles has the rare distinction of giving his name to an entire period of history, embodying what...

So They Call You Pisher?: A Memoir
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In this humorous and moving memoir, Michael Rosen recalls the first twenty-three years of his life....
Songs of the Unsung: The Musical and Social Journey of Horace Tapscott
Horace Tapscott and Steven Isoardi
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Despite his importance and influence, jazz musician, educator, and community leader Horace Tapscott...

Stalin's Daughter: The Extraordinary and Tumultuous Life of Svetlana Alliluyeva
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'Compassionate and compelling, this is not a political story but a quest for love in the heart of...

Suetonius: The Flavian Emperors
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Nero's suicide in AD 68 was followed by a disastrous civil war that left the empire in a parlous...

Take Six Girls: The Lives of the Mitford Sisters
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The eldest was a razor-sharp novelist of upper-class manners; the second was loved by John Betjeman;...

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin's account of his rise from poverty and obscurity to affluence and fame is a...

The Dark Net
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Beyond the familiar online world that most of us inhabit lies a vast network of sites, communities...

The Gambler King of Clark Street: Michael C. Mcdonald and the Rise of Chicago's Democratic Machine
Richard C. Lindberg and John Miya
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The Gambler King of Clark Street tells the story of a larger-than-life figure who fused Chicago's...

Bela Bartok
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The definitive account of the life and music of Hungary's greatest twentieth-century composer This...