Russia's Uncommon Prophet: Father Aleksandr Men and His Times
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Steel Gate to Freedom: The Life of Liu Xiaobo
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On December 10, 2010, on stage in Oslo City Hall, an empty chair sat before more than one thousand...
The General: Charles de Gaulle and the France He Saved
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No leader of modern times was more unique and more uniquely national than Charles de Gaulle. As...
Becoming Richard Pryor
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A major biography-intimate, gripping, revelatory-of an artist who revolutionized American comedy....
Four Princes: Henry VIII, Francis I, Charles V, Suleiman the Magnificent and the Obsessions That Forged Modern Europe
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'Never before had the world seen four such giants co-existing. Sometimes friends, more often...
Kiss Me, Chudleigh
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Auberon Waugh was a philosopher - savage, eccentric, but a philosopher nonetheless. More than any...
Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier
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In 1953, at the age of 41, Kathleen Ferrier, England's greatest lyric contralto, lost her courageous...
Letters from a Life: The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, 1913-1976: v. 6: 1966-1976
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The sixth and final volume of the annotated selected letters of Benjamin Britten, edited by Philip...
My Papa Murdered Mikhoels
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The author's father, when he was a senior Communist Party member in Belorussia, could have been...
Lean Six Sigma for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: A Practical Guide
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It is no secret that Lean Six Sigma (LSS) is not as popular with small and medium-sized enterprises...