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Timothy Silver
Death in Briar Bottom

"On July 3, 1972, twenty-four hippies from Clearwater, Florida, set up tents and settled in for the night at Briar Bottom, a public US Forest Service campground in western North Carolina. The impromp…

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Boncompagni Ludovisi (1856-1935), Ugo,
The Twilight of Rome's Papal Nobility

The Twilight of Rome's Papal Nobilityis an intimate look at an ancient papal family who grew up accustomed to almost unimaginable wealth, power, and glamour. A tender elegy to a bygone era, this book offe…

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Boncompagni Ludovisi (1856-1935), Ugo,
The Twilight of Rome's Papal Nobility

The Twilight of Rome's Papal Nobilityis an intimate look at an ancient papal family who grew up accustomed to almost unimaginable wealth, power, and glamour. A tender elegy to a bygone era, this book offe…

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Michael Gross
Flight of the Wasp

Fifteen families. Four hundred years. The complex saga of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant elite in America's history.For decades, writers from Cleveland Amory to Joseph Alsop to the editors of Politico h…

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Joyce E Chaplin
The Franklin Stove

A Washington PostNoteworthy Book"[A] richly textured history . . . This story holds numerous lessons for our era." -The New Yorker "From Joyce Chaplin's engaging, wide-ranging pages a fresh…

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Mitchell Abidor
Victor Serge

A critical biography of one of the twentieth century's best known but least understood revolutionaries

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Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler
Are You Prepared for the Storm of Love Making?

An "irresistibly readable" (David Michaelis, New York Times bestselling author of Eleanor) collection of love letters by American presidents to their wives---and lovers---revealing an intimate a…

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Eleanor Houghton
Charlotte Brontë's Life Through Clothes

A renowned Brontë scholar and dress historian's innovative, richly illustrated biography explores Charlotte Brontë's life through her previously unresearched, surviving wardrobe. Collectively, these garme…

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Terese Svoboda
Hitler and My Mother-In-Law

Hitler and My Mother-in-Law is a riveting memoir that explores the intersection of truth---both familial and political---through the colorful and complex life of the author's mother-in-law.In a time like …

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Louis P Masur
A Journey North

The story of a road trip undertaken in early summer 1791 through upstate New York and New England by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. A Journey North opens a window onto the post-revolutionary landscap…

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Daniel Ehrlich
The Nylon Hotel

A brilliantly entertaining collection of character studies, written with warmth and humour, that reflect the changing fortunes of Burmese life. All friends of Burma will find this book hugely. Entertainin…

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Diane Glancy
Lazarus

This hybrid biography of the enigmatic historical figure extends narrative convention to consider the story behind Lazarus's silent life and what we may draw from it.Lazarus, the odd ball. The odd man out…

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Sergio Luzzatto
The First Fascist

The First Fascist tells the story of Marquis de Morès, an architect of the Dreyfus Affair and a pioneer of blending populism, white supremacy, and open antisemitism. Through violent stunts and media savvy…

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Egon Bahr
»Das musst du erzählen«

List bei Ullstein - Band 61220

Auf dem Sterbebett von seinem Sohn Lars gefragt, wer seine Freunde gewesen seien, antwortete Willy Brandt: >>Egon.<< Tatsächlich war Egon Bahr jahrzehntelang Brandts engster politischer und pe…

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Yvonne Clark-Rhines, Monica Clark-Robinson,
Teaching for Change

This powerful picture book biography spotlights Septima Poinsette Clark, the civil rights leader who taught Black adults how to combat Jim Crow-era voting regulations. Written by Septima's granddaughter, …

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Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin
American Prometheus

A definitive portrait of legendary scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the "father" of the atomic bomb, discusses his seminal role in the twentieth-century scientific world, as well as his lesser-known roles…

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Jane Draycott
Cleopatra's Daughter

As the only daughter of Roman Triumvir Marc Antony and Egyptian Queen Cleopatra VII, Cleopatra Selene was expected to uphold traditional feminine virtues; to marry well and bear sons; and to legitimize an…

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Catherine Conybeare
Augustine the African

Augustine of Hippo (354-430), also known as Saint Augustine, was one of the most influential theologians in history. His writings, including the autobiographical Confessions and The City of God , helped s…

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Laurie Lee
Cider with Rosie

"A beloved English classic that celebrates a bygone world and the innocence and wonder of childhood-more than six million copies sold worldwide. Laurie Lee was born in 1914 in Gloucestershire, then a…

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Peter Brooks
Henry James Comes Home

In this enthralling re-creation of American novelist Henry James' famous ten-month trip around the United States, lauded critic Peter Brooks brings to life both the literary giant and America in its Gilde…

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