Historical Biography – Bücher, Blu-ray Discs, CDs und mehr, Seite 9

Harlan Greene
Porgy's Ghost

"On the world stage, the opera Porgy and Bess is acclaimed as a distinctively American, yet universal, classic. Though scholars and the popular press have discussed it for nearly one hundred years, n…

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Vona Groarke
Hereafter

A lyrical portrait of a young Irish woman reinventing herself at the turn of the twentieth century in AmericaEllen O'Hara was a young immigrant from Ireland at the end of the nineteenth century who, with …

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Mark A Neels
Lincoln's Conservative Advisor

"Edward Bates (1793-1869), a founding father of Missouri and leader of the Missouri Whig Party, served as Abraham Lincoln's attorney general during the American Civil War. In this first full biograph…

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Megan Hoyt,
Bartali's Bicycle: The True Story of Gino Bartali, Italy's Secret Hero

This 2021 National Jewish Book Award finalist by author Megan Hoyt and illustrator Iacopo Bruno brings to light the inspiring, true story of Gino Bartali, a beloved Italian cyclist and secret champion in …

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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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Rose Mary Wood
Chronicles of Cass County, Michigan

Along the Indiana border in Southwest Michigan lies Cass County, a place rich in historical significance.Nearly one thousand freedom seekers traveled through the area on their way to Canada. The first ren…

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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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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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Alexandra M Nickliss
Phoebe Apperson Hearst

Phoebe Apperson Hearst tells the story of Hearst's world and examines the opportunities and challenges she faced as she navigated local, national, and international corridors of power. This biography rend…

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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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Mensun Bound
The Ship Beneath the Ice

By the subject of the National Geographic documentary Endurance, streaming soon on Disney+"As thrilling as any tale from the heroic age of exploration. . . Bound's account is a triumph. The storytell…

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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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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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Joyce E Chaplin
The Franklin Stove

"The biggest revolution in Benjamin Franklin's lifetime was made to fit in a fireplace. Assembled from iron plates like a piece of flatpack furniture, the Franklin stove became one of the era's most …

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Andrew Jamieson
On the Couch: Twenty Extraordinary Personalities, from Picasso to Putin

In this groundbreaking new book, psychotherapist Andrew Jamieson considers ten key principles of psychoanalysis and illuminates them through psychobiographies of twenty extraordinary people.From Pablo Pic…

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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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