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Joshua D Rothman
A Pioneer in the Cause of Freedom

Descended from German Quakers who immigrated to Pennsylvania in the late seventeenth century, Elisha Tyson was born in 1749. As a young man he became wealthy in the milling business in northeastern Maryla…

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Paul Russell
When Power Corrupts

When Power Corrupts is the remarkable true story of Paul Russell, who arrived in Africa as a young police officer during the final years of colonial rule, never imagining he would stay, let alone dedicate…

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James G. Benze
Nancy Reagan

Many thought of her as Queen Nancy. Others as the Dragon Lady. But for millions of Americans, Nancy Reagan was the always-smiling and deeply admiring presidential spouse who stood by her man; that image l…

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James E. Sherow
The Chisholm Trail

One hundred fifty years ago the McCoy brothers of Springfield, Illinois, bet their fortunes on Abilene, Kansas, then just a slapdash way station. Instead of an endless horizon of prairie grasses, they saw…

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Mari Keller Dyer
Discovering D'Arensbourg

In the early years of French Louisiana, Charles d'Arensbourg was the first commander and judge of the German Coast, the third oldest German settlement in the United States. His life in Europe has been tol…

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William Whyte
Oxford Jackson

This is the first biography of T. G. Jackson, an architect who transformed the image of Oxford, rebuilt public schools, and became a leading architect of the arts and crafts movement. Although many of his…

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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, no one …

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Joshua D Rothman
A Pioneer in the Cause of Freedom

Descended from German Quakers who immigrated to Pennsylvania in the late seventeenth century, Elisha Tyson was born in 1749. As a young man he became wealthy in the milling business in northeastern Maryla…

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Michael Attalides
Evicted From Eden

A Journey Through Cyprus: History, Memory, and the Search for Reunification.Spanning two centuries, this powerful narrative by Michael Attalides traces the intertwined story of an island and a family. Beg…

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William Bolitho
Twelve Against the Gods

Twelve Against the Gods by William Bolitho is a dazzling exploration of adventure, ambition, and rebellion. First published in 1929, this literary classic profiles twelve legendary figures-among them Alex…

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Jr. Nicholas Timko
Interwoven Journeys

In the autumn of 1989, a family, a nation, and the European continent faced profound changes. The invincible human spirits of their people brought out the best in them. However, the weight of history, par…

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Lina Haber, Schwarcz Glenn
A Refusenik's Odyssey

This is the historical biography of a fiercely communist, atheist young Soviet girl who had to revise her whole way of thinking when she was denied admission to medical school in 1973 because she was Jewi…

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John A Ragosta
For the People, For the Country

In 1799, at the behest of President George Washington, Patrick Henry came out of retirement to defend the Constitution that he had once opposed and to thwart Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, whom Washi…

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Michael L. Thurmond
James Oglethorpe, Father of Georgia

Founded by James Oglethorpe on February 12, 1733, the Georgia colony was envisioned as a unique social welfare experiment. Administered by twenty-one original trustees, the Georgia Plan offered England's …

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William Bolitho
Twelve Against the Gods

Twelve Against the Gods by William Bolitho is a dazzling exploration of adventure, ambition, and rebellion. First published in 1929, this literary classic profiles twelve legendary figures-among them Alex…

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Pierre Guyotat,
Idiocy

An audacious, unabashedly transgressive memoir about two acts of escape by the author: rebelling aginst his family to seek a freer life in Paris and then, later, from the French military during the Algeri…

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Alistair Wood
My Family and Other Spies

An extraordinary true story of growing up inside MI6, uncovering family secrets, and tracing a legacy of British espionage across half a century.'A fabulous romp of a book, part John le Carré, part Ealing…

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Douglas J Slawson
The World and Work of Father John J. Burke

The World and Work of Father John J. Burke: A Mystic in Action is a full-length biography of one of the most significant, yet little-known, American Catholic public figures of the twentieth century. Burke…

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Elizabeth Jenkins
Jane Austen: The Biography

From the small, rural town of Steventon, Hampshire, one of the world's most important authors was born...In the small town of Steventon, Hampshire, one of the world's most important authors was bornJane A…

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Nigel Farndale
The Times Lives Behind the Music

The ideal Christmas stocking filler gift for music fans.Delve into the tumultuous world of music stardom with this collection of obituaries from The Times.From the rock'n'roll pioneers of the 1950s to the…

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