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Geoffrey C. Ward: The Roosevelts

KNOPF, ALFRED A, 2014

Geoffrey C. Ward, distilling more than thirty years of thinking and writing about the Roosevelts.

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George Szirtes: The Photographer at Sixteen

MACLEHOSE PRESS, 2020

When you run the film backwards the figure in the pool emerges and lands neatly back on the diving board while the water beneath her heals. So, if we run life backwards, we move from its the end to its very beginning.

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Harry Sidebottom: The Mad Emperor: Heliogabalus and the Decadence of Rome

ONEWORLD PUBLICATIONS, 2023

On 8 June 218 AD, a fourteen-year-old Syrian boy, egged on by his grandmother, led an army to battle in a Roman civil war. Against all expectations, he was victorious.

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Helena Kelly: Jane Austen, the Secret Radical

ICON BOOKS, 2024

Almost everything we think we know about Jane Austen is wrong. Her novels don't confine themselves to grand houses and they were not written just for readers' enjoyment.

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Herta Müller: Mein Vaterland war ein Apfelkern

FISCHER TASCHENBUCH, 2016

Herta Müller hat spätestens nach der Verleihung des Literatur-Nobelpreises im Jahr 2009 faszinierte Leserinnen und Leser in aller Welt gefunden.

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Hunter Davies: The John Lennon Letters

W&N, 2016

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Hyeonseo Lee: The Girl with Seven Names

WILLIAM COLLINS, 2016

An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorships – and the story of one woman’s terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom.

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Ian Carroll: The Life of Tommy Cooper

FONTHILL MEDIA, 2018

`Cooperman! The Life of Tommy Cooper' is a hilarious look at one of Britain's best-loved comedians. For almost four decades, Tommy Cooper was the most popular entertainer in the country, and certainly the most imitated.

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Ian Kershaw: Hitler 1889-1936 Hubris

NORTON, W W & COMPANY, 2000

Hitler életrajza angol nyelven.

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Ian Kershaw: Hitler 1936-1945 Nemesis

NORTON, W W & COMPANY, 2001

Hitler életrajza angol nyelven.

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Ian Stewart: Significant Figures

BASIC BOOKS, 2017

In Significant Figures, acclaimed mathematician Ian Stewart introduces the visionaries of mathematics throughout history.

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Isaac Asimov: I. Asimov - A Memoir

BANTAM, 1995

Arguably the greatest science fiction writer who ever lived, Isaac Asimov also possessed one of the most brilliant and original minds of our time.

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Jack London: John Barleycorn

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2009

Published in 1913, this harrowing, autobiographical 'A to Z' of drinking shattered London's reputation as a clean-living adventurer and massively successful author of such books as White Fang and The Call of the Wild.

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James Patterson: All-American Murder

ARROW BOOKS, 2018

He had it all. A $40 million NFL contract. Fame. Adoration.Until he was convicted of murder, and jailed for life without parole.

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Jane Hawking: Travelling to Infinity

ALMA BOOKS, 2014

The True Story Behind the Theory of Everything

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Jean-Paul Belmondo: Mille vies valent mieux qu'une

FAYARD, 2016

Jean-Paul Belmondo se livre. Son enfance marquée par la guerre, sa mere courage, l'atelier de son pere sculpteur, ses premieres amours. Il nous entraîne dans les pas dilettantes de son service militaire en Algérie.

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Jeff Benedict: LeBron

SIMON & SCHUSTER, 2024

LeBron James is the greatest basketball player of the twenty-first century and vying with Michael Jordan as the greatest of all time. The reigning king of the game, LeBron wears the crown like he was born with it.

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Jen Winston: Greedy - Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much

ATRIA BOOKS, 2021

A hilarious and whip-smart collection of essays, offering an intimate look at bisexuality, gender, and, of course, sex. Perfect for fans of Lindy West, Samantha Irby, and Rebecca Solnit—and anyone who wants, and deserves, to be seen.

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