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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly...

A grand and fascinating figure in Victorian politics, the charismatic Lord Palmerston (1784–1865) served as foreign secretary for fifteen years...

A masterful biography of England's most notorious literary figure. Author of the scandalous Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, Thomas De...

If you think that you know the soul truth about James Brown, think again! Inside the Godfather is a history...

Louis Klopsch was a man dedicated to spreading the word of god, as editor of The Christian Herald, he came...

Stephen J. Gould declared G. Evelyn Hutchinson the most important ecologist of the twentieth century. E. O. Wilson pronounced him...

What makes a person pack a bag and head off into the vast white, frozen, inhospitable desert of Antarctica? Is...

Jane Dawson has written the definitive life of John Knox, a leader of the Protestant Reformation in sixteenth-century Scotland. Based...

Inspired by a long fascination with Galileo, and by the remarkable surviving letters of Galileo's daughter, a cloistered nun, Dava...

We all wonder if we would do the right thing if called upon ... even if it meant risking our...

Léon Blum (1872-1950) was many things: a socialist and political activist, leader of the Popular Front; a dedicated statesman who...

A true story that rivals the travels of Burton or Stanley for excitement, and surpasses them in scientific achievements. ...

This is the autobiography of an outstanding fighter pilot during his twenty year career with the Royal Air Force. Tony...

This early biography is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. Chesterton provides a detailed and meticulous...

This collection of compact biographies puts a human face on the sweeping historical processes that shaped contemporary societies throughout the...

In this magnificent family saga, Venna Chee Wan Lee brings to life the extraordinary story of four generations of Chinese...

This dishy and delightful, never-before-published correspondence between America's queen of food, Julia Child, and her confidante and mentor Avis DeVoto,...

Tommy Broom is one of the RAF’s most legendary and popular heroes of World War II. He joined the service...

The inspiring story of a young Armenian man’s harrowing escape from the massacre of his people and of his granddaughter’s...

A modern tragedy, this story has had a great impact on race relations in America. Emmett Till's kidnapping and murder, a grotesque crime...