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From the civil rights revolution to the halls of power, the life story of a truly larger than life figure: Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.

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Introduces the reader to Victor Serge's life and extraordinary novels, locating them amidst debates about revolution, communism, anarchism, literature and representation, and in comparison with his contemporaries. This study demonstrates that the voice of Serge is unified by a notion of dissent - an active dissent far removed from quietism.

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He has had extraordinary success in flat racing too - six Derby winners, three winners of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, three King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winners and twenty-five races at Royal Ascot.

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Revised edition of this remarkable biography from Lyndall Gordon, the highly acclaimed biographer of T.S.Eliot, Charlotte Bronte, Henry James and Mary Wollstonecraft.

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In the summer of 2000, Rupert Murdoch is weeks away from realising his life's dream. With time running out, Murdoch must beat Gates to the Premier League television rights, then float the world's biggest satellite platform on Wall Street before the market falls over.

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The acclaimed biography of one of Englands great eccentrics and leading fashion designers, reissued in an updated edition to coincide with a major exhibition of Westwoods work at the Victoria & Albert Museum.

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Forgoing claims that Islam is a violent religion, Zaid shows us that, above all, justice and obedience lies at the heart of the Qur'an.

At the outset of this book, we find Zaid growing up in Quhafa, a village in northern Egypt.

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Voltaire: A Reference Guide To His Life and Works offers an introduction to this unique 18th-century French author. The multifaceted Voltaire was a thinker, a rebel, a writer, an exile, and a campaigner who became a transnational celebrity in his day.

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Offers a view of mental health care - from the inside out.

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One of Australia's most highly regarded media people looks back on her life through the prism of an intellectual journey and personal memoir.

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Twenty-two original essays by first-generation women caught between two worlds

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Takes readers inside the body, heart, and mind of a boy whose world has been shattered. This memoir allows readers to follow with the author as he rebuilds from the ground up, searching for healing stories to help him reconnect his mind and his body. It also offers a message about the endurance of the human spirit, and of the body that houses it.

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A landmark biography of the great American photographer Walker Evans, written by one of America's most esteemed biographers

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Doris Lessing's long-awaited follow-up to the first part of her autobiography, Under My Skin.

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This insightful biography takes a balanced and thoughtful look at the creative and enigmatic man who has had a greater influence on American culture than almost any other individual: Walt Disney.

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This comprehensive, original portrait of the life and work of one of America's greatest poets--set in the social, cultural, and political context of his time--considers the full range of writings by and about Whitman, including his early poems and stories, his conversations, letters, journals, newspaper writings, and day books. of photos.