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Benjamin Franklins account of his rise from poverty and obscurity to affluence and fame is a self-portrait of a quintessential American which has charmed every generation of readers since it first appeared in 1791.

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One of America's leading black intellectuals teams up with Myrlie Evers-Williams to bring us the first-ever definitive look at the life, work, and tragic death of civil rights hero Medgar Evers

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From Agincourt to Waterloo, from Dunkirk to Basra, this is the autobiography of the man who has seen all British military history unfold in front of his eyes: the British soldier.

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Both an official chronicle and the highly personal memoir of the emperor of Babur (1483-1530), "The Baburnama" presents a vivid picture of life in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Persia, and India during the late 15th and early 16th centuries.

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The dramatic life of Vietnam War hero Roy Benavidez, a Mexican American Green Beret from a working-class family with deep roots in Texas, revealing how Hispanic Americans have long shaped US history

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Dermot Healy's extraordinary memoir of growing up in rural Ireland.

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As the Nazis gained political power in Weimar Berlin, a US consul/diplomat observed their activities, interceded when they threatened American lives and developed the earliest and fullest appreciation of the horrors to come.

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Bringing together author's speeches, thoughtful journalism and passionate advocacy of often unconventional causes, this book showcases his powers of original thinking and communication over the decades.

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By walking the same ground as Dumas - from Haiti to
the Pyramids, Paris to the prison cell at Taranto Reiss, like the novelist
before him, triumphantly resurrects this forgotten hero.

Entrances from first to last.

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At once picaresque adventure and campus comedy, curriculum vitae and last will, The Book of My Life is an extraordinary Renaissance self-portrait.

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Compelling and urgently important, The Book of Rosy is the unforgettable story of one brave mother and her fight to save her family.

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The powerful, poignant true story of a group of child survivors of concentration camps, by the author of the bestselling THE HOLOCAUST.
'A masterpiece of decency, courage and joy ... superb' DAILY TELEGRAPH

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Aung San Suu Kyi-Burma's "woman of destiny" and one of the most admired voices for freedom in the world today-comes alive through this brilliant rendering of Burma's tumultuous history

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In 1895 twenty-six-year-old Bridget Cleary disappeared from her house in rural Tipperary. At first, some said that the fairies had taken her into their stronghold in a nearby hill, from where she would emerge, riding a white horse. But then her badly burned body was found in a shallow grave.

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Recently discovered among private papers and published here for the first time in any language, this extraordinary reminiscence is a deeply moving addition to the literature of the terrible war that defined the shape of the twentieth century.

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WINNER OF THE 2019 PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE

The fascinating history of Christopher Columbuss illegitimate son Hernando, guardian of his fathers flame, courtier, bibliophile and catalogue supreme, whose travels took him to the heart of 16th-century Europe Honor Clerk, Spectator, Books of the Year

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A celebration of the one-hundred years since British women got the vote, told, in their own voices, by six centenarians The Century Girls.

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An intimate, insightful portrait of an extraordinarily private leader WALTER ISAACSON From the bestselling author of Enemies of the People

An intimate and deeply researched account of the extraordinary rise and political brilliance of the most powerful and elusive woman in the world.

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The official biography of Lord Northcliffe, the founding father of the Daily Mail and the modern British press

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The Complete Book of US Presidentsis rich with photos and short biographical essays about the social, cultural, and political lives of 47 United States presidents, as well as some of the quirks and oddities from the Oval Office.

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Known in his day as the Father of Abolitionism, Reverend John Rankin is one of the greatest heroes previously lost to history.

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The true wartime story of William Ash - the inspiration for Steve McQueen's character in The Great Escape. A thrilling tale of incredible courage and resilience, from one of Britain's bestselling military historians.