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\nThe first biography of the extraordinary essayist, critic and short story writer Elizabeth Hardwick, author of the…

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For the first time in any modern language, a female scholar and translator re-imagines The Art of War.…

\n\"The cumulative effect is overwhelming. Eleanor Roosevelt was right: Hoover\'s FBI was an American gestapo.\" -Newsweek\n…

The surprising hidden history behind Charlotte BrontĂ«''s Jane Eyre.…

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\nFrom a New York Times best-selling historian comes a gripping account of the crisis that threatened to unravel the Weimar…

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An incisive biography of E.E. Cummings\' early life, including his First World War ambulance service and subsequent…

\nThe first book in a new three-volume history of the Asia-Pacific War, by the acclaimed author of Downfall and…

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\nThe leading text, beloved for authoritative coverage and narrative flair.\n…

\nAn entertaining and informative voyage through cultural fantasies of the North, from sea monsters and a mountain-sized…

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\nThe extraordinary story of the Nazi-era scientific genius who discovered how cancer cells eat-and what it means for how we…

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A thrilling new history of the late Roman Republic, told through a woman''s quest for justice…

A gripping account of the infamous Nazi doctor from a former US Justice Department official tasked with uncovering his fate.…

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\nWinston Churchill’s frequent stays at the White House inform this illuminating account of America and Britain’s “Special…

A remarkable food-infused cultural history, centred on the life of celebrity television chef and cookbook author Fu…

\nThe epic road trips-and surprising friendship-of John Burroughs, nineteenth-century naturalist, and Henry Ford and Thomas…

The definitive history of one of the most brutal campaigns of the war in the Pacific.…

\nWhy the American Revolution, of all the great revolutions, was the only enduring success.\n…

\nFinally revealing the family\'s indefatigable women among its legendary military figures, The Howe Dynasty recasts the…

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\nThe definitive account of Louis Armstrong-his life and legacy-during the most creative period of his career.\n…

With kaleidoscopic insights, Elizabeth D. Samet has produced the most ambitious edition of Ulysses S. Grant's Memoirs yet.…

The definitive history of the Broadway musical: the shows, the stars, the movers, and the shakers.…

The definitive history of Western Music.…

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With new scholarship and learning tools, this #1 text is more innovative than ever.…