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Biography Audio Books
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They were told as little as possible. Their orders were to go to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and report for work at a classified
Manhattan Project site, a location so covert it was known to them only...
- Münzenankauf - The ultimate guide to collecting coins
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The true story of a deadly fire and the men who fought it
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The true story of a deadly fire and the men who fought it
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It's Aesop's Fables - told by Aesop himself, in the highly entertaining production in the classic CRT style!
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The real war on terror has happened largely behind closed doors, run by the White House, drawing on secret intelligence and
operations around the world. There is no man who knows more about it...
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Alan Bennett introduces three monologues starring Thora Hird including her final performance.
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A bizarre recollection of the events and major turning points in the life of the author; Alan Bennett. An incredibly moving piece
that will win your heart...
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Untold Stories is a poignant family memoir recalling the marriage of Alan's parents, the lives and deaths of his aunts and the
uncovering of a long-held family secret, an incredible piece...
- Druckerpatronen - Details the tech industry and how toners and office machinery can be recycled quite readily.
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Alan Bennett's diaries from 1997-2004 are an erudite collection of witty yet poignant recollections told In his own unique voice...
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Alan Bennett presents highlights from his remarkable career at the BBC.
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In 1831, the French nobleman, Alexis de Tocqueville, journeyed to America to examine a new political force: democracy. Although
alarmed by "the tyranny of the majority", Tocqueville believed that d...
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A specially compiled collection charting the career of veteran journalist Alistair Cooke.
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Just before Christmas, Linda meets up with her best friend and fellow fisherman Alden Leeman for lunch and a drink at the Dry Dock,
a well-worn watering hole in Portland, Maine. Alden, the captain...
- Wasserbett The ultimate guide to water beds and the healthy benefits of living a sporty active lifestyle.
- Mittelhessen Discoabend - Latest insights into travelling in Hessen andother beautiful areas of Germany
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At the heart of Fergal Keane's story is a descent into and recovery from alcoholism, a different kind of war, but as much part of
the journey of the last 25 years as the bullets and bombs...
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A Public Figure, A Private Man. Read by President Bush, with Barbara Bush, Dorothy Bush Koch, Marvin Bush, Neil Bush, George P.
Bush and Jonathan Bush Though reticent in...
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The good life abroad just keeps getting better as Christ Stewart, one-time Genesis drummer, turned sheepshearer, turned bestselling
writer, returns with a new book..
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Few individuals have the chance to contribute so much of themselves to theAmerican story as General Tommy Franks. In American
Soldier, he captures it all. The Commander in Chief of the...
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A journey retraced from small-town boyhood through a lifetime of military service.
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America's Women tells the story of more than four centuries of history. It features a stunning array of personalities, from the
women peering worriedly over the side of the Mayflower to feminists...
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The first single-volume life of John F. Kennedy to be written in nearly four decades.
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Brian Cruver first entered the "Death Star," Enron's office complex, in March 2001. He was twenty-nine years old, an eager MBA
ready to cash in as a new hire with one of America's most highly...
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When I look back on my childhood, I wonder how I survived at all...
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He was one of the greatest playwrights and story writers ever. Anton Chekhov's life was short, intense, and dominated by battles.
Rayfield looks behind Chekhov's restrained façade to show him in th...
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In the tradition of In Cold Blood , The Executioner's Song , and A Civil Action , Suzanne O'Malley exposes the human mystery of the
most horrifying crime in recent...
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As Bill Clinton's political and business mentor, McDougal, with his knowledge of embarrassing real estate and banking deals,
bribes, and obstructions of justice, haunted the Clinton White House. Ji...
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In Arrogance, Goldberg punctures the bubble in which the media elites live and work.
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In his comprehensive biography, Pearson considers how Doyle's life is reflected in his books.
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The story of a remarkable scientist, statesman and diplomat and one of the founding fathers of America.
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When an antitank mine tore off Captain David Rozelle's right foot, the warriors of jihad in Iraq thought they had neutralized one
of their most determined foes. They were wrong. Refusing to let his...
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Into a memoir that is gripping, funny, heartbreaking, and unforgettable, Walter Dean Myers richly weaves the details of his Harlem
childhood in the 1940s and 1950s: a loving home life with his...
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Drawing on hundreds of hours of interviews with Martha's family, close friends and colleagues, Allen reveals the woman behind the
public image, following her from childhood to the early days of her...
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Belle de Jour is the nom de plume of a high-class call girl working in London. This is her story. From the summer of 2003 to the
autumn of 2004 Belle charted..
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The first volume of Labour MP Tony Benn's behind the scenes revelations first broadcast on BBC radio 4 ...
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A second volume of labour MP Tony Benn's behind the scenes revalations first broadcast on BBC radio 4...
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A true story with the heart, the humor, and the humility of a raw young doctor in his very first days as a new family doctor in a
little town in the A
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"It's 3:05 on Sunday, April 27, 2003. This marks my twenty-four-hour mark of being stuck in Blue John Canyon. My name is Aron
Ralston. My parents are Donna and Larry Ralston, of Englewood,...
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A master criminal profiler's hunt for society's most violent predators.
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The immortalized Band of Brothers suffered huge casualties while liberating Europe, an unparalleled record of bravery under fire.
Dick Winters was their commander, and only he was present from the ...
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In 1791, the Constitution was amended to include ten amendments, which are commonly referred to as The Bill of Rights. These were
the guarantees of individual liberty upon which critics of the Cons...
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In this commanding biography, eminent cultural critic Gary Giddins takes us on the remarkable journey that brought a provincial
young law student from Spokane, Washington, to the pinnacle of the en...
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Illness came calling when Richard M. Cohen was twenty-five years old. A young television news producer with expectations of a
limitless future, his foreboding that his health was not quite right...
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Tom A. Coburn, a congressional maverick who kept his promise to serve three terms and then leave Washington, offers a candid look
at the inner workings of Congress - why the system changes...
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At 3:58 in the morning of June 5, 2002, Ed and Lois Smart awoke to the sound of their nine-year-old daughter Mary Katherine's
frightened voice. "She's gone. Elizabeth is gone." At first they...
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Ray Charles led one of the most extraordinary lives of any popular musician. In Brother Ray, he reveals his life story unsparingly,
from the chronicle of his musical development to his heroin addic...
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Richard Pelzer tells the courageous and moving story of his abusive childhood.
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Even after 25 years in America, former South Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky is regarded as a national hero by three
million fellow expatriots. He travels widely in the US and abroad, and...
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Each Autumn, in conjunction with the conferring of The National Book Awards in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People's
Literature, the Board of Directors of the Foundation presents a Medal...
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In the classroom they were geeks, on the casino floor they were unstoppable. Busting Vegas is an unbelievable true story; a
riveting account of monumental greed, violence and excess at its best...
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The epitome of grace, independence, and wit, Lauren Bacall continues to astound generations with her audacious spirit and on-screen
excellence. Together with Humphrey Bogart, she produced some of...
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How the life lessons from summer camp shaped Michael D. Eisner into the man he is today.
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In February of 1675 Narragansett Indians lay siege to Mary Rowlandson’s village. Most were killed. 'The bullets flying thick, one
went through my side, and the same through the bowels of my...
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In this brilliantly analytical yet personal book, non-democratic societies are put under a microscope to reveal the mechanics of
tyranny that sustain them. In exposing the inner workings of a "fear...
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With arguments both stirring and sensible, she reminds us that if Hillary should succeed America and the World would be changed
forever and for the better.
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Central Europe's ancient civilizations have long been dominated by empires: The Roman Empire, the Habsburg Empire (based in
Austria) and more recently, the Soviet Communist. But the decline of comm...
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Since September 11, 2001, Seymour M. Hersh has riveted readers -- and outraged the Bush Administration -- with his stories in The
New Yorker magazine, including his breakthrough pieces on the Abu...
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Sheriff David Reichert --- "My twenty-year quest to capture the Green River killer."
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The "southern cone" of South America has a vibrant yet checkered history. Argentina in 1920 was a productive and wealthy nation,
yet by the 1980s was reduced to virtual third world status. Chile ha...
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Since Marco Polo, the fabled markets of China have drawn the west like a magnet. This ancient culture has been colonized by foreign
powers, buffeted by war and revolution – yet China remains one of...
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Christian Dior, the legendary French fashion designer, caused a worldwide sensation in 1947, in a Paris struggling to recover from
wartime devastation. Reintroducing the flowing, ankle-length skirt...
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"I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was
looking right at me and nobody else." Bob Dylan's...
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Laurie Lee's autobiographical tale of his childhood in a secluded Cotswold valley has become a modern classic. This BBC Radio 4
production was recorded on location in Gloucestershire.
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One of America's most acclaimed novelists turns to nonfiction in this powerful re-creation of the great Hartford circus fire, which
took the lives of 167 people and forever changed the city and its...
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Civil Disobedience discusses Thoreau's arguments for civil disobedience-the deliberate violation of laws for reasons of conscience.
Thoreau's concept is based on the belief that no law should comma...
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From the bestselling' author of When Pride Still Mattered... a sports biography destined to become a modern classic...
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Harrowing accounts of extreme mountaineering and its potentially fatal consequences.
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Colombia in the 1980s became known for its role in the illegal drug trade, and for political instability and violence caused by
this problem. But much of this is a recent development in Colombia's ...
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Common Sense examines how Americans defended the right to resist unjust laws, and how this right of resistance was transformed into
a right of revolution. It examines Thomas Paine's views on the di...
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Communist Manifesto examines the theory and goals expounded by Marx. Marx argues that history flows inevitably toward a social
revolution, which will result in a society without economic classes. T...
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After ending his life's story in 1757, Franklin was America's advocate in London, represented Pennsylvania in the Continental
Congress, and was America's wartime ambassador to France. Edited from F...
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The widely anticipated memoir of Karrine Steffans, the once-sought-after sex siren.
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In 1783, America emerged from a long and bitter war for Independence. The 13 colonies were now 13 sovereign states, bound together
by the Articles of Confederation. After years of war, men like Tho...
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In this delightful memoir, at once hilarious, canny, and moving, Michael Korda does for Dutchess County, New York, what Frances
Mayes did for Tuscany. This witty memoir reads like a novel, as it...
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On May 15th, 2003 David McCullough presented The Course of Human Events...
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Crime Beat presents stories as fascinating as they are chilling, from the serial killer of young models who cuts a swath across the
country, masquerades as two people until his hoax finally breaks...
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Interview with established actor Ian Fairbairn who appeared in 'Doctor Who' during the 60s/70s
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Finally, Dave reveals his money secrets!!
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The year is 1942. Charles Osgood is a nine-year-old living in Baltimore. His idols are Franklin Roosevelt and Babe Ruth, a hometown
hero. Charlie spends his days delivering newspapers on his daily...
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Dickie Bird is not only the world's most famous cricket umpire, he is also one of the most entertaining public speakers of our
time...
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A warm, personal portrait of Ronald Reagan, A Different Drummer brims with recollections from a relationship that has spanned three
decades. A former aide and longtime family friend, Michael Deaver...
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Divorced from the Mob breaks the mob code of silence and describes the life of a woman born and bred into the Mafia and her
courageous escape. A view of mob life largely unexplored by film and lite...
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Mona Charen has a loyal following from her syndicated newspaper column (which runs in more than two hundred newspapers) and her
many television and radio appearances. Her first book, Useful...
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Her visions have helped solve crimes; her instincts have helped find missing people; she can predict future events and sense your
thoughts. These are some of the extraordinary gift that define...
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Traces the events leading up to and after one of Edwardian London's most publicized crimes
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In this authoritative, fresh, and compelling account of the extraordinary life and enduring work of Dylan Thomas—author of Under
Milk Wood, A Child's Christmas in Wales, Adventures in the Skin Trad...
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Known for his honesty, his humour and his no-nonsense talking, Eamonn Holmes has become a housewives' favourite and one of the
nation's most-loved television and radio presenters...
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This volume brings out the great struggles in the life of Burke: his work for conciliation with the American colonies, his
involvement in cutting back the domestic power of George III, and his resi...
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An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man’s world, passionately sexual yet...
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Now acclaimed biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli looks past the tabloid version of Elizabeth's life to the person she really is—and
how she evolved from a child star to a woman in her own right.
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That voice, those eyes, that hair, the cars, the girls—Elvis Presley revolutionized American pop culture. "His appearance on Ed
Sullivan ripped the 1950s in half," writes the author. Keogh examines...
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The English Governess at the Siamese Court, written in 1870, recounts the experiences of one Anna Harriette Leonowens as governess
for the sixty-plus children of King Mongkut of Siam and as transla...
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A collection of the most memorable accounts of legend-making expeditions to the world's most famous peaks and often in the worst
possible conditions.
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This rich culture of East Africa—known in the Bible as Abyssinia—claims descent from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. Under a
Marxist regime, however, this ancient people has suffered from fami...
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Takes you off the map to those few places where true discovery is still possible. Audio for the armchair traveller.
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Facets of Ayn Rand is based on forty-eight hours of interviews with Mary Ann and Charles Sures, longtime personal friends of Ayn
Rand. Their recollections make vividly real the Ayn Rand they knew s...
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Bob Rowe and his wife Mary worked hard to build their American dream. A suburban home, barbecues in the summer, and a fast track
corporate job made their life look ideal to outsiders. Yet they...
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The first audiobook to explore the religious ideals that drive the policies and politics of Bush as president and that have
privately shaped Bush as a man. His life demonstrates the power of faith...
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Since men and women in battle not only face the prospect of their own deaths but also must fashion a moral rationale for killing,
the battlefield is often a place of tremendous religious...
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Henry Butterfield Ryan's dramatic account of the last days of Che Guevara is sure to appeal to scholars and students of United
States foreign policy, Latin American history, military history, and t...
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Transport back to fifteenth-century Rome to find the secrets of the Vatican.
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Here are the stories of nine people whose energy, imagination, courage and determination changed the world. From Christopher
Columbus who set off into unknown seas in a small ship in the 15th...
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Here are the life stories of nine famous people who have left their mark upon the world. There are men of action such as Alexander
the Great and George Washington, and a woman, Joan of Arc, who...
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Laurence Leamer, author of three Kennedy bestsellers, presents the definitive biography of Arnold Schwarzenegger, his rise to fame
and power, and his marriage to Maria Shriver. The life of...
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The U.S. Constitution was approved by the Constitutional Convention on September 17, 1787. It was to become law only if it was
ratified by 9 of the 13 states. New York was a key state, but it conta...
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Subtitled: The Scrimmage of a Football Coach's Daughter George Allen was a top-ranked NFL coach throughout the 1960s and 1970s,
coaching in turn the Chicago Bears, the Los Angeles Rams, and...
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Who hasn't dreamed of finding a million dollars? Joey Coyle was down and out - the affable, boyish South Philadelphian hadn't found
dock work in months, he was living with his ailing...
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"In the firehouse the men not only live and eat with each other, they play sports together, go off to drink together, help repair
one another's houses and, most importantly, share terrifying risks;...
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Nearly five decades of theatrical anecdotes as David Barry {Frankie Abbott in 'Please, Sir!) recalls working with the likes of
Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh...
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The name of Florence Nightingale is a household word, but the exact nature and scope of her work, and the difficulties and
discouragement under which it was accomplished, are unknown to many. This ...
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Football's greatest players and managers tell the hidden stories of their lives in this fascinating collection. Featuring Alex
Ferguson, Gazza, Geoff Hurst, Nobby Stiles and many more...
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Cokie Roberts brings to life the women who raised our nation.
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In 1989, Robert B. Oxnam, the successful China scholar and president of the Asia Society, faced up to...
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In this Tracy-Hepburn romance, a down-to-earth newspaperman charms a sophisticated New York author while their long path to real
love has us cheering them on as well as itching for a visit to Frank...
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Anthony Storr investigates the status of Freud's legacy today.
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Get Rich or Die Tryin' - That's what this book is about...
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The actor and writer reads the account of his third and most ambitious world adventure: an anti-clockwise circumnavigation of the
world’s largest ocean, the Pacific. With tales of head-hunters in...
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More democracy means more freedom. Or does it? American democracy is, in many people's minds, the model for the rest of the world.
Fareed Zakaria points out that the American form of democracy is o...
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Hundreds of biographies have been written about America's first president, but this stands out as one of the best. It chronicles
the ideas, events, and personalities that surrounded Washington, fro...
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When Jack and Denny Smith embarked on a joint venture to build a vacation dream house in Baja, California, "we had no inkling that
we would be entering into a phase of our lives that would capture ...
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A journey back in time, The Golden Mountain is the gripping story of four generations of Chinese women who live and die under the
restrictions of their culture—except for one, the author. Her story...
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Thailand, Laos and Burma have been known as the "Golden Triangle" because of their historically prominent role in the drug trade.
For centuries, these countries have produced the opium that has att...
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Dr. Bob Rotella, whose clients include Nick Price, Davis Love III, Tom Kite and Pat Bradley, is firmly established as the premier
performance enhancement specialist in the golf world. In GOLF IS A...
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For the last decade, golfers of all abilities have been drawn to the teachings of Bob "Doc" Rotella. His audiobooks Golf Is Not a
Game of Perfect, Golf Is a Game of Confidence, The Golf of Your...
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Here are the stories of nine great adventures and the lives of the men who took part in them.
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In the most extraordinary journey Ann Rule has ever undertaken, America's master of true crime has spent more than two decades
researching the story of the Green River Killer, who murdered more...
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Dito Montiel grew up wild in the streets of Astoria, Queens and in the underground and punk cultures of Manhattan. His rough,
thrilling, and quintessentially American story is bookmarked by the fla...
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The founder of the largest U.S. media empire, William Randolph Hearst, Sr., changed the face of American journalism forever.
William Randolph Hearst, Jr., with co-author Jack Casserly, tells the fa...
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Ted Hughes married Sylvia Plath in 1956, at the outset of their brilliant careers. Many held Hughes accountable for her suicide six
and a half years later. How marriages fail and how men fail in ma...
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An audio anthology of stories from two of the most feared peaks in the world including tales of early exploration through to more
recent tragedies.
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Michael Palin reads his own account of an epic journey across the Himalaya in his sixth international expedition.
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The World Cup is the largest sports event outside the summer Olympics: the progress of the 32 countries which qualify for the
finals is watched by billions all over the globe. To host the World Cup...
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Major General Sid Shachnow was ten years old when he escaped the notorious Kovno concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Lithuania. He
made his way across Europe where he made a living by smuggling con...
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As a member of the "sandwich generation," Elizabeth is caught in the middle of simultaneously caring for both a child and an aging
parent. She finds her world spiraling out of control yet full of b...
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An account of one man's profound respect and affection for a president who changed his life.
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This is Gordon Ramsay’s autobiography – the first time he has told the full story of how he became the world’s most famous and
infamous chef...
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I Should Have Been at Work is the frank and opinionated story of the man behind the myth. Famously guarded about his private
life...
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Contains savvy, down-to-earth advice and insights that will make you laugh, think and dream.
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Tom Callahan has written the seminal book on golfing great Tiger Woods. Woods, who has gone out of his way to protect his privacy,
has never allowed himself to get close enough to a writer to be...
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In the Shadow of Fame, by the daughter of world-renowned psychoanalyst and theorist Erik Erikson, is the intimate story of her
struggle to come to terms with her father's fame and to develop a sens...
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At the height of the Battle of Iwo Jima, during a U.S. assault on a vital airfield on the day after the island invasion began, Jack
Lucas and three other Marines were attacking a Japanese pillbox w...
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As one of the world's most ancient civilizations, India presents a rich mosaic of political, religious, and cultural influences. In
1947 this vast nation was split; Pakistan was created to separate...
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Carmen Bin Ladin tells of her time married into the Bin Laden family.
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O'Donnell uncovers the hidden history of World War II through interviews with its most elite troops. By at last telling their
stories, these men present an unvarnished look at the war on the ground...
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James Gleick has long been fascinated by the making of science -- how ideas order visible appearances, how equations can give
meaning to molecular and stellar phenomena, how theories can transform...
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This engaging and sympathetic biography provides a revealing portrait of a prolific human being whom Jefferson called "the greatest
man in the world." Madison is shown throughout to be adept as a l...
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This riveting biography follows Stewart from his childhood shaped by a strong-willed father to the fateful encounter with actress
Margaret Sullavan, his first professional theatrical experiences on...
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A highly enjoyable account of the life of Jane Austen.
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Now a Major Motion Picture from Universal Pictures.... New York Times bestselling author Anthony Swofford weaves his experiences in
war with vivid accounts of boot camp, reflections on...
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Mark Twain considered this biography his best and most important work. Twain reached his conclusion about Joan's unique place in
history only after studying detailed accounts by both the French, fo...
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In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely
independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot who spared...
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The #1 New York Times Bestseller Now Available in a Deluxe Unabridged Audiobook In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough
unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the...
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This new edition of the bestselling audiobook features the much loved, much admired Brian Johnston, the famous BBC presenter and
commentator, known the world over as The Voice of Cricket'...
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If you think a gang of real-life geeks can’t take on the world and win big... think again. And whatever you...
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In 1804, empress Josephine Bonaparte appeared to be the most favored woman in France. In actuality Josephine's life was far darker,
for her wealth was compromised by massive debt and her marriage w...
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In the space of one year, she will cook every recipe in the Julia Child classic, all 524 of them. She will track down every
ingredient, and learn every arcane cooking techn
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Caesar was extraordinary, more for his ambition, daring, and tyranny rather than for his skills as a military commander. His
unnecessary Alexandrian War and his close call at Thapsus are just a few...
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Billy Graham has touched the hearts and souls of millions with his message of faith. Now, for the first time ever, Dr. Graham tells
his life story in a momentous work of insight. Hailed as the...
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On July 22, 1992, Colombian druglord Pablo Escobar walked out...
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For years Eleanor Roosevelt and her handsome doctor, David Gurewitsch, were friends—traveling, entertaining, and buying a townhouse
together. Now, for the first time, David's wife Edna reveals the ...
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In this powerful new biography, Richard D. White, Jr., brings Huey Long to life in all his blazing, controversial glory. From the
moment he took office as governor in 1928 to the day an assassin's ...
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When college basketball teams make it to the NCAA tournament, they say they're "going to the dance."...
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The epic, never-before-told story of Columbus’s final, and perhaps greatest journey.
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Laugh at the antics and worldwide travels of bestselling author, J. Robert Whittle, as he relates fascinating stories of an active
and intriguing life.
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A behind the scenes analysis of twenty key principles of leadership illustrated with stories and examples from the life of Billy
Graham, whose fingerp
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On May 10, 1996, nine climbers perished in a blizzard high on Mount Everest, the single deadliest day ever on the peak. The
following day, one of these victims was given a second chance. His name...
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You name them - the basketball greats are all here. Prepare to hear a marvelous story.
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Alistair Cooke’s weekly sound postcards from the States have become a broadcasting institution. Personally selected by Alistair
Cooke, this volume covers the early years from 1946 to 1968 and...
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Once more personally selected by Alistair Cooke these middle years in America bring reports on the black revolution and ’60s
counter culture as well as fascinating memories of Bing Crosby, Groucho...
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A selection of Letter from America broadcasts from the years 1982-2003. Includes Bonus Programme.
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Elinore Pruitt washed clothes in Denver to provide for herself and her daughter after the death of her husband. In 1909 she took a
job with a rancher near Burnt Fork, Wyoming. This was the...
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Throughout her vivid life, Elizabeth I was the centre of a complicated web of political intrigue that made up the Elizabethan
constitution. Elizabeth Jenkins, in her classic biography, reveals the...
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The reign of Queen Elizabeth II has seen huge changes in the lifestyle and expectations of peoples and nations. She has proved to
be the constitutional monarch par excellence - while primarily a...
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This first audio-biography of Marcel Proust tells the story of one of the world's most original and admired literary geniuses. From
his youth in the salons of Belle Epoque Paris, we follow his...
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The story of Beethoven, widely believed to be the greatest composer who ever lived.
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Frederic Chopin is the pianist-composer par excellence. Regarded one of the most mesmeric performers of his day, he lives on in his
music - his waltzes, mazurkas, etudes, preludes, nocturnes, three...
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W.B. Yeats remains one of the most popular poets of the twentieth century. The Lake Isle of Innisfree, He Wishes for the Cloths of
Heaven, Down by the Salley Gardens, The Secret Rose - these...
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Dante's vision, The Divine Comedy, has profoundly affected every generation since it first appeared in the early 14th century. Here
is a brief account of his life, compiled from various sources...
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The remarkable and tragic story of Oscar Wilde, legendary wit and conversationalist, author of perhaps the most perfect comedy in
the English language, yet seemingly doomed by his own flawed...
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The plays of William Shakespeare, and his famous lines, are part of the national consciousness. There may be few solid facts about
Shakespeare the man, and yet not only do we want to know all about...
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This is the poignant and compelling story of perhaps the most naturally gifted musical genius of all time. Copiously illustrated
with examples of his music, it tells of Mozart's extraordinary...
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Winner of the 2004 Lincoln Prize! This extraordinary biography examines Lincoln both as a rising politician and as president. As a
defender of national unity, a leader in war, and the emancipator o...
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Lincoln comes alive through the reading of his letters. Audio Best of the Year - Publishers Weekly, 10 BEST - Library Journal
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Speeches, Essays and other writings including 'The Gettysburg Address' and 'The Second Inaugural Address'.
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Vasari described the lives of great artists with striking immediacy conveyed through character sketches, anecdotes, and detailed
recording of conversations. Volume one includes Brunelleschi, da Vin...
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The Lives of the Great Artists was the first truly comprehensive history of art.
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Suetonius wrote his Lives of the Twelve Caesars in the reign of Vespasian around 70AD. He chronicled the extraordinary careers of
Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Vespasian and...
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Here are vivid stories of twenty painters who dreamed, struggled, and suffered so that they might give expression to their divine
gifts: Giotto, Michelangelo, Raphael, da Vinci, Titian, Rubens, Rem...
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The twenty-one philosophical personalities who represent an adventure in thinking are: Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Epicurus, Marcus
Aurelius, Thomas Aquinas, Francis Bacon, Descartes, Spinoza, Lock...
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The great religious leaders whose lives and tenets are presented here are: Jesus Christ, Moses, Isaiah, Zoroaster, Buddha,
Confucius, John the Baptist, Paul, Muhammad, Francis of Assisi, John Huss,...
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After seventeen years at sea, Linda Greenlaw figured it was time to take a break from her career as a swordboat captain. She felt
she needed to return to Isle au Haut - a tiny island seven miles...
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A moving and exhilarating autobiography of one of the great moral and political leaders of our time.
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In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed south aboard the Endurance to be the first to cross Antarctica. Shackleton's endeavor is
legend, but few know the astonishing story- of the Ross Sea party...
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Lou Gehrig was the Iron Horse, baseball's strongest and most determined superstar, struck down in his prime by a disease that now
bears his name. But who was Lou Gehrig, really? Lou...
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The critically acclaimed memoir from the #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of the Lovely Bones. In a memoir hailed for its
searing candor and wit, Alice Sebold reveals how her life...
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At the age of forty-three, with a career that spans two decades and ranges from the scandalous to the transcendent, Madonna is a
bigger phenomenon than ever. But who is the private woman behind the...
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Johnny Cash was a poor sharecropper's son from Arkansas who became one of the most influential figures in American music. In the
1950s he embarked on a music career that took him to the heights of ...
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The revolutionary, phenomenal bestseller on past-life therapy. Dr. Brian Weiss is a highly respected psychiatrist from the
mainstream of the medical establishment. Catherine is one of his...
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From the author of the bestselling The Professor and the Madman comes the fascinating story of the father of modern geology. In
1793, William Smith, the orphan son of a village blacksmith,...
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The No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller about everyone's favourite dog. Marley quickly grew into a barrelling, ninety-seven pound
steamroller of a Labrador retriever, a dog like no other...
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The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's tale of his hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots has gained
thousands of fans all over the world...
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Comic masterpiece from one of the biggest names in British comedy...
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A scintillating account of the creation of the greatest monument erected to living language.
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The lands surrounding the Mediterranean Sea contain some of the oldest cultures on Earth. Italy and the other countries of Europe
and North Africa have played a central role in various expanding em...
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In 1540, Mexico was declared to be New Spain. With a diverse culture and great natural resources, it should have prospered like its
northern neighbor. But Mexico's history includes political corrup...
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Michael and Natasha is based on the Grand Duke Michael, brother of Tsar Nicholas II, and the daughter of a Moscow lawyer. Their
scandalous love affair and elopement in 1912 was the talk of all Euro...
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MICHAEL PALIN's diaries begin in the late 1960s and tell how Python emerged and triumphed. Enjoying an unlikely cult status early
on, the group then proceeded to tour in the United States and Canada..
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Fifty people never came home to Middletown, New Jersey after September 11th. Wall Street fathers, young Port Authority police,
single working moms, the beloved coach of the girls basketball team.
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In this autobiography, woven from personal pieces composed over the course of a celebrated writing life of more than fifty years,
you'll meet William Buckley the boy, growing up in a family of ten ...
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Miles to Go is a frank and intimate exploration of Davis's eccentric working life, drug habits, paranoia, depression, and
subsequent recovery. The book delves into the dynamics that made Davis's ba...
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A horendous plane crash saw many members of a top Uruguayan rugby team killed, this is the moving true story of survival against
all the odds...
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Monarchy is more than the biographies of the kings and queens of England. It is an in-depth examination of what the English…
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From the #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of John Adams. Winner of the 1982 National Book Award for Biography, Mornings on
Horseback is the brilliant biography of the young Theodore...
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The author chose to write "only what interested me" about Benjamin Franklin. Scenes include Benjamin Franklin's discoveries with
electricity, his nine years in London, and, of course, his part in A...
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Not the ridiculous bufoon that he is often depicted as, Mussolini was a very able politician. This book describes his upbringing in
the violent society of Italy, his development into a brilliant or...
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Written in a style familiar to his millions of listeners, rich with warmth and irony, Terry introduces his post-Emergency Ireland,
his chain-smoking maiden aunts, his quick-witted mother and...
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Poignant and heartwarming, My Boyfriend's Back captures the love story of former high school sweethearts Ed Oster and Donna Hanover
— journalist, actress and former First Lady of the City of New...
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Wen Ho Lee, a patriotic American scientist born in Taiwan, had devoted almost his entire life to science and to helping improve
U.S. defense capabilities. He loved his job at Los Alamos National...
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Dr. Helen Morrison has profiled more than eighty serial killers around the world. What she has learned about them will shatter
every assumption you've ever had about the most notorious killers...
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A comic and poignant memoir that's both personal and generational.
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Nailing It is a warm, knowing, and often hilarious commemoration of small-town life during the Great Depression of the 1930s. A
celebration of the humor and indomitability of the human spirit, the ...
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Candid, moving and insightful, Nancy is the most personal look at Nancy Davis Reagan ever published. Nancy Davis Reagan has led an
extraordinary life; it has also been an extraordinarily...
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The White Witch, Aslan, fauns and talking beasts is now part of the collective imagination. This works attempts to unearth the
secrets behind the first Narnian, C.S.Lewis himself
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The powerful story of a slave who became one of the most effective African-American leaders.
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The biography of legendary film actress Natalie Wood.
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On July 28, 1851, Nathaniel Hawthorne's wife left their house in Western Massachusetts to visit relatives. Hawthorne and his
five-year-old son Julian stayed behind. How father and son got on...
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In January 1906, a sensitive woman naturalist, nature lover, and accomplished artist began to chronicle all that she encountered
while walking and bicycling around the countryside of her native Eng...
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Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing is the story of Conover's rookie year as a guard at Sing Sing. It is a nerve-jangling account of his
passage into the storied prison and the culture of its guards - both...
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With a culture dating back to at least 700 B.C., West Africa has a long and rich history. British influence after the 16th century,
and especially in the 18th century, changed the region's course. ...
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"Blind? I think there's no doubt that Marla Runyan can see things much clearer than most of us with 20/20 vision." - Lance
Armstrong Marla Runyan was nine years old when she was diagnosed...
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The true story of a pilot who went missing on the opening eve of the Gulf War.
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When the U.S. Air Force decided to create an elite "special tactics" team in the late 1970s to work with special-operations forces,
John T. Carney was the man they turned to. Since then Carney and...
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A joy from beginning to end and wonderfully read by the author, this is a classic childhood memoir...a Yorkshire childhood, from
the nation's best-loved gardener...
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Returning to their home after an extended absence, Carol and her husband Michel are looking forward to summer together on the farm.
A shocking blow leaves Carol alone. The future is uncertain...
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On Liberty - John Stuart Mill advocated individual liberty based on a philosophical concept called utilitarianism, or "the greatest
happiness for the greater number." This intellectual tradition re...
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In this extraordinary narrative, Alan Tennant recounts his all-out effort to radio-track the transcontinental migration of the
peregrine falcon—an investigation no one before him had ever taken...
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For everyone who finds inspiration in hearing about a champion on and off the course.
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In this adventure-filled memoir, Joaquin Jackson recalls what is was like to be the Ranger who responded when riots threatened,
violence erupted, and criminals needed to be brought to justice acros...
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Before he became one of America's most respected statesmen, Bob Dole was an average citizen serving heroically for his country. The
bravery he showed after suffering near-fatal injuries in the...
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Come to understand why playing in the Open at Bethpage meant so much to so many.
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Amy Tan was born into a family that believed in fate. In The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings, she explores this legacy, as well
as American circumstances, and finds ways to honor the past while...
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Jonathan Kozol's books have become touchstones of the American conscience. Unlike his previous books, however, Ordinary
Resurrections is almost entirely narrative and takes us into the fascinating...
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In this rare, sweeping history, Michael Barone draws from deep within the political and social record of modern America to tell the
story of how the country of our parents and of our grandparents b...
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In 1519 Magellan and his fleet of five ships set sail from Seville, Spain, to discover a water route to the fabled Spice Islands in
Indonesia, where the most sought-after commodities -- cloves,...
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Many people know and love the impeccable Jeeves and the inimitable Bertie Wooster. But what of their creator, Pelham Grenville
Wodehouse? Was he really a traitor to his country who broadcast danger...
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Pam Ayres at her entertaining best in a live stage show from Stratford-upon-Avon...
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Warm and witty, direct and droll, the sharply funny Pam Ayres has been amusing and entertaining her many fans for years...
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A story of strength and courage, unflinchingly honest, yet poignant and often funny.
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Father Michael McGivney was a man to whom "family values" represented more than mere rhetoric, a man who has left: a legacy of hope
still celebrated around the world
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In The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Sarah Vowell travels through the American past and, in doing so, investigates the dusty, bumpy roads
of her own life. In this insightful and funny collection of...
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More than half of the world's oil comes from Persian Gulf states. Political instability and religious strife here threaten to
interrupt the world's economic routines. This presentation examines the...
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"A great show of the drive and intensity necessary to be a champion." —Rulon Gardner, U.S. Olympic Greco-Roman Wrestling Gold
Medalist IT ALL COMES DOWN TO SIX MINUTES ON A WRESTLING...
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Plutarch's unique insight into the great men of the Ancient World through his biographies.
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This book explains the human problems of settling Jamestown. Pocahontas not only saved John Smith's life, but saved all their lived
by providing them with food and by alerting them of pending India...
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The breakdown of Europe's Eastern Bloc proves that the map of Europe cannot be redrawn merely to serve political ends. Perhaps no
country illustrates this more clearly than Poland, whose borders of...
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Three years after going Around the World in 80 Days, Michael Palin was off again. Travelling from one end of the globe to the
other, Palin and his team endured extremes of heat and cold as they...
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Every weeknight, millions of Americans tune in to see Tucker Carlson anchor the right side of the aisle on CNN's Crossfire. Named
by New York magazine as the journalist most likely to succeed in...
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Although over two millennia old, Aristotle's Politics remains central to the perplexing questions posed in the study of political
science. His carefully argued analysis is based on a study of more ...
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After a 12-year absence, a real-life prodigal seeks to serve his hometown -- New Auburn, Wisconsin, population: 485 -- by joining
the volunteer fire and rescue department. In a place where men post...
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Using the first-hand expertise she has gained through writing the bestselling Dr Kay Scarpetta novels, Patricia Cornwell has
used...
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Georgia O'Keeffe, one of the most original painters America has ever produced, left a remarkable legacy when she died. Her bold,
brilliant canvasses had a stunning, profound, and lasting influence ...
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Joyce describes the early life of Stephen Dedalus.
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As Margaret Truman knows from firsthand experience, living in the White House can be exhilarating and maddening, alarming and
exhausting, but it is certainly never dull. Part private residence,...
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The Prince - Machiavelli wrote The Prince for his ruler as a guide for gaining and keeping power. Central themes of his essay are
the relation between politics and ethics; what the best form of gov...
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Whether he was a sad, self-obsessed man or a tortured comic genius, Williams had a unique talent, which Benson captures incredibly
well in this one-off insight into Williams' private life
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More than six million readers can attest to the heartbreak and courage of Dave Pelzer's story of growing up in an abusive home. His
inspirational books have helped countless others triumph over...
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The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the
incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making...
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Lifts the lid off today's legal system with details more shocking than any fictional TV show
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One of the leading performance consultants in America, Dr.Bob Rotella has tutored some of golf's greatest players including Nick
Price, Tom Kite, David Duvall, and Brad Faxon. Now Rotella, or...
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In wartime Hungary, Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg issued countless "false" visas and documents which saved approximately
100,000 Jews from the Nazis. After Wallenberg's arrest by Russian milita...
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In the fall of 1787, the call went out: Each of the 13 states assembled special conventions to consider ratification of a proposed
Constitution of the United States. Without ratification by nine co...
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Finally, the official book of The Red Hat Society, which is sweeping the nation.
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Tom Brokaw said it best about the author: This Santa "can only be described as the real thing." With warmth, humor, and wonder, Ed
Butchart shares his stories as a professional Santa Claus in The...
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Reflections on the Revolution in France is a slashing attack on the French Revolution by one of Britain's most famous statesmen.
Liberty and social order, Burke argues, are maintained by the tradit...
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Riveting stories about what happens when things go terribly wrong in some of the world's most perilous places.
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Right from the Beginning is the personal memoir of Pat Buchanan, the story of how the most controversial conservative in America
got where he is today and how he came to believe as he does.
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Pope John Paul II's recollections of his life and thoughts on issues facing the world.
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Determined to pin down mythical tales of his own clan history, Pete is thrust into a world-wide adventure that reveals an unsettled
and poignant history, while unearthing a good pint in the most...
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This is the story of an American dynasty: the father, who built the fortune, the son who cleansed the name, the brothers who
manipulated both the name and the fortune to their own ends, and the cou...
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The author's adventures riding the rails with America's hoboes.
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Though he was Greek, Plutarch wrote his Lives in the first century, a world dominated by the Roman Empire. Here he considers some
of the major figures who had left their stamp on the history of...
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Their path to the White House - 1911 to 1980.
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'To get a job where the only thing you have to do in your career is to make people laugh…well, it's the best job in the world,'
says Ronnie Barker. And few are better at it, as this...
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Rothstein is a colorful biography that brings to life the underworld denizens of Jazz Age New York City and its unrivaled kingpin,
when the fast buck ruled and violence stalked the streets of Gotham.
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Tales of why men and women are drawn to the sea and the battles they find there; savage storms, rough waves, mountainous icebergs,
sharks, starvation.
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A chance encounter in Spain in 1959 brought young Irish reporter Valerie Danby-Smith face-to-face with Ernest Hemingway. The
interview was awkward and brief, but before it ended something had...
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Michael Palin's latest journey is across the Sahara desert, a place of romantic, almost magical appeal. Although famous as a
geological location, its life, landscape and rich history are not so...
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The bass player for the greatest improvisational band in American history tells the full, true story of his life, Jerry Garcia, and
the Grateful Dead. Phil Lesh first met Jerry Garcia in...
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In Washington, D. C., where little stays secret for long, the identity of Deep Throat—the mysterious source who helped Bob Woodward
and Carl Bernstein break open the Watergate scandal in...
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Although Lawrence of Arabia died in 1935, the story of his life has captured the imagination of succeeding generations. The Seven
Pillars of Wisdom is a monumental work in which he chronicles his...
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Mark Fuhrman goes beyond the legal aspects of the extraordinary case of Terri Schiavo.
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The first of his wives was Catherine of Aragon, the pious Catholic princess who suffered years of miscarriages...
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Get ready to build your body right. Go the distance with Sly Moves.
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One man, more than any other, has helped define the most important issues of our time. His name is Ronald Reagan—one of our
nation's most powerful and popular Presidents. This extraordinary...
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An amazing insight into the life of one of histories greatest villains...
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Gripping stories of what happens when people find themselves caught up in treacherous weather - or when it finds them.
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When ABC News' Good Morning America asked its viewers to write essays describing true-life experiences, the network never imagined
receiving more than twenty thousand pages of inspiring stories....
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This funny and charming memoir tells about a bigger-than-life New York family that owned fourteen restaurants, including Morgen's
in the garment district. Sharing life and good food for three gener...
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Selection of stories full of suffering, compassion, genuine courage and how bad things can get when events transpire against us.
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Fleischer goes behind-the-scenes in the West Wing.
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The End of the First National Welfare System. In less than fifty months, Henry VIII and his chief minister, Thomas Cromwell, swept
away the monasteries...
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CARDINAL WOLSEY... The Last Great Medieval Minister...‘Built Hampton Court, didn`t he?’...
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Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington, is the only professional soldier in English history to have served also as Prime
Minister...
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This presentation explores the social and political turmoil during which Leviathan was written, including an examination of the
radical political philosophies spawned by opposition to the Stuart mo...
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An astonishing around-the-world adventure and a life-affirming inward journey.
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'Angela’s Ashes', Frank McCourt’s critically acclaimed, lyrical memoir of his Irish childhood, won the Pulitzer Prize...
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Reflecting on his career, Stephen E. Ambrose—one of the country's most influential historians—confronts America's failures and
struggles as he explores both its moral and pragmatic triumphs. To...
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"For some years I have been afflicted with the belief that flight is possible to man. My disease has increased in severity and I
feel that it will soon cost me an increased amount of money if...
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Britain’s most popular cook describes his personal culinary odyssey, from dangerous encounters with his mother’s weevil-seasoned
cakes to being harangued by readers who think he deliberately styles...
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The trial and death of Socrates remains a powerful document not least because it gives a first-hand account of the end of one of
the greatest figures in history. In Apology Socrates defends himself...
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This is the true story of a trip to the beach that never ends. It's about a husband and wife who escape civilization to build a
small restaurant on an island paradise - and discover that even...
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Hailed by critics as an American masterpiece, David McCullough's sweeping biography of Harry S. Truman captured...
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The author of Bel Canto -- winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Orange Prize and long-running New York Times bestseller -- turns
to nonfiction in a moving chronicle of her decades-long friendship...
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In 1990, Peter Larson, with his team of commercial fossil hunters from the Black Hills Institute, discovered the most complete
Tyrannosaurus Rex specimen in history. He dubbed it "Sue" after the...
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Ugly Americans is the true story of John Malcolm, a Princeton graduate who traveled halfway around the world in search of the
American dream and pulled off a trade that could be described as the...
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Britain’s Queen of Clean tells the harrowing story of the shocking and brutal abuse she suffered as a child, which she has now
overcome. Read by the author.
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In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri
River, across the forbidding Rockies, and -- by way of the Snake and...
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In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri
River, across the forbidding Rockies, and -- by way of the Snake and...
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The untold story of Ashley Smith, the Atlanta hostage who miraculously talked her way out of the hands of alleged courthouse killer
Brian Nichols — a
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As heard on BBC Radio 4, Peter Ustinov discusses his life and career.
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The book her devoted readers have been waiting for. At last, New York Times betselling author Kathleen Norris's first continuous
narrative . . .a story of sex, drugs, and poetry. After...
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With simplicity, candor, and humility, renowned Christian thinker Ravi Zacharias shares the intimate account of his journey beyond
a turbulent childhood...
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Unforgettable memoires from soldiers, citizens and historians. Includes tales of bravery, courage, sadness and reflection.
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This is Lou Gerstner's extraordinary story of IBM's historic turnaround.
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A classic collection of traveller's tales from the wilderness, forest, desert, glacier and jungle.
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Throughout his life, three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Bobby Unser has approached his racing career and personal life the same way
- with a relentless drive to succeed. Talk to him today and he'll...
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Jack Welch knows how to win. During his forty-year career at General Electric, he led the company to year-after-year success around
the globe, in multiple markets, against brutal competition. His...
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Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee are legendary stars of the American stage, television, and film, cherished not...
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Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee are legendary stars of the American stage, television, and film, cherished...
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Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee: Part I Before We Met...
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Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee: Part II Hookin' Up...
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Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee: Part III The Family Comes of Age...
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Interviews, discussions, readings and poems celebrating motherhood in all its diversity.
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David Attenborough, Britain's voice of natural history, narrates his early adventures in the wilds of Indon...
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The drink of the bohemians appealed to the great Pablo Picasso as subject for paintings – Absinthe. The French call it fée verte, green fairy. Learn more fascinating details about this once and again
fashionable wormwood liquor here…
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