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Sources and Studies in the His...Thomas Bayes (1702 - 1761) was an English clergyman and mathematician. Until a... Thomas Bayes (1702 - 1761) was an English clergyman and mathematician. Until around 1950 he was considered a minor contributor to the history of mathematics and if he was known at all it was because his name was attached to a simple theorem in the... more
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Hans Von Bülow : A Life for M...A detailed study of the life of one of the most important and influential musi... A detailed study of the life of one of the most important and influential musical figures of the nineteenth century. Drawing upon an extensive selection of rare letters reviews and memoirs Kenneth Birkin sets Hans von Bülow s work as a recitalist... more
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Monet : His Life and Works in ...This book is an essential volume for anyone wanting to learn more about this f... This book is an essential volume for anyone wanting to learn more about this fascinating and ground-breaking artist and to study his greatest works in one collection. The book follows his early experiences and artistic education as well as his personal... more
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Guadalupe in New York : Devoti...Every December 12th thousands of Mexican immigrants gather for the mass at New... Every December 12th thousands of Mexican immigrants gather for the mass at New York City s St. Patrick s Cathedral in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe s feast day. They kiss images of the Virgin wait for a bishop s blessing--and they also carry signs... more
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Max Perkins: Editor of Genius ...The National Book Award winner from Pulitzer Prize-winning author A. Scott Ber... The National Book Award winner from Pulitzer Prize-winning author A. Scott Berg is now celebrating its 40th anniversary. The talents he nurtured were known worldwide: F. Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Hemingway Thomas Wolfe and numerous others. But Maxwell... more
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Simon J. Ortiz : A Poetic Lega...This volume reveals the insights and aesthetics of Ortiz s indigenous lens. Si... This volume reveals the insights and aesthetics of Ortiz s indigenous lens. Simon J. Ortiz is widely regarded as one of the literary giants of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries with more than two dozen volumes of poetry prose fiction children s... more
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Creating Myself : How I Learne...Now in paperback the deeply personal and inspirational memoir from one of Amer... Now in paperback the deeply personal and inspirational memoir from one of America s most successful plus-sized models and daughter of Aerosmith s Steven Tyler on her journey to recovery and self-acceptance. On the surface Mia Tyler led a seemingly... more
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Stick Figure : A Diary of My F...From the diaries she kept as an 11-year-old the author s wry perceptive accoun... From the diaries she kept as an 11-year-old the author s wry perceptive account of her near-fatal struggle with anorexia nervosa is told with an unguarded openness not seen since Susanna Kaysen s Girl Interrupted . Martin Scorsese s company Carpo... more
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Crashing Through : The Extraor...In his critically acclaimed bestseller Shadow Divers Kurson explored the depth... In his critically acclaimed bestseller Shadow Divers Kurson explored the depths of history friendship and compulsion. Now he returns with another thrilling adventure--the stunning true story of one man s heroic odyssey from blindness into sight. Mike... more
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The Glass Castle : A Memoir (H...Original publication and copyright date: 2005. MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS ON THE NE... Original publication and copyright date: 2005. MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS ON THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIST The extraordinary one-of-a-kind nothing short of spectacular (Entertainment Weekly) memoir from one of the world s most gifted storytellers. The... more
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Called Out of Darkness : A Spi...Rice delivers her first work of nonfiction a powerful and haunting memoir of h... Rice delivers her first work of nonfiction a powerful and haunting memoir of her journey through life from writing Interview with the Vampire and her 38 years as an atheist to her return to the Catholic Church. The first memoir from the #1 New York... more
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Shaking the Family Tree : Blue...Jackson presents a glimpse inside the quirky and obsessive world of genealogy ... Jackson presents a glimpse inside the quirky and obsessive world of genealogy enthusiasts while investigating her own tangled family tree. WHO ARE YOU AND WHERE DO YOU COME FROM? As a historian Buzzy Jackson thought she knew the answers to these simple... more
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Spent : Memoirs of a Shopping ...As a child Avis Cardella devoured the glamorous images in her mother s fashion... As a child Avis Cardella devoured the glamorous images in her mother s fashion magazines. She grew up to be one of the people in them living a life that seemed to be filled with labels and luxury. But shopping had become a dangerous addiction. She... more
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A Thousand Sisters : My Journe...Shannon the founder of the international organization Run for Congo Women shar... Shannon the founder of the international organization Run for Congo Women shares firsthand accounts of her experiences visiting the Congo the women she s helped and the relationships she s formed. Lisa Shannon had what some would call a good lifeher... more
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Kaboom : Embracing the Suck in...Based on Gallagher s controversial and popular blog which the U.S. Army shut d... Based on Gallagher s controversial and popular blog which the U.S. Army shut down in 2008 Kaboom is a sardonic unnerving one-of-a-kind Iraq war memoir. [A] moving commentary on the power of war to transform.-- Publishers Weekly. Based on Captain Matt... more
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No Bread for Mandela : Memoirs...This riveting memoir spanning the history of modern South Africa sheds new lig... This riveting memoir spanning the history of modern South Africa sheds new light on the struggle against apartheid as it tells the moving and insightful story of a man who served among a loyal cadre of the African National Congress and helped in... more
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Wisconsin Film Studies: Glenn ...This biography documents the life and the occasionally scandalous private life... This biography documents the life and the occasionally scandalous private life of Glenn Ford chronicling a renowned actor s relentless infidelities and long slow fade-out while also celebrating his talent-driven career. Glenn Ford--star of such... more
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Solzhenitsyn : A Soul in Exile...Based on exclusive personal interviews with Alexander Solzhenitsyn Joseph Pear... Based on exclusive personal interviews with Alexander Solzhenitsyn Joseph Pearce s book provides profound insight into a towering literary and political figure. From his pro-Communist youth to his imprisonment in the Gulags his exile in America to his... more
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This Our Exile : A Spiritual J...Seamlessly combining spiritual writing reportage travel narrative humor and re... Seamlessly combining spiritual writing reportage travel narrative humor and recent history bestselling author James Martin recalls his time as a young Jesuit working with the refugees in the slums of Nairobi Kenya. Drawing on his previous experience in... more
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Simon Girty : Wilderness Warri...Was the frontiersman Simon Girty a monster as painted by his U.S. enemies in t... Was the frontiersman Simon Girty a monster as painted by his U.S. enemies in the American Revolution or was he a hero and benefactor of First Nations people as celebrated by Canadian and American Natives and the British? more
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