Collected biographies

Who would top your list of the fifty people who have done the most to make the modern world a worse place?

While scores of books have been published about the atomic bombings that helped end World War II, little has been written about the personal lives and relationship of the three men that led the raids.

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Conversion and Catastrophe in German-Jewish Emigre Autobiography is a collective biography of four German-Jewish converts to Christianity, recounting their spiritual and confessional journeys against the backdrop of the Holocaust and its aftermath.

In a set of stories about 17 American heroes and heroines, this book analyzes the hero concept in the nation's history.

'Suetonius, in holding up a mirror to those Caesars of diverting legend, reflects not only them but ourselves: half-tempted creatures, whose great moral task is to hold in balance the angel and the monster within' GORE VIDALAs private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eyewitness accounts) to produce one of the most colourful biographical works in history.

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Discover the fascinating lives of the iconic figures that have shaped Scotland from the early nineteenth century to the present day.

THE MULTI AWARD-WINNING NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA TIMES Top Ten Best True Crime book: 'Groundbreaking.

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To study an archive or archival materials is to encounter an affective and critical practice involved in the construction of memory.

Josep Pla is Catalonia's foremost twentieth-century prose writer.

Lively and engaging conversations with 24 Nobel Prize winners, revealing their stories and providing inspiration for the next generation.

Explore the lives and achievements of more than 85 of the world's most inspirational and influential scientists with this innovative and boldly graphic biography-led book.

Short-listed for the 2007 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Non-Fiction They were among Canada's most desperate criminals, yet their names have been all but forgotten in the annals of history - until now!

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'The nightly routine of sirens, barrage, the probing raider, the unmistakable engine .

Geographers is an annual collection of studies on individuals who have made major contributions to the development of geography and geographical thought.

Explore the fascinating lives and loves of the greatest novelists, poets, and playwrights.

Get the inside track on the incredible lives of history's must-know names: from Shakespeare to Oprah Winfrey, and Anne Frank to Julius Caesar.

The complete works of William Wharton, one of America's most revered authors, published together for the first time in one ebook collection.

Re-examining history from a female perspective, this book celebrates the numerous important roles women have played in culture and society that are less often told.

'A mighty, panoramic history Firnhaber-Baker does a real service for those with an interest in France and England alike by providing a dexterous and engrossing account, a treasury for anyone with an interest in the royal, political and religious worlds of the high medieval period' Daily TelegraphThe sweeping story of one of the great epics of Europe's history: the rise and rise of the dynasty that dominated the Middle AgesStarting in the tenth century from an insecure foothold around Paris, the Capetians built a nation that stretched from the Atlantic to the Mediterranean and from the Rh ne to the Pyrenees.

Crossover Stardom: Popular Male Stars in American Cinema focuses on male music stars who have attempted to achieve film stardom.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE'A masterpiece of biography .

Since 2004, two names have dominated men's tennis: Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.

Charles James Fox and William Pitt the Younger were the two political giants of their day - the greatest of orators, and the fiercest of rivals.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A fascinating exploration into the lives of three women ignored by history .

From small steps to giant leaps, A Galaxy of Her Own tells fifty stories of inspirational women who have been fundamental to the story of humans in space, from scientists to astronauts to some surprising roles in between.

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Königin Victoria war nicht nur eine prägende Monarchin ihrer Zeit, sondern auch die Matriarchin eines weitverzweigten Netzwerks von Königshäusern, das Europa nachhaltig beeinflusste.

This book offers an intimate portrait of early twentieth-century Harbin, a city in Manchuria where Russian colonialists, and later refugees from the Revolution, met with Chinese migrants.

This dual biography "e;examines the ideas and activism of two of the most committed and significant freedom fighters in twentieth-century America"e; (Erik Gellman, author of Death Blow to Jim Crow).

Lively and engaging conversations with 24 Nobel Prize winners, revealing their stories and providing inspiration for the next generation.

Elizabeth Woodville, queen to Edward IV and mother of the Princes in the Tower.

The authoritative and comprehensive guide to tracing your Scottish ancestryThere's never been a better time to trace your Scottish family history.

Writing the Empire is a collective biography of the McIlwraiths, a family of politicians, entrepreneurs, businesspeople, scientists, and scholars.

John Stanley Plaskett was Canada's pre-eminent astronomer in the first half of the twentieth century.

This exciting new book explores the history of major mental disorders by looking at a wide range of historical and contemporary figures that have experienced mental illness.

"e;Fifty vignettes about courageous mothers .

Two beloved Metaxas classics in a single, compact edition.

Beacon Lights of History is a 14-volume set first published in 1902.

The world of medicine interacts with biology, anatomy, chemistry and physiology.

From the very first mouthful, 'Lunch with the FT' was destined to become a permanent fixture in the Financial Times.

Recent American political developments, including the election of Donald Trump, reveal profound disquiet with the highly centralized political regime based on discretionary allocation of funds and powers to interest groups that has developed since the creation of emergency institutions after America's entry into World War I.

Crossover Stardom: Popular Male Stars in American Cinema focuses on male music stars who have attempted to achieve film stardom.

Exploring more than 100 of the most important ideas, organisations, and events to have defined the feminist movement, this is an essential introduction to Feminism.