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Sophocles: A Very Short Introduction
This Very Short Introduction introduces the life, work, and influence of one of the greatest dramati...
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Leonardo da Vinci: An Untraceable Life
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) never signed a painting, and none of his supposed self-portraits can b...
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The Grammar of Angels: A Search for the Magical Powers of Language in Renaissance Italy
Does there exist a form of speech so powerful as to allow the speaker to control the listener, takin...
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Marcel Proust: A Very Short Introduction
100 years after Proust's death, In Search of Lost Time remains one of the greatest works in World Li...
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George Berkeley: A Philosophical Life
In George Berkeley: A Philosophical Life, Tom Jones provides a comprehensive account of the life and...
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Maria Theresa: Empress: The Making of the Austrian Enlightenment
A major new biography of Maria Theresa, the formidable Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa was the single...
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The House by the Lake
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2015LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2016A RADIO 4 BOOK OF...
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Julian: Rome's Last Pagan Emperor
The tragic life of Julian, the last non-Christian emperor of Rome, by award-winning author Philip Fr...
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Archimedes: Fulcrum of Science
A bold reimagining of the life and work of Archimedes of Syracuse. Galileo, Leonardo, Newton, T...
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Plato: A Civic Life
Chronicles Plato’s thought through the lens of his turbulent life. Plato is a key figure from t...
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Breaking Through: A Memoir
Katalin Karikó began life as a butcher’s daughter in communist Hungary. Raised in a one-room home of...
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Trailblazer: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, The First Feminist to Change Our World
‘Jane Robinson is brilliant at putting the women back into history and her biography of Barbara Leig...
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Reagan: His Life and Legend
Son of the Midwest, movie star and mesmerising politician—America's fortieth president comes to thre...
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My Journeys in Economic Theory
Edmund Phelps is among the most important economists of his generation. He developed a new understan...
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Accidental Tyrant: The Life of Kim Il-Sung
Kim Il-sung was the enigmatic architect of North Korea. His life is an extraordinary tale of improba...
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