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Thomas Jefferson designed his own tombstone, describing himself simply as "Author of the Declaration of Independence and of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, and Father of the University of Virginia." It is in this simple epitaph that R.B...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312426200Author Henry HitchingsFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint St. Martins Press-3PLPublisher St. Martins Press-3PLWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm)...

The first biography of Asenath Nicholson, Compassionate Stranger recovers the largely forgotten history of an extraordinary woman. Trained as a schoolteacher,Nicholson was involved in the abolitionist, temperance, and diet reforms of the day before she...

A biography of James Monroe who became the fifth president of the United States in 1816. Ammon recreates his remarkable career, through his service in the revolutionary army, the Confederation Congress, to his exertions in James Madison's cabinet and his...

He was sent from Spain on a religious crusade to Mexico to ""detect the sickness of idolatry,"" but Bernardino de Sahagun (c. 1499-1590) instead became the first anthropologist of the New World. The Franciscan monk developed a deep appreciation for Aztec...

The author recounts his childhood in Depression-era Brooklyn as the child of Irish immigrants who decide to return to worse poverty in Ireland when his infant sister dies.AwardsWinner of Best of the Bestsellers 1998 and Pulitzer Prize Biography Category...

Impeccably aristocratic and eccentric in a uniquely English tradition, Aubrey Herbert was at first sight an incongruous champion of Albanian nationalism, to say the least. Tall, slender and slightly stooped, with a moustache and heavily lidded eyes,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934389041Author Bernard Aquina DoctorFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint For BeginnersPublisher For Beginners

The true and fascinating origin story of Saudia Arabia.Ibn Saud grew to manhood living the harsh traditional life of the desert nomad, a life that had changed little since the days of Abraham. Equipped with immense physical courage, he fought and won...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767932493Author Kathryn HarrisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 200mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316286008Author James Thomas FlexnerFormat HardbackPage Count 466Imprint Little, Brown & CompanyPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams)...

The doomed love affair that united Ancient Rome & Egypt. The immortal lovers of novels, plays and films, Antony and Cleopatra were reviled by contemporary Romans, but history has transformed them into tragic heroes. Somewhere between their vilification...

William Stone died on 10 January 2009 aged 108. He received a hero's funeral. Born in rural Devon, he joined the navy during the First World War, travelled the globe just before the British Empire's light began to fade and saw action in some of the most...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998257006Author Pat DigeorgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 514Imprint Beaver's Spur Publishing, LLCPublisher Beaver's Spur Publishing, LLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476716503Author Laurence BergreenFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 544gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

Lord Louis Mountbatten achieved great things both in war and peace as a military leader and public servant. The First World War and its aftermath shaped his early life, in mid-career he was a victorious commander in the Second World War, and when peace...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316778510Author Lisa HiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Back Bay BooksPublisher Back Bay Books

Pagans' advocate.A professing pagan in an aggressively Christian empire, a friend of the emperor Julian and acquaintance of St. Basil, a potent spokesman for private and political causes-Libanius can tell us much about the tumultuous world of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307950390Author Lisa SeeFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 442gDimensions(mm) 202mm * 131mm *...

Turner's work is famous throughout the world. He transformed British landscape painting from a minor art to a highly respected one with huge power and range.. This beautifully illustrated guide looks at the man and his influences, and takes a route...

In the history of the Southwest, Pat Garrett stood tall, both physically and in legend. He was more than just a famous western sheriff, more than the slayer of the legendary Billy the Kid. While on occasion his gun was for hire, and while he was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385489102Author Edvard RadzinskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 524gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062384409Author Fellow and Lecturer in History Helen CastorFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Harper PerennialPublisher Harper PerennialWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780228832102Author Kaaren Anne SephtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Tellwell TalentPublisher Tellwell TalentWeight(grams) 1025gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

The man whom Indian nationalists perceived as the "George Washington of India" and who was President of the Indian National Congress in 1938-1939 is a legendary figure. Called Netaji ("leader") by his countrymen, Subhas Chandra Bose struggled all his...

Twenty-five years after her tragic death, James Patterson tells the heartbreaking true story of Princess Diana's life as a mother and a global icon.______________________________At the age of thirteen, she became Lady Diana Spencer.At twenty, Princess of...

This is the first complete biography of Ernst Kantorowicz (1895-1963), an influential and controversial German-American intellectual whose colorful and dramatic life intersected with many of the great events and thinkers of his time. A medieval historian...

The autobiography of Olaudah Equiano, a prominent African in late 18th-century Britain, is quoted, anthologized and interpreted in dozens of books and articles. More than any single contemporary, Equiano speaks for the fate of millions of Africans in the...

According to legend, Aspasia of Miletus was a courtesan, the teacher of Socrates, and the political adviser of her lover Pericles. Next to Sappho and Cleopatra, she is the best known woman of the ancient Mediterranean. Yet continued uncritical reception...

In his time, Harry S. Truman was one of the most under-rated presidents of the twentieth century. Succeeding the charismatic Roosevelt, he was often seen as an uninspiring leader, a poor diplomat and a fumbling politician. He was the first man to...

This engaging new biography dispels many myths surrounding Nehru, and distinguishes between the icon he has become and the politician he actually was. Benjamin Zachariah places Nehru in the context of the issues of his time, including the central theme...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061143175Author Paul JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

The illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II, Felice della Rovere became one of the most powerful and accomplished women of the Italian Renaissance. Now, Caroline Murphy vividly captures the untold story of a rare woman who moved with confidence through a...

In 1919, Hermann Goering went to Denmark as a stunt flyer, then on to Sweden to fly passengers, one of whom introduced the daredevil to his future first wife, a then married Swedish Countess; they scandalized Stockholm. Goering joined the Nazi Party, as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781416587217Author Jeffrey FrankFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425245453Author Joshua KendallFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

Born and bred in what is now northern Spain to a family of olive-oil magnates, Hadrian was lucky enough to benefit from the patronage of his maternal cousin, Trajan, who would later become emperor, and who named Hadrian his successor on his death in AD...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789353361518Author Charles W OmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Lector HousePublisher Lector HouseWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 8mm

Troy: one of the most captivating and mysterious stories of antiquity...But was Troy an actual place or just a legend of Homer's epic? It took the most unlikely of people, Heinrich Schliemann - a grocer's-apprentice turned self-made archaeologist,...

Michael Lynch's second edition of Mao examines the life of this controversial figure. Opening with a detailed chronology, it delves into Mao's younger years and tracks his gradual rise to power, with a chapter dedicated to the cult status that surrounded...