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In this book you will meet some remarkable characters, among them: * an arms smuggler in Paraguay * an actor who drank 93 half-pints of ale a day * an Irishman who died riding across the Rio Cobre for a bet * a woman who drank too much gin before losing...

An acerbic, witty, wry, bittersweet, and exquisitely penned memoir, Jani Confidential tells how Jani Allan became a world-famous columnist and reveals much of life behind the scenes at the Sunday Times. Those who remember the "Just Jani" column will be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060565336Author Anne De CourcyFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

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...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250038357Author Alan ForrestFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint St. Martin's PressPublisher St. Martin's PressWeight(grams) 635gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

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...

A selection of Benjamin Franklin's writings, with an introduction and commentary by renowned author Walter Isaacson.Selected and annotated by the author of the acclaimed Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, this collection of Franklin's writings shows...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780190612726Author Catherine FletcherFormat HardbackPage Count 338Imprint OUP IndiaPublisher OUP IndiaWeight(grams) 612gDimensions(mm) 236mm * 165mm * 33mm

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Adam Smith (1723-90) is perhaps best known as one of the first champions of the free market and is widely regarded as the founding father of capitalism. From his ideas about the promise and pitfalls of globalization to his steadfast belief in the...

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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...

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Not since Merrill Peterson's Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation has a scholar attempted to write a comprehensive biography of the most complex Founding Father. In Jefferson, John B. Boles plumbs every facet of Thomas Jefferson's life, all while...

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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 9780143112389Author Craig NelsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 391gDimensions(mm) 214mm * 139mm *...

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Jefferson Davis Book Award and Lincoln Prize and Richard B. Harwell Award.Book InformationISBN 9780143113904Author Elizabeth Brown PryorFormat PaperbackPage Count...

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'Ali ibn 'Asakir (1105-1176) was one of the most renowned experts on Hadith and Islamic history in the medieval era. His was a tumultuous time: centuries of Shi'i rule had not long ended in central Syria, rival warlords sought control of the capital, and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789888422005Author Ruth Hill BarrFormat PaperbackPage Count 348Imprint Earnshaw Books LimitedPublisher Earnshaw Books LimitedWeight(grams) 333g

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Richard Crosbie (1756-1824) is rightly celebrated as Ireland's first aeronaut. Inspired by balloon experiments in France, he constructed a hydrogen balloon with the aim of flying across the Irish Sea. A crowd of 20,000 people witnessed his first flight...

A revelatory new biography of Thomas Jefferson, focusing on his ethical and spiritual life "Kidd's biography may well be the best treatment of Jefferson's religious and moral life available, and certainly it is among the few to take those two subjects...

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For more than a century, Americans have been captivated by the legend of General George Armstrong Custer. But the various truths of Custer's life and last stand prove elusive. Why are we so taken with the myth and the so-called mystery behind the man? In...

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This book offers a fascinating insight into this key historical figure and her fight against the Romans. The ancient sources for the life and times of Zenobia are sparse. The surviving literary works that do exist are biased towards the Roman point of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385489492Author Antonia FraserFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Bantam Doubleday DellPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group...

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The Marquess of Queensberry is as famous for his role in the downfall of one of our greatest literary geniuses as he was for helping establish the rules for modern-day boxing. The trial and two-year imprisonment of Oscar Wilde, lover of Queensberry's...

Lore Schindler was ten years old when her dentist father Harry was arrested by the Gestapo in Berlin and sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. His wife Grete bought his release by giving all their possessions to the Nazi state. Leaving Germany with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679783534Author W.E.B. Du BoisFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375753831Author Amanda ForemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 390gDimensions(mm) 202mm...