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"She burst across the revolutionary sky like a blazing meteor, dazzling all in her path," Trotsky wrote. For the poet Boris Pasternak, she was Lara, the heroine of his novel Doctor Zhivago.Commissar, revolutionary fighter, espionage agent, journalist,...

Thomas Paine's words were like no others in history: they leaped off the page, inspiring readers to change their lives, their governments, their kings, and even their gods. In an age when spoken and written words were the only forms of communication,...

A full-scale biography of Bill Clinton is drawn from letters, documents, and hundreds of interviews, and chronicles his life from his troubled Arkansas childhood through his nomination for the presidency.Book InformationISBN 9780684818900Author David...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595193998Author Samuel L TennenbaumFormat PaperbackPage Count 300Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm) 232mm * 162mm * 19mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375725425Author William J. CooperFormat PaperbackPage Count 848Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 709gDimensions(mm) 202mm...

Starting in a hollowed log of wood-some thousand miles up a river, with an infinitesimal prospect of returning! I ask myself "Why?" and the only echo is "damned fool! . . . the Devil drives!" So Richard Francis Burton, preparing for an exploration of...

Henry Lilley Smith (1788-1859) was born and bred in Southam, Warwickshire. After an apprenticeship to a surgeon-apothecary, he attended Guy's Hospital (where he was a 'surgical dresser' to the distinguished Guy's surgeon Sir Astley Cooper). After a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767905091Author Jim DeRogatisFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing GroupPublisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group...

A biography of the second Duke of Lennox, the most consequential person in the Jacobean court in Scotland and England Provides an overview of the politics and culture of Scottish and English life in the Stuart period Uses rich archival, manuscript...

Hugh Glass was left to die. AttackedWhilst hunting in the fur-rich, Native American-held territory of the Upper Missouri River, Hugh Glass was attacked and mauled by a grizzly bear. Hundreds of miles away from help; his fellow hunters were unable to...

The first complete biography of a little-known but fascinating figure in the history of espionage and the American Revolution A man of as many names as motives, Edward Bancroft is a singular figure in the history of Revolutionary America. Born in...

One of the most eccentric and accomplished politicians in all of American history, John Randolph (1773-1833) led a life marked by controversy. The long-serving Virginia congressman and architect of southern conservatism grabbed headlines with his...

In 1861, Harriet Jacobs became the first formerly enslaved African American woman to publish a book-length account of her life. In crafting her coming-of-age story, she insisted upon biographical accuracy and bold creativity telling the truth while...

"An unforgettable portrait of a woman who became one of the most notorious figures of her day and whose scandalous story sheds fascinating light not only on her own tumultuous time but ours as well." - Harold Schechter, author of Hell's Princess: The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999267202Author Reta Evens SimonsFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint ReaskPublisher ReaskWeight(grams) 417g

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Franz Goell was a thoroughly typical Berliner. He worked as a clerk, sometimes as a postal employee, night watchman, or publisher's assistant. He enjoyed the movies, ate spice cake, wore a fedora, tamed sparrows, and drank beer or schnapps. He lived his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312366247Author John ManFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint St Martin's PressPublisher St Martin's PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 137mm...

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Thirsty is the history of Los Angeles and its fraught relationship with water. As a city on the make since the early twentieth century, Los Angeles' resources fought hard to keep up with its unchecked growth. The city's water chief William Mulholland...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789888228140Author James McCarthyFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Proverse Hong KongPublisher Proverse Hong KongWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Winner of the 2007 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award! Samuel Adams is perhaps the most unheralded and overshadowed of the founding fathers, yet without him there would have been no American Revolution. A genius at devising civil protests and political...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781628729177Author Soledad Fox MauraFormat HardbackPage Count 328Imprint Arcade PublishingPublisher Arcade PublishingWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 231mm...

The searing accounts of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Evgeniia Ginsberg and Varlam Shalamov opened the world's eyes to the terrors of the Soviet Gulag. But not until now has there been a memoir of life inside the camps written from the perspective of an actual...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for George Washington Book Prize 2019.Book InformationISBN 9780804140089Author Stephen FriedFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of...

1501: the turbulence of Henry VIII's reign brings passion and pain to the Morlands as they achieve ever greater wealth and prestige. Paul, great-grandsom of Elanor Morland, has inherited the Morland estates, and his own Amyas is set to be his heir. But...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451645910Author Professor of English Elaine ShowalterFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams)...

The Gandhi Reader collects the significant writings by and about Mahatma Gandhi, culled form 500 volumes, newspapers, and magazines. Here is Gandhi in his own words and those of his closest associates, including selections from his autobiography;...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692202289Author George DevincenziFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint RockPublisher RockWeight(grams) 172gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 7mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789652296474Author Rabbi Marvin TokayerFormat HardbackPage Count 300Imprint Gefen Publishing HousePublisher Gefen Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 838g

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451626216Author Larry McMurtryFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 717gDimensions(mm) 276mm *...

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 capture of Manila from the Spanish in October 1762 was an impressive victory, masterminded by a truly extraordinary leader. It was a battle that took British forces to the edge of the known world and caused William Pitt the Elder to refer to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780684832753Author Jeffry D. WertFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 505g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619450004Author Kenneth D AckermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Viral History Press LLCPublisher Viral History Press LLCWeight(grams)...

Adolf Hitler was born in Austria in April 1889, and shot himself in a bunker in Berlin in April 1945 with Russian soldiers beating at the door, surrounded by the ruins of the country he had vowed to restore to greatness. Adolf Hitler: The Curious and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781439191576Author Thomas PennFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 211mm * 140mm...

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