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( The Life of Captain Flora Sandes ) The only woman to serve as a soldier in the First World War, the Englishwoman Flora Sandes became a hero and media sensation when she fought for the Serbian Army and pursued a distinguished career in its ranks as officer. This account charts her...
By: Louise Miller |
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A.J. Cronin, author of some of the best-loved novels of the mid-twentieth century and the creator of Dr Finlay , has been unjustly overlooked by literary biographers. In this, the first full-length life of this eminent but often neglected writer,...
By: Alan Davies |
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( Translated by Stephen Parkin ) Out of the ruins and savagery of Second World War, the figure of Benito Mussolini looms large as one of the most influential during the first half of the twentieth century. After his ignominious end in Piazzale Loreto, most have tried to erase the...
By: Roberto Olla |
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( Translated by Stephen Parkin ) Out of the ruins and savagery of Second World War, the figure of Benito Mussolini looms large as one of the most influential during the first half of the twentieth century. After his ignominious end in Piazzale Loreto, most have tried to erase the...
By: Roberto Olla |
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( Translated by J.G. Nichols, foreword by Francesco da Mosto ) Enriched by new material not available in the previous hardback edition The Leopard , published posthumously in 1958, was one of the most important works of fiction to appear in the Italian language in the twentieth century. Between 1925 and 1930,...
By: Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa |
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For generations of migrant workers, from Okies fleeing the Dust Bowl of the 1930s to Mexican labourers today, Imperial County has held the promise of paradise – and the reality of hell. Sprawling across a stinking artificial sea, across the deserts,...
By: William T. Vollmann |
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( Translated by Cathy Porter. Foreword by Doris Lessing. ) After marrying Count Leo Tolstoy, the author of Anna Karenina and War and Peace , Sofia Behrs kept a detailed diary until his death in 1910. Sofia's life was not an easy one: she idealized her husband, but was tormented by him; even her many...
By: Sofia Tolstoy |
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( A Collection of Aphorisms ) With these provocative thoughts on the central questions of living, Dr Simon May catches our minds off guard in areas as diverse as love, pride, self-esteem, gratitude, timing, lying, talking, knowing, suffering, escaping, silence, evil and thinking...
By: Simon May |
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( Translated by Stephen Parkin ) Much blood has been spilt on account of the Sicilian and American Mafias – and almost as much ink has been expended on recounting the details of their culture and crimes. However, comparatively little is known about the brutal, elusive figures who...
By: Roberto Olla |
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( My Life with Stephen ) Professor Stephen Hawking is one of the most famous and remarkable scientists of our age, and author of the scientific bestseller A Brief History of Time , which sold over 25 million copies across the world. In this compelling memoir, his first wife...
By: Jane Hawking |
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