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  • Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs

    The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs

    by Ted Morgan ...
    “Almost indecently readable . . . captures [Burroughs’s] destructive energy, his ferocious pessimism, and the renegade brilliance of his style.”—VogueWith a new preface as well as a final chapter on William S. Burroughs’s last years, the acclaimed Literary Outlaw is the only existing full biography of an extraordinary figure. Anarchist, heroin addict, alcoholic, and brilliant writer, Burroughs was ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Valley of Death

    The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu That Led America into the Vietnam War

    by Ted Morgan ...
    Pulitzer Prize–winning author Ted Morgan has now written a rich and definitive account of the fateful battle that ended French rule in Indochina—and led inexorably to America’s Vietnam War. Dien Bien Phu was a remote valley on the border of Laos along a simple rural trade route. But it would also be where a great European power fell to an underestimated insurgent army and lost control of a crucial ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Strange Death of Van Gogh

    by Ted Morgan ...
    Vincent Van Gogh, perhaps the greatest and most influential painter of the nineteenth century, committed suicide at the age of thirty-seven. He sold only one painting in his lifetime. Was he motivated by mental illness or despair when he put a revolver to his chest or was his physician partly to blame? Here, in this short-form book by Pulitzer-Prize winning biographer and historian Ted Morgan, is ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Reds

    McCarthyism in Twentieth-Century America

    by Ted Morgan ...
    In this landmark work, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Ted Morgan examines the McCarthyite strain in American politics, from its origins in the period that followed the Bolshevik Revolution to the present. Morgan argues that Senator Joseph McCarthy did not emerge in a vacuum—he was, rather, the most prominent in a long line of men who exploited the issue of Communism for political advantage.In 1918, ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • A Covert Life

    Jay Lovestone: Communist, Anti-Communist, and Spymaster

    by Ted Morgan ...
    The extraordinary life of Jay Lovestone is one of the great untold stories of the twentieth century. A Lithuanian immigrant who came to the United States in 1897, Lovestone rose to leadership in the Communist Party of America, only to fall out with Moscow and join the anti-Communist establishment after the Second World War. He became one of the leading strategists of the Cold War, and was once ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Peregrinations Of The Wordsmith

    by Ted Morgan ...
    Ted presents us with yet more captivating and inspiring poems and rhymes, based on his experiences of life today, and from his past 70+ years. This collection of deeply thoughtful and at times very humorous poems and rhymes, encapsulates a life that has involved, National Service, Mountaineering, and a career as a Psychiatric Nurse, all of which have presented the best and the worst aspects of ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Wordsmith's Wanderings

    by Ted Morgan ...
    Having lived a life that includes National Service, Mountain Rescue, and a career in General and Psychiatric Nursing, combined with a life of pot holing, mountain climbing and travelling the world, whilst slipping in a marathon or two, it is safe to say that Ted has seen the best and the worst of people and life.Using his own personal experiences and observations that span his 76 years, these ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • A Menu of Memories

    by Ted Morgan ...
    No one makes you sit up and think like Ted does, with his wonderful poems and verse. His take on life is inspiring, especially when it is all wrapped in the broad range of deeply felt thoughts and emotions of the author himself. You will laugh, and chuckle, but be aware some of his more poignant moments, may bring a few tears. Ted's long and active life, has given him insights to the world, you ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Silhouette Soldiers & Other Verse

    by Ted Morgan ...
    Another wonderful selection of Poems and Verse, taken from his long life.Silhouette Soldiers takes a look across the whole of Ted’s life, and shows how events before his birth played a vital role in shaping the life and the person he is today. Yet another thought provoking, and at times humorous take on the life of a reflective man. ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

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  • Widowmaker

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  • Gun Button to Fire: A Hurricane Pilots Dramatic Story of the Battle of Britain

    A Hurricane Pilot's Dramatic Story of the Battle of Britain

    by Tom Neil, DFC ...
    This is a fighter pilot's story of eight memorable months from May to December 1940. When the Germans were blitzing their way across France, Pilot Officer Tom Neil had just received his first posting to 249 Squadron.Nineteen years old, fresh from training at Montrose on Hawker Audax biplanes he was soon to be pitch forked into the maelstrom of air fighting on which the survival of Britain was to ... Read more

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