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  • Enthusiasms

    de Mark Girouard ...
    "Charming" essays on literature and life by the British raconteur who "often finds poignancy or humor in the seemingly trivial" ( Publishers Weekly).Does a neglected masterpiece by Jane Austen enshrine her first love affair? Who was Vita Sackville West's real grandfather? What clues are there to the identity of "Walter," doyen of Victorian pornographers? When and why did P.G. Wodehouse mutate from ... Leer más

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  • Enthusiasms

    de Mark Girouard ...
    Does a neglected masterpiece by Jane Austen enshrine her first love affair? Who was Vita Sackville West's real grandfather? What clues are there to the identity of 'Walter', doyen of Victorian pornographers? When and why did P.G. Wodehouse mutate from hack to genius? Was Oscar Wilde really down and out in Paris? Was Brideshead really Madresfield? These and other excursions into literary or ... Leer más

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  • Reflections of Alan Turing

    A Relative Story

    de Dermot Turing ...
    Everyone knows the story of the codebreaker and computer science pioneer Alan Turing.Except …When Dermot Turing is asked about his famous uncle, people want to know more than the bullet points of his life. They want to know everything – was Alan Turing actually a codebreaker? What did he make of artificial intelligence? What is the significance of Alan Turing's trial, his suicide, the Royal Pardon ... Leer más

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  • What's in an English Place-name?

    A History of England in its Place-Names

    de William Lewis ...
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    Wondering how British place-names came into existence? Discover the meanings behind the names of England's towns and villages from the author of the bestselling ‘What’s in your Surname?’After spending decades researching and writing about the history of names, William Lewis turns his attention to English place-names, offering a comprehensive guide to the fascinating origins of such names as ... Leer más

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  • The Library

    A Catalogue of Wonders

    de Stuart Kells ...
    A sharp and delightful celebration of libraries around the world, and throughout time—for the passionate bibliophile and literary historian.“Excellent . . . Tracks the history of that greatest of all cultural institutions.” —The Washington PostLibraries are much more than mere collections of volumes. The best are magical, fabled places whose fame has become part of the cultural wealth they are ... Leer más

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  • Final Chapters

    How Famous Authors Died

    de Jim Bernhard ...
    Everybody has got to die, but I have always believed an exception would be made in my case.” William Saroyan, Pulitzer Prizewinning authorFamous authors, like everybody else, know that one day they will die. Final Chapters tells the fascinating stories of more than one hundred writers’ encounters with death-and their attitudes toward the Grim Reaper: fear, uncertainty, or acceptance.Francis Bacon ... Leer más

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  • All We Say

    The Battle for American Identity: A History in 15 Speeches

    de Ben Rhodes ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • What does it mean to be American? Who gets to decide? This sweeping history of the United States told through fifteen speeches relives the battle over American identity, from a New York Times bestselling author and one of President Barack Obama’s former speechwriters.“At a time of moral and political drift, Ben Rhodes reminds us what American greatness actually sounds ... Leer más

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  • Transported

    The Everyday Magic of Musical Daydreams

    **A Wall Street Journal Best Book To ReadA song comes on—and suddenly, you’re somewhere else.**Reliving past heartbreak. Picturing a serene future. Imagining a fantastical scene. Across genres, music has an uncanny ability to carry us into distinct inner worlds.In Transported, acclaimed music cognition researcher Elizabeth Margulis explores the phenomenon of musical daydreams—the vivid, ... Leer más

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    The Journey of an African Wildlife Vet

    An Inspiring Memoir, for Fans of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Frans De WaalIn her enchanting memoir, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda’s first wildlife veterinarian, tells the remarkable story from her animal-loving childhood to her career protecting endangered mountain gorillas and other wild animals. She is also the defender of people as a groundbreaking promoter of human public health and an ... Leer más

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  • The Idea Machine

    How Books Built Our World and Shape Our Future

    Books are our first and most lasting form of information technology. Books preserve ideas, yes, but they also provoke new ones— they are true tools for thinking. In The Idea Machine, Joel J. Miller shows that books are one of the most important but overlooked factors in the making of our contemporary world. And they still have lessons to teach us.Polls indicate reading is on the decline, but as we ... Leer más

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  • Battle Elephants and Flaming Foxes

    Animals in the Roman World

    From the hooves of chariot horses pounding the dust of the racetrack to the cries of elephants charging the battlefields, animals were a key part of Roman life. On memorials left to beloved dogs or in images of arena animals hammered onto coins, their stories and roles in Roman history are there for us to find.Why did the emperor Augustus always have a seal skin nearby?What was the most dangerous ... Leer más

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  • Plastic Inc.

    The Secret History and Shocking Future of Big Oil's Biggest Bet

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