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Charlie Chaplin and His Times

Kenneth S Lynn

• Paperback | Engels
• Examining the legendary actor's life, art, and controversial politics within the context of their times, Lynn presents a fresh and definitive portrait... Lees meer

Martini Man

William Schoell

• Paperback | Engels
• Martini Man goes beyond the simple caricature of the boozy lounge singer with a penchant for racy humor to reveal the substantive man behind that mask... Lees meer

Harmonicas, Harps and Heavy Breathers

Kim Field

• Paperback | Engels
• This definitive volume celebrates the harmonica's illustrious history, focusing on every musical genre that has felt the harp's impact. Lees meer

Clara Bow

David Stenn

• Paperback | Engels
• Silent screen goddess Clara Bow was the embodiment of the Roaring Twenties, Hollywood's first sex symbol and a natural talent with an independent hear... Lees meer

Did They Mention the Music?

Henry Mancini

• Paperback | Engels
• This is the remarkable autobiography of composer and pianist Henry Mancini, whose more than ninety film scores include The Pink Panther, Breakfast at ... Lees meer

The Fabulous Life of Diego Rivera

Betram D Wolfe

• Paperback | Engels
• A visionary painter best known for his murals, Diego Rivera explored Paris, Spain, San Francisco, New York, Moscow and his native Mexico, and counted ... Lees meer

The South Pole

Captain Roald Amundsen

• Paperback | Engels
• The first explorer to reach the South Pole recounts the rigors of his expedition. Lees meer

The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Reader

• Hardcover | Engels
• Sampling works by the creator of Holmes and Watson, this collection features Doyle's detective stories, horror tales, journalism, historical stories, ... Lees meer

Josephine Baker

Jean-Claude Baker, Chris Chase

• Paperback | Engels
• This revelatory biography of Folies Bergere dancer Josephine Baker (1906-1975) is a study of struggle, truimph and tragedy. Lees meer

Desperados

John Einarson

• Paperback | Engels
• Desperados is the first full history to describe the development of ountry rock, the genre that spawned the world's bestselling record, The Eagles Gre... Lees meer

Japan's War

Edwin P Hoyt

• Paperback | Engels
• Tracing the history of Japanese aggression from 1853 onward, Hoyt masterfully examines the issues behind the war in the Pacific and sheds new light on... Lees meer

Justinian

G P Baker

• Paperback | Engels
• Infamous for corruption during his reign and for his marriage to the sexually voracious empress Theodora, Justinian lived in a remarkable age that saw... Lees meer

History of the Conquest of Mexico & History of the Conquest of Peru

William H Prescott

• Paperback | Engels
• One of America's greatest and most highly regarded historians, William Hickling Prescott set a lofty literary standard for historical writing with his... Lees meer

The Delights Of Democracy

Christian P Potholm

• Hardcover | Engels
• Campaign consultant Potholm explores the U. S. A.'s democratic process, explaining how the election of 2000 revealed the system's strengths, why low v... Lees meer

Short Novels of the Masters

• Paperback | Engels
• A collection of perhaps, the ten finest short novels ever written including Melville, Dostoyevsky, Flaubert, Tolstoy, Chekov, Kafka, D. H. Lawrence an... Lees meer

My Arctic Journal

Josephine Peary

• Paperback | Engels
• Peary, the wife of celebrated arctic explorer Robert E. Peary, joined her husband on his 1891-92 expedition to the Arctic Circle. Lees meer

Napoleon's Marshals

Ronald Frederick Delderfield

• Paperback | Engels
• Napoleon's Marshals led the troops of France in battles across Europe from 1804 to 1815. A mixed group of twenty-six men, some of the Marshals came fr... Lees meer

Depeche Mode

Steve Malins

• Paperback | Engels
• Malins interviews the pop synthesizer gods themselves and many others in creating this portrait of one of England's most successful rock groups. The b... Lees meer

The Silent and the Damned

Frey Seitz Frey, Nancy Thompson-Frey

• Paperback | Engels
• This is the chilling and unforgettable story of the sensational trial, unjust conviction, and lynching of Leo Frank for the murder of his thirteen-yea... Lees meer

Occupation

Ian Ousby

• Paperback | Engels
• France was slow and somewhat ineffectual in organizing resistance movement. In Occupation Ian Ousby challenges the myth that France was liberated " by... Lees meer

The Runaway Bride

Elizabeth Kendall

• Paperback | Engels
• Kendall's examination of classic comedies from It Happened One Night to The Lady Eve -and the comediennes who starred in them-reveals what these films... Lees meer

The Ferocious Engine of Democracy, Updated

Michael P Riccards

• Paperback | Engels | Ferocious Engine of Democracy | nr. 2
• Riccards focuses on how the abilities, goals, and personalities of presidents have shaped the the United States in the past 100 years. This edition is... Lees meer

Constantine the Great

G P Baker

• Paperback | Engels
• Revered historian Baker, the author of books on Augustus, Tiberius, and Hannibal, tells the story of Constantine, the first Christian ruler of the Rom... Lees meer

The War of 1812

Henry Adams

• Paperback | Engels
• This unsurpassed work illuminates the unpopular, blunder-filled War of 1812. Lees meer