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The Wagner Clan: The Saga of Germany's Most Illustrious and Infamous Family
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Jonathan Carr's book on the Wagner clan is bascally an interesting look into the lives of an interesting family. The Wagners' devotion to the works of the patriarch, Richard, is unusual in this day and age. Each member of the family is a facinating topic per se. However, Carr's obsession with German politics gets in the way; yes Wagner displayed anti... »
A Tale of Love and Darkness
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This is a beautiful and moving memoir from a sensitive and humanistic writer of great skill and style. The reader will feel that he or she is personally experiencing growing up with the author in the most modest and simple circumstances, in the young State of Israel, from before statehood and into its early years, getting to know as friends and neighbo... »
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
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Well timed to coincide with Ken Burns's documentary (on which the author served as a consultant), this new biography doesn't aim to displace the many massive tomes about America's third president that already weigh down bookshelves. Instead, as suggested by the subtitle--"The Character of Thomas Jefferson"--Ellis searches for the "living, breathing per... »
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds His
Some historical events simply beggar any attempt at description--the Holocaust is one of these. Therefore, as it recedes and the people able to bear witne... »
Hard Call: Great Decisions and the Extraordinar
Who else but the ageing Michael Caine should play John McCain in the movie he's continuously making of his life? And the aspiring Commander in Chief shows... »
Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged
This is a beautifully written book about Lincoln--the complete man. Joshua Wolf Shank does a lovely job of describing how Lincoln learned from his bouts ... »
All But My Life: A Memoir
This book was gripping and I could not put it down until I finished it. It's so hard to believe the hardships so many endured for being Jewish. A must r... »
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of
In American Prometheus, Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin delve deep into J. Robert Oppenheimer's life and deliver a thorough and devastatingly sad bi... »
Jane Austen: A Life
The author of Pride and Prejudice, Persuasion, and other comedies of manners gets a biography similar in tone to her own books: intelligent ... »
A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, B
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's A Midwifes' Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 demonstrates that an ordinary person's life can shed ... »
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