Tells the story of Edward VIII and his wife, Wallis Simpson, whose affair with Joachim von Ribbentrop embroiled the duke in a German plot to use him as a puppet king. This damning correspondence...
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Author: Morton, AndrewSummary:
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Author: Gregory, PhilippaSummary:
Gregory joins two eminent historians to explore the real-life characters behind her Wars of the Roses novels. Gregory and her team describe the extraordinary lives of the heroines of her Cousins...
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Author: Renehan, EdwardSummary:
Edward J. Renehan, Jr. presents a biography of one of the most hated and most admired American entrepreneurs of all time. Here, he sheds light on Wall Street magnate Jay Gould and his frequently...
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Author: Edwards, JonathanSummary:
Jonathan Edwards experienced two seasons of revival during his pastorate in Northampton, New England - one in 1734-5 and the other a few years later in 1740-42. He gave insightful counsel...
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Author: ROBERTS, Ann VictoriaSummary:
In the shadows of the City of York illegitimate cousins Louisa and Edward Elliott are bound by the past, until dashing Irish officer Robert Duncannon appears. Louisa follows her love to Dublin...
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Author: Acito, MarcSummary:
Edward Zanni has been kicked out of drama school because he's just too "jazz hands" for Juilliard. He moves to New York City and lands a job working as a stealth guest at corporate parties. When...
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Author: Henley, VirginiaSummary:
It is 1322, and the Marcher lords are rebelling against King Edward II. Lady Brianna de Beauchamp, daughter of a powerful Marcher, knows she should not involve herself in the battle. But when she...
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Author: Paine, Albert BigelowSummary:
The Tent Dwellers is a book by Albert Bigelow Paine, chronicling his travels through inland Nova Scotia on a trout fishing trip with Dr. Edward "Eddie" Breck, and with guides Charles "the Strong"...
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Author: Eliot, GeorgeSummary:
Sisters Dorothea and Cecilia live in genteel poverty in an English village. Dorothea, seeking a life of noble service, falls for the dry intellectual Edward Casaubon, much to her light-hearted...
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Author: Humphreys, HelenSummary:
Don Gutteridge approaches his home town of Point Edward, Ontario, with an array of listening and recording devices, mixing poetry, documentary newspaper collage, interviews and photography. A...
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Author: Zimmer, MichaelSummary:
In 1885 young Rose Edwards, widowed and penniless but fiercely independent, begins an odyssey to revisit the land of her childhood. But the old ways are disappearing, and Rose becomes a reluctant...
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Author: Bowen, RhysSummary:
There aren't many opportunities for young people in Llanfair, so when an exciting and glamorous American woman breezes into town talking of dormant psychic powers and important social research,...
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Author: Lightman, Alan P.Summary:
In a series of essays, Lightman explores the emotional life of science, the power of imagination, the creative moment, and the alternate ways in which scientists and humanists think about the...
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Author: Gill, Chris, Tolinski, BradSummary:
Music journalists Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill share a candid, definitive oral history of the most influential rock guitarist since Jimi Hendrix. In addition to discussing his greatest triumphs as...
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Author: Hawthorne, JulianSummary:
Assembled and edited by Julian Hawthorne and first published in 1907, the Old Time English volume of The Lock and Key Library features ten classic mysteries and ghost stories by Charles Dickens,...