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The Real Elizabeth
An Intimate Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II

Henry Holt and Co.
A surprising and very personal biography of a woman who may be the world's last great queen, published to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of her...
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Talk Show

Macmillan Audio
The legendary talk show host's humorous reminiscences and pointed commentary on the great figures he has known, and culture and politics today For years, Dick...
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The Elephant to Hollywood

Henry Holt and Co.
Charming, engaging, and surprisingly forthright, Michael Caine gives us his insider's view of Hollywood and the story of his brilliant second act When he was...
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W.E.B. Du Bois
A Biography

Henry Holt and Co.
The two-time Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of W. E. B. Du Bois from renowned scholar David Levering Lewis, now in one condensed and updated volume William...
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Built of Books
How Reading Defined the Life of Oscar Wilde

A John Macrae Book
An entirely new kind of biography, Built of Books explores the mind and personality of Oscar Wilde through his taste in books This intimate account of Oscar...
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Abraham Lincoln
The American Presidents Series: The 16th President, 1861-1865

Macmillan Audio
McGovern—a former U.S. senator, presidential candidate, veteran, and historian by training—offers his unique insight into our sixteenth president....
  
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The Founding Fathers

Macmillan Audio
This elegant boxed-set includes biographies of America’s first four chief executives in volumes compact enough for the busy listener....
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Harry S. Truman
The American Presidents Series: The 33rd President, 1945-1953

Macmillan Audio
Bestselling biographer Dallek chronicles how a plainspoken man from Missouri rose to become one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century....
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The Man Who Ate the World
In Search of the Perfect Dinner

Henry Holt and Co.
An astronomical gastronomical undertaking —one of the world’s preeminent restaurant critics takes on the giants of haute cuisine, one tasting menu at a time ...
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House of Wits
An Intimate Portrait of the James Family

Henry Holt and Co.
An American odyssey that reveals the fascinating complexities of one of history’s most brilliant, eccentric, and daring families The James family, one of...
  

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Soundings
The Story of the Remarkable Woman Who Mapped the Ocean Floor

Henry Holt and Co.
Her maps of the ocean floor have been called "one of the most remarkable achievements in modern cartography", yet no one knows her name.   Soundings is the...