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The Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 9: 1939–1941

FABER & FABER, 2021

This volume covers the production of Eliot's play The Family Reunion; the publication of The Idea of a Christian Society; and the joyous versifying of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats.

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The Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume One: 1898-1922

FABER & FABER, 2009

Volume One of the Letters of T. S. Eliot, edited by Valerie Eliot in 1988, covered the period from Eliot's childhood in St Louis, Missouri, to the end of 1922, by which time he had settled in England, married and published The Waste Land.

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The Letters of T. S. Eliot, Volume 2: 1923-1925

FABER & FABER, 2009

Volume Two covers the early years of his editorship of The Criterion (the periodical that Eliot launched with Lady Rothermere's backing in 1922), publication of The Hollow Men and the course of Eliot's thinking about poetry and poetics after The Waste La

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Thomas E. Ricks: Churchill and Orwell - The Fight for Freedom

PENGUIN BOOKS, 2018

A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017A dual biography of Winston Churchill and George Orwell, who preserved democracy from the threats of authoritarianism, from the left and right alike.

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Tom Felton: Beyond the Wand

EBURY SPOTLIGHT, 2023

They called for a break, and Gambon magicked up a cigarette from out of his beard. He and I were often to be found outside the stage that housed the Astronomy Tower, having 'a breath of fresh air' as we referred to it.

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Verdone Carlo: La carezza della memoria

BOMPIANI, 2021

La memoria e una scatola. Aprirla, guardare, ricordare, raccontare sono atti naturalmente concatenati in questa raccolta di storie e racconti di Carlo Verdone.

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Virginia Woolf:The Diary of Virginia Woolf: Volume 1: 1915-19

GRANTA, 2023

This diary begins in January 1915. Virginia Woolf was about to publish her first novel, The Voyage Out. By the end of 1919 she had published many essays and reviews, as well as a second novel, Night and Day.

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Walter Isaacson: Einstein - His Life and Universe

SIMON & SCHUSTER, 2017

How did Einstein’s mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson’s biography shows how Einstein’s scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality.

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Walter Isaacson: Elon Musk

SIMON & SCHUSTER, 2024

Epic feats. Epic failures. An epic story.Walter Isaacson charts Elon Musk’s journey from humble beginnings to one of the wealthiest people on the planet – but is Musk a genius or a jerk?

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Warren Ellis: Nina Simone's Gum

FABER & FABER, 2021

Nina Simone's Gum is about how something so small can form beautiful connections between people. It is a story about the meaning we place on things, on experiences, and how they become imbued with spirituality.

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Wayne Gretzky with Kirstie McLellan Day: 99: Stories of the Game

G.F.PUTMAN' SONS, 2016

From minor-hockey phenomenon to Hall of Fame sensation, Wayne Gretzky rewrote the record books, his accomplishments becoming the stuff of legend. Dubbed “The Great One,” he is considered by many to be the greatest hockey player who ever lived.

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William Friedkin: The Friedkin Connection: A Memoir

HARPER PERENNIAL, 2013

The long-awaited memoir from the Academy Award-winning director of such legendary films as The French Connection, The Exorcist, and To Live and Die in LA, The Friedkin Connection.

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William Taubman: Gorbachev

SIMON & SCHUSTER, 2017

When Mikhail Gorbachev became the leader of the Soviet Union in 1985, the USSR was one of the world’s two superpowers.

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Yolanda Arencibia: Galdós. Una biografía

TUSQUETS EDITORES, 2020

Benito Pérez Galdós (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1843?Madrid, 1920) sigue siendo en gran medida un escritor mal conocido, cuyo genio, a los cien anos de su muerte, aún no es apreciado a la altura que merece.

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