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France’s Most Famous Palaces: The History and Legacy of Versailles, the Louvre, and the Tuileries

The Titanic and the Lusitania: The Controversial History of the 20th Century’s Most Famous Maritime Disasters

Nazi Germany’s Best Generals: The Lives and Careers of Erwin Rommel, Heinz Guderian, and Albert Kesselring

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Odd Man Out: James Mason - A Biography by Sheridan Morley

The reason for watching a James Mason film, as the film critic Pauline Kael once noted, was usually only James Mason himself.

Mason was actually pointed toward a career in architecture before acting overtook him during his third year at Cambridge. He went on to make an indelible impression playing emotionally haunted characters on stage and screen, such as one early stand-out role, Johnny McQueen in Carol Reed’s Odd Man Out (1947).

Sheridan Morley (1941-2007) was the author of a number of books including A Talent to Amuse: A Life of Noel Coward (1969); Gladys Cooper (1979); The Hollywood Raj (1983), The Other Side of the Moon: The Life of David Niven (1985), Odd Man Out: James Mason (1989) and Robert: My Father (1993). These are now all republished by Dean Street Press.


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[ATDrake]

Bargain @ $2.99 each for biography/memoir from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's Mariner Books imprint in the US only (couponable/VIP-discount eligible; should be the same price at all the usual retailers):

• J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century by noted Tolkien scholar and retired literature professor Tom Shippey (Wikipedia). Apparently, this is also a literary analysis that explores Tolkien's works' ties to older fantasy storytelling traditions from Grimm's Fairy Tales back to Beowulf.
• Rachel Carson: Witness to Nature by Linda Lear, an historian who has held a number of prestigious-looking positions, according to her profile page on her Rachel Carson memorial website, which also says that this biography of the eponymous biologist and environmental activist (Wikipedia; author of the classic Silent Spring) received a 1999 prize for best book on women in science by the History of Science Society.
• Half the Way Home: A Memoir of Father and Son by journalist and history book author Adam Hochschild (Wikipedia).

Also @ $2.99 in the US only from some Random Penguin House imprint (non-couponable):

Isaac Asimov's Guide to Earth and Space by the late Isaac Asimov, a 1991-era Q&A science title of his explaining core concepts from simple to advanced, which has its own Wikipedia entry.

[Little.Egret]

Free.

Seven Roman Statesmen by Charles Oman

1902

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Oman (1860-1946)

THERE WAS A TIME, NOT so very long ago, when the taunt was true that history was written as if it were a mere string of anecdotal biographies of great men. But for the last forty years the pendulum has been swinging so much in the other direction, that it has become necessary to enforce the lesson that the biographies of great men are, after all, a most important part of history. It is well to have conceptions of the streams of tendency and the typical developments of every age, but the blessed word "evolution" will not account for everything, and it is absurd to neglect the influence of the great personalities.

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[Little.Egret]

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France’s Most Famous Palaces: The History and Legacy of Versailles, the Louvre, and the Tuileries

The Titanic and the Lusitania: The Controversial History of the 20th Century’s Most Famous Maritime Disasters

Nazi Germany’s Best Generals: The Lives and Careers of Erwin Rommel, Heinz Guderian, and Albert Kesselring

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New Amsterdam and British New York: The History of New York City as a Colonial Possession before the Revolutionary War

The Quakers and the Amish: The History and Legacy of the Two Unique Religious Communities

The Texas Revolution and Mexican-American War: The History and Legacy of the Conflicts that Led to Mexico’s Cession of the American Southwest

The World’s Most Notorious Secret Societies: The Histories and Mysteries of the Freemasons, the Illuminati, and the Rosicrucians

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The Golden and Ghoulish Age of the Gibbet in Britain (Palgrave Historical Studies in the Criminal Corpse and its Afterlife) 1st ed. 2017 Edition by Sarah Tarlow

This book is the first academic study of the post-mortem practice of gibbeting (‘hanging in chains’), since the nineteenth century. Gibbeting involved placing the executed body of a malefactor in an iron cage and suspending it from a tall post. A body might remain in the gibbet for many decades, while it gradually fell to pieces. Hanging in chains was a very different sort of post-mortem punishment from anatomical dissection, although the two were equal alternatives in the eyes of the law. Where dissection obliterated and de-individualised the body, hanging in chains made it monumental and rooted it in the landscape, adding to personal notoriety. Focusing particularly on the period 1752-1832, this book provides a summary of the historical evidence, the factual history of gibbetting which explores the locations of gibbets, the material technologies involved in hanging in chains, and the actual process from erection to eventual collapse.

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_Better Together: 8 Ways Working with Women Leads to Extraordinary Products and Profits_, by Jonathan Sposato.

$23.75 at Amazon for mobi. _Free_ for mobi, ePub, and?/or pdf from Instafreebie.

5-stars at Amazon and Goodreads, but from only one rating each. However, it is published by the respected business book publisher Wiley.

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Drake: England's Greatest Seafarer by Ernle Bradford

First published in 1965 by Dorset Press

The life of Sir Francis Drake reads like a piece of improbable fiction. He was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe, was the plunderer of the Spanish gold fleet, was knighted by Queen Elizabeth aboard his ship The Golden Hind, and was largely responsible for the destruction of the Spanish Armada in 1588.

He is an extraordinary example of a self-made man, a navigator of astonishing brilliance, a gen-uis at naval warfare and an outstanding leader of men. He was already a legend when he died in 1596. And the legend is justified. At a time when birth and breeding were essential keys to the doors of power, Drake rose by his own efforts, almost unaided.

Ernle Bradford, the renowned historian and author of The Great Siege and Ulysses Found shows us the man behind the legend.


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New Amsterdam and British New York: The History of New York City as a Colonial Possession before the Revolutionary War

The Quakers and the Amish: The History and Legacy of the Two Unique Religious Communities

The Texas Revolution and Mexican-American War: The History and Legacy of the Conflicts that Led to Mexico’s Cession of the American Southwest

The World’s Most Notorious Secret Societies: The Histories and Mysteries of the Freemasons, the Illuminati, and the Rosicrucians

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The History and Legacy of the Greatest Empires in the Ancient Levant

Colonizing and Decolonizing Africa: The History and Legacy of European Imperialism across the African Continent

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The Roman Province of Judea: The Turbulent History and Legacy of Rome’s Rule in Ancient Israel and Judah

The Russian Revolution of 1917: The History of the Russian Empire’s Collapse and the Establishment of the Soviet Union

The Brandenburg Gate: The History and Legacy of Berlin’s Famous Landmark

The History and Legacy of Germany’s Most Controversial Events Between World War I and World War II

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The Cat Rule Book

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The Roman Province of Judea: The Turbulent History and Legacy of Rome’s Rule in Ancient Israel and Judah

The Russian Revolution of 1917: The History of the Russian Empire’s Collapse and the Establishment of the Soviet Union

The Brandenburg Gate: The History and Legacy of Berlin’s Famous Landmark

The History and Legacy of Germany’s Most Controversial Events Between World War I and World War II

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The Dynasties of Ancient Egypt: The History and Legacy of the Pharaohs from the Beginning of Egyptian Civilization to the Rise of Rome


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Radar Meteorology: Principles and Practice 1st Edition, Kindle by Frédéric Fabry

This practical textbook introduces the fundamental physics behind radar measurements, to guide students and practitioners in the proper interpretation of radar reflectivity, Doppler velocity and dual-polarization imagery. Operational applications are explored, such as how radar imagery can be used to analyze and forecast convective and widespread weather systems.
Numerous full-color illustrations are included, as well as problem sets, case studies, and a variety of supplementary electronic material including animated time sequences of images to help convey complex concepts. This book is a valuable resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in radar meteorology and other related courses, such as precipitation microphysics and dynamics.


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The Dynasties of Ancient Egypt: The History and Legacy of the Pharaohs from the Beginning of Egyptian Civilization to the Rise of Rome


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Add Lourdes: The History and Legacy of France's Most Famous Christian Pilgrimage Site

[ATDrake]

Well, now down to $1.99 in the US only from HMH's Mariner Books imprint. If you got it at the slightly higher $2.99 price from Kobo earlier this week, it's still within the 7 business day price-match window.

Originally Posted by ATDrake

J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century by noted Tolkien scholar and retired literature professor Tom Shippey (Wikipedia). Apparently, this is also a literary analysis that explores Tolkien's works' ties to older fantasy storytelling traditions from Grimm's Fairy Tales back to Beowulf.