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The decline and fall of the House of Windsor
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Biography of the Royal Family of Great Britain from Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth II that reveals new information about many family members and examines the difficulties that celebrity status has… |
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The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators
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As dramatic and captivating as one of Sir John's many performances, this authorized biography is an intimate and fully rounded portrait of an unforgettable actor and a remarkable man. |
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Adolf Eichmann
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The Oxford Book of Royal Anecdotes
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Arnold Schoenberg's journey
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Tiger Woods
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Stewart, Mark |
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The Stephen King story
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George W. Beahm |
Writer Stephen King's life and work. Includes a checklist of his works, a bibliography, and an index.
ISBN: 0836279891 9780836279894
OCLC Number: 24378579
Description: 291 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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The Enormous Room
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The Enormous Room is Cummings’s autobiographical narrative of the time he spent in La Ferté Mace, a French concentration camp a hundred miles west of Paris. Cummings and a friend, both members of an … |
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Charles de Gaulle
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Traces the life of the French general who led the Free French and Resistance movements during World War II and, as a postwar president, helped to rebuild the nation. |
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Lords of finance
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With penetrating insights for today, this vital history of the world economic collapse of the late 1920s offers portraits of four men--Montagu Norman, Amile Hilaire Emile Moreau, Hjalmar Horace Greel… |
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Maud
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Describes the private life and literary career of the Canadian writer best known for her novels about Anne, a girl from Prince Edward Island. |
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100 dieux du stade
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L'ouvrage, comportant de nombreuses photographies "historiques" et des listes de records, presente les cent plus grands champions de l'athletisme moderne. [SDM]. |
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Taylor Swift
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Les rendez-vous de l'espoir
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Marcel Farine |
Analyse : Marcel Farine, figure de proue du mouvement Emmaüs, a passé une partie de sa jeunesse à Morges puis à Lausanne avant de s'établir à Berne. |
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Jean-Luc Godard, tout est cinéma
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Richard Brody |
Le critique américain Richard Brody s'appuie sur des centaines d'entretiens avec les amis, collaborateurs et membres de la famille de Godard ainsi que sur des séquences d'archives inédites pour dress… |
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La petite fille qui ne parlait pas
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Galilée et l'Univers
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