Shakespeare: The Biography
By: Peter Ackroyd
2.00
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
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1. Soul of the Age: A Biography of the Mind of William Shakespeare
By: Jonathan Bate
4.09
Format: 471 pages, Hardcover
“One man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages.” In this illuminating, innovativ… read more
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- drama
2. The Merry Wives of Windsor
By: William Shakespeare
3.55
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteer… read more
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- drama
"Better three hours too soon than a minute too late."-William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor
"Come, gentlemen, I hope we shall drink down all unkindness."-William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor
"I assure thee: setting the attractions of my good parts aside I have no other charms."-William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor
"I think the devil will not have me damned, lest the oil that's in me should set hell on fire."-William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor
3. Shakespeare: The World as Stage
By: Bill Bryson
3.81
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
At first glance, Bill Bryson seems an odd choice to write this addition to the Eminent Lives series… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Even Scientific American entered the fray with an article proposing that the person portrayed in the famous Martin Droeshout engraving might actually be--I weep to say it--Elizabeth I."-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
"So it needs to be said that nearly all of the anti-Shakespeare sentiment—actually all of it, every bit—involves manipulative scholarship or sweeping misstatements of fact. Shakespeare “never owned a …"-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
"(...)we all recognize a likeness of Shakespeare the instant we see one, and yet we don’t really know what he looked like. It is like this with nearly every aspect of his life and character: He is at …"-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
"A third...candidate for Shakespearean authorship was Christopher Marlowe. He was the right age (just two months older than Shakespeare), had the requisite talent, and would certainly have had ample l…"-Bill Bryson, Shakespeare: The World as Stage
4. The Year of Lear: Shakespeare in 1606
By: James Shapiro
4.06
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
Preeminent Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro shows how the tumultuous events in England in 1606 aff… read more
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- history
- biography
- british literature
- nonfiction
- drama
5. Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph
By: Jan Swafford
4.25
Format: 1077 pages, Hardcover
Jan Swafford’s biographies of Charles Ives and Johannes Brahms have established him as a revered mu… read more
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- audiobook
6. The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn
By: Eric Ives
4.20
Format: 458 pages, Paperback
This definitive full biography of Anne Boleyn, based on the latest scholarly research, focusses on … read more
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- nonfiction
7. Mommie Dearest
By: Christina Crawford
3.11
Format: None pages, Unknown Binding
With the 20th Anniversary Edition of Mommie Dearest, Christina Crawford becomes one of the only aut… read more
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8. Area 7 (Shane Schofield, #2)
By: Matthew Reilly
3.83
Format: 208 pages,
Matthew Reilly dazzled the world with his electrifying thrillers Ice Station and Temple. And now, S… read more
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9. Shakespeare: The Biography
By: Peter Ackroyd
2.00
Format: 88 pages, Paperback
Drawing on an exceptional combination of skills as literary biographer, novelist, and chronicler of… read more
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10. The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation
By: Ian Mortimer
3.50
Format: 185 pages, Paperback
He ordered his uncle to be beheaded; he usurped his father's throne; he taxed his people more than … read more
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- british literature
11. The Secret Speech (Leo Demidov, #2)
By: Tom Rob Smith
4.03
Format: 166 pages,
Former state security officer Leo Demidov is struggling to change as the Soviet Union changes aroun… read more
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12. J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography
By: Humphrey Carpenter
3.94
Format: 456 pages, Paperback
The authorized biography of the creator of Middle-earth. In the decades since his death in Septembe… read more
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13. The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
By: Laurence Sterne , Melvyn New
3.90
Format: 256 pages,
Laurence Sterne's great masterpiece of bawdy humour and rich satire defies any attempt to categoriz… read more
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15. Eleanor Roosevelt, Vol 1, 1884-1933
By: Blanche Wiesen Cook
3.88
Format: None pages,
Celebrated by feminists, historians, politicians & reviewers everywhere, Blanche Wiesen Cook's Elea… read more
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16. FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
By: Steven Lomazow
4.33
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
THE HIDDEN ILLNESSES THAT SHAPED FDR’S LIFE AND CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY Conventional wisdo… read more
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"Researching this book has been a voyage of discovery and it is a privilege to present an unexpurgated medical biography of the most consequential American of the twentieth century."-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
"Another new and groundbreaking story in FDR Unmasked is about his highly consequential friendship with Vincent Astor, the closest with any man in his adult life. To truly understand the “real"-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
"FDR Unmasked chronicles Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s life from a physician’s perspective. It tells a harrowing story of heroic achievement by a great leader determined to impart his vision of freedom …"-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
"FDR Unmasked is first to present convincing evidence of Roosevelt’s battle with prostate cancer, underpinned by FBI memoranda and reliable firsthand information from multiple physicians - even a shoc…"-Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History
17. "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
By: Paul Spencer Sochaczewski
4.31
Format: 274 pages, Paperback
A GREAT MAN AND HIS UNHERALDED ASSISTANT For some 50 years, Paul Sochaczewski has been on the tr… read more
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"The “facts"-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
"A key element in everyone’s hero’s journey is the “decision point,"-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
"The Wallace-Ali relationship reflects the great mythic “hero’s journey."-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
"Wallace would not have been as successful as he was without Ali’s support."-Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, "Look Here, Sir, What a Curious Bird": Searching for Ali, Alfred Russel Wallace's Faithful Companion
18. Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
By: Judi Dench
4.56
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it bef… read more
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- biography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"There's magic to be mined in mistakes."-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
"[Judi Dench, referring to departed colleagues] Where are all those people? Can't believe it. How can it happen? They were so alive and -- so present, so vital. That's why we have to love the now, hav…"-Judi Dench, Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
19. To Calais, in Ordinary Time
By: James Meek
3.66
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Three journeys. One road. England, 1348. A gentlewoman is fleeing an odious arranged marriage, a… read more
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20. Daughters of Chivalry: The Forgotten Children of Edward I
By: Kelcey Wilson-Lee
4.13
Format: 364 pages, Hardcover
Virginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this … read more
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21. The Better Liar
By: Tanen Jones
3.46
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
When a woman conceals her sister’s death to claim their joint inheritance, her deception exposes a … read more
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