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Historical Biographies 1701-1900

Jeoffry: The Poet's Cat

Livingstone

The Life and Adventures of William Cobbett

John Rawls: His Life and Theory of Justice

Unended Quest: An Intellectual Autobiography

Michael Polanyi: The Art of Knowing

The Secret Diary of Sarah Thomas: A Victorian Lady, 1860-65

How Can One Sell the Air?

The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: How a Remarkable Woman Crossed Seas and Empires to Become Part of World History

Felix Guattari: An Aberrant Introduction

Richard Owen: Victorian Naturalist

Boyle: Between God and Science

The Lives of Michel Foucault

Mary Warnock: A Memoir - People and Places

The Immortal Dinner: A Famous Evening of Genius And Laughter in Literary London, 1817

Moebius and his Band: Mathematics and Astronomy in Nineteenth-century Germany

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Jerilderie Letter

The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought

Meister Eckhart , Vol. 2: The Essential Sermons, Commentaries, Treatises and Defense

My Dearest, Dearest Albert: Queen Victoria's Life Through Her Letters and Journals

Phylloxera: How Wine was Saved for the World

The Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American Hero

Cochrane: The Life and Exploits of a Fighting Captain

Before the King's Majesty: Lancelot Andrewes and His Writings

Journey into Africa: The Life and Death of Keith Johnston, Scottish Cartographer and Explorer (1844-79)

Encounters with Kierkegaard: A Life as Seen by His Contemporaries

The Tartan Turban: In Search of Alexander Gardner

John Aubrey: My Own Life
