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Insider: Gerry Bradley's Life in the IRA

By Gerry Bradley, Brian Feeney

Composition in Black and White

By Kathryn M. Talalay

Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century

By Mark Leonard

Intellectuals

By Paul Johnson

Standing on the Shoulders: Incredible Heroes and How They Inspire Us

By Dan Walker, Jr.

The Long Gray Line

By Rick Atkinson

Victor Two: Inside Iraq - The Successful SAS Mission

By Peter Crossland

Behind Closed Doors

By Tomlin, Jenny

Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources

By Lings, Martin

Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Memoir

By Norman Malcolm

The Vision of Wittgenstein

By Henry Le Roy Finch

Peter Winch

By Colin Lyas

Joni Eareckson Tada: Swimming Against the Tide

By Catherine MacKenzie

Work Hard. Be Nice.: How Two Inspired Teachers Created the Most Promising Schools in America

By Jay Mathews

Felix Guattari: An Aberrant Introduction

By Gary Genosko

Lincolnshire Women

By John R. Ketteringham

Farewell to Reason

By Paul Feyerabend

From Socrates to Sartre: The Philosophic Quest

By T.Z. Lavine

Our Little Secret

By Fairhurst, Duncan, Duncan Fairhurst

The Trial of Henry Kissinger

By Hitchens, Christopher

The Reckoning: The Murder of Christopher Marlowe

By Charles Nicholl

Benjamin Silliman: A Life in the Young Republic

By Chandos Michael Brown

The Dons: Mentors, Eccentrics and Geniuses

By Annan, Noel

Apologia Pro Vita Sua

By Cardinal John Henry Newman, William Oddie

John von Neumann: The Scientific Genius Who Pioneered the Modern Computer, Game Theory, Nuclear Deterrence, and Much More

By Norman Macrae

Jan Smuts: Unafraid of greatness

By Richard Steyn

Great Minds: Reflections of 111 Top Scientists

By Hargittai, Balazs

Mother Teresa: Her People and Her Work

By Doig, Desmond, Desmond Doig

Lectures and Conversations on Aesthetics, Psychology and Religious Belief

By Ludwig Wittgenstein, Cyril Barret

Confessions of a Philosopher: A Journey Through Western Philosophy

By Magee, Bryan