A Woman on the Edge of Time: A Son Investigates His Trailblazing Mother's Young Suicide 9781615193394, 2016017759, 2016021131, 9781615193974, 1615193391

The Story of a Life: Memoirs of a Young Jewish Woman in the Russian Empire 9781501757945

Anna Pavlovna Vygodskaia's autobiography, originally published in 1938, is a rare and fascinating historical accoun

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In 1926: Living on the Edge of Time 9780674038042

Gumbrecht evokes the year 1926 through explorations of such things as bars, boxing, movie palaces, hunger artists, airpl

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The Book of My Son Reuben: A Psychologist on the Loss of His Child 9781032224657, 9781032224640, 9781003272670

"I wish I had not had to write this book because then my lovely son Reuben would still be alive," says David C

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The Essence of Money: Argentarius: Letters of a Bank Director to his Son (1921–1923) 9798779990929

What is money? How does it work, and what effects does it have on our society and economy? Hardly anyone has penetrated

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Andrei Siniavskii: A Hero of His Time? 9781618112637

This groundbreaking critical biography of Andrei Siniavskii (1925-1997) as a writer in and of his time shows how this su

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Reflections: The Life and Writings of a Young Blind Woman in Post-Revolutionary France 9780814790984

Since his conversion from Judaism, Charles Rich has sought to lead a contemplative life while still in world. He has sha

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Reflections: The Life and Writings of a Young Blind Woman in Post-Revolutionary France 0814747469, 9780814747469

In the 1820s, several years before Braille was invented, Therese-Adele Husson, a young blind woman from provincial Franc

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The Other Side: A Memoir of a Young German Girl on the Other Side of War

Although urged by friends this has taken me years to write. It is all long ago now, and I think it is time we put the wa

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Son of a Milkman 9781642936162

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Vida: A woman for our time 9781760143138, 1760143138

Blazing her trail at the dawn of the twentieth century, Vida Goldstein remains Australia’s most celebrated crusader for

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