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Combining musical insight with the most recent research, Kinderman's Beethoven is both a richly drawn portrait of the man and a guide to his music. He gives more attention to Beethoven's early chamber music, his songs, his opera Fidelio, and to a number of often-neglected works of the composer's later years and fascinating projects left incomplete.

Oxford, 2009; 414 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pb

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In dit boek zijn 12 biografieen van beroemde Romeinen uit de tijd van de Romeinse republiek opgenomen, van Camillus tot Marcus Antonius. Voor deze biografieen zocht Ploutarchos naar uitspraken van deze mannen, anekdotes, brieven en dagboeken.

Athenaeum, 2008; 611 pp.; NL; index; ills. b/w; hb

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Alongside a definitive collection of memorabilia, Douglas Hall provides a unique historical view on Churchill. It covers most of the main areas of Winston Churchill collectibles -plates, toby juggs, figures, ceramics, silver, bronze, medals, prints a.o.

New Cavendish Books, 2006; 196 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hb

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The story of the remarkable Mashinini family and a timely reminder of the passion for freedom that led ordinary people to extraordinary acts. It is the story of black South Africa in microcosm, embracing just about every facet of the liberation struggle.

Jonathan Cape, 2004; 451 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hb

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After recounting the palace coup of 1762 that brought Catherine the Great, 1729-1796, to power, biographer Dixon examines the lifelong friendships that sustained the empress throughout her personal life and places her within the context of the royal court.

Ecco, 2009; 432 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hb

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William Cavendish embodied the popular image of a cavalier. He was both courageous and cultured. This is the story of a remarkable man and his extraordinary household.

Bloomsbury, 2007; 332 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hb

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The story of the unique relationship between Charles II and George Villiers, the Duke of Buckingham, is one of the most entertaining and shocking royal friendships. Hanrahan's book paints a vivid picture of friendship, betrayal, murder, and scandal.

Sutton, 2006; 248 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hb

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Charlie Bird Parker achieved nearly mythic status as a difficult person and heroin addict. And while Priestley's book describes Parker's tumultuous personal life and his lifelong struggle with addiction, its focus is on Bird's music.

Oxford, 2005; 242 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hb

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Concert pianist Mona Golabek shares a memoir of her mother's journey through WWII. Her mother Lisa was a musical prodigy, whose parents secured her a place aboard the Kindertransport to a home for displaced children at Willesden Lane.

Grand Central, 2002; 272 pp.; EN; hb

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Christian Dior, the legendary French fashion designer, caused a worldwide sensation in 1947, in a Paris still groping to recover from the devastations of wartime occupation. Reintroducing the flowing ankle-length skirt, Dior gave women back their long-lost sense of freedom, feminity, and joie de vivre. In this biography Pochna recreates this one-of-a kind world of glamour and luxury, and situates Dior's fairy-tale career in a rich tapestry of Paris cultural life.

Overlook, 2008; 320 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hb

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Lukacs weighs Churchill's stature as a historian looking backward at the conflicts of which he was so much a part; and he examines the often contradictory ways Churchill has been perceived by critics and admirers alike.

Yale, 2002; 202 pp.; EN; hb

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Ernle Bradford's special knowledge of the Mediterranean world and his exceptional powers of description and historical reconstruction bring to life this illustrated biography of the Queen of Egypt, Cleopatra, one of the world's most legendary women. She was an astute politician who devoted her life tryimg to save the Kingdom of Egypt from domination by the Romans.

Penguin, 2001; 278 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pb

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