For Lovers Of Biographies, Reading and Writing
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Class Act
$12.75 Cholly Atkins“s career has spanned an extraordinary era of American dance. He began performing during Prohibition and continued his apprenticeship in vaudeville, in nightclubs, and in the army during World War II. With his partner, Honi Coles, Cholly toured the country, performing with such jazz masters as Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, and Count Basie. As tap reached a nadir in the fifties, Chol... |
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Class Act: A Choreographer's Life
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Tsar Nicholas II Coronation
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World War 1 in Color
$24.98 With all the incredible World War II documentaries out there, it is pretty amazing how few World War I documentaries there are, let alone quality ones. Part may be from the minimal amount of archival footage, much of which is really rough, and the fact that most of the veterans died before having the chance to tell their stories on color film. But as Ken Burns has taught us, none of these elements... |
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King, Kaiser, Tsar: Three Royal Cousins Who Led the World to War
$6.48 The extraordinary family story of George V, Wilhelm II, and Nicholas II: they were tied to one another by history, and history would ultimately tear them apart.Drawing widely on previously unpublished royal letters and diaries, made public for the first time by Queen Elizabeth II , Catrine Clay chronicles the riveting half century of the overlapping lives of royal cousins George V of England, Wilh... |
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The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II
$5.99 An in-depth account of the life, reign, and final days of the last Russian tsar draws on Nicholas II's personal diaries, firsthand accounts of the murder of the royal family, and other sources. Reprint. 90,000 first printing. $90,000 ad/promo. NYT. K. ... |
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Tsar: The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexandra
$9.59 This spectacular, illustrated history tells the story of the last Romanovs--one of the great tragic love stories of all time--with vividness and intimacy. 375 illustrations, 125 in color.... |

