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These eight tales from the Song and Ming Dynasties present readers with a colorful tapestry of adventure and misadventure, erotic romance, crafty intrigue, supernatural fantasy, comedies of errors, and crimes and punishment in sixteenth and seventeenth century China.

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U2 have won 22 Grammy awards, more than any other band, whilst pursuing personal and idealogical goals including relief of world poverty and social justice. The band is seen here from its inception in more than 200 classic, rare and unseen photographs with evocative and illuminating commentary.

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A panoramic view of the development of the enduring principles and concepts of modern mathematics.

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A poetic exploration of infidelity over the ages, with 45 poems analysed by a man whose business is assessing human foibles.

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The beginnings of Gothic art can be dated towards the middle of the 12th century. Starting from the Ile de France, this artistic movement spread throughout Europe, embracing all fields of artistic endeavor and lasting in some regions until the 16th century. The most obvious architectural developments involved the introduction of the ogival arch, flying buttresses, spires, and galleries which permitted the lightening of walls and the construction of taller buildings. This survey ranges from illustrated manuscripts through the great cathedrals of Europe and artists such as Fabriano, Simone MartiniMeister Bertram, Pisanello, Nicola Pisano, and Claus Sluter.

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Based on a true story: My son Michael disappeared in 1980. He was sixteen. In 1989 the FBI informed me that a "lifer" had confessed to killing Michael and burying him in a swamp. I went to meet that prisoner near an alligator slide in the Alabama woods so he could lead us to where he had buried my son. This novel is the result of my journey there, looking for a corpse and finding live ones. --Len Williams Billy Ray Billings grew up dirt poor and tough, and he got into petty crime early on. When he's wrongly convicted of a fourth felony, he is sentenced to life, a victim of Alabama's three-strike law. In prison he meets an inmate who encourages him to take advantage of an education program, and he thrives on it. Yet his intellectual awakening fuels his ambitions and he dreams of escape. Seeing the story of a missing child on a milk carton, Billy Ray falsely confesses to burying the child in a swamp, and gets away while supposedly leading authorities to a grave. Beginning his life anew as Harry Brown, he earns a law degree and achieves success, but he can't forget the two cops who framed him and nearly stole his life. That's when he and an old friend devise a complicated and daring strategy to get finally the justice that'd been deferred for many years.

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This is not your standard political biography. the core of this book isincontrovertibly and inescapablyRudy Giuliani in his own words, being himself.

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Ben Oakshaw is a gifted young American actor. Abandoning his intense affair with the brilliant, unconventional Jill, he marries Priscilla. Years later, Priscilla and Ben meet Jill again, and Priscilla, completely unaware of her prior relationship with Ben, invites Jill and her companion to join Ben and herself at their summer beach house. Ben briefly resumes his love affair with Jill, but there are surprising and terrible consequences to Ben's self-absorption and betrayal.

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These eight tales from the Song and Ming Dynasties present readers with a colorful tapestry of adventure and misadventure, erotic romance, crafty intrigue, supernatural fantasy, comedies of errors, and crimes and punishment in sixteenth and seventeenth century China.

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Soars above the world of mundane reality and lures its readers into a world of sinister fantasy and haunting unreality.Orville Prescott, The New York TimesR

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Yet another in our illustrious series of Illustrated Biographies, with photos drawn from the massive archive of The Daily Mirror, digitized specially for publication in this book.

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Nesta Robert Marley comes alive in this unique collection of classic, rare and unseen photographs; from Trench Town to becoming the first Reggae superstar and an icon of the Rastafarian religion. Bob Marley is seen here on stage, on the pitch and at leisure strumming his intricately carved Ovation.

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