In the middle of the 19th century, the "ape woman" Julie Pastrana, was visited by scientists of international repute, drawing the populace of three continents to the freakshows in which she starred. This is the story of the most infamous women in Europe and America and how, nearly 150 years later, Julia is still being shown to others.
JULIA PASTRANA by CHRISTOPHER HALS GYLESETH
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Ten years have passed since the fall of Communism B, a writer of great repute - whose birth and survival in Auschwitz defied all probability. His friend Kingbitter discovers among his papers a play entitled "Liquidation", in which he reads an eerie foretelling of the personal and political crises that he and B's other friends now face.
Liquidation by Irmre Kertesz
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This is a definitive history of the seedy underside of cricket. From the 18th-century crowd violence to the obsessive will to win of W.G. Grace, Simon Rae's work takes a revelatory look at a game that was always supposed to be the yardstick of all that was true, honest, pure and of good repute.
It's Not Cricket by Simon Rae
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Compelling and strange story of how a woman born in the backwoods of Mexico came to be one of the most infamous woman in Europe and America. In a dusty corner at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Norway lie the remains of Julia Pastrana, half hidden in a black plastic sack, all but forgotten. Yet in the middle of the nineteenth century, this 'ape woman' was renowned, visited by scientists of international repute, and drawing the populace of three continents to the freakshows in which she starred.
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Ten years have passed since the fall of Communism B, a writer of great repute - whose birth and survival in Auschwitz defied all probability. His friend Kingbitter discovers among his papers a play entitled Liquidation, in which he reads an eerie foretelling of the personal and political crises that he and B's other friends now face. Ten years have passed since the fall of Communism. B., a writer of great repute - whose birth and survival in Auschwitz defied all probability - has taken his own life.
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Recreating the ups and downs in the history of Paris and its inhabitants, this book seeks to give a sense of the city as it was lived in and experienced over time. It is intended for habitual Paris obsessives, for first-time visitors, and for those who know the city only by repute.
Paris by Colin Jones
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Canadian short story writers have reached a remarkable apogee of craft, success and repute. Partly autobiography, partly literary criticism, partly rumination, partly intellectual history, the conversations in this book reveal the literary character of the writers and the skill and 'voice' of these authors.
Voice is the Story by Laurie Kruk
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Delivers a scathing dissection of the years from 1925 to 1955 through the eyes of Oskar Matzerath, the dwarf whose manic beating on the toy of his retarded childhood fantastically counterpoints the accumulating horrors of Germany and Poland under the Nazis. The publication of The Tin Drum in 1959 launched Gunter Grass as an author of international repute. Bitter and impassioned, it delivers a scathing dissection of the years from 1925 to 1955 through the eyes of Oskar Matzerath...
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This book presents Karl Marx as a man of both brilliance and frailty: as a poverty-stricken Prussian emigre who became a middle-class English gentleman; as an angry agitator; as a gregarious and convivial host; as a devoted family man; and as a deeply earnest philosopher who loved drink and cigars. A major biography of the man who, more than any other, made the twentieth century. Written by an author of great repute. The history of the 20th century is Marx's legacy. Not since Jesus Christ has an obscure...
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Years have passed since the fall of Communism B, a writer of great repute, has taken his own life. His friend discovers, among his papers, a play entitled "Liquidation" in which he reads an eerie foretelling of the personal and political crises that he and B's other friends face. This is a layered story of history and humanity.
Liquidation by Irmre Kertesz
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