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The year is 1961. After five months touring Greece, Egypt, and the Middle East, Henry Holt's next five months traveling through the heart of India led him to amazing adventures: two weeks in the jungle hunting a man-eating tiger, a hike through the "Unknown Territory" visiting the most primitive aborigines in India, and a trek to the top of 12,000 foot Sandakphu facing the four highest of the Himalayas including Mount Everest. Then came the Far East....
103623) Spinster
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"Whom to marry, and when will it happen ... these two questions define ever woman's existence". So begins Spinster, a revelatory and slyly erudite look at the pleasures and possiblilities of remaining single. Using her own experiences as a starting point, journalist and cultural critic Kate Bolick invites us into her carefully considered, passionately lived life, weaving together the past and present to examine why she ... along with over 100 million...
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Tells the story of French pianist Hélène Grimaud, from early musical promise to a Paris Conservatory education and star career, through the point where her enduring love of the wild, particularly wolves, caused her to break with the convention of that life. She is seen at her home in upstate New York, where she founded the Wolf Conservation Center. Includes excerpts from a performance of Rachmaninov's Second piano concerto.
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When she awoke in the hospital, Frida did not remember anything that had happened. But the dream of the doll came back very clearly. In her head she heard the sound of china breaking. She asked for a large mirror, pencils and paper. Then she began to draw a broken doll. That day, Frida painted her first self-portrait.
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This course delivers an inside look at both the content and historical context of the world's greatest war strategists. Professor Wilson discusses the subtleties and complexities of strategy and reveals how nations and military leaders have adapted to the dynamic realm of fog, friction, and chance.
103637) Henri Matisse
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Discusses the life of the French painter and makes observations about his work.
103638) Richard Burton
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Follows the life and accomplishments of Richard Burton, African explorer, Islamic scholar, discoverer of Lake Tanganyika, and translator of "The Arabian Nights."
103640) A spy in Canaan: how the FBI used a famous photographer to infiltrate the civil rights movement
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The story of the double life of famed civil rights photographer Ernest Withers--and how a closely guarded government secret finally came to light, told by the journalist who broke the story. Ernest Withers captured some of the most iconic moments of the Civil Rights Movement -- from the rare photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. in repose to the haunting photo of Emmet Till's great-uncle pointing an accusing finger at Till's killers. He was trusted and...
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