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Thomas Jefferson: Author of America by Christopher Hitchens Publisher Comments In this unique biography of Thomas Jefferson, leading journalist and social critic Christopher Hitchens offers a startlingly new and provocative interpretation of our Founding Father. Situating Jefferson within the context of America's evolution and... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover 
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Beethoven: The Universal Composer (Eminent Lives) by Edmund Morris Publisher Comments Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a genius so universal that his popularity, extraordinary even during his lifetime, has never ceased to grow. It now encircles the globe: Beethoven's most famous works are as beloved in Beijing as they are in Boston... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Code by Matt Ridley Publisher Comments Ridley traces Crick's life from middle-class mediocrity through his leap into biology at the age of 31 and his co-discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Hardcover
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George Washington: The Founding Father (Eminent Lives) by Paul Johnson Publisher Comments Washington is seen as one of the most important authors of the Constitution, in addition to his pivotal leadership of the Revolutionary War and a magisterial executive in the formative years of the new United States. He was a moderate man of few words... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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Ulysses S. Grant: The Unlikely Hero (Eminent Lives) by Michael Korda Publisher Comments One of the first two volumes in Harper’ s Eminent Lives series, Korda brings his acclaimed storytelling talents to the life of Ulysses S. Grant - a man who managed to end the Civil War on a note of grace, serve two terms as president, write one of... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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George Balanchine: The Ballet Maker (Eminent Lives) by Robert Gottlieb Publisher Comments Balanchine's life story is a fascinating journey -- from his near-accidental enrollment, at the age of nine, in St. Petersburg's Imperial School of Ballet, through the deprivation and hunger of Bolshevik Russia, to Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, and finally,... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Hardcover
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Caravaggio: Painter of Miracles (Eminent Lives) by Francine Prose Publisher Comments Francine Prose's life of Caravaggio evokes the genius of this great artist through a brilliant reading of his paintings. Caravaggio defied the aesthetic conventions of his time; his use of ordinary people, realistically portrayed—street boys... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Hardcover
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