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The explosive story of the Swedish industrialist and chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite and founder of the prestigious Nobel Prize, is seen as a secluded misanthrope prone to melancholy and convinced of life's absurdities in this gracefully written biography by Swedish actor/director Fant. Buy the book Today! |
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![]() Chanel. The name alone evokes fashion and perfume, emancipation and allure. In this revealing, intimate biography, Axel Madsenbrings to life Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, who was born an illegitimate pauper and rose to become the reigning queen of fashion, fevolutionizing women's styles forever. Buy the book Today! |
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![]() by Michael D'Antonio The rags to riches story of the man who brought America the five-cent chocolate bar. Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Michael D’Antonio (Atomic Harvest; Fall From Grace; The State Boys Rebellion), delivers the first full biography of Milton S. Hershey, to universal critical acclaim. Buy the book Today! |
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"Raphael's St. George and the Dragon is the work of a genius -- an exquisitely rendered vision of heroism and innocence by one of the greatest painters of all time. Yet the painting's creation is only the beginning of its fascinating story, |
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![]() A biography of Isabella Stewart Gardner of Boston in the 19th century. An American charmer and art collector, Isabella Stewart Gardner and her husband Jack kept company with the leading men of the day including Henry James, Henry Adams, John Singer Sargent and Whistler. The Stewart Gardner’s Boston home, which was modeled after a Venetian palace, became the site for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. |
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