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From Vanderbilt Professor, award-winning songwriter, novelist, and author Alice Randall comes a lyrical account of the unrecognized First Family of Black Country alongside an unflinching and deeply personal self-examination.

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A compelling, intimate portrait of John Hancock, going beyond the flamboyant signature to reveal the pivotal role that he had in the American Revolution

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The Oxford Handbook of Scottish Theatre tells the story of drama and performance in Scotland from the earliest medieval traces of folk plays and royal ceremonies right up to the…