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Laurence Bergreen
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The author of Over the Edge of the World brings alive the extraordinary life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen…
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Louis Armstrong was a man of epic proportions: a musical genius; a brilliant innovator; a showman who rose from poverty to international fame. This full-bodied portrait of the artist and…
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The extraordinary life of one of the great travellers of world history
The winner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award, this book explores Irving Berlin’s long, prolific career; his self-doubt and late-blooming misanthropy; and the tyrannical control he exerted over…
For Elizabeth, Drake made the impossible real, serving as a crucial and brilliantly adaptable instrument of her ambitions to transform England from a third-rate island kingdom into a global imperial…
Is there life on Mars? If not, why not? These questions have gripped mankind throughout the twentieth century. In the shadow of the new millennium, The Genesis Question seeks the…
The astonishing tale of the first sea voyage to circumnavigate the entire globe. Magellan’s dramatic maritime expedition in 1519 discovered the straits that enabled Europe to trade with the Eastern…
Al Capone reached a pinnacle of celebrity that modern-day upstarts like John Gotti can only dream about. Going behind the myths and movie portrayals, Bergreen introduces Capone as he really…
Columbus undertook three voyages between 1494 and 1504, each designed to demonstrate that he could sail to China within a matter of weeks and convert those he found there to…
The remarkable story of Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798), an impoverished abandoned boy who became the notorious libertine, famous writer, and correspondent with figures such as Voltaire, Louis XV, and Catherine the…
A voyage into history, a tour of the world emerging from the Middle Ages, a chronicle of a desperate grab for commercial and political power, and more, this captivating tale…
Features a new introduction on the 500th anniversary of the voyage –Cover.
From the bestselling author of Over the Edge of the World comes the fascinating, definitive biography of one of the earliest world travelers. 24 pages of color illustrations and three…
