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Duke Ellington by David Bradbury
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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Life and Times Ser.
The composer and bandleader Duke Ellington (1899-1974) was a largely self-taught pianist who was influenced by jazz and ragtime performers. While working as a sign painter he began to play professionally and in 1918 started his own band in his native Washington DC. In 1923 he moved to New York City and, ...Show more
Mary Seacole by Ron Ramdin
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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Life and Times Ser.
Mary Seacole, the pioneering nurse, has been widely celebrated for her work in the Crimean War. Born in Jamaica in 1805 to a black Creole mother and white Scottish father, she fostered an interest in folk healing that developed into a lifelong passion for medicine and a desire to help people in need. Re ...Show more
Thomas Hardy by Tim Dolin
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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Life and Times Ser.
This new biography reveals the conflicts in both Hardy's professional and personal life and describes a man intimately and dynamically engaged with the worlds of politics, ideas and culture as well as the world of rural 'Wessex'
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