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For hundreds of years, the Lees of Virginia descendants of Col. Richard Lee's son, William Lee, have been denied their heritage - denied their birthright by historians and scholars that refuse to allow the truth to be known. I am referring to the descendants of William Lee and his wife Alice Felton as the "Lost Descendants of William Lee". Because of past speculation that was considered as truths, and opinions that were published as facts by outdated...
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History Hub presents a complete biography of Franklin Roosevelt from start to end, whose remarkable story inspires us even today. On the 30th of January, 1882, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born in Hyde Park, New York. His father was James Roosevelt, an alumnus of Union College and Harvard Law School. At the same time, his mother is Sara Delano, which came from a family similarly recognized as the Roosevelts. During his childhood, Roosevelt often...
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Can humans edit genes and engineer the future generation? Can we alter the height, weight, muscles, and other aspects of our future generation? If yes, then will it have repercussions? Jennifer Doudna, a biochemist, and the winner of the Nobel Prize may have answers to these puzzling questions. For the first time, Nobel Prize was given to two women. But that is not the only special thing about Jennifer Doudna's CRISPR technology (Clustered Regularly...
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When an eight-month-old baby Prince Philip was ferried off the shores of the Corfu Island in Greece in a fruit carton, nobody would have thought he would one day reach such heights as to occupy a distinguished position in the British royal family. Prince Philip's life from an abandoned, homeless little infant to being the Queen's consort is nothing short of legendary. When the reserved and coy 18-year-old Elizabeth told her father that the tall, handsome...
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"Paula Byrne brings J.F.K.'s adored little sister, Kick, back to life." -Vanity Fair
From celebrated biographer Paula Byrne, the remarkable life of the vivacious, unconventional-and nearly forgotten-young Kennedy sister who charmed American society and the English aristocracy, and would break with her family for love.
Encouraged to be "winners" from a young age, Rose and Joe Kennedy's children were the embodiment of ambitious, wholesome Americanism....
6) Amour Royale: A British Royal Love Story: Dazzling Teenage Love Affair Between Young Princess Elizab
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A book curated for the fans of English royals and their magnificent life, to satiate the hunger for the intimate details of one of the last greatest monarchy and the world's most popular monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. From a carefully planned and disciplined childhood to the unexpected ascension to the throne, from falling head over heels for a blue-eyed European foreigner to an unbelievably long and committed married life, from the way the monarch...
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Strikingly beautiful, graceful, and coy, the perfect fit for a royal bride, Lady Diana Frances. The world was in awe of the most charming couple and the romance of the century of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. The people were captivated by the breathtaking beauty of their brand new princess. The picture was perfect, only it was not! Behind the façade of a fairytale wedding of Princess Diana was a heartbreaking saga of marital betrayal, unbearable...
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The 100-year-old ex-military man Captain Tom Moore's last days is straight out of a fiction book. Fondly remembered as Captain Tom Moore, the charming centenarian helped raise a whopping 33 million pounds by taking 100 rounds in his garden. In the year 2020, when the coronavirus had laid siege on the world, and everyone's life was upended in some way or the other, one man chose to be grateful and help others. Captain Moore became a beacon of light,...
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When the heavily censored version of the social climber Henry Channon's scandalous diaries were first published in 1967, it was replete with juicy gossips, parties with adulterous spouses, and gay friendships. It threw the English world into a tizzy. Now the unredacted volumes are all set to be made available to the public. When intimate details of famous people whom everyone has heard and known for all their lives are made public the masses lapped...
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First published in 1857, The Life of Charlotte Bronte presents an intimate portrait of the celebrated author through the eyes of Elizabeth Gaskell, a personal friend of Bronte’s and fellow trailblazer of Victorian-era literature. Drawing from hundreds of Bronte’s letters, Gaskell illuminates what she described as a "wild, sad life and the beautiful character that grew out of it."
Beginning with Bronte’s lonely childhood as a student at the...
11) Kim
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Kim Kardashian is a phenomenon.
Despite her privileged upbringing in Beverly Hills, ten years ago Kim was just a modest stylist to stars like Paris Hilton and Brandy, making extra money selling her clothes on eBay. But a combination of hard work, an astute business brain, a hit TV series and a body to die for turned her life around.
In this revealing unauthorized biography of Kim, bestselling author Sean Smith discovers a sweet, kind, and smart...
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From "dearest Pa" to a "judgemental father-in-law", how did Prince Philip's and Princess Diana's special bond wither away in the backdrop of a disastrous marital life between Prince Charles and her? Was Prince Philip critical of Princess Diana from the beginning or did their relationship go downhill after her and Charles' separation and eventual divorce? The British Royals have repeatedly been in the eye of the storm, be it the abdication crisis of...
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A revealing, no-holds-barred portrait of the legendary Eileen Ford-the entrepreneur who transformed the business of modeling and helped invent the celebrity supermodel.
Working with her husband, Jerry, Eileen Ford created the twentieth century's largest and most successful modeling agency, representing some of the fashion world's most famous names-Suzy Parker, Carmen Dell'Orefice, Lauren Hutton, Rene Russo, Christie Brinkley, Jerry Hall, Christy...
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"Mr. S: My Life with Frank Sinatra, by former valet-aide George Jacobs with an oh-so-able assist by William Stadiem, has at least five quotable and shocking remarks about the famous on every page. The fifteen years Jacobs toiled for Frank produces a classic of its genre -- a gold-star gossip-lover's dream....
"The rest is showbiz history as it was, and only Ava Gardner, Humphrey Bogart, and Betty Bacall are spared. Marilyn Monroe, Judy Garland,...
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From hobnobbing with Orangs in Camp Leakey, Borneo, pursuing minke whales in the icy cold waters in Antarctica, perilously exploring the territory of a prehistoric-looking Shoebill bird that has just hatched its eggs, giving his imposing narration to the extraordinary event of grizzlies catching the salmons in Alaska, to the exquisite videos of polar bears foraging and hunting for walruses off the coasts of Arctic, Sir David Attenborough has been...
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Anita Ekberg was a Hollywood icon who captivated audiences with her stunning beauty, impeccable acting skills and electrifying onscreen presence. She began her career as a model and then transitioned into films, quickly establishing herself as one of the most talented actresses of her time. Her legacy in the film industry is one that will never be forgotten.
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Great Britain, 1978. Winter. And this winter has been devastating. Roads are blocked, trees are uprooted, and the nation is being torn apart by hurricane-force winds. A large portion of the nation is left in the dark.The political environment isn't a lot calmer. The government attempts to place limits on salary increases since inflation is rampant. The response from the unions is a wave of strikes. Refuse collectors go out on strike. Streets are littered...
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Since his PBS television debut in Blackadder, multitalented writer, actor, and comedian Stephen Fry has earned many fans with his idiosyncratic wit. In this memoir, a number-one bestseller in Britain, he shares the story of his youthful years in his typical frank, funny style. Sent to boarding school at the age of seven, he survived beatings, misery, love affairs, carnal violation, expulsion, attempted suicide, and criminal conviction to emerge-at...
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Throughouther career, supermodel and actress Carré Otis hasbeen celebrated for her striking physical beauty-but in this brazenly honestmemoir she revisits the ugliest parts of her past to reveal the events thatultimately brought her to strive for, and champion, the kind of beauty that canonly be found within. In Beauty Disrupted Carrédetails the triumphs and challenges of her career in modeling, her rise to fameon the covers of Elle, Vogue, Harper's...
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A revealing biography of J. P. Morgan, one of the most powerful and enigmatic financiers in history, from bestselling author Frederick Lewis Allen. Celebrated as a titan of industry by some and decried as a monopolizing robber baron by others, John Pierpont Morgan was without a doubt a dominant player in American finance at the turn of the twentieth century. He founded U.S. Steel, a conglomeration of leading steel and iron producers, which was...