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‘A Wonderful Life’

Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius

by Ray Monk


The Charms of Deception

Fake? The Art of Deception

edited by Mark Jones


Betrayals

Killing Mister Watson

by Peter Matthiessen

Health and Happiness

by Diane Johnson


The Reich Stuff

Bismarck
Preussen, Deutschland und Europa August–November 1990

an exhibition at the Deutsches Historische Museum, Berlin,

Bismarck
Preussen, Deutschland und Europa

catalog of the exhibition

Bismarck and the Development of Germany, Vol. I: The Period of Unification, 1815–1871

by Otto Pflanze

Bismarck and the Development of Germany, Vol. II: The Period of Consolidation, 1871–1880

by Otto Pflanze

Bismarck and the Development of Germany, Vol. III: The Period of Fortification, 1880–1898

by Otto Pflanze

Bismarck: Das Reich in der Mitte Europas

by Ernst Engelberg

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The Greatest American Shambles

The Greatest-Ever Bank Robbery: The Collapse of the Savings and Loan Industry

by Martin Mayer

Inside Job: The Looting of America's Savings and Loans

by Stephen Pizzo and Mary Fricker and Paul Muolo

Bankers, Builders, Knaves and Thieves: The $300 Million Scam at ESM

by Donald L. Maggin

Who Robbed America? A Citizen's Guide to the S&L Scandal

by Michael Waldman, Introduction by Ralph Nader

The Daisy Chain: How Borrowed Billions Sank a Texas S&L

by James O'Shea

Overdrawn: The Bailout of American Savings

by Michael A. Robinson

The S&L Debacle: Public Policy Lessons for Bank and Thrift Reevaluation

by Lawrence J. White

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Secrets of Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin's Science

by Bernard Cohen

Le Sceptre et la foudre: Franklin à Paris, 1776–1785

by Claude-Anne Lopez

Mon Cher Papa: Franklin and the Ladies of Paris

by Claude-Anne Lopez

Becoming Benjamin Franklin: The Autobiography and the Life

by Ormond Seavey

The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Volumes 1–14

edited by Leonard W. Labaree

The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Volumes 15–26

edited by William B. Wilcox

The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 27

edited by Claude A. Lopez

The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 28

edited by Barbara B. Oberg

Benjamin Franklin: His Life As He Wrote It

edited by Esmond Wright

Writings

by Benjamin Franklin, edited by J.A. Leo Lemay

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