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In this new edition of The Mammoth Book of Erotic Photography Maxim Jakubowski presents an all-new collection of color and black-and-white erotic art photography, featuring the work of 74 leading phot
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Documents the unconventional lives of 17th-century royal sisters Marie and Hortense Mancini, who after abandoning their politically arranged marriages in the court of Louis XIV used the new post coach
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Winston Churchill knew the power of words. In public speeches and published books, in newspaper and magazine articles, he expressed his feelings and laid out his vision for the future. His wartime wr
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