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Alaric the Goth: An Outsider's History of the Fall of Rome
Douglas Boin
Paperback
The first biography of Alaric to appear in English tells the history of the fourth-and fifth-century Roman Empire through the life of the Goth who attacked it.
Alexander the Great
Ulrich Wilcken, Eugene N. Borza, G C. Richards, Eugene N. Borza, Eugene N. Borza
Paperback
Here is one of the great biographies of Alexander, in its original form, brought fully up to date with findings of modern research and criticism.
Alfred C. Kinsey: A Life
James H. Jones
Paperback
The hidden life of Alfred C. Kinsey, the principal architect of the sexual revolution.
All My Cats
Bohumil Hrabal, Paul Wilson
Hardback
A literary master’s story about the aggravations and great joys of cats, from “a most sophisticated novelist, with a gusting humor and a hushed tenderness of detail” (Julian Barnes)
All the Wrong Places: A Life Lost and Found
Philip Connors
Hardback
The prize-winning author of Fire Season returns with the heartrending story of his troubled years before finding solace in the wilderness.