Biographies & Memoirs

One Of Twentieth-century America’s Most Influential Patrons Of The Arts, Peggy Guggenheim (1898–1979) Brought To Wide Public Attention The Work Of Such ...

He was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood, a hard-charging actor whose intensity on the screen was mirrored in his personal life. As Kirk Douglas has g...

Monumental tells, for the first time, the incredible story of Oscar James Dunn, a New Orleanian born into slavery who became America's first Black lieuten...

The Remarkable Untold Story Of A Miracle Drug, The Forgotten Pioneer Who Discovered It, And The Fight To Bring Lithium To The Masses. The 1949 Discovery Of ...

Laton Mccartney. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 240-257. Library Journal Best BooksCategories: Literature & Fiction Essays & CorrespondenceEssays ...

From Josh Brolin, a unique and decidedly un-celebrity memoir, by turns affecting, funny, uncanny, and unforgettable.Weaving a latticework of different stran...

An Introduction To The Life And Thought Of Kurt Gödel, Who Transformed Our Conception Of Math Forever -- Provided By Publisher. A Platonist Among The Posit...

An Account Of The Worst Cholera Outbreak In Victorian London--and An Exploration Of How Dr. John Snow's Solution Revolutionized The Way We Think About Disea...

Nicholas Fox Weber, for thirty-three years head of the Albers Foundation, spent many years with Anni and Josef Albers, the only husband-and-wife artistic ...

A Sixtysomething Schoolteacher Describes How, Tired Of Celibacy, She Placed An Ad In The Personals Section Of The New York Review Of Books And Embarked On A...

The selected correspondence of the brilliant poet, one of the twentieth century's last great letter writers. "I don't keep a journal, not after the first we...

From James Beard Award-winning writer Elissa Altman comes a story that marries wit to warmth, and flavor to passion. Born and raised in New York to a food-...

Here is the autobiography of a remarkable man. Yukichi Fukuzawa's life covered the 66 years between 1835 and 1901, a period which comprised greater and mor...

On July 18, 1863, the African American soldiers of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry led a courageous but ill-fated charge on Fort Wagner, a key bast...

This engaging book chronicles the changes in Maya Angelou's life as she enters the hub of activity that is New York. There, at the Harlem Writers Guild, sh...

Here is the riveting story of how a second-rate newspaper rose to national greatness, only to become a casualty of war-a civil war within the family that ow...

There Are Few Industrialists In History Who Could Match Elon Musk's Relentless Drive And Ingenious Vision. A Modern Alloy Of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howa...

The controversial story of Chanel, the twentieth century's foremost fashion icon. Revolutionizing women's dress, Gabrielle "Coco'' Chanel was the twentiet...

"Ice Bound" is the inspiring true story of Dr. Jerri Nielsen, the physician with breast cancer stranded at a South Pole research station, whose amazing res...

The Third Reich was the twentieth century’s most popular tyranny. After Adolf Hitler took power in 1933, most of Germany’s civil servants and profession...

One of the most popular Saints in the Church for centuries, St. Rita is known as the \\"Saint of the Impossible\\" because of her amazing answers to prayers...

if Moore's Earlier Work stupid White Men Didn't Shake Up The Bush Administration, This Latest Exposé Is Another Shout For Attention. Moore, Whose Credits I...

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The official movie tie-in edition to Oliver Stone’s major motion picture, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Edward Snowden is one of the most extraordinary ...

This Fully Rounded Biography Of America's Sixteenth President Is The Product Of Donald's Half-century Of Study Of Lincoln And His Times. In Preparing It, Do...

"Read this man's book." --James EllroyA harrowing, edge-of-your-seat narrative of murder and secrets, revenge and heroism in the City of Angels―the real ...

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Annie Ernaux's most recent book, dazzling and breathtaking, published in France in 2022, is about her affair wi...

Your Heart Is the Size of Your Fist draws readers into the complicated, poignant, and often-overlooked daily happenings of a busy urban medical clinic for ...

From Tom Brokaw, The Bestselling Author Of The Greatest Generation, Comes A Powerful Memoir Of A Year Of Dramatic Change--a Year Spent Battling Cancer And R...

Born In A Surreal Moscow Communal Apartment Where Eighteen Families Shared One Kitchen, The Author Grew Up Singing Odes To Lenin, Black-marketeering Juicy F...

In the tradition of Blow and Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, The Last Pirate is a vivid, haunting and often hilarious memoir recounting the life of Big...

Contains new facts concerning Nixon, Watergate, and the death of Dorothy Hunt, wife of E. Howard HuntDorothy Hunt, “An Amoral and Dangerous Woman” tell...

A Riveting, Lucid Memoir Of A Young Woman's Struggle To Regain Her Sense Of Self After Trauma, And The Efforts By A Powerful New England Boarding School To ...

A Sweeping Memoir Of American Politics And History From Chris Matthews, New York Times Bestselling Author And Former Host Of Msnbc’s Hardball With Chris M...

Into The Deep End -- Teasing The Mind Into Active Thought -- Fully Human, Fully Divine -- The Messiah Has A Cold -- Hearts On Fire. James Martin. Includes B...

In this volume along with its companion, The Library of America presents all of the most significant and best-loved works of Eudora Welty. Of her own work, ...

Privileged access to both the Queen and Prince Philip is the key to this revealing and engrossing royal biography.This is the first major biography of the ...

Examines Henry Kissinger's influence on the development of the foreign policy of the United States during the presidency of Richard NixonCategories: Politic...

137 pagesCategories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoirs

1. Stepping Forward -- 2. The Men's Club -- 3. Leadership -- 4. Another Beginning -- 5. Stalemate And Stand-off -- 6. War Or Peace? -- 7. Remaking The Count...

Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano RooseveltCategories: History WorldWomen in History

At the age of eight, Karl Popper was puzzling over the idea of infinity and by fifteen was beginning to take a keen interest in his father's well-stocked ...

A Tour Of Key Historic Sites In America Where Incidents Of Political Violence Have Occurred Reveals Lesser-known Points Of Interest Pertaining To Each And S...

Called “everything a war memoir could possibly be” by The New York Times, this all-time classic of the military memoir genre now includes a new forward ...

Documents The Trial Of A Man Charged With Dozens Of Counts Of Arson In A Rural Virginia County, Sharing Insight Into His Struggles With Addiction, His Relat...

The true story of four siblings who lost their parents in the devastating Sri Lankan tsunami and how they turned tragedy into inspiration On December 26, 2...

One Day My Soul Just Opened Up is a program of inspiration and motivation that will help you work through problems and improve your emotional and spiritua...

Greg Sorbara. Includes Index. Issued Also In Electronic Format.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & Government International & Worl...