Biographies & Memoirs

”To be young, good-looking, healthy, famous, comparatively rich and happy is surely going against nature.” When Joe Orton (1933–1967) wrote those words...

A Biography Of Georgia, Who Established Her Own Vision And Remained In The Forefront Of American Art Through Her Life. 1887-1902: Sun Prairie, The Wide And ...

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Of all the male stars of Golden Age Hollywood, Kirk Douglas became the final survivor, the last icon of a fabled era that the world will never see again. Wh...

first Time In Paperback: The Landmark Biography Of One Of Hollywood's Last Bigger-than-life Stars library Journal buford, A National Public Radio Comment...

In Education and Society in Africa, Germa Amare contributes to education and society in Ethiopia and beyond. In his examination of Ethiopian education in th...

To the average moviegoer, the name of Basil Rathbone conjures up an image of fiction's most famous detective - Sherlock Holmes. Certainly, of all the actors...

A must-have for Rolling Stones fans, featuring more than 300 rare, spectacular photographs in color and black-and-white Featuring more than 300 photographs...

Discover the definitive book on the Menendez case—and the primary source material for NBC’s Law and Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders. A successf...

In Ten Unsuccessful Runs At The U.s. Presidency, Harold E. Stassen Became Infamous As A Perennial Candidate. But His Lifetime Of Achievements--as Minnesota'...

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Broadcasting Icon Don Cherry Is Back To Give Fans More Of What They Want: Behind-the-scenes Access To Hockey's Greatest Heroes. For The Last Sixty Years, Do...

In This Intimate, Candid, And Sometimes Surprising Community Biography Of The Celebrated Author And Christian Apologist, Twenty-four Men And Women Who Knew ...

The New York Times best-selling biography of one of America’s most storied military figures. General William Tecumseh Sherman’s 1864 burning of Atlanta...

By Max Ward. Includes Index.Categories: Biographies & MemoirsGeneral

"This extraordinary book is not only a chronicle of Ron's and Clint's early careers and their wild adventures, but also a primer on so many topics--how an...

This book spans four decades chronicling the public and private journeys of a man voted as one of the 50 greatest artists of all time. With over 30 albums a...

AS a mental health clinician, Rebecca Brown has been a safe place for many to seek shelter from their secrets, silence and shame. Inspired to finally slow d...

IN A PERFECT WORLD... We’d get to hang out with Amy Poehler, watching dumb movies, listening to music, and swapping tales about our coworkers and difficu...

Drawing on interviews with almost everyone who ever associated with Holly, including his widow, a biography creates a vivid picture of a young man who took ...

**the Instant New York Times Bestseller** Kompromat N.--russian For Compromising Information This Is A Story Of Dirty Secrets, And The Most Powerful People ...

I Shall Live tells the gripping true story of a Jewish family in Germany and Russia as the Nazi party gains power in Germany. When Henry Orenstein and his ...

Two reporters for The Dallas Morning News analyze the responses to the newspaper's national survey of death row inmates in 1994 and early 1995. Of the 3,000...

In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible...

Jonathan D. Spence. Elisabeth Sifton Books. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 319-337.Categories: History AsiaChina

Diaries And Letters Of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1922- 1928. A Helen And Kurt Wolff Book. Continued By The Author's Hour Of Gold, Hour Of Lead.Categories: Biog...

Preparing For Das Lied : Fünf Lieder Nach Rückert/kindertotenlieder : From Darkness To Light And The Birth Of Dichotomy -- Decoding Das Lied -- An Afterwo...

The memoir of the noted defense attorney offers insight into the machinations of the criminal justice system and some of the notorious cases she has been in...

For the past two years Pope Francis has enchanted and bewildered the world in equal measure with his compassion and his contradictions. Expanding greatly o...

From Melissa Ben-Ishay--the co-founder of Baked by Melissa and creator of the viral Green Goddess Salad--comes an irresistible, veggie-packed cookbook wi...

The sad, tender, and extremely funny memoir of a boyhood few thought he would survive, including the unforgettable mother and hilarious grandmother who rais...

The Detroit True Crime Chronicles sets forth the rich history of criminal activity in the Motor City. Using information from declassified federal documents...

In this major biography, the late Timothy White explores both the career and the troubled personal journey of the legendary singer-songwriter James Taylor....

The Author Offers A Memoir Of His Two Decades In The Field Studying Kenyan Baboons As He Describes The Members Of The Baboon Troop And Their Behavior And Hi...

For six years, Helene Hanff held captive audiences all over the world with her monthly broadcasts on the BBC's Woman's Hour. In five-minute vignettes, she m...

This book continues the narrative of Ginzburg's nightmarish eighteen-year survival of Soviet prisons and labor camps, following the Stalinist purges of 1937...

As Commander of the International Space Station, Chris Hadfield captivated the world with stunning photos and commentary from space. Now, in his first book,...

Over a million troops from the Indian Army fought in the First World War, playing a crucial role alongside Britainâ€s allies and fighting in Egypt, Galli...

Elon Musk, The Entrepreneur And Innovator Behind Spacex, Tesla, And Solarcity, Sold One Of His Internet Companies, Paypal, For $1.5 Billion. Ashlee Vance Ca...

In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his...

On April 30, 1945, Hitler committed suicide in his bunker as the Red Army closed in on Berlin. Within four days the Soviets had recovered his body. But the...

Why did the once-ardent hero of the American Revolutionary cause become its most dishonored traitor? General Benedict Arnold’s failed attempt to betray t...

Major General Julian Thompson first wrote No Picnic when the momentous events of April – June 1982 were fresh in his mind. As Commander of 3 Commando Brig...

Winner of the 1999 Edgar Award for Best Biographical Work, this is "an excellent biography of the man who created Sherlock Holmes" (David Walton, The New Yo...

The popular fitness guru and television personality traces his life, discussing his relationship with his parents and brother, his lifelong struggle with hi...

[this Book] Takes You To The Western Front During The Great War. Experience The Risks Of Combat And The Many Close Calls Collishaw Had As A Pilot, Flight Co...

What Happens When A Young Wall Street Investment Banker Spends A Small Fortune To Have Lunch With Warren Buffett? He Becomes A Real Value Investor. In This ...

The idea for Dropped Threads: What We Aren't Told came up between Carol Shields and longtime friend Marjorie Anderson over lunch. It appeared that after d...