Beethoven: The Universal Composer Edmund Morris
Washington Post Book WorldPulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris (The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Rex, Dutch) is one of Americas most distinguished biographers, known for his rich, co...
Washington Post Book WorldPulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris (The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Rex, Dutch) is one of Americas most distinguished biographers, known for his rich, co...
"The tree of life represents the roots of man.
It's eternal." -- John Holmes Most people might, understandably, predict that the world s first porn star was a woman, but they would be wrong.<...
A hero to millions who adored his portrayals of Robin Hood and Fletcher Christian, Errol Flynn (1909-59) lived a life that far surpassed any adventure he ever acted out on screen: exotic travels, c...
Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life is a partial autobiography describing Lewis' conversion to Christianity.
The book overall contains detail concerning specific events than typical...
In a story that is as gripping as it is historical, Jean Fritz reveals the true life of Pocahontas. Though at first permitted to move freely between the Indian and the white worlds, Pocahontas was ...
With this extraordinary book she gives us the chance to follow her on her journey from lonely teenager to international star; to fly alongside her."
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His enterprise was a rare success story throughout the Great Depression.Yet after Kreugers suicide in 1932, the true nature of his empire emerged.
When his Wall Street empire collapsed, milli...
Cornelius Van Til: Reformed Apologist and Churchman (American Reformed Biographies)
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In this highly praised, award-winning biography, Walter Dean Myers portrays Malcolm X as prophet, dealer, convict, troublemaker, revolutionary, and voice of black militancy.
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When William Shockley invented the transistor, the world was changed forever and he was awarded the Nobel Prize.
But today Shockley is often remembered only for his incendiary campaigning abo...
And after Ackerley himself died, he left a surprise of his own--this coolly considered, unsparingly honest account of his quest to find out the whole truth about the man who had always eluded him i...
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography for 1993In the first and most reliable biography of Daniel Boone in more than fifty years, award-winning historian Faragher brilliantly port...
Attracting people of taste and talent wherever she went, she drenched her prodigious talents in liquids and chemicals, burnt up her opportunities in flamboyant affairs, and created continuous sensa...
An illuminating portrayal of Richard Feynmana giant of twentieth century physicsfrom his childhood tinkering with radios, to his vital work on the Manhattan Project and beyondRaised in Depression-e...
Jones's incredible victories at sea form an important part of the book.
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Ingrid Bergman was one of the biggest and most glamorous stars in Hollywood -- until she became one of the most controversial, when an international scandal threatened to end her career.
She ...
The Life You Save May Be Your Own is their story - a vivid and enthralling account of great writers and their power over us.Thomas Merton was a Trappist monk in Kentucky; Dorothy Day the founder of...
Although several biographers have thrown themselves into the breach since this magisterial book first appeared in 1959, none have come close to matching the late Richard Ellmann's achievement.
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Mellon, the American colossus who bestrode the worlds of industry, government, and philanthropy, leaving his transformative stamp on each.
Following a boyhood in nineteenth-century Pittsburgh...
Skinny and suffering from diabetes, Ralph Moody is ordered by a Boston doctor to seek a more healthful climate.
With an improvident buddy named Lonnie, he camps out in an Arizona canyon and "...