Biography
Life stories from leaders, creators, and historical figures.
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The Hemingses of Monticello
An American Family
Annette Gordon-Reed
Historian and legal scholar Gordon-Reed presents this epic work that tells the story of the Hemingses, an American slave family and their close blood ties to Thomas Jefferson.
Zachary Taylor
The American Presidents Series: The 12th President, 1849-1850
John S. D. Eisenhower
A profile of the twelfth president traces his rise in the military and successes in the Mexican War to his election as the first president without a prior political office, in an account that also offers insight into Taylor's views on slavery and his sudden death.
Who's who in Ancient Egypt
Michael Rice
In this compelling guide and sourcebook, renowned author and scholar Michael Rice introduces us to the inhabitants of ancient Egypt, allowing us to encounter their world through their own eyes. Here are the great and the famous, from Cleopatra to Tutankhamun, but here also are the grave-robber Amenwah, Nakht the gardener and Sebaster the hairdresser. The whole arena of Egyptian life is expressed in these pages. Not only are there nearly a thousand biographies, there is also a chapter on 'Encountering Ancient Egyptians', sections on kingship and on religion, a chronology, a glossary and maps. A combination of erudite scholarship and a clear and accessible style, this volume opens up the world of the ancient Egyptians to all those with an interest in the subject in a way that has never been done before.
Edward Albee
A Singular Journey : a Biography
Mel Gussow
Mel Gussow's critically-acclaimed biography of the three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (Seascape, A Delicate Balance, The Zoo Story), who first electrified the American theatre scene in the 1960s with his groundbreaking The Zoo Story followed by the legendary Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Confidence Man
The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
Maggie Haberman
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Michelangelo, Life, Letters, and Poetry
George Bull
Michelangelo was, apart from being a sculptor, architect, and painter of genius, a poet and letter-writer of remarkable accomplishment. George Bull, a distinguished translator of many Italian classics, has brought his skill and experience to bear on translating this new selection of Michelangelo's letters and poetry, as well as the Life, the biography written by Michelangelo's pupil Ascanio Condivi.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Lori Gottlieb
"From a New York Timesbest-selling writer, psychotherapist, and advice columnist, a brilliant and surprising new book that takes us behind the scenes of a therapist's world--where her patients are in crisis (and so is she)"--
The Pilgrim's Progress
From this World to that which is to Come
John Bunyan
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Plutarch's Lives
Tr. from the Original Greek; with Notes, Historical and Critical; and a Life of Plutarch
Plutarch
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Tolkien and C.S. Lewis
The Gift of Friendship
Colin Duriez
"This book explores their lives, unfolding the extraordinary story of their complex friendship that lasted, with its ups and downs, until Lewis's death in 1963. Despite their differences - of temperament, spiritual emphasis, and storytelling style - what united them was much stronger: A shared vision that continues to inspire their millions of readers throughout the world."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Eat, Pray, Love
One Woman's Search for Everything
Elizabeth Gilbert
The Number One international bestseller, Eat, Pray Love is a journey around the world, a quest for spiritual enlightenment and a story for anyone who has battled with divorce, depression and heartbreak.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
Documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling numerous medical and scientific discoveries.
Francis of Assisi - The Prophet: Early Documents, vol. 3
Early Documents
Regis J. Armstrong, J. A. Wayne Hellmann, William J. Short
The Prophet is the third volume in this extraordinary series of "the writings of Saint Francis and those of the early Franciscan witnesses" and it will "be of estimable value to scholars, students, and lovers of Il Poverello as well...a scholarly achievement done in the service of history, theology and spirituality." (Lawrence Cunningham)
One Way Out
The Inside History of the Allman Brothers Band
Alan Paul, Jaimoe
A portrait of the legendary American rock-and-roll band draws on exclusive interviews to track their career from 1969 to the present and is complemented by previously unpublished photographs and memorabilia.
A Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography
William Smith
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Blacklisted by History
The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's Enemies
Medford Stanton Evans
A leading McCarthy scholar investigates the conventional image of Senator Joseph McCarthy as a mendacious demagogue who invented a bogus Red scare, explodes the myths about him being a lying witch hunter, and debunks accepted wisdom about the man.
Plutarch's Lives
Tr. from the Original Greek: with Notes Critical and Historical, and a New Life of Plutarch ...
Plutarch
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I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy
A memoir by American former actress and singer Jennette McCurdy about her career as a child actress and her difficult relationship with her abusive mother who died in 2013