One of the most intriguing activists and artists of the twentieth century, Shirley Graham Du Bois also remains one of …
This absorbing account of the life and work of Clara Collet, a leading economist, statistician and champion of women's employment, …
A glamorous, haunted life unfolds in the mesmerizing biography of the woman behind a classic children's book In 1957, a …
The long-awaited, untold, inside story of the rise of the legendary actor, singer, scholar, and activist. The first volume of …
Uncommonly articulate letters from a young German-American soldier with the Union forces. During a conflict that saw death visit many …
The private lives of objects -- Tiny books -- Pillopatate -- Out walking -- Keeper, Grasper, and other family animals …
This biography of Jacques Derrida (1930–2004) tells the story of a Jewish boy from Algiers, excluded from school at the …
I found this Audio book at GoodWill but every CD had major scratch on it, "Caused by a nail or …
The last of the Spanish Romantics, composer, conductor, and impresario Federico Moreno Torroba (1891-1982) left his mark on virtually every …
As a high schooler in Findlay, Ohio, Ben Roethlisberger, or Big Ben, was not a football phenom. In fact, he …
"I was a nerd. Geek. From fairly early on. I didn't duct-tape my glasses together, but I might as well …
Excellent history book for wouldbe traders or current traders expanding their horizions. I bought the hard cover edition for my …
Most directors have one film for which they are known or possibly two,” said Francis Ford Coppola. Akira Kurosawa has …
This book details the lives of two married geniuses, Aden and Marjorie Meinel, who helped to pioneer modern optics and …
By the author of the acclaimed bestseller Benjamin Franklin, this is the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all …
Based on previously unexploited primary sources, this is the first comprehensive biography of Yosef Haim Brenner, one of the pioneers …
Charles Dickens A to Z draws upon a vast array of letters, bibliography, criticism, correspondence, reviews, and the texts themselves …
If you can think of times in your life that you’ve treated people with extraordinary decency and love, and pure …
The acclaimed New York Timesbestselling biography and emotionally detailed portrait of the artist as a young man” (Michiko Kakutani, The …
At long last, the epic biography Ted Williams deserves--and that his fans have been waiting for. Williams was the best …
Oscar Wilde: A Literary Life tracks the intellectual biography of one of the most influential minds of the nineteenth century. …
Witty, inspiring, and charismatic, Oscar Wilde is one of the Greats of English literature. Today, his plays and stories are …
Rebel Girls Lead: 25 Tales of Powerful Women celebrates the incredible and inspiring stories of 25 women leaders in politics, …
From Publishers Weekly: The fictional Dracula of Bram Stoker's novel is better known than the actual Vlad Dracula the Impaler, …
Celluloid Activist is the biography of gay-rights giant Vito Russo, the man who wrote The Celluloid Closet: Homosexuality in the …
Mere Christianity, C. S. Lewis's eloquent and winsome defense of the Christian faith, originated as a series of BBC radio …
50,000 biographies and 60 million words record the lives of the men and women who shaped all aspects of British …
An authoritative, wide-ranging, and incredibly timely history of 1984—its literary sources, its composition by Orwell, its deep and lasting effect …
INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: Blue Moon of Kentucky Rising (The Beginnings to 1920); CHAPTER 2: The Big City, The Big Country …
Judy Cooper has unravelled the many enigmas and perplexitiesof Masud Khan's intriguing personality....a work of exquisitescholarship based on careful scrutiny …
Here is a lively history of modern physics, as seen through the lives of thirty men and women from the …
Lise Meitner and the Dawn of the Nuclear Age, by J.A. Wheeler is a fascinating book documenting the extraordinary life …
This book tells the incredible story of George Gamow, one of the most brilliant and extravagant physicists of the past …
Science is at a crossroads. Cold War-era easy money for grand-scale projects has become a thing of the past. And …
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of The Wright Brothers tells you what you need to …
Soft-spoken, cheerful, handsome, and well dressed, George West Musgrave “looked more like a senator than a cattle rustler.” Yet he …
