True Stories of History and Biography

True Stories of History and Biography Review

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A Slave Girl's Story Being an Autobiography of Kate Drumgoold.

A Slave Girl's Story Being an Autobiography of Kate Drumgoold. Review

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Open: An Autobiography (Vintage)

Open: An Autobiography (Vintage) Review

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Far more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of professional tennis, Open is the engrossing story of a remarkable life.
 
Andre Agassi had his life mapped out for him before he left the crib. Groomed to be a tennis champion by his moody and demanding father, by the age of twenty-two Agassi had won the first of his eight grand slams and achieved wealth, celebrity, and the game’s highest honors. But as he reveals in this searching autobiography, off the court he was often unhappy and confused, unfulfilled by his great achievements in a sport he had come to resent. Agassi writes candidly about his early success and his uncomfortable relationship with fame, his marriage to Brooke Shields, his growing interest in philanthropy, and—described in haunting, point-by-point detail—the highs and lows of his celebrated career.

Tuesday's Child (The Autobiography of Heaven and Earth)

Tuesday's Child (The Autobiography of Heaven and Earth) Review

The Autobiography of Heaven and Earth.
Part One - Tuesday's Child - Full of Grace.

So much in one day. A tree halfdead. Coffee. A runaway girl in my car.
The man I'm supposed to put on a plane to Houston isn't there. Only a
crate of white powder and sawdust. And a bloody jawbone. A visit from my
dead father. A new roommate. My car gets hijacked. Or I get carjacked.
Grammar and life don't mix. And finally, a little boy with a big gun.

Twenty-four hours. Twenty scenes. Seventy-two minutes of heaven.
Seventy-two minutes of earth. Fourteen words per minute. The opposite of
slow motion. More like a collage. It's amazing I can remember any of it.
I'll have to pay more attention tomorrow. That would be Wednesday's
Child. Full of Woe.

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas Review

Stein's most famous work; one of the richest and most irreverent biographies ever written.

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. Review

Using Stanford University's voluminous collection of archival material, including previously unpublished writings, interviews, recordings, and correspondence, King scholar Clayborne Carson has constructed a remarkable first-person account of Dr. King's extraordinary life.

Autobiography of a Face

Autobiography of a Face Review

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At age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed, she faced the cruel taunts of classmates. In this strikingly candid memoir, Grealy tells her story of great suffering and remarkable strength without sentimentality and with considerable wit. Vividly portraying the pain of peer rejection and the guilty pleasure of wanting to be special, Grealy captures with unique insight what it is like as a child and young adult to be torn between two warring impulses: to feel that more than anything else we want to be loved for who we are, while wishing desperately and secretly to be perfect

"I spent five years of my life being treated for cancer, but since then I've spent fifteen years being treated for nothing other than looking different from everyone else. It was the pain from that, from feeling ugly, that I always viewed as the great tragedy of my life. The fact that I had cancer seemed minor in comparison."

At age nine, Lucy Grealy was diagnosed with a potentially terminal cancer. When she returned to school with a third of her jaw removed, she faced the cruel taunts of classmates. In this strikingly candid memoir, Grealy tells her story of great suffering and remarkable strength without sentimentality and with considerable wit. Vividly portraying the pain of peer rejection and the guilty pleasures of wanting to be special, Grealy captures with unique insight what it is like as a child and young adult to be torn between two warring impulses: to feel that more than anything else we want to be loved for who we are, while wishing desperately and secretly to be perfect.

Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix

Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix Review

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Now in paperback, the national bestselling biography of American musical icon Jimi Hendrix

It has been more than thirty-five years since Jimi Hendrix died, but his music and spirit are still very much alive for his fans everywhere. Charles R. Cross vividly recounts the life of Hendrix, from his difficult childhood and adolescence in Seattle through his incredible rise to celebrity in London’s swinging sixties. It is the story of an outrageous life -- with legendary tales of sex, drugs, and excess -- while it also reveals a man who struggled to accept his role as idol and who privately craved the kind of normal family life he never had. Using never-before-seen documents and private letters, and based on hundreds of interviews with those who knew Hendrix -- many of whom had never before agreed to be interviewed -- Room Full of Mirrors unlocks the vast mystery of one of music’s most enduring legends.

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X Review

If there was any one man who articulated the anger, the struggle, and the beliefs of African Americans in the 1960s, that man was Malcolm X. His AUTOBIOGRAPHY is now an established classic of modern America, a book that expresses like none other the crucial truth about our times.
"Extraordinary. A brilliant, painful, important book."
THE NEW YORKTIMES

Mary Baker Eddy (Radcliffe Biography Series)

Mary Baker Eddy (Radcliffe Biography Series) Review

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The feminist perspective of historian Gillian Gill (author of a previous biography of Agatha Christie) adds three-dimensionality to the life story of the controversial, charismatic founder of Christian Science. Neither unblemished saint nor unscrupulous manipulator, Mary Baker Eddy (1821-1910) emerges in this substantive reassessment as a powerful woman so constrained by conventional notions of femininity that she suffered decades of frustration and ill health before liberating herself with radical new ideas. Her emphasis on spiritual healing and women's empowerment made enemies virtually from the first publication of Science and Health in 1875; the schisms and lawsuits that plagued her church gave Eddy's opponents ammunition. In her thorough coverage of such touchy matters, Gill doesn't deny her subject's imperiousness and tendency to paranoia, but her sympathetic analysis stresses Eddy's gifts as a religious leader, administrator, and propagandist. The author gained access to the closely guarded Christian Science archives without ceding editorial control, and her scrupulous effort to freshly judge every issue justifies this trust. Gill's dry wit and first-person presence in the text's opinions ensure that her lengthy, exhaustively documented narrative doesn't feel unduly daunting or academic. --Wendy Smith

In 1866, a frail, impoverished invalid, middle-aged, widowed and divorced, rose from her bed after a life-threatening fall, asked for her Bible, and took the first steps toward the founding of the Christian Science Church. Four decades later, she was revered as their leader by thousands of churches in the U.S. and Europe, had founded a national newspaper, and had become probably the most powerful woman in America.Who was this astonishing woman, the mother of the Mother Church? How did she prepare for her illustrious career during her years of obscurity, and what was her inspiration for the healing practices and doctrine of Christian Science? Gillian Gill, a non-Christian Science Scientist scholar, who managed to win unparalleled access to the Church archives, offers here an entirely new look at Mary Baker Eddy.For the first time readers will see the extraordinary leadership skills exercised by Mrs. Eddy despite the repressive forces facing women in her time. For the first time we learn the full story of the bizarre attack on Mrs. Eddy by Joseph Pulitzer and his New York World—alleging that she was at least senile and possibly not even alive. In this enthralling biography, we rediscover Mary Baker Eddy as a radical Christian thinker, pioneer in the recognition of mind/body connections, survivor of scandal, and target of both admiration and scorn from such eminent contemporaries as Mark Twain. Gillian Gill’s sense of drama, her critical acumen, and her delicious wit bring to life a brilliant religious leader whose message has new meaning in our time.

Mark Twain's Burlesque Autobiography

Mark Twain's Burlesque Autobiography Review

Mark Twain's Burlesque Autobiography is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by Mark Twain is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy the works of Mark Twain then we highly recommend this publication for your book collection.

Steve Jobs 1955-2011: Steve Jobs Biography And Stanford Speech - Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish

Steve Jobs 1955-2011: Steve Jobs Biography And Stanford Speech - Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish Review

"Steve Jobs 1955-2011: Steve Jobs Biography And Stanford Speech - Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish" is a tribute to Steve.

The book starts with a commented transcription of Steve Jobs's Stanford Speech in 2005. We then see together the personal life of Steve, and his accomplishments and resilience as Apple and Pixar founder. We learn from how he turned a challenge - having to leave the company he founded and made successful - into an opportunity, returning as a winner back to Apple to rescue the company.

"Steve Jobs 1955-2011: Steve Jobs Biography And Stanford Speech - Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish" also offers a selection of Steve Jobs' quotes about life and technology, and how to use AmAre as a way to live life while stay hungry, and staying foolish.

Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography

Miles Davis: The Definitive Biography Review

This exhaustively researched, revised edition of Ian Carr's classic biography throws new light on Davis' life and career: from the early days in New York with Charlie Parker; to the Birth of Cool; through his drug addiction in the early 1950s and the years of extraordinary achievements (1954-1960), during which he signed with Columbia and collaborated with such unequaled talents as John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly and Cannonball Adderly. Carr also explores Davis' dark, reclusive period (1975-1980), offering firsthand accounts of his descent into addiction, as well as his dramatic return to life and music. Carr has talked with the people who knew Miles and his music best including Bill Evans, Joe Zawinul, Keith Jarrett, and Jack DeJohnette, and has conducted interviews with Ron Carter, Max Roach, John Scofield and others.

Queen Elizabeth II - Presence - History - Pictures (Royal Biographies by Heinz Duthel 2010)

Queen Elizabeth II - Presence - History - Pictures (Royal Biographies by Heinz Duthel 2010) Review

Royal Biographies by Heinz Duthel 2010

Elizabeth II | Queens regnant | Reigning monarchs | Protestant monarchs | House of Windsor | Monarchs of the United Kingdom | Heads of state of Antigua and Barbuda | Monarchs of Australia | Monarchy in Australia | Heads of state of the Bahamas | Heads of state of Barbados | Heads of state of Belize | Heads of state of Canada | Monarchy in Canada | Monarchs of Ceylon | Heads of state of Fiji | Heads of state of the Gambia | Heads of state of Ghana | Heads of state of Grenada | Heads of state of Guyana | Heads of state of Jamaica | Heads of state of Kenya | Heads of state of Malawi | Heads of state of Malta | Heads of state of Mauritius | Heads of state of New Zealand | Monarchy in New Zealand | Heads of state of Nigeria | Heads of state of Pakistan | Heads of state of Papua New Guinea | Heads of state of Saint Kitts and Nevis | Heads of state of Saint Lucia | Heads of state of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Heads of state of Sierra Leone | Heads of state of the Solomon Islands | Monarchs of South Africa | Heads of state of Trinidad and Tobago | Heads of state of Tuvalu | Heads of state of Uganda | Heads of the Commonwealth | Auxiliary Territorial Service officers | Women in the Canadian armed services | Women in World War II | British Anglicans | British philanthropists | British Presbyterians | Canadian philanthropists | British princesses | Girlguiding UK | People illustrated on sterling banknotes | Royal Fellows of the Royal Society | The Scout Association | 1926 births | Living people | Order of the Redeemer | Knights of the Elephant | Recipients of the Order of the Falcon | Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Netherlands Lion | Knights Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of St. Olav | Recipients of the Order of the White Eagle (Poland) | Recipients of the Star of Romania Order | Knights of the Golden Fleece | Grand Collars of the Order of the Tower and Sword | Dames of the Order of the Royal House of Chakri | Recipients of the Order of the White Lion | Current national leaders

Babe Ruth - Pbk (History Makers) (Easy Biographies)

Babe Ruth - Pbk (History Makers) (Easy Biographies) Review

The "Easy Biographies" series focuses on the childhood and young-adult years of famous men and women who overcame obstacles to achieve greatness. Inspirational and informative reading for students with big dreams.

Autobiography Of George Muller

Autobiography Of George Muller Review

What can be accomplished in an ordinary man who trusts in an extraordinary God? George Mller discovered the endless possibilities! These excerpts from his diary allow Mller to tell his own story. Join him on his journey from a life of sin and rebellion to his glorious conversion. Share his struggles and triumphs as he establishes orphan homes to care for thousands of English children, depending on God's response to his prayer of faith to supply all things. Mller's unwavering, childlike dependence upon his heavenly Father will inspire you to confidently trust the God of the impossible in every area of your life.

Just One Catch: A Biography of Joseph Heller

Just One Catch: A Biography of Joseph Heller Review

In time for the 50th anniversary of Catch-22, Tracy Daugherty, the critically acclaimed author of Hiding Man (a New Yorker and New York Times Notable book), illuminates his most vital subject yet in this first biography of Joseph Heller.

 

Joseph Heller was a Coney Island kid, the son of Russian immigrants, who went on to great fame and fortune. His most memorable novel took its inspiration from a mission he flew over France in WWII (his plane was filled with so much shrapnel it was a wonder it stayed in the air). Heller wrote seven novels, all of which remain in print. Something Happened and Good as Gold, to name two, are still considered the epitome of satire. His life was filled with women and romantic indiscretions, but he was perhaps more famous for his friendships—he counted Mel Brooks, Zero Mostel, Carl Reiner, Kurt Vonnegut, Norman Mailer, Mario Puzo, Dustin Hoffman, Woody Allen, and many others among his confidantes. In 1981 Heller was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a debilitating syndrome that could have cost him his life. Miraculously, he recovered. When he passed away in 1999 from natural causes, he left behind a body of work that continues to sell hundreds of thousands of copies a year.

Just One Catch is the first biography of Yossarian’s creator.