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Sub-Categories of Biography
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Heir to the Empire City: New York and the Making of Theodore Roosevelt
Edward P. Kohn
Biography: historical, political & military; History; History of the Americas; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Political leaders & leadership
Hardback
An acclaimed historian presents a dual biography of Theodore Roosevelt and New York City, showing how Roosevelt's identity... [more]
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Pets by Royal Appointment: The Royal Family and Their Animals
Brian Hoey
Biography: royalty; History; Domestic animals & pets
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Another royal classic from the bestselling author of Not in Front of the Corgis 9781849541763. The ideal Christmas gift book... [more]
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Edison and the Rise of Innovation
Leonard DeGraaf
Biography: business & industry; Management & management techniques; Mathematics & Sciences
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Thomas Alva Edison did more than bring incandescent light into every household and industry; he created a world-renowned brand,... [more]
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The Doors: A Lifetime of Listening to Five Mean Years
Greil Marcus
Individual actors & performers; Music; Rock & Pop music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Biography: arts & entertainment
Paperback
Frequently brilliant... Marcus has the ability to play tour guide in the places we think we already know. It's exactly what... [more]
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Is This the Real Life?: The Untold Story of Freddie Mercury and Queen
Mark Blake
Music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Autobiography: arts & entertainment
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Based on new interviews, the first behind-the-scenes narrative biography of one of the biggest and greatest rock bands of... [more]
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Abraham Lincoln: An Illustrated Life and Legacy
Thomas F. Schwartz, Thomas Cussans
Biography: historical, political & military; History; History of the Americas; American Civil War; Constitution: government & the state; Political leaders & leadership
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The sixteenth president of the United States was an exceptionally astute politician who has left a compelling story and legacy... [more]
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Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love
Dava Sobel
Biography: historical, political & military; Biography: science, technology & engineering; Biography: religious & spiritual; Gender studies: women; Mathematics & Sciences; History of engineering & technology
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Inspired by a long fascination with Galileo and the remarkable surviving letters of his daughter, Sobel, a cloistered nun,... [more]
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Free Ride: How Digital Parasites Are Destroying the Culture Business, and...
Robert Levine
True crime; History: specific events & topics; Society & Social Sciences; Media studies; Business & management; E-commerce: business aspects; Information technology industries
Hardback
Title is bracketed on title page and spine. [more]
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Time: Albert Einstein: The Enduring Legacy of a Modern Genius
Richard Lacayo
Biography; Biography: science, technology & engineering
Hardback
Provides an illuminating overview of Albert Einstein's life, work, and theories, presented for the everyday reader. This book... [more]
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Not by Chance Alone: My Life as a Social Psychologist
Elliot Aronson
Biography; Autobiography: general; Social, group or collective psychology
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The life and times of one of the twentieth century's leading psychologists [more]
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Cleopatra and Antony: Power, Love, and Politics in the Ancient World
Diana Preston
Biography: historical, political & military; Biography: royalty; History
Hardback
Much mythology has grown up around the world's best-remembered celebrity couple, all of which Preston explores in her stirring... [more]
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For the Glory: The Life of Eric Liddell
Duncan Hamilton
Biography: sport; Biography: religious & spiritual; Christian mission & evangelism; Prisoners of war; Track & field sports, athletics
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No one has embodied the ideals of the Olympic movement quite like Eric Liddell, star of the Oscar-winning film Chariots of... [more]
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The People Smuggler: The True Story of Ali Al Jenabi
Robin de Crespigny
Biography; Biography: general
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Robin de Crespigny's The People Smuggler is the gripping, inspring story of one man's escape from Saddam's Iraq to become... [more]
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A House Full of Daughters
Juliet Nicolson
Biography; Biography: general
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All families have their myths and Juliet Nicolson's was no different: her flamenco dancing great-great-grandmother Pepita,... [more]
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Moranifesto
Caitlin Moran
Autobiography: arts & entertainment; Literary essays; Fiction & Literature; Humour
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'I've lived through ten iOS upgrades on my Mac - and that's just something I use to muck about on Twitter. Surely capitalism... [more]
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Journey of a Thousand Storms: A Refugee's Story
Kooshyar Karimi
Biography; Autobiography: historical, political & military; Translation & interpretation; Religious intolerance, persecution & conflict; Espionage & secret services; Medical ethics & professional conduct
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Kooshyar Karimi had two careers in Iran, one as a doctor and one as an award-winning translator. Until he was kidnapped by... [more]
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Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway's Masterpiece the...
Lesley M. M. Blume
Individual artists, art monographs; Biography: arts & entertainment; Biography: literary; Literary studies: general
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A dazzling depiction of the genesis of <i>The Sun Also Rises</i> and how Ernest Hemingway created his own legend [more]
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American Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk...
Nick Bilton
Biography; True crime
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In 2011, a twenty-six-year-old programmer named Ross Ulbricht launched the ultimate free market: the Silk Road, a clandestine... [more]
$35.00
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Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of...
Joel Selvin
Music; Rock & Pop music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; True stories
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Rock journalist Joel Selvin tells the story of the Rolling Stones' infamous Altamont concert in San Francisco, the disastrous... [more]
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Heloise
Mandy Hager
Biography: literary; Fiction & Literature
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What happens when the 12th century's most famous French lovers are caught in the crossfire of factions, religious reform and... [more]
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Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon
Larry Tye
Biography: general; History
Paperback
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the author of Satchel comes an in-depth, vibrant, and measured biography about the most complex... [more]
$37.95
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Gomorrah: Italy's Other Mafia
Roberto Saviano
Biography; True crime
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The explosive international bestseller [more]
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The Lady with the Borzoi: Blanche Knopf, Literary Tastemaker Extraordinaire...
Laura Claridge
Biography; Biography: literary
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An intimate and often surprising biography, The Lady with the Borzoi is the story of an ambitious, seductive, and impossibly... [more]
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The Extraordinary Life of Pikelet
Calley Gibson
Biography; Memoirs; Dogs as pets; Advocate - Australian Biography
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All it took for a tiny, no-name pup from the pound was someone to believe in him - and save him from death row - and an internet... [more]
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