Biography

Slaves in the Family

by Edward Ball

1998

Explores the slave-holding dynasty of Elias Ball, a South Carolina plantation owner, the history of slave uprisings, and the memories of the descendants of those slaves.…

The Rise and Fall of Osama Bin Laden

by Peter L. Bergen

2021

Provides a reevaluation of the man responsible for precipitating America's long wars with al-Qaeda and its descendants, capturing bin Laden in all the dimensions of his life: as a family man, as a zealot, as a battlefield commander, as …

The Drowned and the Saved

by Primo Levi

2017

In his final book before his death, Primo Levi returns once more to his time at Auschwitz in a moving meditation on memory, resiliency, and the struggle to comprehend unimaginable tragedy. Drawing on history, philosophy, and his own persona…

Albert Einstein

by Albrecht Fölsing

1998

In a book that is both an engaging portrait of a genius and a distillation of scientific thought, Folsing sheds light on Einstein's development and the complexity of his being. of photos.…

Deng Xiaoping and the Making of Modern China

by Richard Evans

1997

Chronicles the Chinese leader's life in the context of twentieth-century turmoil, recounting the Japanese invasion, the ascent of communism, Mao's Cultural Revolution, and other events.…

Women on the Margins

by Natalie Zemon Davis

1995

Maria Sibylla Merian, a German painter and naturalist, produced an innovative work on tropical insects based on lore she gathered from the Carib, Arawak, and African women of Suriname.…

My Days with Nehru

by M. O. Mathai

1979

Reminiscences of the author, special assistant, 1946 to 1959, to Jawaharlal Nehru, 1889-1964, former prime minister of India.…

1,000 Years, 1,000 People

by Agnes Hooper Gottlieb

1998

This fascinating compilation of the 1,000 most important, influential, and intriguing figures of this past millennium ranks the top ones and profiles each with a brief biography and a discussion of his or her importance in history.…

Lord Byron's Life in Italy

by Teresa Guiccioli (contessa di)

2005

Lord Byron's Life in Italy is an English translation of Vie de Lord Byron en Italie by Byron's Italian friend Teresa Guiccioli, the manuscript of which has lain in Ravenna since the early 1880s, and which has never-been published, o…

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Alpine Warriors

by Bernadette McDonald

2015

By the early 70's, they had advanced to the 8000ers. Although not exclusively Slovenian, the teams were - not surprisingly - dominated by Slovenian climbers, since Slovenia is blessed with the Julian Alps. A fiercely steep range of lime…

The Ella Fitzgerald Companion

by Leslie Gourse

1998

Consists of articles, interviews, and reviews that originally appeared in a variety of publications.…

The Lord of Uraniborg

by Victor E. Thoren, John Robert Christianson

1990

The Lord of Uraniborg is a comprehensive biography of Tycho Brahe, father of modern astronomy, famed alchemist and littérateur of the sixteenth-century Danish Renaissance. Written in a lively and engaging style, Victor Thoren's biograph…