Biographies & Memoirs

So successful was Keynes' theory that, by the mid 1940's, it was widespread across almost all of Europe's social democracies and, by the 1960's, the United States, too. Keynes personal life was no less remarkable.

A sequel to the best-selling Hugs from Obama.

Leaders in the Last Century is a collection of fifty of the most important politicians, and social innovators of the past 100 years. Each of the people featured in this book changed the world either for better or for worse.

This volume is part of a series of occasional anthologies which includes excerpts from essays and diaries, poetry, stories and novels. The authors include: Stephen Becker, Julio Cortazar, Gesualdo Bufalino, Starling Lawrence, Lionel Abrahams, Nicholas Matiser and Anna Maria Ortese.

"The multitalented writers, directors, producers, and actors (The League, Transparent, Togetherness, and The Mindy Project) share the secrets of their lifelong partnership in this unique personal memoir"--

Amanda Kloots bravely reflects on love, loss, and life with her husband, Broadway star, and Tony Award nominee Nick Cordero, whose public battle with COVID-19 and tragic death made headlines around the world.In March 2020, Broadway star and Tony Award nominee Nick Cordero was hospitalized for what he ...

The records of the Chinese Yuan dynasty do not mention a Marco Polo at all (and they should), and there are some suspicious omissions from Polo's text - no tea, no foot-binding, no mention of Chinese printing, or even of the Great Wall. Did Polo even go to China?

In Master of None, Hudson turns expertise on its head and shows that by embracing variety and becoming more versatile, anyone can succeed and become more open to different opportunities in life.

A New York Times bestseller.From FOX & Friends Weekend cohost Pete Hegseth comes a collection of inspiring stories from fifteen of America's greatest heroes-highly decorated Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, marines, Purple Heart recipients, combat pilots, a Medal of Honor recipient, and more-based on FOX Nation's ...

Claude Monet (1840-1926) spent most of his career painting his own spontaneous impression of nature. He gave the title of Impressionism to the school of art he created together with Manet, Renoir, Pissaro, Caillebotte and Sisley.

Book and CD. The classic publication for the Mozart Year 2006. This earBOOKmini is divided in easy to entertaining, easy-to-understand chapters. A wealth of quotes from letters and numerous pictures lead the way through the genius' eventful life. Mozart Music CD: summarisation is naturally impossible, ...

One of the young officers who overthrew King Farouq in 1952, Nasser was 36 years old when he became the undisputed leader of Egypt. In 1956, he nationalised the Suez Canal, braving the anger of Britain, France and war with Israel.

The second book by Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Michael Goodwin is the ultimate retrospective of the 12 years Mayor Edward I. Koch governed - and rescued - New York City from the brink of collapse. With archival photographs and insightful essays, New York Comes Back tells the story of one of NYC's ...

"The book that America needs right now." --Tom Brokaw, journalist and author of The Greatest Generation "Jake Wood offers one of the most soaring definitions of service I've ever seen." --Maria Shriver, award-winning journalist and author of I've Been Thinking From Marine sniper Jake Wood, a riveting ...

This seminal autobiographical tale, believed to have been the first published by an African-American woman, describes the life and struggles of an orphaned mulatto. Part slave narrative and part sentimental novel, it recounts the heroine's exploitation, first by her employers and later by an opportunistic ...

Emmeline Pankhurst (1858-1928) was a leading suffragette and founder in 1903 of the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU). She was incensed by the refusal of the Independent Labour Party to admit women. In reaction, she founded the all-female WSPU.

From the New York Times bestselling team behind Rad American Women A-Z comes an illustrated collection of radical and transformative political, social, and cultural movements in American history. “An engaging, fascinating, and necessary book that speaks truth to power.”—Congresswoman Barbara Lee ...

In a narrative both panoramic and intimate, Tom Chaffin captures the four-decade friendship of Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette.

The poet, essayist, critic, journalist and lexicographer Samuel Johnson was one of the pre-eminent figures of 18th-century English letters. Johnson was also a legendary wit and conversationalist, whose sharp-tongued pronouncements and many eccentricities are well recorded in Boswell's classic Life.

This book explores contemporary anxieties over language and genre in Johnson's literature.