Biographies & Memoirs

In his short and eventful life Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) scandalised the conservative establishment of arts and letters with the subject matter of his paintings and lithographs He was part of the avant-garde whose work provoked and fascinated, and he became one of the most representative ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.

Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805) was a playwright, poet, historian and literary critic. Together with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, whose friend and colleague he became, Schiller established the German language and its literature as essential components of European culture.

The complete autobiography of legendary basketball star Shaquille O'Neal, covering both his storied career and his colorful life off the court.

The ancient world of fifth century Greece, an astonishing period of cultural development that helps situate the originality of Socrates, and to the city-state of Athens in particular. The social, political and cultural currents flowing through Athens are inseparable from an understanding of the events and attitudes that Socrates examined.