Category: Biography & autobiography

A founder of the NAACP, a brilliant scholar and writer, Du Bois was a towering and controversial personality-a fiercely proud …

Now most famous as the author of "Gulliver’s Travels", Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was one of the most important propagandists and …

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The diary of a World War One U-Boat commander. As well as being a fascinating glimpse of life on the …

Because they don’t grow as large as green iguanas and tend to remain docile, green water dragons from SE Asia …

John Toland was notorious. Condemned by the Middlesex Grand Jury and the Irish parliament for authoring Christianity Not Mysterious (1696), …

His mother slaughtered by a pack of Ceratosaurs, a terrified Allosaur must make his way across the sweltering deserts of …

In an era far removed from the African American celebrity athletes of today, Olympic great Jesse Owens achieved fame by …

Fast-paced and easy-to-read, these softcover 32-page graphic biographies teach students about historical figures: those who lead us into new territory, …

Three generations of Leakeys have dug in East Africa for fossil evidence that answers questions about human origins. Louis and …

Providing a close examination of Milton’s wide-ranging prose and poetry at each stage of his life, Barbara Lewalski reveals a …

The Education of Henry Adams records the struggle of Bostonian Henry Adams (1838-1918), in early old age, to come to …

This is the first in-depth study of the English neurologist and polymath Sir Henry Head (1861-1940). Head bridged the gap …

Dans l’Angleterre en guerre, un officier, Dick Hannay, en convalescence après une blessure, se voit confier une mission secrète de …

From his first taste of fame as an 11-year-old contestant on the TV show Star Search to making it big …

In this new biography, students will follow Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu from her humble Albanian birth to worldwide celebrity as Mother …

Bob Marley was the first, and possibly the only, superstar to emerge from the Third World. Although he lived a …

Immediatley after his death, Margit von Mises, the widow of Ludwig von Mises, set out to write a book about …

Although René Descartes’ (1596-1650) is best remembered today for writing "I think, therefore, I am," his unique contribution to the …

Paul Leonard Newman was a true Renaissance man who is known worldwide for his performances as an actor and director. …

This first full-length biography of Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac offers a comprehensive account of his physics in its historical context, …

A musician of rare artistry, the self-effacing yet charismatic Yo-Yo Ma connects with his audiences with startling effectiveness. He remains …

The nineteenth century seems to have been full of hysterical women-or so they were diagnosed. Where are they now? The …

Here is a lively history of modern physics, as seen through the lives of thirty men and women from the …

This book examines the persona of the "man of science" in the Victorian period as it was shaped by Thomas …

A biography of Alija Izetbegović, a Bosnian politician, activist, lawyer, author, and philosopher who in 1992 became the first President …

Mark Twain’s work on Joan of Arc is titled in full Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur …