Biography
Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand
Told by one of our greatest chroniclers of technology and society, the definitive biography of iconic serial visionary Stewart Brand, from the Merry Pranksters and the generation-defining Whole Earth Catalog to the marriage of environmental consciousness and hacker capitalism and...
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Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist
A portrait of empire through the biographies of a Native American, a Pacific Islander, and the British artist who painted them both Three interconnected eighteenth-century lives offer a fresh account of the British empire and its intrusion into Indigenous societies. This...
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Virginia Woolf at Home
Virginia Woolf, figurehead of the Bloomsbury Group and an innovative writer whose experimental style and lyrical prose ensured her position as one of the most influential of modern novelists, was also firmly anchored in the reality of the houses she...
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Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz
Winner – Best of Los Angeles Award's "Best Holocaust Book - 2021"“A must-read that hopefully will be adapted for the screen. Greene lets Wilzig’s effervescent spirit shine through, and his story will appeal to a wide variety of readers.” -...
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Unanswered Letter:One Holocaust Family's Desperate Plea for Help
The unanswered letter, one Holocaust family's desperate plea for help /
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Touching Ground: Devotion and Demons Along the Path to Enlightenment
The vivid story of a hippie, a carpenter, a Vietnam vet, an alcoholic, a marine engineer, and a great dad who battled his demons on the Buddhist path.From October 16, 1973, to August 17, 1974, Tim Testu walked all the...
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Tennessee Williams (fair condition) Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner: Biography CategoryNational Book Award Finalist2015 Winner of the Sheridan Morley Prize for Theatre BiographyAmerican Academy of Arts and Letters’ Harold D. Vursell Memorial AwardA Chicago Tribune 'Best Books of 2014'USA Today: 10 Books We...
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Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR
A bestselling group biography of the four beloved women who fought sexism and covered decades of American news, and whose voices defined NPR. In the years following the Civil Rights Act of 1964, women in the newsroom were often relegated...
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Subculture Vulture: A Memoir in Six Scenes
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A “hilarious” (Dax Shepard), “surprisingly emotional trip” (The Chainsmokers) through deep American subcultures ranging from Burning Man to Alcoholics Anonymous, by the writer and comedian Moshe Kasher“Part history lesson, part standup set and, often, part love letter...
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Secret Life of an American Codebreaker: Codebreaker Girls
"...a welcome addition to the seldom told story of the role of American women in the World War II codebreaking effort." ― The Spectrum MonitorThe Secret Life of an American Codebreaker is the true account of Janice Martin, a college...
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Salvador Luria: An Immigrant Biologist in Cold War America
The life of Nobel-winning biologist Salvador Luria, whose passion for science was equaled by his commitment to political engagement in Cold War America.Blacklisted from federal funding review panels but awarded a Nobel Prize for his research on bacteriophage, biologist Salvador...
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Ronald Reagan: Intellectual Biography
In this ambitious work David T. Byrne analyzes the ideas that informed Ronald Reagan’s political philosophy and policies. Rather than appraising Reagan’s personal and emotional life, Byrne’s intellectual biography goes one step further; it establishes a rationale for the former...
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Resilient by Nature: Reflections from a Life of Winning On and Off the Football Field
This amazing memoir follows the story of Reggie Williams—ex-NFL linebacker, former Disney executive, renaissance man, and the epitome of determination in the face of extreme challenges.In so many ways, Reggie Williams has had the type of life that people dream...
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Real Dirt on America's Frontier Outlaws
Learn the real stories behind the infamous renegades of the West. The rebels and bandits of the American West—like Billy the Kid, Jesse James, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid—have always made for thrilling tales of gunfights, heists, and...
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Reagan: Inside Story
Former attorney general Edwin Meese III offers unequaled insight on the career and policies of his friend and former boss, Ronald Reagan. From Reagan's days as governor of California to his two terms in the White House, Meese was his...
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Rainbow Warrior : My Life in Color
In 1978, Harvey Milk asked Gilbert Baker to create a unifying symbol for the growing gay rights movement, and on June 25 of that year, Baker’s Rainbow Flag debuted at San Francisco’s Gay Liberation Day parade. Baker had no idea...
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Radical Wordsworth
On the 250th anniversary of Wordsworth’s birth comes an “appealing new biography . . . [that] illuminates Wordsworth’s poetic originality” (Brad Leithauser, Wall Street Journal) “The finest modern introduction to [Wordsworth's] work, life and impact. It shows how and why ‘Wordsworth...
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Pirate Captain Ned Low: His Life and Mysterious Fate
"[A]n absorbing, fact-based biography that sheds light on some of the murkier waters… It is a significant addition to any collection dealing with pirate history." ― Pirates and PrivateersEdward ‘Ned’ Low’s career in piracy began with a single gunshot. While...
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Pioneering Life of Mary Wortley Montagu
The first biography to look at the early feminist and radical Mary Wortley Montagu, who successfully introduced Britain to the inoculation against the smallpox virus.300 years ago, in April 1721, a smallpox epidemic was raging in England. Lady Mary Wortley...
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People Get Ready: Twelve Jesus-Haunted Misfits, Malcontents, and Dreamers in Pursuit of Justice
Meet twelve activists whose faith transformed twentieth-century America. In a political climate where Christianity is increasingly seen as reactionary, People Get Ready offers a revolutionary alternative. Narrated by some of the most galvanizing voices of the current moment, this collection of succinct and...
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