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Borrowed Time: The 37 Years of Bobby Darin

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dioria, Al / Diorio, Al, PUBLISHER: Running Press Book Publishers, A dramatic biography of a dynamic singer, actor, and political activist. "Most readers won't be able to put this one down. An excellent choice". -- ALA Booklist "A loving and carefully researched biography... excellent text". -- Publishers Weekly

The 14th Dalai Lama: A Manga Biography

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Saiwai, Tetsu, PUBLISHER: Penguin Books, A new way of getting to know one of the world's most beloved spiritual leaders. Featuring a charmingly illustrated format that will appeal to readers of all ages, this unique biography is an ideal introduction to the leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile. Born in to a peasant family in a small village, Tenzin Gyatso was recognized at the age of two as the reincarnation of his predecessor, the Thirteenth Dalai Lama. In , His Holiness assumed full political power when China invade Tibet-a tragedy that forever changed him and shaped his efforts on behalf of world peace, for which he was award the Nobel Peace Prize. This graphic novel is an appealing and approachable depiction of the life and personality of an iconic figure.

Mahler: A Biography

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: NA, PUBLISHER: The Overlook Press, NA

Natasha the biography of natalie wood

Natasha the biography of natalie wood di suzanne finstad three rivers press-new york 526 pagine in formato 20x13 tutti i film,tutti gli attori che hanno lavorato con lei,tutti i cantanti ecc.ecc. la vita a los angeles negli anni sessanta. le origini russe dellâ€(TM)attrice lâ€(TM)infanzia,lâ€(TM)adolescenza e il successo di una delle dive più affascinanti del cinema mondiale. a richiesta spedisco buone condizioni dellâ€(TM)opera

The Duke of Naxos: Of the House of Nasi

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Roth, Cecil, PUBLISHER: Jewish Publication Society of America, Read the story of Joseph Nasi, Duke of Naxos, Lord of Tiberias, a heroic leader who profoundly affected the history of sixteenth-century Jews of Eastern Europe. A biography based on meticulous research, a study of human character and the effect of a hero upon his age.

Backstreet Boys

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: MacDonald, Elizabeth / Carlton Books, PUBLISHER: Carlton Publishing Group, Read the extraordinary story of the Backstreet Boys in this picture-packed illustreated biography containing all the facts on Nick, Kevin, AJ, Brian, and Howie. With beind-the-scenes info about their lives and loves plus gorgeous photographs of the boys at work and play, this book is larger than life.

A Compassionate Conservative: A Political Biography of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kenneally, James J., PUBLISHER: Lexington Books, In this, the first full-length, scholarly examination of Martin's career readers will encounter a devoted public servant who often modified his party's extreme stances on domestic matters during the Great Depression and on foreign policy issues leading up to World War II. This political biography effectively illustrates that bipartisanship does not mean abandonment of principles, that kindness, integrity, and gentility are compatible with effective leadership, and that close friendships with members of the opposing party can contribute to a more effective Congress.

Legends of the Plumed Serpent: Biography of a Mexican God

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Baldwin, Neil, PUBLISHER: PublicAffairs, Few images hold an active claim on the imaginations of countless generations, but the Plumed Serpent, or Quetzalcoatl, has endured through years of Mesoamerican history. Visualized as part bird and part snake and also in human form, this benevolent god remained a potent symbol of creation from the time of the ancient Olmec to the Mexican revolution. When Hernan Cortes arrived in his "New Spain" in , the Aztec believed he might embody the Plumed Serpent. Four hundred years later, Quetzatcoatl's image was invoked in the revolutionary art of muralist Diego Rivera. It also took root ten years ago in the fertile imagination of seasoned biographer Neil Baldwin when he toured the archaeological sites of Mexico. At first simply reacting to the dearth of informative guidebooks, Baldwin resolved to unearth the more profound significance of some of the stone carvings he puzzled over at the ruins of Uxmal and Chichen Itza. As his travels and reading broadened, Baldwin set his sights on the Plumed Serpent -- a myth -- as the ubject of his latest biography. Enlivened with photographs of ancient sites, modern murals, and historical documents throughout, Legends of The Plumed Serpent is an erudite tour of the archaeological treasures of Mexico, an unusual biography of a myth, and a detailed cultural history.

Auntie Anne, My Story

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Beiler, Anne / Stoltzfus, Freiman, PUBLISHER: Auntie Ann's, A storybook biography which spotlights the life of an Amish-Mennonite girl who later becomes the queen of pretzel franchising.

The Last Prussian A Biography of Field Marshal Gerd Von

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Messenger Charles, PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Books Limited, NA

Art of the Renaissance, the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Harris, Nathaniel, PUBLISHER: Parragon Publishing, The Life and Works art series collects the world's greatest artists and art movements into a handsome set of monographs Each book features a biography of an artist or an explanation of the movement, followed by 50 magnificent, individually commentated reproductions Each is an affordable treasure, sure to please every seasoned critic and newcomer to the beauty of great art.

Maximum Alicia Keys The Unauthorised Biography Of Alicia

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ben Graham, PUBLISHER: Chrome Dreams, NA Acquista Ora

Smirt: The Nightmare Has Triplets, Volume 1

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cabell, James Branch, PUBLISHER: Wildside Press, " Cabell's] most substantial post-Biography fantasy was "The Nightmare Has Triplets," a sequence comprising Smirt: An Urban Nightmare, Smith: A Sylvan Interlude, and Smire: An Acceptance in the Third Person. This explicitly emulates the logic and geography of dreams... successfully mistly and dreamlike..." --The Encyclopedia of Fantasy

He's Still Here: The Biography of Joaquin Phoenix

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Howden, Martin, PUBLISHER: John Blake, The first biography of one of the most complex actors of his generation From his early career as a child star to his Oscar-nominated performance in Walk the Line and subsequent "reinvention," this biography traces the rise of a completely unique actor. Since his Oscar nomination, Joaquin Phoenix has risen to become one of Hollywood's biggest stars. Yet in October , during an interview to promote the critically acclaimed "Two Lovers," Phoenix made the shocking announcement that he was to retire from acting, declining any future film roles in a bid to reinvent himself as a hip hop artist. The resulting documentary, "I'm Still Here," turned out to be one of the most extraordinary and memorable pieces of performance art ever committed to film. Born in , Phoenix was a natural performer from an early age, regularly busking on the streets of New York City with his multitalented siblings. Following in the footsteps of his older brother River, Joaquin decided on a career in acting, and his breakthrough performance alongside Nicole Kidman in "To Die For "confirmed him as the most intriguing actor of his generation. Thirteen years later, Phoenix undertook his most challenging role to date: playing a completely reinvented version of himself in Casey Affleck's "I'm Still Here." Fascinating and compelling, this is the first biography of one of the most complex actors working in film and the full story behind one of the most intriguing films ever to have come out of Hollywood.

Washington Irving: The Definitive New Biography of One of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brian Jay Jones, PUBLISHER: Skyhorse Publishing Company Incorporated, NA

Kirtland Temple The Biography of a Shared Mormon Sacred

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: David J Howlett, PUBLISHER: University of Illinois Press, NA

The Great Rock Discography

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Strong, Martin C. / Peel, John / Strong, M. C., PUBLISHER: Canongate Books, Full revised and expanded, featuring over entries, all with band biography and full U.S. and U.K. discographies. The Times (London) calls it "a genuine labour of love... invaluable, " and The Guardian describes it as "the last word in rock 'n' roll trainspotting; there isn't a better guide on the market."

Aubrey Beardsley, Imp of the Perverse

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Weintraub, Stanley, PUBLISHER: Pennsylvania State University Press, At twenty, "the Fra Angelico of Satanism," as Roger Fry was to call Aubrey Beardsley, was working as an obscure clerk in a London life insurance company. Three years later he was the most notorious--and perhaps the most influential--artist in England. His controversial drawings for Oscar Wilde's Salome were so daring and different that someone quipped that Wilde's play illustrated Beardsley's art. His work as art editor of the two most famous magazines of the 's, The Yellow Book and The Savoy, consolidated his fame although he was unreasonably dragged into the Wilde scandal and nearly destroyed by it. By the time he produced his strikingly scabrous drawings for a pornographer publisher's Lysistrata he was dying, yet still incredibly productive. But he had already indelibly stamped the age with his name. In a front-page review in the New York Times Book Review in , art critic John Russell wrote of Beardsley that "as a biography--a life's story" the book "needs no successsor." Aubrey Beardsley: Imp of the Perverse began as an updating of the original biography but new material at hand and the need to reinterpret Beardsley from the perspective of augmented life-records made a mere updating impractical, especially since the climate for publishing has become far more receptive to truth in biography, however explicit.

Steven Spielberg: Crazy for Movies

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rubin, Susan Goldman, PUBLISHER: ABRAMS, Abrams presents the definitive young readers' biography of this American master filmmaker. The book features interviews with his family and Hollywood greats as well as never-before-published family photographs.

The Reign of Napoleon Bonaparte

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Asprey, Robert, PUBLISHER: Basic Books (AZ), Robert Asprey completes his definitive, two-volume biography with an intimate, fast-paced look at Napoleon's daring reign and tragic demise with more of the personality and passion that marked the first volume of this cradle to the grave biography. In The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, Asprey showed us that Napoleon was not the father of chaos, but rather an heir to it. In this companion volume, we see Napoleon struggling to subdue the turmoil. We peer over Napoleon's shoulder as he solidifies his growing empire through a series of marriages, military victories, and shrewd diplomatic manipulations. We watch Napoleon lose control of his empire, plot his return from Elba, rally peasants in his march to Paris, endure defeat at Waterloo and suffer exile and a lonely death on the island of St. Helena. Robert Asprey tells this fascinating, tragic tale in lush narrative detail.

Peter Gzowski: A Biography

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Fleming, Rae / Fleming, R. B. / Rae Fleming, PUBLISHER: Dundurn Group, Born in , Peter Gzowski covered most of the last half of the century as a journalist and interviewer. This biography, the most comprehensive and definitive yet published, is also a portrait of Canada during those decades, beginning with Gzowski's days at the University of Toronto's "The Varsity" in the mid s, through his years as the youngest-ever managing editor of "Maclean's" in the s and his tremendous success on CBC's "Morningside" in the s and s, and ending with his stint as a "Globe and Mail "columnist at the dawn of the 21st century and his death in January . Gzowski saw eight Canadian Prime Ministers in office, most of whom he interviewed, and witnessed everything from the Quiet Revolution in Qu x00e9;bec to the growth of economic nationalism in Canada's West. From the rise of state medicine to the decline of the patriarchy, Peter was there to comment, to resist, and to participate. Here was a man who was proud to call himself Canadian and who made millions of other Canadians realize that Canada was, in what he claimed was a Canadian expression, not a bad place to live.

Portrait of Obedience: The Biography of Robert T. Ketcham

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Murdoch, J. Murray, PUBLISHER: Regular Baptist Press, Interested in Regular Baptist history? in your theological roots? in godly men of the past? This book shows how God used the obedience of a man, Robert T. Ketcham, to help shape Baptist fundamentalism in America.

Arise Sir Michael Caine: The Biography

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hall, Richard / Hall, William, PUBLISHER: John Blake, With more than 80 films to his name, including "Alfie, A Bridge Too Far, Educating Rita, "and "The Cider House Rules," a prestigious knighthood, two Oscars, and countless other awards, Michael Caine is one of the most esteemed actors of his day. Having maintained the balance of critical respect and unswerving popularity, he has established himself as a performer of the highest rank. In this in-depth biography, William Hall, who has known Caine since his earliest days in acting, sketches a picture of a man who has achieved his amazing success through a mixture of innate talent, cool charm, barbed wit, and shrewd intelligence. He also reveals a man who has known his share of difficult times, including the poverty of his earliest years and the pain of discovering his long-lost brother in a psychiatric hospital. Written with Michael Caine's full cooperation, this is a compelling and affectionate portrait.

In All Things I Am Not Alone

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Westmorelans, Tony / Graves, Helen, PUBLISHER: Winston-Derek Publishers, This personal biography shows the spirit of man at its best Strive with the author through tragedies and deprived circumstances as he shows how he overcame great obstacles to achieve his goals.

The Scarlet Letter Thrift Study Edition

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hawthorne, Nathaniel / Dover Thrift Study Edition, PUBLISHER: Dover Publications, Includes the unabridged text of Hawthorne's classic novel plus a complete study guide that helps readers gain a thorough understanding of the work's content and context. The comprehensive guide includes chapter-by-chapter summaries, explanations and discussions of the plot, question-and-answer sections, author biography, analytical paper topics, list of characters, bibliography, and more.

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