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Anne Frank Rememberedby Miep Gies, Alison Leslie GoldISBN 0671662341 (0-671-66234-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family'Book summary:She found the diary and brought the world a message of love and hope.
It seems as if we are never far from Miep's thoughts....Yours, Anne
For the millions moved by Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, here at last is Miep's own astonishing story. For more than two years, Miep Gies and her husband helped hide the Franks from the Nazis. Like thousands of unsung heroes of the Holocaust, they risked their lives each day to bring food, news, and emotional support to the victims.
From her own remarkable childhood as a World War I refugee to the moment she places a small, red-orange, checkered diary -- Anne's legacy -- in Otto Frank's hands, Miep Gies remembers her days with simple honesty and shattering clarity. Each page rings with courage and heartbreaking beauty. [via]
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- Anne Frank Remembered: ISBN 0833514148 (0-8335-1414-8)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family: ISBN 0671547712 (0-671-54771-2)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster - Anne Frank Remembered: ISBN 0816143803 (0-8161-4380-3)
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- Anne Frank Remembered: ISBN 0833514148 (0-8335-1414-8)
Autobiography of George Mullerby George MullerISBN 0883681595 (0-88368-159-5)
Softcover, Whitaker House
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Ava's Manby Rick BraggISBN 0606275355 (0-606-27535-5)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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Biography of Dorothy L.Sayersby James BrabazonISBN 0686614615 (0-686-61461-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Black Boyby Richard WrightISBN 0971075670 (0-9710756-7-0)
Hardcover, Everbind Anthologies
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Black Boy (American Hunger): A Record of Childhood and Youthby Richard WrightISBN 0808510525 (0-8085-1052-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Boy (American Hunger): A Record of Childhood and Youth'Book summary:Richard Wright grew up in the woods of Mississippi amid poverty, hunger, fear, and hatred. He lied, stole, and raged at those around him; at six he was a "drunkard," hanging about in taverns. Surly, brutal, cold, suspicious, and self-pitying, he was surrounded on one side by whites who were either indifferent to him, pitying, or cruel, and on the other by blacks who resented anyone trying to rise above the common lot.
Black Boy is Richard Wright's powerful account of his journey from innocence to experience in the Jim Crow South. It is at once an unashamed confession and a profound indictmenta poignant and disturbing record of social injustice and human suffering.
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Born Againby Charles ColsonISBN 0800782909 (0-8007-8290-9)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Born Again'Book summary:CharlesColson, once a powerful aide to President Richard M. Nixon, describes the day he sat in his prison cell and began jotting down notes of the events that brought about the fall of a president and the rebirth of his former "hatchet man". His story has brought hope, encouragement, and inspiration to the many thousands who have read it. [via]
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- Born Again: ISBN 0800786335 (0-8007-8633-5)
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Softcover, Baker Pub Group - Born Again: ISBN 0816164282 (0-8161-6428-2)
Hardcover, G. K. Hall - Born Again: ISBN 0912376139 (0-912376-13-9)
Hardcover - Born Again: ISBN 0800782909 (0-8007-8290-9)
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Bruchko: The Astonishing True Story Of A Nineteen-Year-Old's Capture By The Stone-Age Motilone Indians And The Impact He Had Living Out The Gospel Among Themby Bruce OlsonISBN 0884191338 (0-88419-133-8)
Softcover, Strang Communications Co
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Catch Me If You Canby Stan Redding, Frank AbagnaleISBN 0767905385 (0-7679-0538-5)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Catch Me If You Can : The Amazing True Story of the Youngest and Most Daring Con Man in the History of Fun and Profit!by Frank W. AbagnaleISBN 0671731408 (0-671-73140-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Catch Me If You Can : The Amazing True Story of the Youngest and Most Daring Con Man in the History of Fun and Profit!'Book summary:When this true-crime story first appeared in 1980, it made the New York Times bestseller list within weeks. Two decades later, it's being rereleased in conjunction with a film version produced by DreamWorks. In the space of five years, Frank Abagnale passed $2.5 million in fraudulent checks in every state and 26 foreign countries. He did it by pioneering implausible and brazen scams, such as impersonating a Pan Am pilot (puddle jumping around the world in the cockpit, even taking over the controls). He also played the role of a pediatrician and faked his way into the position of temporary resident supervisor at a hospital in Georgia. Posing as a lawyer, he conned his way into a position in a state attorney general's office, and he taught a semester of college-level sociology with a purloined degree from Columbia University.
The kicker is, he was actually a teenage high school dropout. Now an authority on counterfeiting and secure documents, Abagnale tells of his years of impersonations, swindles, and felonies with humor and the kind of confidence that enabled him to pull off his poseur performances. "Modesty is not one of my virtues. At the time, virtue was not one of my virtues," he writes. In fact, he did it all for his overactive libido--he needed money and status to woo the girls. He also loved a challenge and the ego boost that came with playing important men. What's not disclosed in this highly engaging tale is that Abagnale was released from prison after five years on the condition that he help the government write fraud-prevention programs. So, if you're planning to pick up some tips from this highly detailed manifesto on paperhanging, be warned: this master has already foiled you. --Lesley Reed [via]
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Clemente: The Passion And Grace of Baseball's Last Heroby David MaranissISBN 074329999X (0-7432-9999-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Dorothy L. Sayers: A Biographyby James BrabazonISBN 0575027282 (0-575-02728-2)
Hardcover, Gollancz
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Eisenhower: A Soldier's Lifeby Carlo D'EsteISBN 0805056874 (0-8050-5687-4)
Softcover, Owl Books
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Experience: A Memoirby Martin AmisISBN 0786866527 (0-7868-6652-7)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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Eye in the Triangle: An Interpretation of Aleisterby RegardieISBN 0941404080 (0-941404-08-0)
Softcover, Llewellyn Worldwide Ltd
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The Eye in the Triangle: An Interpretation of Aleister Crowleyby Israel RegardieISBN 087542662X (0-87542-662-X)
Hardcover, Llewellyn Publications
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Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soulby Tony HendraISBN 1400061849 (1-4000-6184-9)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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George III: A Personal Historyby Christopher HibbertISBN 0465027245 (0-465-02724-5)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'George III: A Personal History'Book summary:Poor George III. Americans think of him as a tyrant whose unjust taxes provoked their revolution. Moviegoers envision a nightshirt-clad lunatic running through the palace halls in The Madness of King George. The handsome, gracious, conscientious young man of 22 who mounted the throne in 1760 may well be a revelation to many readers of Christopher Hibbert's elegant new biography. At 75, Hibbert is the dean of popular British historians and the author of more than 30 books spanning five centuries of European life; his experience enables him to convey prodigious research with the lightest of touches in his intimate account, which focuses on the king's personal character. Though Hibbert capably covers the period's political events and shows George to be a hardworking constitutional monarch, he prefers to direct our attention to the loving husband, devoted (though sometimes domineering) father, hearty appreciator of (very conventional) fine art, knowledgeable patron of literature, and avid all-around reader whose interests ranged from architecture to agriculture. This affectionate portrait makes it all the more distressing when George's bouts of madness (the result of a hereditary metabolic disease) begin in 1788 and permanently incapacitate him long before his death in 1820. Old-fashioned narrative biography doesn't get much better than this. --Wendy Smith [via]
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George Washingtonby Willard S. RandallISBN 0805027793 (0-8050-2779-3)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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› Find signed collectible books: 'George Washington'Book summary:To most people George Washington is a mysterious icon, the man on the dollar who we know about mostly because of mythical exploits. This substantial biography of the first American president succeeds in portraying Washington as a man with a keen mind and sharp temper who overcame great adversity. In particular, George Washington is valuable for its telling of the story of Washington's early life. How the frontier surveyor took to a military career, failed at it, and eventually redeemed himself as a great leader of the American Revolution is an engrossing story that may be surprising to many who think they know about Washington, but mostly know just the myths. [via]
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George Washington : A Lifeby Willard S. RandallISBN 080505992X (0-8050-5992-X)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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Go Ask Aliceby AnonymousISBN 0671664581 (0-671-66458-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Go Ask Alice'Book summary:The torture and hell of adolescence has rarely been captured as clearly as it is in this classic diary by an anonymous, addicted teen. Lonely, awkward, and under extreme pressure from her "perfect" parents, "Anonymous" swings madly between optimism and despair. When one of her new friends spikes her drink with LSD, this diarist begins a frightening journey into darkness. The drugs take the edge off her loneliness and self-hate, but they also turn her life into a nightmare of exalting highs and excruciating lows. Although there is still some question as to whether this diary is real or fictional, there is no question that it has made a profound impact on millions of readers during the more than 25 years it has been in print. Despite a few dated references to hippies and some expired slang, Go Ask Alice still offers a jolting chronicle of a teenager's life spinning out of control. [via]
Gore Vidal: A Biographyby Fred KaplanISBN 0747548188 (0-7475-4818-8)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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Great Harryby Carolly EriksonISBN 0671400177 (0-671-40017-7)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Great Harry: The Extravagant Life of Henry VIIIby Carolly EricksonISBN 0671503928 (0-671-50392-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Sagaby Stephen DavisISBN 0688045073 (0-688-04507-3)
Hardcover, Gage Learning Corporation
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga'Book summary:Inside story of rock band Led Zeppelin, updated to include details of the Plant/Page reunion. [via]
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Harry S. Trumanby Margaret TrumanISBN 0688039243 (0-688-03924-3)
Softcover, William Morrow & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry S. Truman'Book summary:The definitive biography of one of the most enduring political figures of the 20th century. Margaret Truman writes with unequaled insight and understanding about her father's extraordinary life and offers rare glimpses at the personalities and politics behind the world events of his time. A New York Times bestseller. [via]
The Heart of a Womanby Maya AngelouISBN 0553246895 (0-553-24689-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Heart of a Woman'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, May 1997: Maya Angelou has had more lives than the proverbial cat, and in The Heart of a Woman she continues the account of her remarkable life begun in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In the first book of her bestselling autobiographical series, she describes her traumatic childhood in the small, segregated town of Stamps, Arkansas, during the 1930s. Gather Together in My Name picks up the story in the postwar years, when Maya, a single teenager with an infant son becomes, in short order, a cook, a madam, a dancer, and a prostitute. Next comes Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas, an account of her twenties and her unsuccessful first marriage to a white man. The Heart of a Woman, the fourth in the series, takes us through one of the most exciting and formative periods of Angelou's amazing life: her beginnings as a writer and an activist in New York.
Angelou has a happy knack of attracting the best and the brightest into her orbit, and The Heart of a Woman offers a veritable cornucopia of black luminaries in its pages. Singer Billie Holiday, writers John Ellins and Paule Marshall, jazz musicians Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln, and actors Godfrey Cambridge and James Earl Jones--Maya meets and learns from them all. Political activism soon follows as Ms. Angelou first organizes a theatrical benefit for the Reverend Martin Luther King and then becomes the director of the New York Southern Christian Leadership Conference office. Her involvement in the civil rights movement eventually brings her into contact with African freedom fighters Oliver Tambo and the charming Vusumzi Make, whom she marries and follows to Africa.
The Heart of a Woman is as honest, painful, funny, outraged, and outrageous as Angelou herself. From her debut at the Apollo Theatre to her meeting with Malcolm X, Maya Angelou gives us something to cheer about and plenty to ponder as well. [via]
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Henry VIIIby J. J. ScarisbrickISBN 0520011309 (0-520-01130-9)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry VIII'Book summary:Henry VIII's forceful personality dominated his age and continues to fascinate our own. In few other reigns have there been developments of such magnitudein politics, foreign relations, religion, and societythat have so radically affected succeeding generations. Above all the English Reformation and the break with Rome are still felt more than four centuries on.
First published in 1968, J. J. Scarisbrick's Henry VIII remains the standard account, a thorough exploration of the documentary sources, stylishly written and highly readable. In an updated foreword, Professor Scarisbrick takes stock of subsequent research and places his classic account within the context of recent publications."It is the magisterial quality of J.J. Scarisbrick's work that has enabled it to hold the field for so long."Steve Gunn, Times Literary Supplement [via]
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Herman Melvilleby Elizabeth HardwickISBN 0670891584 (0-670-89158-4)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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J. R. R. Tolkien: The Man Who Created the Lord of the Ringsby Michael CorenISBN 077373287X (0-7737-3287-X)
Hardcover, Stoddart Publishing
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Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rollingby Richard L. Bushman, Jed WoodworthISBN 1400077532 (1-4000-7753-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling'Book summary:Joseph Smith, Americas preeminent visionary and prophet, rose from a modest background to found the largest indigenous Christian church in American history. Without the benefit of wealth, education, or social position, he published the 584-page Book of Mormon when he was twenty-three; organized a church when he was twenty-four; and founded cities, built temples, and attracted thousands of followers before his violent death at age thirty-eight. Rather than perishing with him, Mormonism migrated to the Rocky Mountains, flourished there, and now claims millions of followers worldwide.
In Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, Richard Bushman, an esteemed American cultural historian and a practicing Mormon, tells how Smith formed a new religion from the ground up. Moving beyond the popular stereotype of Smith as a colorful fraud, the book explores the inner workings of his personalityhis personal piety, his temper, his affection for family and friends, and his incredible determination. It describes how he received revelations and why his followers believed them.
Smith was a builder of cities. He sought to form egalitarian, just, and open communities under God and laid out a plan for ideal cities, which he hoped would fill the world. Adopted as the model for hundreds of Mormon settlements in the West, Smiths urban vision may have left a more lasting imprint on the landscape than that of any other American.
He was controversial from his earliest years. His followers honored him as a man who spoke for God and restored biblical religion. His enemies maligned him as a dangerous religious fanatic, an American Mohammad, and drove the Mormons from every place in which they settled. Smiths ultimate assassination by an armed mob raises the question of whether American democracy can tolerate visionaries.
The book gives more attention to Joseph Smiths innovative religious thought than any previous biography. As Bushman writes, His followers derived their energy and purpose from the religious world he brought into being. Some of the teachings were controversial, such as property redistribution and plural marriage, but Smiths revelations also delved into cosmology and the history of God. They spoke of the origins of the human personality and the purpose of life. While thoroughly Christian, Smith radically reconceived the relationship between humans and God. The book evaluates the Mormon prophets bold contributions to Christian theology and situates him culturally in the modern world.
Published on the two hundredth anniversary of Smiths birth, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling is an in-depth portrayal of the mysterious figure behind one of the worlds fastest growing faiths. [via]More editions of Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling:
Leadershipby Rudolph W. Giuliani, Ken KursonISBN 1401355544 (1-4013-5554-4)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Leadership'Book summary:Rudolph W. Giuliani's management and decision-making skills have proven to be outstanding through his years as U.S. district attorney and his two terms as mayor of New York City. And on September 11th, 2001, Giuliani emerged as America's steady hand. In this program, Rudolph Giuliani shares with listeners the principles of leadership that guided him then, and throughout his career. He talks about how he was able to take control, show leadership, and make it clear to New Yorkers and the world that under his stewardship, they were in safe hands. [via]
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Letters and Papers from Prisonby Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Eberhard BethgeISBN 0684838273 (0-684-83827-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Letters and Papers from Prison'Book summary:Letters and Papers from Prison is a collection of notes and correspondence covering the period from Dietrich Bonhoeffer's arrest in 1943 to his execution by the Gestapo in 1945. The book is probably most famous, and most important, for its idea of "religionless Christianity"--an idea Bonhoeffer did not live long enough fully to develop, but whose timeliness only increases as the lines between secular and ecclesial life blur. Bonhoeffer's first mention of "religionless Christianity" came in a letter in 1944:
What is bothering me incessantly is the question what Christianity really is, or indeed who Christ really is, for us today. The time when people could be told everything by means of words, whether theological or pious, is over, and so is the time of inwardness and conscience--and that means the time of religion in general. We are moving towards a completely religionless time; people as they are now simply cannot be religious any more. Even those who honestly describe themselves as "religious" do not in the least act up to it, and so they presumably mean something quite different by "religious."
The pleasures of Letters and Papers from Prison, however are not all so profound. Occasionally, Bonhoeffer's letters burst into song--sometimes with actual musical notations, other times with unforgettable phrases. Looking forward to seeing his best friend, Bonhoeffer writes, "To meet again is a God." --Michael Joseph Gross [via]More editions of Letters and Papers from Prison:
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The Liar's Clubby Mary KarrISBN 0670850535 (0-670-85053-5)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Liar's Club'Book summary:In this funny, razor-edged memoir, Mary Karr, a prize-winning poet and critic, looks back at her upbringing in a swampy East Texas refinery town with a volatile, defiantly loving family. She recalls her painter mother, seven times married, whose outlaw spirit could tip into psychosis; a fist swinging father who spun tales with his cronies - dubbed the Liars' Club; and a neighborhood rape when she was eight. An inheritance was squandered, endless bottles emptied, and guns leveled at the deserving and undeserving. With a row authenticity stripped of self pity,and a poet's eye for the lyrical detail, Karr shows us a "terrific family of liars and drunks...redeemed by a slow unearthing of truth." [via]
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The Life and Death of Yukio Mishimaby Henry Scott-Stokes, Henry Scott StokesISBN 0815410743 (0-8154-1074-3)
Softcover, Cooper Square Pub
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Lincolnby Gore VidalISBN 0679600485 (0-679-60048-5)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lincoln'Book summary:Lincoln is a masterwork of historical fiction, in which Gore Vidal combines a comprehensive knowledge of Civil War America with 20th-century literary technique, probing the minds and motives of the men surrounding Abraham Lincoln, including personal secretary John Hay and scheming cabinet members William Seward and Salmon P. Chase, as well as his wife, Mary Todd. It is a book monumental in scope that never loses sight of the intimate and personal in its depiction of the power struggles that accompanied Lincoln's efforts to preserve the Union at all costs--efforts in which the eradication of slavery was far from the president's main objective. As usual, there's plenty of room for Vidal's wickedly humorous deflation of American icons, including a comic interlude in a Washington bordello in which Lincoln's former law partner informs Hay that Lincoln had contracted syphilis as a young man and had, just before marrying Mary Todd, suffered what can only be described as a nervous breakdown. (Protestors should note that Vidal is only passing along what that former partner had written in his own biography of Lincoln.) Don't be intimidated by the size of Lincoln; if you like historical fiction, you should read this book at the first opportunity. --Ron Hogan [via]
The Lives of John Lennonby Albert GoldmanISBN 0553280570 (0-553-28057-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lives of John Lennon : A Biography'Book summary:The result of six years of research and some 1,200 interviews, this book takes fans deep into Lennons secretive world, from his traumatic childhood to his Beatles days to his hidden life with Yoko Ono. While the Lennon of legend enjoyed a gifted and inspired life, the private Lennon lived in torment, poisoning himself with drugs and self-hatred. The Lives of John Lennon exposed for the first time all of his various lives, from idealist to cynic, from ascetic to junkie. It is a lasting tribute to his brilliant achievements and a revelation of the price he paid for them.[via]
Machiavelli in Hellby Sebastian DegraziaISBN 0679743421 (0-679-74342-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Memoirs of a Geishaby Arthur GoldenISBN 1400096898 (1-4000-9689-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Memoirs of a Geisha'Book summary:A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel tells with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of Japan's most celebrated geisha. Speaking to us with the wisdom of age and in a voice at once haunting and startlingly immediate, Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. It begins in a poor fishing village in 1929, when, as a nine-year-old girl with unusual blue-gray eyes, she is taken from her home and sold into slavery to a renowned geisha house. We witness her transformation as she learns the rigorous arts of the geisha: dance and music; wearing kimono, elaborate makeup, and hair; pouring sake to reveal just a touch of inner wrist; competing with a jealous rival for men's solicitude and the money that goes with it. In Memoirs of a Geisha , we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men; and where love is scorned as illusion. It is a unique and triumphant work of fiction-at once romantic, erotic, suspenseful-and completely unforgettable. [via]
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Softcover, Random House Large Print - Memoirs of a Geisha: ISBN 0739326228 (0-7393-2622-8)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print - Memoirs of a Geisha: ISBN 0606222049 (0-606-22204-9)
Hardcover, Demco Media - Memoirs of a Geisha: ISBN 0783801459 (0-7838-0145-9)
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Mistress Anneby Carolly EricksonISBN 0671606514 (0-671-60651-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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No Direction Home: The Life and Music of Bob Dylanby Robert SheltonISBN 068805045X (0-688-05045-X)
Hardcover, Smithmark Pub
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Paul Revere and the World He Lived inby Esther ForbesISBN 0618001948 (0-618-00194-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Paul Revere and the World He Lived in'Book summary:This vivid account of the life and times of Paul Revere was first published in 1942 to great acclaim and a Pulitzer Prize. An elegant storyteller and expert historian, Edith Forbes paints a memorable portrait of American colonial history and of this most legendary of revolutionary heroes -- "not merely one man riding one horse on a certain lonely night of long ago, but a symbol to which his countrymen can yet turn."[via]More editions of Paul Revere and the World He Lived in:
The Peabody Sisters: Three Women Who Ignited American Romanticismby Megan MarshallISBN 0618711694 (0-618-71169-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Princesses: The Six Daughters Of George IIIby Flora FraserISBN 1400096693 (1-4000-9669-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Princesses: The Six Daughters Of George III'Book summary:From acclaimed biographer Flora Fraser, a brilliant group biography of the six daughters of Mad King George III.
Fraser takes us into the heart of the British royal family during the tumultuous period of the American and French revolutions and beyond, illuminating the complicated lives of these exceptional women: Princess Royal, the eldest, constantly at odds with her mother; home-loving, family-minded Augusta; plump Elizabeth, a gifted amateur artist; Mary, the bland beauty of the family; Sophia, emotional and prone to take refuge in illness; and Amelia, the most turbulent and tempestuous of all the Princesses. Weaving together letters and historical accounts, Fraser re-creates their world in all its frustrations and excitements.
The six sisters, though handsome, accomplished and extremely well educated, were kept from marrying by George III, and Fraser describes how they remained subject to their father for many years, while he teetered on the brink of mental collapse. The King may have believed that his six daughters were happy to live celibately at Windsor, but secretly, as Frasers absorbing narrative of royal repression and sexual license shows, the sisters enjoyed startling freedom. Several of them, torn between love for their ailing father and longing for independence, forged their own scandalous and subversive lives within the castle walls. With a discerning eye for psychological detail and a keen feminist sensibility, Fraser delves into these clandestine love affairs, revealing the truth about Sophias illegitimate baby; examining Amelia's intimate correspondence with her soldier-lover; and investigating the eventual marriages of Princesses Royal, Elizabeth and Mary.
Never before has the historical searchlight been turned with such sympathy and acuity on George III and his family. With unparalleled access to royal and private family papers, Flora Fraser has created a revelatory portrait of six fascinating women and their place in history. [via]More editions of Princesses: The Six Daughters Of George III:
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A Remarkable Woman: A Biography of Katharine Hepburnby Anne EdwardsISBN 0671625748 (0-671-62574-8)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Softcover, Simon & Schuster - A Remarkable Woman: A Biography of Katharine Hepburn: ISBN 0688045286 (0-688-04528-6)
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The Romanovs: The Final Chapterby Robert K. MassieISBN 0679435727 (0-679-43572-7)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmasby Maya AngelouISBN 0553251996 (0-553-25199-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Story of a Soulby St. Therese of LisieuxISBN 0940147114 (0-940147-11-4)
Softcover, Source Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Story of a Soul'Book summary:The Story of a Soul, better known to the English public as The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux, was first published in 1899. Today it ranks amongst the greatest Christian spiritual classics and it has been translated into practically every well-known language. Almost every pope since its publication has proposed St. Therese teaching to the faithful for their imitation Pius XI declared her the greatest saint of our age and John Paul II made her a Doctor of the Church. The Story of a Soul possesses in some degree a characteristic common both to the Gospels and The Imitation of Christ. Men and women open the book, often quite casually, and are caught by the vivid clarity or simple profundity of some sentence in such a way that their lives are completely changed. The style of St. Therese is extremely simple and spontaneous, having a charm that is hard to describe, especially when she rises to poetic heights. The final chapter, written for her eldest sister Marie, is simply a childlike outpouring of her heart to Jesus Himself. This spiritual classic will speak gently to your heart. [via]
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Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieuxby John ClarkeISBN 0960087648 (0-9600876-4-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of St. Therese of Lisieux'Book summary:This electronic edition of the autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux (Story of a Soul) includes much, but not all, of the content of Soeur Thérèse of Lisieux, edited by Rev. T.N. Taylor. All the translated writings and sayings of St. Thérèse contained in that book are in this electronic edition, including the autobiography as well as "Counsels and Reminiscences," letters, and selected poems. Also included are the preface by Cardinal Bourne, the prologue relating Thérèse's parentage and birth, and the epilogue describing her final illness, her death, and related events. As one of the church's most beloved saints, Térèse Martin, Carmelite of Lisieux has had an impact on the spiritual lives of thousands of believers. This French nun's short life (ended at age 24) was one of great faith and insight, and she was named patroness of France in 1947. Her autobiography, Story of a Soul, has been translated from the French to many languages and is a bestseller worldwide.
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This edition features an artistic cover, a new promotional introduction, an index of scripture references, links for scripture references to the appropriate passages, and a hierarchical table of contents which makes it possible to navigate to any part of the book with a minimum of page turns.
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Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of Saint Therese of Lisieuxby ThereseISBN 0935216588 (0-935216-58-8)
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Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Manby Claire TomalinISBN 0670915130 (0-670-91513-0)
Softcover, Viking
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Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis and Joy Divisionby Deborah CurtisISBN 0571174450 (0-571-17445-0)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Two Years Before the Mastby Richard Henry DanaISBN 080490085X (0-8049-0085-X)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Two Years Before the Mast'Book summary:This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrativeby Richard Henry DanaISBN 0486458024 (0-486-45802-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative'Book summary:In 1834, a Harvard student enlisted as a common seaman--the result was this adventure classic. Crackling with realism, it offers memorable views of a dangerous voyage, vividly describing storms, whales, an insane captain, excruciating hardships, and magical beauty, as well as fascinating historical detail, including a portrait of California before the gold rush.[via]More editions of Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative:
Utopia Parkway: The Life And Work Of Joseph Cornellby Deborah SolomonISBN 0878466843 (0-87846-684-3)
Softcover, Distributed Art Pub Inc
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William Burroughs : El Hombre Invisible: A Biographyby Barry MilesISBN 0753507072 (0-7535-0707-2)
Softcover, Virgin Books Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'William Burroughs : El Hombre Invisible: A Biography'Book summary:[via]"Miles familiarizes even old close readers with a fine map of Burroughs' mind." Allen GinsbergIconoclast; visionary; homosexual crusader; drug advocate; teacher and elder statesman to Jack Kracouac, Allen Ginsberg, and the Beats; anti-hero guru to each successive counter-culture generationthis is a portait of a man who remains one of the most complex and controversial American writers of the 20th century. After killing his wife in a bizarre shooting accident, he moved to Tangier where he lived in male brothel and wrote his celebrated bestseller Naked Lunchin Newsweek's words "A masterpiece. A cry from Hell."as a series of letters to Allen Ginsberg. He lived at the Beat Hotel in Paris and spent a decade in London before returning as prodigal son to New York in 1974 after 25 years of self imposed exile. Following Burroughs' death in August 1997, Barry Miles updated his riveting, unconventional biography of this legendary provocateur.More editions of William Burroughs : El Hombre Invisible: A Biography:
William Burroughs: El Hombre Invisible A Portraitby Barry MilesISBN 078688018X (0-7868-8018-X)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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With Chatwin : Portrait of a Writerby Susannah ClappISBN 0679410333 (0-679-41033-3)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'With Chatwin : Portrait of a Writer'Book summary:With Chatwin is a charming exploration of the life of beloved writer Bruce Chatwin. Chatwin--both high-brow and low-, both collector and nomad--was a man of contradictions. His writing "hovered teasingly between fact and fiction," and he was fascinated by paradoxical subjects: a private art collection in a Communist country; a publicity-loving woman who lives alone in the desert. For Chatwin, being on the road was an obsession. He "was an inventive and adventurous traveller," an itinerant who got writer's block at home and who believed that people are happiest when on the move. "Travel does not merely broaden the mind," he once said. "It makes the mind." [via]
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The Word of a Prince: A Life of Elizabeth I from Contemporary Documentsby Maria PerryISBN 0851156339 (0-85115-633-9)
Softcover, Boydell Pr
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