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An engaging and illuminating biography focused on the formative and highly influential early years of "rock's first supergroup" ( Rolling Stone ) Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young-when they were the...

Profiles celebrities from Jean Harlow and Douglas Fairbanks to Elvis Presley and Robert Mapplethorpe by looking at their wills, which reveal a surprising amount of information about their lives.

Wonderful anecdotes about a childhood during the Depression from AmericaA's Queen of Suspense. Full of memorable characters, this sometimes funny, sometimes sad, memoir brings into sharp focus the feeling of...

This volume presents one of the richest and most comprehensive collections of writings by Nikolai Tesla, a founding figure of the modern electrical power industry and long-time rival of Thomas...

Recent years have seen a remarkable growth of interest in revolution and social upheaval, Marxism and other ideologies of the left, and the movements inspired by them. As a Marxist...

Like everything human, it started with sex. In 1955, fourteen-year-old Tony found himself entangled with a married Catholic woman. When the woman's husband learnt of their involvement, he whisked Tony...

Published by Penguin for more than fifty years, Evelyn Waugh is one of the greatest satirical writers of the twentieth century. In this irreverent personal account of the crowning of...

Jenna Bush, daughter of President and Mrs. Bush, shares the poignant story of a 17-year-old single mother living with HIV in Panama - an inspiring story of strength and survival."Ana's...

As well as an account of Father Radcliffe's life from his childhood and education at Ampleforth to his calling to a life of poverty and religious observance, this book contains...

Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower worked more closely between 1945 and 1952 than any other two American presidents of the twentieth century. They were partners in changing America's...

A memoir from veteran entertainer Cameron Daddo about confidence: how we nurture it, how we lose it and how we can get it back again Multi-talented Cameron Daddo has been...

Highly observant, with a keen sense of the incongruous, Eric Newby is always entertaining as he transports the reader around the world, from his earliest childhood adventures among the shops,...

Grace Kelly's story is the quintessential America saga - the story of a radiantly beautiful girl born of immigrants - the daughter of a self-made millionaire - who grew up...

'Autobiography of the very finest quality. Having enjoyed in the course of reading it the loudest and longest laughs I have enjoyed in the last two years I am quite...

The popular stereotype of the scientist as mad boffin or weedy nerd has been peddled widely in film and fiction, with the implication that the world of science is far...

Thomas Carlyle was one of the most influential commentators of the 19th century: writer, critic, historian, biographer and brilliant correspondent, he dominated his age. Described as "the greatest writer of...

"A courageous Afghan woman and her sisters success as unlikely entrepreneurs in this inspiring true story." -- O, The Oprah Magazine The New York Times bestseller, written by a former...

George Tallis arrived in Melbourne in 1886 as a seventeen-year-old Irish immigrant, and by the mid-1920s was one of the first 'media giants'. The Silent Showman is a biography of...

'In 1843 there appeared a little book of sixteen small pages entitled Arabiniana, with a prefatory note initialled H.B.C. as the only indication of authorship. The book recorded some of...

For the Love of My Mother is the tragic and uplifting story of one Irish mother and her son. Born into a life of poverty and detained at the tender...

First published in 1918, this work revolutionized modern biography with its slightly caricatured, witty descriptions of four eminent Victorians, Cardinal Manning, Florence Nightingale, Dr Arnold and General Gordon. Lytton Strachey...

When Wally Lewis, rugby league legend turned TV news presenter, had an epileptic seizure live on air in November 2006, his world came crashing down around him. The medical condition...

This Supplement 1580-1980 is an adjunct to the first sixteen volumes of the Australian Dictionary of Biography, and includes people who played a part in Australia's history from the beginning...

Imagine living during the Renaissance and being able to interview that era's greatest scientists about their inspirations, discoveries, and personal interests. The latter half of our century has seen its...

By the author of the bestselling THE WOMAN WARRIOR, a magical book- a literature of peace built on the stories of war.Divided into four sections - 'Fire', 'Paper', 'Water' and...

A true story of triumph by award-winning business leader, impact investor, and educator James Rhee that will inspire and empower us to transform our lives and our businesses with the...

"Smart, patriotic, and readable, this book is what our cynical culture needs." - Pete Hegseth, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Battle for the American Mind America is full...

This biography draws new conclusions about Paul's contribution to the modern papacy. Unlike his predecessor, John XXIII, there are few anecdotes about Paul. There is consequently no "industry" surrounding him....

A challenging book that explores, at least on the face of it, the death in the Tangiwai disaster, Christmas Eve 1953, of 14-year-old Robert Hale, a school friend of the...

Charles Wheeler, the BBC's longest-serving foreign correspondent, was one of Britain's greatest news reporters. For more than four decades, he reported for radio and television from most of the world's...

This work provides an account of the buccanneer, scientist and explorer William Dampier. Setting sail from England in 1679 and returning 12 years later, having "accidentally" circumnavigated the globe on...