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Some Remarkable Men: Further Memoirs
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With his critically acclaimed acute eye, James Lord has created another series of inimitably spirited, witty, profoundly moving portraits. Haunting, mesmerizing, and endlessly entertaining, "Some Remarkable Men "reverberates with Lord's...
Nobel Laureates, 1901-2000
This is the complete guide to the Nobel Prizewinners of the 20th Century. Included are: 703 biographies and photographs, covering all 6 Nobel classifications; Classifications chronologically presented from 1901 onwards,...
The Best Australian Profiles
People are fascinated by other people's lives: what they do, how they live, who they love, their successes and their blind spots. Biography has long been a popular literary genre...
MEMORIES OF THE GREAT AND THE GOOD
The book titled MEMORIES OF THE GREAT AND THE GOOD by the author Alistair Cooke offers a gallery of portraits and sketches of many of the people he has known,...
Private Lives
Most biographical dictionaries only provide a bald and arid listing of their subjects' dates of birth, life histories and major achievements, offering scant idea of what the individuals were like...
Great Captains Unveiled
Great Captains Unveiled incisively examines the brilliant military careers and intriguing personalities of six masters of the battlefield: Jenghiz Khan (1167?-1227) and Sabutai (1172?-1245), who led their Mongol cavalry into...
A Chosen Bullet: A Broken Man's Triumph Through Faith and Sports
A Chosen Bullet is the story of what Bill's passion as a Chicago sports fan has taught him in life and the struggles this passion helped him to overcome after...
Australian Dictionary of Biography: Supplement, 1580 - 1980:
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...
Australian Dictionary of Biography V16
The Australian Dictionary of Biography is THE classic Australian work of reference. Volume 16-the last of four volumes to deal with the period 1940-1980-is used by writers, scholars, researchers and...
Chambers Biographical Dictionary Paperback
"Some people leave a deeper footprint in the sands of time than others. In these pages we have access to their particular stories and identities." -Dame Joan Bakewell Discover the...
Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate Volume 1
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand...