Collected Biographies

The reflections in Sons and Mothers delve deep into the often close, but sometimes troubled, relationships that exist between mothers and sons. Wit...

Two FCAs (Fellow Chartered Accountants) is an autobiography, telling the story of the author and his brother Brian. Originally started as a tribute...

Americas Literary Legends is a concise, yet truly distinctive and comprehensive review of 50 authors and poets who shaped American literature from ...

Stars burn hot, bright, and then go out forever. Buttheir legacy remains. Like the smoky haze of a rock-n-roll arena show, a cloudof mystery and in...

On August 4, 2004, Jason Crigler was onstage in a New York City nightclub when a blood vessel burst in his brain. The thirty-four-year-old guitaris...

In Baring Witness, Holly Welker and thirty-six Mormon women write about devotion and love and luck, about the wonder of discovery, and about the jo...

Ever heard of Allied spy Noor Inayat Khan, a Muslim woman whom the Nazis considered highly dangerous? Or German painter and entomologist Maria Siby...

These eight women made remarkable contributions: Laura Keene challenged tradition in 1858 by heading her own dramatic troupe; her career was ruined...

From 1861 to 1865, the Civil War raged along the great rivers of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. While various Civil War biographies exist, no...

For more than forty years the Institute for Oral History at Baylor University has dutifully gathered the flesh-and-blood memories of the World War ...

Captivating portraits of extraordinary individuals Famous Buckeyes are recognized by practically everyone. They range from presidents and inventors...

In The Surprising Lives of Small-Town Doctors, physicians put down their stethoscopes and pick up their pens to share some of the most frightening ...

This book describes the intense rivalry--and collaboration--of the four players who created the golden era when USSR chess players dominated the...

Alarmstart South completes Patrick Erikssons Alarmstart trilogy on Second World War German fighter pilots, detailing their experiences in the Medit...

Focusing on the recovery of chess in Spain and Europe after World War II, this book traces the development of the International Chess Tournament...

Ida Nettleship was a flamboyant Bohemian who gave up a promising artistic career to marry Augustus John. She had five pregnancies in just six years...