Biography: general

Success is often measured in numbers.

"e;The class the stars fell on"e; is an expression used to describe the West Point Class of 1915.

Before there were photographs, before stories were written down, there was the land—and the names it kept.

He was a Pony Express rider at fourteen, a Civil War soldier, a scout who earned the Medal of Honor, and the showman who brought the Wild West to the world's stage.

In the autumn of 1889, a quiet farmhouse in Clarendon Township, Pontiac County, Quebec, became the centre of one of Canada's most unsettling and unusual paranormal cases.

What happens when success arrives before understanding?

She was sixteen years old when she realized she was a human being.

Before he was Keys By Chuck, he was Todd — a Detroit son shaped by love, loss, survival, and the relentless voice of a mother who never stopped calling him home.

Ce livre retrace la vie de l'actrice francaise Brigitte Bardot (1934-2025).

What if the road was actually meant to slow you down?

Traveling over violent Atlantic Ocean storms, the pilgrims eventually land at Plymouth Rock and this particular family begins its first lineage of the New World.

Before she became a demon, a warning, a witch, a goddess, and a symbol of female rebellion, Lilith was a shadow at the edge of the night.

Step into the tumultuous dawn of Abraham Lincoln's presidency, a period fraught with unparalleled peril and the looming specter of civil war.

My many psychology clients have asked me what goes on in my profession, and what I, and their past therapists really think.

A journey of whim, humor, and self-discovery along the Connecticut River.

*AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER*WINNER OF THE POLITIKEN LITERATURE PRIZE 2024'Brilliantly rewrites the history of economic thought to place 'her story' at its heart.

WINNER of 75th Nation al Jew ish Book Award: BiographyFinalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize 2026 FIVE STARS Magnificent Telegraph Compulsively readable Financial Times Gripping and timely The Times'Crackingly told' Philippe Sands'A kind of masterclass' Sebastian JungerTHE NEW BOOK FROM THE BESTSELLING, COSTA PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE VOLUNTEERThe true story of a Jewish lawyer who returned to Germany after WWII to prosecute war crimes, only to find himself pitted against a nation determined to bury the past.

Imagine an ancient evil that dwells in a dark world of its own but can easily cross into ours.

Entre 1947 y 1952, un grupo de jóvenes desafiantes recorría la noche de Ciudad de México, decidido a interrogar todo cuanto existía entre el cielo y la tierra.

A traves de conversaciones sinceras y relatos atravesados por la experiencia, este libro no busca explicar como hicieron su fortuna, sino mostrar quienes son cuando baja el telon.

She heard voices.

BY THE AUTHOR OF THE NO.

Real-life stories of mothers and daughters of what we inherit, what we bury and what we, finally, find the courage to say by the award-winning New Yorker staff writer.

A SUNDAY TIMES SUMMER READDreamer.

Mystery-thriller author Susan Specht Oram shares strange but true tales in this collection of Books 1-8 in the Strangers on a Train series, including shocking incidents that happened in hotels, a bizarre childhood bullying incident, an unsettling incident with a pottery kiln, an unfortunate dinner, weird encounters while working in a psychiatric unit, the messy mothering of young twins, a cruel prediction from a loved one and other odd, uncomfortable moments.

The Carpenter's Shophouse is a place-based memoir about Charlene's papa from the 1970s to 1980s.

Have you ever wondered about the enigmatic figures who shaped our understanding of the world centuries ago, their legacies shrouded in myth and mystery?

At sixteen, Neil Abella sat in a school library skipping lunch to study, quietly building a system that would eventually break him.

Why do Kazuo Ishiguro's novels continue to captivate readers around the world?

What if a name was never just a word?

1995 was the year Britain found its pulse again.

La revista American Photography lo consideró uno de los tres mejores fotógrafos del mundo.

From the bestselling author of Hillbilly Elegy - an intimate account of why Vice President JD Vance strayed from the Christianity of his youth and what led him back to faith.

Hertha-Maria, die selbst jüdische Wurzeln hat, erlebt durch die Begegnung mit der Diakonisse Schwester Christa, dass nicht alle Christen Nazis sind.

By day, Jean Hausser leads a research lab at Karolinska Institute (Sweden).

Embark on a journey through the life behind the mother of cozy mysteries like Murder on the Orient Express and And Then There Were None with this captivating literary biography and stunning celebration of Agatha Christie.

From the founder of Paezo Hellas, the Greek award–winning game development studio behind Neoblazer, Captain Dodger, and several of your favourite Fortnite maps—comes an astute book about creativity in business and leadership for readers of Ed Catmull, Amy Wallace, and Bob Iger.

A new translation of one of classical Japan's greatest literary works It is from a desire not to let this impulse count for nothing that I have written this foolish tale of mine.

This book sort of pulls you into the fascinating world of coral reefs, some of the most colorful productive and important ecosystems on Earth.

A thrilling memoir from one of the last living WW2 pilots, published to mark his 105th birthday'Colin Bell DFC is one of the most remarkable people I've ever met' JAMES HOLLAND'A terrific read, combining laugh-out-loud reminiscences with jaw-dropping accounts of aerial warfare' JOHN NICHOL'Stirring' The Times'Brimming with quiet courage and patriotism' Daily Mail'They don't make them like Flt Lt Bell anymore' Daily Express'An inspiring portrait of bravery in action' The iFlight-Lieutenant Colin Bell's Bloody Dangerous is a powerful and inspiring portrait of bravery in action, full of touching admiration for his RAF comrades - one in three of whom were killed.

A gripping tale of one man's escape from conformity to chase gold, claim freedom and redefine life on his own terms.

We Dared to Fly is the true story of the young men who risked their lives daily on classified missions deep behind enemy lines during the Vietnam War.

We Dared to Fly is the true story of the young men who risked their lives daily on classified missions deep behind enemy lines during the Vietnam War.

A journey of whim, humor, and self-discovery along the Connecticut River.

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Why is our education system unequal?

PAPERBACK EDITION FULLY UPDATED WITH FOUR NEW CHAPTERSAfter creating more than a dozen billion-dollar businesses from scratch and breaking scores of world records, wouldn't you think you'd done it all?

The plan was outrageous: A small team of four climbers would attempt a new route on the East Face of Mt.

'A magnificent, heartfelt love story: a quest both ancient and entirely original' Jay Griffiths'An epic of travel and a rich testament to an enduring love' Colin ThubronFive years ago Rory MacLean set out on a path with no idea of where it would lead, of how long it would take or that his life would change forever.

New one-volume autobiography spans Asimov's life for the first time!