Chester B. Himes - A Biography by Lawrence P. Jackson
$57.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Winner of the 2018 Edgar Award for Best Critical/Biographical Work A Washington Post Notable Book The definitive biography of the groundbreaking African American author who had an extraordinary legacy on black writers globally. Chester B. Himes has been called "one of the towering figures of the black ...Show more
Grant by Ron Chernow
$28.58 NZD
Category: Biography
A #1 New York Times BestsellerA Pulitzer Prize-Winning AuthorWith lucidity, breadth, and meticulousness, Ron Chernow sheds new light on the man whom Walt Whitman described as "nothing heroic . . . and yet the greatest hero." This is America's greatest biographer bringing movingly to life one of our fine ...Show more
Housman Country: Into the Heart of England by Peter Parker
$19.29 NZD
Category: Biography
A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice and Nominated for the 2017 PEN/Bograd Weld Prize for BiographyA captivating exploration of A. E. Housman and the influence of his particular brand of EnglishnessA. E. Housman’s A Shropshire Lad made little impression when it was first published in 1896 but ha ...Show more
Lenin - The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror by Victor Sebestyen
$25.01 NZD
Category: Biography
Victor Sebestyen's riveting biography of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin--the first major biography in English in nearly two decades--is not only a political examination of one of the most important historical figures of the twentieth century but also a fascinating portrait of Lenin the man. Brought up in comfort ...Show more
Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet by Lyndal Roper
$80.00 NZD
Category: Biography
In "a magnificent study of one of history's most compelling and divisive figures" (The Wall Street Journal), Lyndal Roper investigates the leader of the Reformation-the movement that split Christendom and upended Europe for centuries-who was, at his core, a deeply flawed man full of contradictions. A di ...Show more
The Far Away Brothers - Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life by Lauren Markham
$19.29 NZD
Category: Biography
The deeply reported story of identical twin brothers who escape El Salvador's violence to build new lives in California--fighting to survive, to stay, and to belong. Growing up in rural El Salvador in the wake of the civil war, the United States was a distant fantasy to identical twins Ernesto and Raul ...Show more
The Kelloggs - The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek by Howard Markel
$25.01 NZD
Category: Biography
John Harvey Kellogg was one of America's most beloved physicians; a bestselling author, lecturer, and health-magazine publisher; founder of the Battle Creek Sanitarium; and patron saint of the pursuit of wellness. His youngest brother, Will, was the founder of the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company ...Show more
The Trials of a Scold: The Incredible True Story of Writer Anne Royall by Jeff Biggers
$44.99 NZD
Category: Biography
"A role model for those of us living in the age of Trump"--Dorothy AllisonLonglisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyAnne Royall was an American original, a stranger to fear who defied 19th century skeptics as a prolific literary force, satirist and social critic.Drawing from Royal ...Show more
You Say to Brick by Wendy Lesser
$44.99 NZD
Category: Biography
Born to a Jewish family in Estonia in 1901 and brought to America in 1906, the architect Louis Kahn grew up in poverty in Philadelphia; by the time of his death in 1974, he was widely recognized as one of the greatest architects of his era. Yet this enormous reputation was based on only a handful of mas ...Show more
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