Biography

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BARBARIAN DAYS: A SURFING LIFE

Written by Finnegan, William
**Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography** Included in President Obama's 2016 Summer Reading List "Without a doubt, the finest surf book I've ever read . . . " --The New York Times Magazine Barbarian Days is William Finnegan's memoir of an obsession, a complex enchantment. Surfing only looks like a sport.
April 26, 2016 | Paperback | Penguin Books |
$18.00
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LEE HARVEY OSWALD FILES: WHY THE CIA KILLED KENNEDY

Written by Mey, Flip De
The follow up to the best seller Cold Case KennedyPresents new information derived from unique photographs of Oswald's rifle and contact with two of Oswald's friends'Cold Case Kennedy, takes the proper forensic investigative approach to the assassination the only way that works.' - Bill Kelly, JKcountercoup De Mey received international praise for Cold Case Kennedy - 'Flip has written a very inter
May 25, 2016 | Hardcover | Lannoo Publishers |
$24.95
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EVERY LAST TIE: THE STORY OF THE UNABOMBER AND HIS FAMILY

Written by Kaczynski, David
In August 1995 David Kaczynski's wife Linda asked him a difficult question: "Do you think your brother Ted is the Unabomber?" He couldn't be, David thought. But as the couple pored over the Unabomber's seventy-eight-page manifesto, David couldn't rule out the possibility.
February 5, 2016 | Hardcover | Duke University Press | 176 Pages |
$19.95
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LIBRARY OF LUMINARIES: VIRGINIA WOOLF: AN ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY

Written by Alkayat, Zena
One of literature's most beloved authors is beautifully documented in this illustrated biography of Virginia Woolf.
March 15, 2016 | Hardcover | Chronicle Books |
$16.95
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LIBRARY OF LUMINARIES: JANE AUSTEN: AN ILLUSTRATED BIOGRAPHY

Written by Alkayat, Zena
Discover the stories behind the stories in this treasurable illustrated biography of Jane Austen.
March 15, 2016 | Hardcover | Chronicle Books |
$16.95
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BLACK SUN: THE BRIEF TRANSIT AND VIOLENT ECLIPSE OF HARRY CROSBY

Written by Wolff, Geoffrey
Includes an afterword by the author Harry Crosby was the godson of J. P. Morgan and a friend of Ernest Hemingway. Living in Paris in the twenties and directing the Black Sun Press, which published James Joyce among others, Crosby was at the center of the wild life of the lost generation.
September 1, 2003 | Paperback | New York Review of Books | 416 Pages |
$19.95
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ON THE MOVE: A LIFE

Written by Sacks, Oliver
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A "wonderful memoir" (Los Angeles Times) about a brilliantly unconventional physician and writer, a man who has illuminated the many ways that the brain makes us human. - "Intimate.... Brim[s] with life and affection." --The New York Times
February 23, 2016 | Paperback | Vintage | 416 Pages |
$16.95
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FREDERICK THE GREAT: KING OF PRUSSIA

Written by Tim Blanning
The definitive biography of the legendary autocrat whose enlightened rule transformed the map of Europe and changed the course of history
March 29, 2016 | Hardcover | Random House Publishing Group | 705 Pages |
$40.00
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STEVE JOBS OE

Written by Isaacson, Walter
Walter Isaacson's "enthralling" (The New Yorker) worldwide bestselling biography of Apple cofounder Steve Jobs. Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues--Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingl
September 15, 2015 | Paperback | Simon & Schuster | 656 Pages |
$22.00
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JUST MERCY: A STORY OF JUSTICE AND REDEMPTION

Written by Bryan Stevenson
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JAMIE FOXX • A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice--from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time.
August 18, 2015 | Paperback | Random House Publishing Group | 370 Pages |
$18.00

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