Dictionaries of biography Books

The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography contains essential details of the lives of over 2100 women from all periods, cultures and walks of life-from queens to cooks, engineers to entertainers, pilots to poisoners. In addition to new...

Teddie was 16 years old in 1977, when she was asked to be the translator for the Norway leg of The Sex Pistols Scandinavian tour. The book tells the inside story of the romance between Teddie and Sid Vicious. Instead of the self-destructive caricature of...

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If I'd Known I Couldn't, I Wouldn't've is a chronicle of a man's extraordinary journey from a farm in Kentucky's Jackson Purchase, where he lived without modern amenities, through struggles with dyslexia and hearing loss. Overcoming adversities, he...

Discover the inspiring stories of some of Minnesota's most prominent citizens in this informative book published in 1907. From politicians and businessmen to artists and educators, this alphabetical guide provides readers with biographical sketches of...

Este diccionario proporciona información sobre una variedad de hombres y mujeres de todo el mundo que han vivido, trabajado y viajado a Chile. Figueroa incluye biografías de personas de diversas profesiones y orígenes, desde empresarios y escritores,...

WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

Written by R. Kristiana Market and this book was written for those who enjoy reading autobiographies- reading the life story of another, learning through their experiences. Also, those who are interested in how the war was experienced by a child and the...

The Narcissist attempts to belittle you at every opportunity. Deflated, you make a plan of how to minimise exposure to this person. In another meeting, you are the target of passive-aggressive jabs. You know speaking up only makes you look bad. The...

The second autobiographical volume from renowned sculptor, Peter Hand.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

The Young Lady of Pleasure is a novel written by Augustus F. Kinnersley and published in 1865. The story revolves around the life of a young woman named Emily who lives in London during the Victorian era. Emily is a beautiful and intelligent young lady...

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“Donaldson’s skill is really a rare and fine art everyone who is interested in twentieth-century fiction or in the art of biography or in the mysterious relationship between the temperament of an artist and the work he produces should have By...

Who's Who On The Pacific Coast: A Biographical Compilation Of Notable Living Contemporaries West Of The Rocky Mountains (1913) is a book written by Franklin Harper. The book is a comprehensive compilation of biographical information about notable...

The Life And Times Of George Villiers V2: Duke Of Buckingham is a historical biography written by Katherine Thomson in 1860. The book delves into the life and legacy of George Villiers, the Duke of Buckingham, who was a prominent figure during the reign...

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WORK IS IN FRENCHThis book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books reprinted and edited by Hachette Livre, in the framework of a partnership with the National Library of France, providing the opportunity to...

A Farmstead in Morgan County, IN has stood as a sentinel on the South West corner of Mooresville since 1859 when William Monroe Macy (WMM), 1820-1911, built the home. It stands in 2010 as the residence of Donovan and Joyce Robinson. WMM was prosperous by...

""The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith"" is a biographical work written by John Forster and published in 1890. The book chronicles the life of the famous 18th-century Irish writer, Oliver Goldsmith. The author explores Goldsmith's early years in...

"Before the After" is the title of the first book in English of a projected trilogy mirroring the Spanish historical biography titled "Habana 505" written by the Cuban Fernando Pruna and the Frenchman Cyriaque Griffon and published in...

C. S. Lewis believed that our dealings with others have eternal importance, emphasizing that we are always helping one another toward perfection or destruction. He wrote, "There are no ordinary people." Joel Heck, author of several books about C.S. Lewis...

Madge is a humourous, poignant look at growing up in the 70's through to the nineties. It concentrates on the relationship between the author and his mother and introduces many characters along the way. It is set in Widnes, a small town south of...

Bibliographie Biographique Universelle V2: N-Z (1854) est un livre �����crit par Edouard Marie Oettinger. Il s'agit d'une compilation de biographies de personnalit�����s c�����l�����bres du monde entier, dont les noms commencent par les lettres N ������...

Los momentos más coyunturales de mi vida, en donde evidencie procesos complejos de los cuales quiero presentar los hechos tal y como sucedieron desde una visión interna de cada suceso donde estuve presente. En la huelga del sector petrolero del año 2004,...

Have you always wondered how the most influential young people got to the top?This book does just that it goes behind the scenes of the most influential people and shows you how it all started.You will learn how Adam Braun created Pencils of Promise and...

This title was first published in 1988: In this book the author has translated five postwar experimental Japanese plays and recreated the artistic, social and spiritual milieu in which they were created. He describes the turning point in Japanese...

Legenden der Rennstrecke: Die legendären Fahrer der Formel 1 von Etienne Psaila ist ein umfassendes Werk, das die faszinierenden Karrieren der bedeutendsten Formel-1-Fahrer beleuchtet. Von den frühen Pionieren wie Juan Manuel Fangio und Stirling Moss,...

In Getriebene Köpfe beleuchtet Etienne Psaila die Leben und Errungenschaften der größten Automobilpioniere, deren visionäre Ideen die Geschichte der Fortbewegung revolutionierten. Von Karl Benz und Henry Ford bis hin zu Elon Musk und Adrian Newey, jeder...

Buwei Yang Chao (1889-1981) was a Chinese-American physician and writer. She was one of the first women to practice Western medicine in China. Assisted by her husband (linguist Yuenren Chao), she wrote this autobiography in 1947. A truly unique...

'The Australian Dictionary of Biography captures the life and times and culture of this country in an absolutely distinctive and irreplaceable way. It is the indispensable record of who we are, and of the characters who have made us what we are. I could...

""Bibliographie Biographique Ou Dictionnaire De 26,000 Ouvrages: Tant Anciens Que Modernes (1850)"" est un livre �����crit par Edouard Marie Oettinger. Il s'agit d'un dictionnaire qui r�����pertorie plus de 26 000 ouvrages, tant anciens que modernes. Ce...