Category: Biography

By W. K. Bühler

Procreare iucundum, sed parturire molestum. (Gauss, sec. Eisenstein) The plan of this e-book was once first conceived 8 years in the past. The manuscript constructed slowly via numerous types until eventually it attained its current shape in 1979. it might be beside the point to checklist the names of the entire neighbors and advisors with whom i mentioned my a variety of drafts yet I may still wish to point out the identify of Mr. Gary Cornell who, along with discussing with me quite a few information of the manuscript, revised it stylistically. there's a lot curiosity between mathematicians to understand extra approximately Gauss's lifestyles, and the beneficiant aid I acquired has definitely extra to do with this than with any person, optimistic or detrimental, point of my manuscript. Any error, blunders of judgement, or different inadequacies are, in fact, the author's responsi­ bility. the main incisive and, in a manner, least difficult judgements I needed to make have been these of non-public flavor within the selection and remedy of issues. a lot needed to be passed over or may perhaps merely be mentioned in a cursory method.

By Stephen Fry

A leading bestseller in Britain that crowned the lists there for months, Stephen Fry's astonishingly frank, humorous, clever memoir is the ebook that his enthusiasts in all places were anticipating. due to the fact that his PBS tv debut within the Blackadder sequence, the yank profile of this multitalented author, actor and comic has grown progressively, in particular within the wake of his name function within the movie Wilde, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination, and his aiding function in A Civil Action.
        
Fry has already given readers a flavor of his tumultuous formative years in his autobiographical first novel, The Liar, and now he unearths the both tumultuous lifestyles that encouraged it. despatched to boarding university on the age of 7, he survived beatings, distress, amorous affairs, carnal violation, expulsion, tried suicide, felony conviction and imprisonment to emerge, on the age of eighteen, able to commence over in an international during which he had consistently felt a stranger. considered one of only a few Cambridge collage graduates to were imprisoned ahead of his freshman yr, Fry is a brilliantly idiosyncratic personality who keeps to draw controversy, empathy and actual devotion.
        
This impressive and affecting publication has "a tragic grandeur that lifts it to vintage status," raved the Financial Times in a single of the various ecstatic British stories. Stephen Fry's autobiography, in turns humorous, surprising, unhappy, bruisingly frank and continually compulsively readable, may possibly good turn into a vintage homosexual coming-of-age memoir.

By Steve Lopez

The New York Times bestselling, "unforgettable story of desire, center and humanity" (People)

the real tale of journalist Steve Lopez's discovery of Nathanial Ayers, a former classical bass pupil at Julliard, taking part in his middle out on a two-string violin on la' Skid Row. Deeply suffering from the wonderful thing about Ayers tune, Lopez took it upon himself to alter the prodigy's life-only to discover that their courting may have a profound swap on his personal life.

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By Patrick McGilligan

A completely researched exam of the lifetime of the well known director not just seems on the nice quantity of Lang's paintings, but in addition at his own existence, together with the query of even if he murdered his first spouse.

By Barack Obama, Loren Long

During this delicate, attractive letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama has written a relocating tribute to 13 groundbreaking americans and the beliefs that experience formed our state. From the artistry of Georgia O'Keeffe, to the braveness of Jackie Robinson, to the patriotism of George Washington, President Obama sees the qualities of those heroes inside his personal youngsters, and inside all of America's children.

Breathtaking, evocative illustrations by way of award-winning artist Loren lengthy instantly catch the personalities and achievements of those nice americans and the innocence and promise of childhood.

This attractive ebook celebrates the features that unite all americans, from our nation's founders to generations to return. it's concerning the capability inside each one people to pursue our desires and forge our personal paths. it's a treasure to cherish along with your relations ceaselessly.

By Robert L. O'Connell

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

William Tecumseh Sherman was once greater than only one of our best generals. Fierce Patriot is a daring, revisionist portrait of the way this iconic and enigmatic determine exerted an outsize impression at the American landscape—and the yankee character.
 
America’s first “celebrity” normal, William Tecumseh Sherman used to be a guy of many faces. a few have been exalted within the public eye, others identified merely to his intimates. during this daring, revisionist portrait, Robert L. O’Connell captures the fellow in complete for the 1st time. From his early exploits in Florida, via his superb yet tempestuous generalship through the Civil battle, to his postwar occupation as a key participant within the development of the transcontinental railroad, Sherman was once, as O’Connell places it, the “human embodiment of appear Destiny.” here's Sherman the army strategist, a grasp of logistics with an uncanny clutch of terrain and fantastic feel of timing. Then there's “Uncle Billy,” Sherman’s public personality, a charismatic hero to his troops and quotable catnip to the newspaper writers of his day. right here, too, is the personal Sherman, whose urge for food for ladies, events, and the excessive lifetime of the recent York theater complex his already turbulent marriage. Warrior, kinfolk guy, American icon, William Tecumseh Sherman has ultimately came across a biographer useful of his protean presents. A masterful personality examine whose myriad insights are leavened with its author’s trademark wit, Fierce Patriot will stand because the crucial publication on Sherman for many years to come.

Praise for Fierce Patriot
 
“A tremendous exam of the various elements of the long-lasting Union general.”—General David Petraeus
 
“Sherman’s status in American historical past is bold. . . . it really is difficult to visualize the other biography taking pictures all of it in this type of concise and enlightening fashion.”—National Review
 
“A sharply drawn and propulsive march during the tortured psyche of the man.”—The Wall road Journal
 
“[O’Connell’s] narrative of the March to the ocean may be the easiest i've got ever read.”—Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post
 
“A awesome, shrewdpermanent, clever, and strong book.”—Evan Thomas, writer of Ike’s Bluff

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By John Duncan

The judiciary, by way of its interpretation of the structure, performs an important position in altering the future of the nation...

the administrative, the legislature and the judiciary are the 3 branches of presidency, either country and significant, in India. of those, it's the judiciary s job to uphold constitutional values and confirm justice for all. the translation and alertness of constitutional values by way of the judicial process has had far-reaching impression, frequently even changing provisions of the structure itself. even if our felony process was once initially according to the large ideas of the English universal legislations, through the years it's been tailored to Indian traditions and been replaced, for the higher, through sure landmark verdicts.

In Landmark Judgments that modified India, former preferrred courtroom pass judgement on and eminent jurist Asok Kumar Ganguly analyses definite situations that resulted in the formation of latest legislation and adjustments to the criminal approach. mentioned during this booklet are judgments in situations equivalent to Kesavananda Bharati v. kingdom of Kerala that curtailed the ability of Parliament to amend the structure; Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India and Others that outlined own liberty; and Golaknath v. kingdom of Punjab, the place it used to be governed that amendments which infringe upon basic rights can't be handed.

Of particular value for legislation scholars and practitioners, this publication can be an amazing advisor for a person drawn to the adjustments made to Indian legislation down the years, and the evolution of the judicial method to what it truly is at the present time.

Now in paperback, the nationwide bestselling riches-to-rags precise tale of an advertisements govt who had all of it, then misplaced it all—and used to be eventually redeemed through his new task, and his twenty-eight-year-old boss, at Starbucks.

In his fifties, Michael Gates Gill had all of it: a mansion within the suburbs, a spouse and loving young children, a six-figure wage, and an Ivy League schooling. yet in a couple of brief years, he misplaced his activity, acquired divorced, and used to be clinically determined with a mind tumor. without cash or medical health insurance, he used to be pressured to get a task at Starbucks. Having long gone from energy lunches to scrubbing bogs, from being served to serving, Michael was once a real fish out of water.

yet destiny brings an unforeseen instructor into his lifestyles who opens his eyes to what dwelling good particularly feels like. the 2 appear to have not anything in universal: She is a tender African American, the daughter of a drug addict; he's used to being the boss yet experiences to her now. For the 1st time in his lifestyles he reports being a member of a minority making an attempt challenging to outlive in a demanding new activity. He learns the worth of labor and humility, in addition to what it really skill to recognize one other person.

behind the curtain at one among America’s such a lot exciting companies, an inspiring friendship is born, a family members starts to heal, and, because of his not likely mentor, Michael Gill ultimately studies a feeling of self esteem and happiness he hasn't ever identified before.

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By Bella Bathurst

An exhilarating re-creation of Bella Bathurst's epic tale of Robert Louis Stevenson's ancestors and the development of the Scottish coastal lighthouses opposed to most unlikely odds. 'Whenever I odor salt water, i do know that i'm now not faraway from one of many works of my ancestors,' wrote Robert Louis Stevenson in 1880. 'When the lighting pop out at sunset alongside the beaches of Scotland, i'm proud to imagine they burn extra brightly for the genius of my father!' Robert Louis Stevenson was once the main recognized of the Stevensons, yet no longer in any respect the most efficient. The Lighthouse Stevensons, all 4 generations of them, equipped each lighthouse around Scotland, have been accountable for a slew of innovations in either development and optics, and completed feats of engineering in stipulations that might be forbidding even this present day. an analogous pushed power which Robert Louis Stevenson positioned into writing, his ancestors positioned into lighting fixtures the darkness of the seas. The Lighthouse Stevensons is a narrative of excessive endeavour, superbly instructed; certainly, this can be probably the most celebrated works of ancient biography in contemporary reminiscence.