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Born into slavery on a Maryland plantation, Frederick Douglass doesn't know the year of his birth. Separated from his mother in infancy, he sees her only a few times, always at night, before she dies. At the age of seven or eight, Douglass is sent to Baltimore where, for the first time, he is fully clothed and has enough to eat. His new mistress starts teaching him to read, until her furious husband forbids it. Douglass realises then that reading...
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Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Va., by University of North Carolina Press
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[1962]
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The life of William Plumer and his participation in the American political scene for 40 years. Some of his achievements include his advocacy of the Federal Constitution in 1788, his drafting of revisions in the New Hampshire constitution in 1791-92 which created the form of government under which the state still operates. As a Republican, he was elected governor of New Hampshire in 1812.
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"The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) and has one of the greatest and most recognizable voices in popular music. She has been nominated for a Grammy 46 times, and with Yentl she became the...
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Here, for the first time, Ina Garten presents an intimate, entertaining, and inspiring account of her remarkable journey. Ina's gift is to make everything look easy, yet all her accomplishments have been the result of hard work, audacious choices, and exquisite attention to detail. In her unmistakable voice (no one tells a story like Ina), she brings her past and her process to life in a high-spirited and no-holds-barred memoir that chronicles decades...
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Alfred A. Knopf
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2011
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"Sympathetic ... captivating ... highly effective."--Graham Robb, New York Review of Books "Concise and gracefully written. ... Burke surveys all [Piaf's] mayhem with thoughtfulness and respect."--James Gavin, New York Times Book Review The iconic French singer comes to life in this enthralling, definitive biography, which captures Edith Piaf's immense charisma along with the time and place that gave rise to her unprecedented international career....
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Blackstone Audio
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p2013
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Stanley Booth, a member of the Rolling Stones inner circle, met the band just a few months before Brian Jones drowned in a swimming pool in 1968. He lived with them throughout their 1969 tour across the United States, staying up all night together listening to blues, talking about music, ingesting drugs, and consorting with groupies. His thrilling account culminates with their final concert at Altamont Speedway, a nightmare of beating, stabbing, and...
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2024.
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"The never-before-told story of the women Egyptologists who paved the way of exploration in Egypt and created the basis for Egyptology. The history of Egyptology is often told as yet one more grand narrative of powerful men striving to seize the day and the precious artifacts for their competing homelands. But that is only half of the story. During the Golden Age of Exploration, there were women working and exploring before Howard Carter discovered...
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Routledge
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2004
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"Stuart Nicholson's biography of Ella Fitzgerald is considered a classic in jazz literature. Drawing on original documents, interviews, and new information, Nicholson draws a complete picture of Fitzgerald's professional and personal life. Fitzgerald rose from being a pop singer with chart-novelty hits in the late '30s to become a bandleader and then one of the greatest interpreters of American popular song. Along with Billie Holiday, she virtually...
9) James Watt
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Doubleday, Page
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1905
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James Watt was a Scottish engineer who improved upon the existing steam engine of Thomas Newcomen. Although Watt's reciprocating engine had to be stationary, it became the model upon which later engineers improved to make an engine capable of powering a vehicle. The boiler technology of Watt's time was simply unable to operate the way he would need it to in order for his engine to be capable of movement. This biography was written by Andrew Carnegie,...
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Rowman & Littlefield
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[2014]
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This sensitive and compelling biography sheds new light on John Singer Sargent's art through an intimate history of his family. Karen Corsano and Daniel Williman focus especially on his niece and muse, Rose-Marie Ormond, telling her story for the first time. In a score of paintings created between 1906 and 1912, John Singer Sargent documented the idyllic teenage summers of Rose-Marie and his own deepening affection for her serene beauty and good-hearted,...
11) Beethoven
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Oxford University Press
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2007
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Preface. 1. Young Genius (1770-83). 2. Adolescence (1784-9). 3. Farewell to Bonn (1790-2). 4. The Conquest of Vienna (1792-5). 5. Wider Horizons (1796-8). 6. First Quartets and First Symphony (1799-1800). 7. Hope and Despair (1801-2). 8. After Heiligenstadt (1802-3). 9. L'amour conjugal (1804-6). 10. A Cluster of Masterpieces (1806-8). 11. Financial Security? (1809-10). 12. Immortal Beloved (1811-12). 13. The Political Phase (1813-15). 14. Declining...
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Written by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus in 121 AD while he was the personal secretary to emperor Hadrian, "The Twelve Caesars" is a series of twelve biographies of Roman rulers beginning with Julius Caesar and ending with Domitian. The tales of Rome's emperors are deeply personal and informative, while also entertaining and often filled with drama. Suetonius included invaluable descriptions of the rulers' public and private lives, physical appearances,...
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Oxford University Press
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[2001]
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Provides more than 300 articles that cover everyone from Adam and Eve to Jesus Christ and everywhere from the Garden of Eden to Golgotha and Gethsemane. Includes entries on Hebrew Bible figures such as Cain and Abel, Noah and Methuselah, Abraham and Isaac, David and Goliath, Solomon and Sheba, Moses and Aaron, Naomi and Ruth, and Samson and Delilah. Also covers the New Testament with pieces on Peter and Paul, John the Baptist and Mary Magdalene, the...
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The Education of Henry Adams follows the life of presidential descendent Henry Adams. However, instead of serving just as an account of Adams' deeds, The Education of Henry Adams is a series of observations and introspections Adams makes on social changes, scientific advancements, personal relationships, professional success, travel, religion, war, and education. Born into the privilege of wealth and the renowned success of his ancestors, President...
16) Taylor Swift
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Frances Lincoln Children's Books
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2024.
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Little Taylor grew up on her family's Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania, USA. Then, at age six, she went to her first concert - she saw LeAnn Rimes, the country musician. At that moment, Taylor fell in love with country music! Some of the kids at school didn't understand but Taylor managed to shake it off! She took her first steps towards stardom by recording a demo of cover songs and sent it to record labels in Nashville, the home of country music....
18) Up from slavery
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The Black educator documents his struggle for freedom and self-respect and his fight to establish industrial training programs
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In 2022, Lisa Marie Presley asked her daughter to help finally finish her long-gestating memoir. A month later, Lisa Marie was dead, and the world would never know her story in her own words, never know the passionate, joyful, caring and complicated woman that Riley loved and grieved. Riley got the tapes that her mother had recorded for the book, laid in her bed, and listened as Lisa Marie told story after story about smashing golf carts together...
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University of California Press
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[2016]
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"This biography traces the output of jazz master Charles Mingus--his recordings, his compositions, and his writings--highlighting key moments in his life and musicians who influenced him and were influenced by him. As a young man, Mingus played with Louis Armstrong as well as with Kid Ory. Mingus also played in bands led by Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Lionel Hampton, Red Norvo, Art Tatum, and many others. He began leading his own bands in New...
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