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Cleopatra VII : Queen of Egypt
(A Short Biography for Children)
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Cleopatra VII : Queen of Egypt (A Short Biography for Children) Name of seven pharaohs. The most famous is Cleopatra VII, the last Pharaoh of Egypt. She came to power at age 15, married to her brother, Ptolemy XIII, also pharaoh.
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by Mary Renault
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
An “intriguing and invaluable” biography of Alexander the Great by the novelist whose fiction redefined Ancient Greece (The New York Times).
Acclaimed writer Mary Renault is widely known for her provocative historical novels of Alexander the Great and his lovers. But she also authored this...
Jesus
A Biography from a Believer.
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2010
From the bestselling author and acclaimed historian, a powerful portrayal of the life of Jesus
Is Jesus relevant to us today? Few figures have had such an influence on history as Jesus of Nazareth. His teachings have inspired discussion, arguments, even war, and yet few have ever held forth...
Nicholas Black Elk: Medicine Man, Missionary, Mystic
Medicine Man, Missionary, Mystic
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2011
Since its publication in 1932, Black Elk Speaks has moved countless readers to appreciate the American Indian world that it described. John Neihardt’s popular narrative addressed the youth and early adulthood of Black Elk, an Oglala Sioux religious elder. Michael F. Steltenkamp now provides the...
Pershing: A Biography
Lessons in Leadership
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2008
In this persuasive biography, Jim Lacey sheds light on General Pershing's legacy as the nation's first modern combat commander, setting the standard for today's four-star officers. When the U.S. entered into WWI in 1917, they did so with inadequate forces. In just over a year, Pershing built and hurled...
Richard III
A Ruler and his Reputation
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
For many, Richard III is an obsession-the Richard III Society has a huge membership, and Shakespeare's Histories have contributed to, if not his popularity, certainly his notoriety. Now, with the discovery of Richard III's bones under a parking lot in Leicester, England, interest in this divisive...
Master of War
The Life of General George H. Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2009
In this revelatory, dynamic biography, one of our finest historians, Benson Bobrick, profiles George H. Thomas, arguing that he was the greatest and most successful general of the Civil War. Because Thomas didn't live to write his memoirs, his reputation has been largely shaped by others, most notably...
by Richard A. Gabriel
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2011
The Romans' destruction of Carthage after the Third Punic War erased any Carthaginian historical record of Hannibal's life. What we know of him comes exclusively from Roman historians who had every interest in minimizing his success, exaggerating his failures, and disparaging his character. The charges...
Abraham Lincoln : the 16th President of the United States
(A Short Biography for Children)
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2013
Abraham Lincoln : the 16th President of the United States (A Short Biography for Children) Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves.
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Tall Order
The Goh Chok Tong Story (Volume 1)
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Goh Chok Tong was an improbable Prime Minister for an unlikely country. He had neither the connections nor the cunning to rise to the top, and was even once famously derided by his mentor Lee Kuan Yew for being "wooden" in his communication skills. Except for an imposing height most unusual...
They Called Him Wild Bill
The Life and Adventures of James Butler Hickok
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2012
His contemporaries called him Wild Bill, and newspapermen and others made him a legend in his own time. Among western characters only General George Armstrong Custer and Buffalo Bill Cody are as readily recognized by the general public. In writing this biography, Joseph G. Rosa has expressed the hope...
T.R.
The Last Romantic
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2019
From the New York Times bestselling author, an acclaimed biography of President Teddy Roosevelt
Lauded as "a rip-roaring life" (Wall Street Journal), TR is a magisterial biography of Theodore Roosevelt by bestselling author H.W. Brands. In his time, there was no more popular national...
Van Gogh
The Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2011
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The definitive biography for decades to come.”—Leo Jansen, curator, the Van Gogh Museum, and co-editor of Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Letters
Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith, who galvanized readers with their Pulitzer Prize–winning biography...
Front Row
Anna Wintour: The Cool Life and Hot Times of Vogue's Editor in Chief
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
From the New York Times bestselling author of Just Desserts: Martha Stewart: The Unauthorized Biography comes a scrupulously researched investigative biography that tells the inside story of Anna Wintour's incredible rise to power
From her exclusive perch front row center, glamorous Vogue magazine...