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This carefully crafted ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was an English novelist, playwright, and author of short stories. His best-known works are The Woman in White, No Name, Armadale, and The Moonstone. Table of Contents:...

George Orwell, also known as Eric Arthur Blair, is recognized as one of the most influential writers at the beginning of the 20th century. If you want to learn more about George Orwell's life, legacy and work, you've come to the right place.George Orwell is known as an established...

“An in-depth biography of the world’s most famous detective that will intrigue Sherlockians and non-Sherlockians alike.” —Publishers Weekly   He has been called a genius and a fraud, a hero and an addict, but who really was Sherlock Holmes? With an attention to detail that would make his...

First-ever biography and critical survey of a major artist who disrupted the Canadian art establishment Features gorgeous colour reproductions of many of Curnoe’s most vivid and important paintings, which have not been collected together previously A personal and intimate look at a major Canadian...

'Séamas Ó Sìocháin has written what is the most voluminous biography of Casement and a significant contribution to an understanding of his life.' Frank Callinan, The Irish Times Roger Casement is among the most written about and mythologized figures in Irish history, yet has never, until now,...

Gershom Scholem (1897–1982) was ostensibly a scholar of Jewish mysticism, yet he occupies a powerful role in today’s intellectual imagination, having influential contact with an extraordinary cast of thinkers, including Hans Jonas, Martin Buber, Walter Benjamin, Hannah Arendt, and Theodor Adorno....

ABOUT THE BOOK Walt Whitman is considered one of the most important poets in American history. Whitman is known as the father of free verse, because his poetry was a palpable blend of words and feeling which flowed freely from his pen. His style changed forever the nature of American...

In this revised and updated biography, Maureen Paton encompasses the private, professional and political life of this most enigmatic, charismatic and intensely private of actors.

Ever wondered how Emile Hirsch rose to stardom? Emile Hirsch was born in California, Topanga, on Wednesday in 1985, March 13. He mostly has German origins, his mother's relatives had lived in Germany and England, and his father’s relatives were Prussian Jews. This is where his last name came...

The hottest topic in publishing right now is the e-book revolution, in which authors rather than publishers are rewriting the rulebook. Since March 2010, the author Amanda Hocking has taken the traditional publishing world by storm, making millions from a series of young adult paranormal novels that...

This first biography of Dr. Albert C. Barnes was serialized on the front page of the Philadelphia Inquirer when it appeared in 1960. In it, arts journalist William Schack interviewed dozens of people who knew the famously pugnacious art collector as he assembled his world-famous collection outside...

ABOUT THE BOOK Michelle Obama is most famously known as America's First Lady. Her entrance into the public eye came as a result of her husband's role in politics, and his successful 2009 presidential election campaign. Not only is Michelle the first African-American first lady, she is also...

**2014 NAACP Image Award Winner: Outstanding Literary Work – Biography / Auto Biography 2013 Letitia Woods Brown Award from the Association of Black Women Historians  Choice Top 25 Academic Titles for 2013 The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades...

**2014 NAACP Image Award Winner: Outstanding Literary Work – Biography / Auto Biography 2013 Letitia Woods Brown Award from the Association of Black Women Historians  Choice Top 25 Academic Titles for 2013 The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades...