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Kierkegaard's Muse

The Mystery of Regine Olsen

by Joakim Garff
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017

The first biography of Kierkegaard's literary muse and one-time fiancée, from the author of the definitive biography of the philosopher Kierkegaard's Muse, the first biography of Regine Olsen (1822–1904), the literary inspiration and one-time fiancée of Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard,...
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by eBios
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was South Africa's first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government...
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Weekends at Bellevue

Nine Years on the Night Shift at the Psych ER

by Julie Holland
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2009

“A gem of a memoir . . . Holland takes us for a ride through the psych ER that is at once wild and poignant, a ride that leaves deep tracks in even the healthiest of minds.”—Katrina Firlik, M.D., author of Another Day in the Frontal Lobe Julie Holland thought she knew what crazy was....
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Rudolf Steiner

An Illustrated Biography

by Johannes Hemleben
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013

Rudolf Steiner's legacy is remarkable. Around the world, thousands of initiatives have been built up around his inspiration and thought, including Steiner Waldorf schools, special education establishments, medical clinics, biodynamic farms, cultural centres, and much more. At the core of this outer...
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Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 2

The Defining Years, 1933-1938

by Blanche Wiesen Cook
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2000

The central volume in the definitive biography of America's most important First Lady. "Engrossing" (Boston Globe). The captivating second volume of this Eleanor Roosevelt biography covers tumultuous era of the Great Depression, the New Deal, and the gathering storms of World War...
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John Quincy Adams

American Visionary

by Fred Kaplan
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014

Fred Kaplan, the acclaimed, award-winning author of Lincoln, returns with John Quincy Adams, an illuminating biography of one of the most overlooked presidents in American history—a leader of sweeping perspective whose progressive values helped shape the course of the nation. In this fresh...

FDR

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FDR

by Jean Edward Smith
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2007

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - "A model presidential biography... Now, at last, we have a biography that is right for the man" - Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post Book World One of today’s premier biographers has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the epic life...
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Faith of My Fathers

A Family Memoir

by John McCain, Mark Salter
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2000

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Senator John McCain’s deeply moving memoir is the story of three generations of warriors and the ways that sons are shaped and enriched by their fathers. John McCain’s grandfather, a four-star admiral and one of the navy’s greatest commanders, led the strongest...
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by Marina Nemat
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2007

What would you give up to protect your loved ones? Your life? In her heartbreaking, triumphant, and elegantly written memoir, Prisoner of Tehran, Marina Nemat tells the heart-pounding story of her life as a young girl in Iran during the early days of Ayatollah Khomeini's brutal Islamic Revolution. In...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt

A Rendezvous with Destiny

by Frank Freidel
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2009

Freidel (history emeritus, Harvard U., U. of Washington), whose four- volume biography of the young FDR concluded with the launching of the New Deal, now offers a one-volume complete biography. Although he details Roosevelt's life before his presidency, the focus is on the Depression and wartime periods....
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by Walter Allen
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2011

This excellent biography by Walter Allen charts the war-hero turned president Ulysses S. Grant's life. From his youngest years through to his term as one of the most fondly remembered presidents of the United States of America, Grant's life is a fascnating one. This excellent eBook edition of this highly-rated title has been specially formatted for today's e-readers by Andrews UK.
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The Man Who Saved the Union

Ulysses Grant in War and Peace

by H. W. Brands
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012

From New York Times bestselling author H. W. Brands, a masterful biography of the Civil War general and two-term president who saved the Union twice, on the battlefield and in the White House, holding the country together at two critical turning points in our history. Ulysses Grant rose from...
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by John Marshall, Henry Cabot Lodge, William Roscoe Thayer
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

The classic five-volume biography by John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, plus the two-volume biography by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, plus the one-volume biography by Thayer. According to Wikipedia: "George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731 December 14, 1799) served...
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A Son of Thunder

Patrick Henry and the American Republic

by Henry Mayer
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007

An in-depth biography of the iconic American revolutionary that “helps us understand the significance of Henry’s enduring image” (The New York Times Book Review). Patrick Henry was a charismatic orator whose devotion to the pursuit of liberty fueled the fire of the American Revolution...
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