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Visionary Women: How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters Changed Our World de Andrea Barnet
2018
In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin de Lindsey Hilsum
2018
Anthony Powell: Dancing to the Music of Time de Hilary Spurling
2018
The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke de Jeffrey C. Stewart
2018
Grant de Ron Chernow
2017
Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Political Life de Robert Dallek
2017
Queen of Bebop: The Musical Lives of Sarah Vaughan de Elaine M. Hayes
2017
The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice de Patricia Bell-Scott
2016
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life de Ruth Franklin
2016
Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary de Joe Jackson
2016
George Lucas: A Life de Brian Jay Jones
2016
Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul de James McBride
2016
Of Arms and Artists: The American Revolution Through Painters' Eyes de Paul Staiti
2016
Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon de Larry Tye
2016
An Einstein Encyclopedia de Alice Calaprice
2015
Martín Ramírez: Framing His Life and Art de Victor M. Espinosa
2015
Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll de Peter Guralnick
2015
Listening to Stone: The Art and Life of Isamu Noguchi de Hayden Herrera
2015
Jonas Salk: A Life de Charlotte DeCroes Jacobs
2015
Sinatra: The Chairman de James Kaplan
2015
How the World Moves: The Odyssey of an American Indian Family de Peter Nabokov
2015
Empire of Self: A Life of Gore Vidal de Jay Parini
2015
Young Elizabeth the Making of Our Queen de Kate Williams
2015
The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World de Andrea Wulf
2015
Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life de Peter Ackroyd
2014
The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War de Tim Butcher
2014
The Strangest Family de Janice Hadlow
2014
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League de Jeff Hobbs
2014
The Innovators: How a Group of Inventors, Hackers, Geniuses and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution de Walter Isaacson
2014
John Quincy Adams: American Visionary de Fred Kaplan
2014
Brando's Smile: His Life, Thought, and Work de Susan L. Mizruchi
2014
The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography de Miriam Pawel
2014
Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space de Lynn Sherr
2014
Michelangelo: A Life in Six Masterpieces de Miles J. Unger
2014
Victoria: A Life de A. N. Wilson
2014
Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East de Scott Anderson
2013
Bolivar: American Liberator de Marie Arana
2013
Jim Henson: The Biography de Brian Jay Jones
2013
Jack London: An American Life de Earle Labor
2013
Book of Ages: The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin de Jill Lepore
2013
The Heir Apparent: A Life of Edward VII, the Playboy Prince de Jane Ridley
2013
Darling: A Spiritual Autobiography de Richard Rodriguez
2013
Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 de Madeleine K. Albright
2012
James Joyce: a new biography de Gordon Bowker
2012
The Passage of Power de Robert A. Caro
2012
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King de Rich Cohen
2012
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume III: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 de William Manchester
2012
Barack Obama: The Story de David Maraniss
2012
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power de Jon Meacham
2012
And Bid Him Sing: A Biography of Countee Cullen de Charles Molesworth
2012
Love Song: The Lives of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya de Ethan Mordden
2012
Thornton Wilder: A Life de Penelope Niven
2012
Joseph Anton de Salman Rushdie
2012
I'm Your Man: The Life of Leonard Cohen de Sylvie Simmons
2012
American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama de Rachel L. Swarns
2012
Obama on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President de Justin A Frank M.D.
2011
George F. Kennan: An American Life de John Lewis Gaddis
2011
Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark de Brian Kellow
2011
Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock de David Margolick
2011
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman de Robert K. Massie
2011
John Huston: Courage and Art de Jeffrey Meyers
2011
Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine, and the Murder of a President de Candice Millard
2011
Becoming Dr. Q: My Journey from Migrant Farm Worker to Brain Surgeon de Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa
2011
Washington: A Life de Ron Chernow
2010
Grant Wood: A Life de R. Tripp Evans
2010
Galileo de John Heilbron
2010
The Junior Officers' Reading Club: Killing Time and Fighting Wars de Patrick Hennessey
2010
Hitch-22 de Christopher Hitchens
2010
Alice Neel: The Art of Not Sitting Pretty de Phoebe Hoban
2010
Colonel Roosevelt de Edmund Morris
2010
Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney de Howard Sounes
2010
Cheever: A Life de Blake Bailey
2009
Joseph P. Kennedy Presents: His Hollywood Years de Cari Beauchamp
2009
The Strangest Man: The Hidden Life of Paul Dirac, Mystic of the Atom de Graham Farmelo
2009
Flannery: A Life of Flannery O'Connor de Brad Gooch
2009
John Milton: A Hero of Our Time de David Hawkes
2009
The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart de Mary S. Lovell
2009
Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Life de Gerald Martin
2009
Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector de Benjamin Moser
2009
Man of Constant Sorrow: My Life and Times de Ralph Stanley
2009
City Boy: My Life in New York During the 1960s and '70s de Edmund White
2009
Traitor to His Class: The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt de H. W. Brands
2008
In Search of Bill Clinton: A Psychological Biography de John D. Gartner
2008
Painter in a Savage Land: The Strange Saga of the First European Artist in North America de Miles Harvey
2008
Ziegfeld: The Man Who Invented Show Business de Ethan Mordden
2008
My Life: A Spoken Autobiography de Ignacio Ramonet
2008
The Beautiful Soul of John Woolman, Apostle of Abolition de Thomas P. Slaughter
2008
First Darling of the Morning: Selected Memories of an Indian Childhood de Thrity Umrigar
2008
Le Corbusier: A Life de Nicholas Fox Weber
2008
Carlisle vs. Army: Jim Thorpe, Dwight Eisenhower, Pop Warner, and the Forgotten Story of Football's Greatest Battle de Lars Anderson
2007
An Illuminated Life: Belle da Costa Greene's Journey from Prejudice to Privilege de Heidi Ardizzone
2007
Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu de Laurence Bergreen
2007
Amerigo: The Man Who Gave His Name to America de Felipe Fernández-Armesto
2007
African Queen: The Real Life of the Hottentot Venus de Rachel Holmes
2007
Einstein: His Life and Universe de Walter Isaacson
2007
Nureyev: The Life de Julie Kavanagh
2007
Edith Wharton de Hermione Lee
2007
Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War de Michael J. Neufeld
2007
Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant: A Memoir de Daniel Tammet
2007
A Perfect Union: Dolley Madison and the Creation of the American Nation de Catherine Allgor
2006
Let Me Finish de Roger Angell
2006
Flaubert: A Biography de Frederick Brown
2006
The Lost Executioner: A Story of the Khmer Rouge de Nic Dunlop
2006
Anna of All the Russias: A Life of Anna Akhmatova de Elaine Feinstein
2006
George Mackay Brown: The Life de Maggie Fergusson
2006
Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King de Antonia Fraser
2006
In Search of Nella Larsen: A Biography of the Color Line de George Hutchinson
2006
Madame Chiang Kai-shek: China's Eternal First Lady de Laura Tyson Li
2006
Truck: A Love Story (P.S.) de Michael Perry
2006
Jane Goodall: The Woman Who Redefined Man de Dale Peterson
2006
Tell Them I Didn't Cry: A Young Journalist's Story of Joy, Loss, and Survival in Iraq de Jackie Spinner
2006
A Thousand Miles of Dreams: The Journeys of Two Chinese Sisters (Asian Voices) de Sasha Su-Ling Welland
2006
Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long de Jr. Richard D. White
2006
The Language of Baklava de Diana Abu-Jaber
2005
Sharon and My Mother-in-Law: Ramallah Diaries de Suad Amiry
2005
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer de Kai Bird
2005
Mao: The Unknown Story de Jung Chang
2005
Melville: His World and Work de Andrew Delbanco
2005
Mistress Bradstreet: The Untold Life of America's First Poet de Charlotte Gordon
2005
Burning Fence: A Western Memoir of Fatherhood de Craig Lesley
2005
Eudora Welty: A Biography de Suzanne Marrs
2005
Lillian Hellman: A Life with Foxes and Scoundrels de Deborah Martinson
2005
The Tender Bar de J. R. Moehringer
2005
When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt After the White House de Patricia O'Toole
2005
Mencken: The American Iconoclast de Marion Elizabeth Rodgers
2005
Two Lives de Vikram Seth
2005
1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare de James S. Shapiro
2005
D. H. Lawrence: The Life of an Outsider de John Worthen
2005
Alexander Hamilton de Ron Chernow
2004
Kepler's Witch de James A. Connor
2004
His Excellency: George Washington de Joseph J. Ellis
2004
Nightingales: The Extraordinary Upbringing and Curious Life of Miss Florence Nightingale de Gillian Gill
2004
One Matchless Time: A Life of William Faulkner de Jay Parini
2004
John James Audubon: The Making of an American de Richard Rhodes
2004
Nelson: A Dream of Glory, 1758-1797 de John Sugden
2004
A Question of Loyalty: Gen. Billy Mitchell and the Court-Martial That Gripped the Nation de Douglas C. Waller
2004
The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon de Robert Whitaker
2004
The Oath: A Surgeon Under Fire de Khassan Baiev
2003
John Clare de Jonathan Bate
2003
The Gate de François Bizot
2003
When Hollywood Had a King: The Reign of Lew Wasserman, Who Leveraged Talent into Power and Influence de Connie Bruck
2003
Curzon: Imperial Statesman de David Gilmour
2003
Living to Tell the Tale de Gabriel García Márquez
2003
Martha Gellhorn: A Life de Caroline Moorehead
2003
Lost in America: A Journey with My Father de Sherwin B. Nuland
2003
Almost There de Nuala O'Faolain
2003
Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F. B. Morse de Kenneth Silverman
2003
Six Wives: The Queens of Henry VIII de David Starkey
2003
Khrushchev: The Man and His Era de William Taubman
2003
The Art of Burning Bridges: A Life of John O'Hara de Geoffrey Wolff
2003
The Country Under My Skin: A Memoir of Love and War de Gioconda Belli
2002
Master of the Senate de Robert A. Caro
2002
Joventut : Escenes de la vida a províncies II de J. M. Coetzee
2002
Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician de Anthony Everitt
2002
The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling de David Gilmour
2002
Lincoln's Virtues de William Lee Miller
2002
Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? The Carter Family and Their Legacy in American Music de Mark Zwonitzer
2002
Ava's Man de Rick Bragg
2001
Norman Rockwell: A Life de Laura P. Claridge
2001
Marie Antoinette: The Journey de Antonia Fraser
2001
Bing Crosby: A Pocketful of Dreams--The Early Years 1903-1940 de Gary Giddins
2001
My Wars Are Laid Away in Books: The Life of Emily Dickinson de Alfred Habegger
2001
Churchill: A Biography de Roy Jenkins
2001
Saving Milly de Mort Kondracke
2001
Lliçons de la bona vida: aventures amb forquilla, ganivet i llevataps de Peter Mayle
2001
John Adams de David McCullough
2001
Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay de Nancy Milford
2001
Theodore Rex de Edmund Morris
2001
President Nixon: Alone in the White House de Richard Reeves
2001
Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood de Oliver Sacks
2001
Somewhere for Me - A Biography of Richard Rodgers de Meryle Secrest
2001
Hans Christian Andersen: The Life of a Storyteller de Jackie Wullschlager
2001
Where Did It All Go Right?: A Memoir de A. Alvarez
2000
Bellow de James Atlas
2000
Oscar Wilde: A Certain Genius de Barbara Belford
2000
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan de Herbert P. Bix
2000
My Mother's Ghost de Fergus M. Bordewich
2000
Marcel Proust: A Life de William C. Carter
2000
Ho Chi Minh de William J. Duiker
2000
Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire de Amanda Foreman
2000
Hitler: 1936-1945: Nemesis de Ian Kershaw
2000
The Happy Bottom Riding Club de Lauren Kessler
2000
Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France de Evelyne Lever
2000
W. E. B. Du Bois, 1919-1963: The Fight for Equality and the American Century de David Levering Lewis
2000
Lincoln: A Foreigner's Quest de Jan Morris
2000
Last Man Standing: The Tragedy and Triumph of Geronimo Pratt de Jack Olsen
2000
Dances with Luigi: A Grandson's Search for His Italian Roots de Paul E. Paolicelli
2000
Rimbaud: A Biography de Graham Robb
2000
A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950 de Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
2000
Bruce Chatwin de Nicholas Shakespeare
2000
Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance: The Glorious Impostor de Donald B. Smith
2000
The Circle of Hanh: A Memoir de Bruce Weigl
2000
The Prisoner's Wife: A Memoir de Asha Bandele
1999
Eugene O'Neill: Beyond Mourning and Tragedy de Stephen A. Black
1999
Mailer: A Biography de Mary V. Dearborn
1999
Truffaut: A Biography de Antoine de Baecque
1999
Scars of Sweet Paradise: The Life and Times of Janis Joplin de Alice Echols
1999
My Kitchen Wars de Betty Fussell
1999
Raising Raul: Adventures Raising Myself and My Son de Maria Hinojosa
1999
Gore Vidal: A Biography de Fred Kaplan
1999
How to Stop Time: Heroin from A to Z de Ann Marlowe
1999
Denmark Vesey: The Buried Story of America's Largest Slave Rebellion and the Man Who Led It de David M. Robertson
1999
From a High Place: A Life of Arshile Gorky de Matthew Spender
1999
Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette de Judith Thurman
1999

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