Biographies/Autobiographies
Biographies/Autobiographies
Legends of Music: The Life and Legacy of John Lennon
*Includes a Suggested Playlist of 20 of Lennon's Greatest Songs.*Includes detailed descriptions of the origins and recording of some of Lennon's timeless classics, including Tomorrow Never Knows, Strawberry Fields Forever, and A Day in the Life.*Includes pictures of Lennon and...
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Legends of Music: The Life and Legacy of Kurt Cobain
"It's really not hard to keep your dignity and sign to a major label.... Most people don't have any dignity in the first place." - Kurt Cobain The dark and dusty high school gymnasium seemed like a weird place for...
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Legends of Music: The Life and Legacy of Paul McCartney
In 1964, girls all across the United States filled venues, almost literally screamed their heads off, and fainted en masse. Almost from the second they played the first note, The Beatles would be hit with the resounding screams, which made...
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Legends of Music: The Life and Legacy of Tupac Shakur
Includes a suggested playlist of some of Pac's lesser known songs. Discusses both the New York shooting and Las Vegas shooting in detail, explaining who was likely responsible for them. Discusses the beefs during Pac's life and the various conspiracy...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
*Includes pictures of historic art depicting important people and places. *Includes ancient descriptions of the Hanging Gardens and discusses their authenticity. *Explains the historical debate over the origins of the Hanging Gardens and where they were actually located. *Includes a...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Alexander the Great
*Includes paintings and busts depicting important people, places, and events in Alexander's life.*Discusses both common legends and little known facts about Alexander's life and legacy, including his mysterious death and whether he is mentioned in the Qur'an.*Includes a Bibliography for...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Attila the Hun
*Includes Priscus' contemporary account of Attila and his Court. *Includes contemporary and medieval accounts of Attila's meeting with Pope Leo the Great and the Battle of Châlons. *Includes pictures of historic art depicting Attila and important people and events in...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Caesar Augustus
*Includes pictures of famous art depicting Augustus and important people, places, and events in his life.*Discusses Octavian's relationships and political intrigue with his most famous contemporaries, including Caesar, Cleopatra and Antony.*Includes a Table of Contents“Young men, pay heed to an...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Caligula
*Includes pictures of historic art depicting Caligula and important people and places in his life.*Discusses the facts and legends surrounding Caligula's madness and the excesses of his turbulent reign.*Includes Suetonius' account of Caligula's life.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Cicero
"Genius is fostered by energy." (Cicero) Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) was one of the most famous Romans in his day, and posterity has been even kinder to him. Cicero was a legend in his own time for his oratory...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Cleopatra
*Discusses some of the popular myths and legends surrounding Cleopatra's life, including her heritage, how she died, and more. *Includes pictures of important people, places, and events in Cleopatra's life. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. *Includes a Table of...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Constantine the Great
*Discusses the legends surrounding Constantine's conversion to Christianity*Includes excerpts from Eusebius's biography of Constantine.*Includes pictures depicting important people, places, and events.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.“By keeping the Divine faith, I am made a partaker of...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Hammurabi
*Includes pictures of the stele on which the Code of Hammurabi is inscribed.*Includes the Code of Hammurabi.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures,...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Hannibal
*Includes art depicting Hannibal and other important people in his life.*Includes maps of Hannibal's most famous battles.*Discusses the debate over which route Hannibal took to cross the Alps*Includes a Table of Contents“God has given to man no sharper spur to...
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Legends of the Ancient World: The Life and Legacy of Spartacus
*Includes accounts of Spartacus and the Third Servile War written by ancient historians Plutarch, Sallust, Appian, Osorius, and Florus. *Includes pictures of historic art depicting Spartacus and important people, places, and events in his life. *Includes a Bibliography for further...
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Legends of the Bible: The Life and Legacy of the Prophet Jeremiah
*Includes pictures of historic art depicting Jeremiah and other important people.*Explains Jeremiah's life and times through the historical record and Scripture.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents.“And when your people say, 'Why has the Lord our God...
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Legends of The Enlightenment: The Life and Legacy of Jean Jacques Rousseau
*Includes pictures*Analyzes Rousseau's life and most famous works*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.” - Rousseau“Virtue is a state of war, and to live in...
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Legends of the Frontier: Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie
*Discusses some of the legends and controversies surrounding the lives and deaths of the three frontier legends.*Includes the story about Crockett's famous Not Yours To Give speech, and the debate over whether he actually gave it.*Includes pictures of Boone, Bowie,...
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Legends of the Middle Ages: The First Crusade
"I, or rather the Lord, beseech you as Christ's heralds to publish this everywhere and to persuade all people of whatever rank, foot-soldiers and knights, poor and rich, to carry aid promptly to those Christians and to destroy that vile...
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Legends of the Middle Ages: The Life and Legacy of Richard the Lionheart
*Includes medieval depictions of Richard and important people, places, and events in his life. *Explains his relationships with his famous parents, his famous allies, and his famous enemies, including Saladin. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. *Includes a Table of...
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Legends of the Middle Ages: The Life and Legacy of Saladin
"It is equally true that his generosity, his piety, devoid of fanaticism, that flower of liberality and courtesy which had been the model of our old chroniclers, won him no less popularity in Frankish Syria than in the lands of...
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Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Cesare Borgia
*Analyzes Cesare's legacy and how it endured over the centuries. *Examines the legends and rumors surrounding Cesare's life in an attempt to separate fact from fiction. *Includes pictures depicting Cesare and other important people in his life. *Includes a Bibliography...
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Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Leonardo da Vinci
*Includes over 30 pictures of Leonardo, his work, and important people and places in his life. *Discusses Leonardo's most famous works, including the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, the Vitruvian Man, and more. *Includes quotes from Leonardo's Notebooks. *Includes a...
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Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Lucrezia Borgia
*Analyzes Lucrezia's legacy and how it endured over the centuries.*Examines the legends and rumors surrounding Lucrezia's life in an attempt to separate fact from fiction.*Includes pictures depicting Lucrezia and other important people and places in her life.*Includes a Bibliography for...
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Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Michelangelo
*Includes pictures of Michelangelo and some of his most famous art.*Explains how Michelangelo made some of his most famous works, including the Pieta, David, and the Sistine Chapel.*Includes contemporaneous accounts of Michelangelo's life and his relationship with famous contemporaries like...
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Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Raphael
*Includes pictures of Raphael's most famous art and portraits of famous people.*Explains Raphael's artistic rivalries with Leonardo and Michelangelo, as well as comparisons and contrasts between his art and their art.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."Here...
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Legends of the Renaissance: The Lives and Legacies of Ferdinand & Isabella
Discusses all of the accomplishments of their reign, including the Reconquista against the Moors, the Spanish Inquisition, and Christopher Columbus's historic voyages. Includes pictures depicting the Catholic Monarchs and important people, places, and events in their lives. Includes a Bibliography...
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Legends of the Silver Screen: The Lives and Legacies of John Wayne and Marlon Brando
*Includes Wayne's and Brando's filmographies *Includes pictures of Wayne, Brando and important people in their lives. *Includes some of Wayne's and Brando's most colorful and controversial quotes. *Discusses the controversies surrounding the lives of both actors. *Includes a Table of...
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Legends of the West: The Life and Legacy of Wyatt Earp
*Includes 30 pictures of Wyatt Earp and important people, places, and events in his life. *Explains the background surrounding the Gunfight at the OK Corral and a detailed description of how the fight went down. *Discusses lesser known facts about...
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Leland Stanford: The Life and Legacy of the Railroad Executive Who Became California's Governor and the West's Most Famous Robber Baron
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading“The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account.” – StanfordFor many people, the Gilded Age and the...
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