Biographies & Memoirs Books


The Political Career of Mohammad Ali Jinnah Best Price: $10.35 Mohammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948) is chiefly known as the founder of Pakistan, and as such is...	Gandhi and His Critics Written for all those whose curiosity about Gandhi was sparked by Richard Attenborough's...	"Alien Homage": Edward Thompson and Rabindranath Tagore Best Price: $17.95 Edward (E. J.) Thompson first met Rabindranath Tagore on the day the poet learned he had won the...	The Dalai Lama: A Biography (Oxford India Paperbacks) Best Price: $7.02 Based partly on personal interviews, this is the story of the Dalai Lama's prodigious...	The Life & Times of Shaikh Nizm-u'd-din Auliya Best Price: $29.95 This is a classic study of the life, times, and legacy of Shaikh Nizam-ud-din Auliya...



Memoirs of Lt.Gen.Gul Hassan Khan The autobiography of the last Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army, the book dwells mainly on...	Jinnah, Bani-E-Pakistan Hb (Urdu Edition) This is the best book I ever read about M.A. Jinnah. In view of the excellent reviews already...	Jinnah Best Price: $998.99 This is a collection of all the significant speeches and statements of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali...	Once a Happy Valley: Memoirs of an ICS Officer in Sindh, 1938-1948 This book recounts the experiences of a British ICS officer on the Indian subcontinent during...	Mohammad Iqbal-Hayat Aur Karnamay: The Ardent Pilgrim, Muhammad Iqbal, Life and Works Through a study of Mohammed Iqbal's poetry, this book arrives at an understanding of his...



John Henry Newman: A Biography (Oxford lives) Best Price: $114.62 The first comprehensive biography of the great religious leader John Henry Newman (1801-90),...	John Locke: A Biography (Oxford Paperback Reference) Best Price: $226.94 Maurice Cranston was a British philosopher, who in 1957 wrote this excellent biography of...	Oscar Wilde (Authors in Context) (Oxford World's Classics) Best Price: $0.01 Merely the utterance of the name 'Oscar Wilde' is enough to polarize people. He was many...	Selected Letters (Oxford World's Classics) Keats's letters have long been regarded as an extraordinary record of poetic development....	Mozart in Vienna (Oxford Lives)

Aspects of Wagner, Second Edition, revised and enlarged Best Price: $11.30 Magee ended up outdoing himself in his later work "The Tristan Chord". And this is...	I Shall Live Surviving the Holocaust Best Price: $8.88 This is a well written personal history of a terrifying time most of us can only imagine. Mr....	Schiller (Past Masters) Johann Christopher Friedrich von Schiller (1759-1805) was, with Goï¿½the, the...	The Political Career of Mohammad Ali Jinnah Best Price: $10.35 Mohammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948) is chiefly known as the founder of Pakistan, and as such is...	Gandhi and His Critics Written for all those whose curiosity about Gandhi was sparked by Richard Attenborough's...

"Alien Homage": Edward Thompson and Rabindranath Tagore Best Price: $17.95 Edward (E. J.) Thompson first met Rabindranath Tagore on the day the poet learned he had won the...	The Dalai Lama: A Biography (Oxford India Paperbacks) Best Price: $7.02 Based partly on personal interviews, this is the story of the Dalai Lama's prodigious...	The Life & Times of Shaikh Nizm-u'd-din Auliya Best Price: $29.95 This is a classic study of the life, times, and legacy of Shaikh Nizam-ud-din Auliya...	Memoirs of Lt.Gen.Gul Hassan Khan The autobiography of the last Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Army, the book dwells mainly on...	Jinnah, Bani-E-Pakistan Hb (Urdu Edition) This is the best book I ever read about M.A. Jinnah. In view of the excellent reviews already...

Jinnah Best Price: $998.99 This is a collection of all the significant speeches and statements of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali...	Once a Happy Valley: Memoirs of an ICS Officer in Sindh, 1938-1948 This book recounts the experiences of a British ICS officer on the Indian subcontinent during...	Mohammad Iqbal-Hayat Aur Karnamay: The Ardent Pilgrim, Muhammad Iqbal, Life and Works Through a study of Mohammed Iqbal's poetry, this book arrives at an understanding of his...	Jesus (Oxford Readers) Best Price: $44.92 This Oxford Reader brings together an extensive range of ancient and modern documents to...	Lord Elgin and the Marbles Best Price: $40.99 In Greece there is an unusual idiomatic expression: to hold a memorial service with someone...

The Prophet Armed: Trotsky: 1879-1921 From the start, Trotsky always thought that revolution in any one country could only succeed if...	The Prophet Outcast: Trotsky: 1929-1940 Best Price: $162.18 This volume, the culmination of the author's trilogy, follows Trotsky's extraordinary...	Clausewitz and the State Best Price: $98.80 Originally published in 1976, Clausewitz and the State presents a comprehensive analysis of...	The Roman Empire, 27 B.C.-A.D. 476: A Study in Survival Best Price: $11.98 I agree with the comments another reviewer made here about Starr's writing style. But I do...	Dry Tears: The Story of a Lost Childhood Best Price: $8.97 "Dry Tears" is a memoir of the author during the years she and her family...

In the Lion's Den: The Life of Oswald Rufeisen Best Price: $17.99 "In the Lion's Den: The Life of Oswald Rufeisen" may be the most amazing, gripping...	Charles Wesley: A Reader Best Price: $174.91 Charles Wesley, perhaps best known for his hymns, "Hark! the Herald Angels Sing" and...	America's Joan of Arc: The Life of Anna Elizabeth Dickinson Best Price: $4.48 One of the most celebrated women of her time, a spellbinding speaker dubbed the Queen of the...	A Gentleman of Color: The Life of James Forten Best Price: $3.85 This is a well-researched and absorbing account of an important African-American figure in the...	Invisible Giants: Fifty Americans Who Shaped the Nation but Missed the History Books Best Price: $0.92 Because history is as fallible as the people who record it, many of the figures who have shaped...

The Gentle Subversive: Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, and the Rise of the Environmental Movement (New Narratives in American History) Best Price: $10.00 Mr. Lytle has written a very compelling biography of the gentle subversive. I was drawn to read...	Following Hadrian: A Second-Century Journey through the Roman Empire Best Price: $13.00 Jullia Balbilla is an ancient lady traveling companion to Empress who lives in the shadow of...	John Buridan (Great Medieval Thinkers) Best Price: $16.12 John Buridan (ca. 1300-1362) has worked out perhaps the most comprehensive account of nominalism...	Wild Men: Ishi and Kroeber in the Wilderness of Modern America (New Narratives in American History) Best Price: $10.35 Sackman has taken a well know story and crafted it into a marvelous excursion into the lives of...	Rossini (Master Musicians Series) Best Price: $14.50 There is a characteristic lilt to the music of Rossini and appropriately there is a lilt to the...

Alger Hiss's Looking-Glass Wars: The Covert Life of a Soviet Spy Best Price: $6.96 This was an excellent review of the material and good psych profile of Alger. Obviously,...	Einstein's Heroes: Imagining the World through the Language of Mathematics Best Price: $16.00 This book gave a valuable overview of the influences of Newton, Faraday, and Maxwell, and how...	William Blake (The World of Art Series) Best Price: $90.06 Prophet, poet, painter and engraver -- Blake's uniqueness lies in no single achievement, but...	The Role of the Supreme Court in American Government Best Price: $31.26	American National Biography (24 Volume Set) Best Price: $2,495.02 American National Biography is the first new comprehensive biographical dicionary focused on...

Encyclopedia of Artists: 6-volume set Best Price: $1,069.61 A comprehensive, profusely illustrated guide to the world of art for young adults, this...	Grove Composers: Beethoven (Grove Music Composer Biography) From the same series of composer biographies also derived from the second edition of The New...	Shopping for Bombs: Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity, and the Rise and Fall of the A.Q. Khan Network Best Price: $5.60 A.Q. Khan was the world's leading black market dealer in nuclear technology and a hero in...	Walt Whitman's Memoranda During the War Best Price: $4.05 Avoid this edition at all hazards! Coviello's introduction is merely a celebration of...	Next to Nothing: A Firsthand Account of One Teenager's Experience with an Eating Disorder (Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands' Adolescent Mental) Best Price: $2.75 If you are looking for a book that tells a little bit about what an eating disorder is like,...

The Making of a Confederate: Walter Lenoir's Civil War (New Narratives in American History) Best Price: $2.70 Examines the life of Walter W. Lenoir (1823-1890), "a slaveholding North Carolinian, who...	Bright Star of the West: Joe Heaney, Irish Song Man (American Musicspheres) Best Price: $18.74 This book is an in depth study of the man, the singer, and the artistry of Irish sean...	Sambo: The Rise and Demise of an American Jester Best Price: $18.95 Before the tumultuous events of the 1960's ended his long life, "Sambo" prevailed...	All in Good Time Best Price: $14.52 "Once a man stood at the bar watching me intently, and when the set was finished he came...	Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America Best Price: $14.00 [At the beginning, I must point out that the book I read was the 1989 hardbound edition, and...

Discovering the Roman Family: Studies in Roman Social History These essays on various aspects of family life in ancient Rome offer an especially timely and...	Isabel the Queen: Life and Times Best Price: $39.95 Isabel of Castile was one of the most influential monarchs ever known, the central figure in...	Irving Berlin: Songs from the Melting Pot: The Formative Years, 1907-1914 Best Price: $8.50 Here is a valuable book for anyong interested in the ragtime song or in the arly compositions of...	John Williamson Nevin: American Theologian (Religion in America) Best Price: $10.00 I'm so impatient for the new D.G. Hart bio of Nevin coming out this fall (2005), that I...	Noel and Cole: The Sophisticates Best Price: $18.95 This book not only takes a fresh and thoroughly readable look at two extraordinary lives -- it...

Matty: An American Hero: Christy Mathewson of the New York Giants Best Price: $19.90 Ray Robinson is a sports journalist and editor, and this book is very much in the genre of many...	A Gentleman and an Officer: A Military and Social History of James B. Griffin's Civil War Best Price: $98.97 In 1861, James B. Griffin left Edgefield, South Carolina and rode off to Virginia to take up...	In Battle for Peace: The Story of My 83rd Birthday Best Price: $49.95	The George Gershwin Reader (Readers on American Musicians) Best Price: $12.65 This is a must-read for any fan of Gershwin's music and anyone who wants to know more about...	Beethoven Best Price: $59.00 Combining musical insight with the most recent research, William Kinderman's Beethoven is...

Benjamin Franklin (Lives and Legacies) Best Price: $3.89 The tenth and youngest son of a poor Boston soapmaker, Benjamin Franklin would rise to become,...	Color Blind Justice: Albion Tourgï¿1/2e and the Quest for Racial Equality from the Civil War to Plessy v. Ferguson Best Price: $6.98 Albion W. Tourgée is one of the unsung heroes of the early civil rights movement....	The Lives of David Brainerd: The Making of an American Evangelical Icon (Religion in America) Best Price: $49.40 Not knowing much about David Brainerd except from vague references found occasionally, it has...	What I Believe Best Price: $5.81 Ramadan, the Oxford University theology professor and radical reformist, points to a growing...	Harlem Renaissance Lives Best Price: $15.98 The Harlem Renaissance is the best known and most widely studied cultural movement in African...

The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature (Oxford Companions) Best Price: $68.75 The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature was first published in 1983 to great acclaim. In...	Connection, Compromise, and Control: Canadian Women Discuss Midlife Best Price: $39.95 This text provides discussion of the female life cycle based on in-depth interviews with 150...	John Rawls: His Life and Theory of Justice Best Price: $19.00 This book has been a great introduction to Rawls and his Theory of Justice. As a...	Enrique Granados: Poet of the Piano Best Price: $62.10 For devotees of Spanish music, Walter Clark's biography on Isaac Albeniz was a hard act to...	American National Biography: Supplement 1 Best Price: $18.36 Told more as stories than history lessons, the biographies in American National Biography...

Latina Legacies: Identity, Biography, and Community (Viewpoints on American Culture) Best Price: $11.35 This book is filled with fascinating histories of amazing women! It's wonderful to read the...	The New Anti-Catholicism: The Last Acceptable Prejudice Best Price: $13.94 I am a Catholic, I have been a Catholic since my baptism at two days of age. Phillip...	Whodunit?: A Who's Who in Crime and Mystery Writing Best Price: $32.94 Who populates the pages of crime and mystery writing? Who are the characters we willingly follow...	Growing Up with Jazz: Twenty-Four Musicians Talk about Their Lives and Careers Best Price: $6.98 A jazz writer for three decades, W. Royal Stokes has a special talent for capturing the initial...	Shakespeare: For All Time (Oxford Shakespeare) Best Price: $5.97 Ever wanted to read one book to know about the life of Shakespeare and the life of his plays?...

A Gentleman and an Officer: A Military and Social History of James B. Griffin's Civil War Best Price: $0.49 In 1861, James B. Griffin left Edgefield, South Carolina and rode off to Virginia to take up...	Alec Wilder in Spite of Himself: A Life of the Composer Best Price: $3.98 Alec Wilder wrote songs and lyrics of unsurpassed beauty and originality, and his work won the...	Roughing It (1872) (Oxford Mark Twain) Best Price: $24.94 This book is not one that you will sit down and read over a weekend. It is a slow reader,...	Baseball's Great Experiment: Jackie Robinson and His Legacy Best Price: $195.10 I have a better understanding of integregation and how it affected every American no matter what...	Mother of Bliss: Anandamayi Ma Best Price: $19.95 I've read several books on this remarkable woman's life (1896-1982) and this is one of...

Lamson of the Gettysburg: The Civil War Letters of Lieutenant Roswell H. Lamson, U.S. Navy Best Price: $2.50 Roswell Lamson was one of the boldest and most skillful young officers in the Union navy. Second...	The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family Best Price: $13.90 The Sacred Willow is an excellent family biography and historical analysis of the origins of,...	The George Gershwin Reader (Readers on American Musicians) Best Price: $1.36 Having four biographies of George Gershwin (GG) already in my collection, I wondered if...	Gandhi's Passion: The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi Best Price: $7.00 Finally in Wolpert we have a Non Orientalist Perspective on Gandhi and the Indian Politics....	A Historical Guide to Mark Twain (Historical Guides to American Authors) Mark Twain (born Samuel Clemens), a former printer's apprentice, journalist, steamboat...

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