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Released: Nov. 23, 2010
"Roosevelt never fails to fascinate, and Morris provides a highly readable, strong finish to his decades-long marathon."
With appropriate crescendo and coda, the concluding volume of the author's sweeping biography of Theodore Roosevelt, following
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (1979) and
Theodore Rex (2001).
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Released: Nov. 2, 2010
"An extremely entertaining chronicle of one of the most distinctive and absurdly gifted personalities in the history of show business."
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Released: Nov. 1, 2010
"Despite covering well-trodden ground, the graceful prose and superb storytelling create a riveting narrative."
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Released: Nov. 1, 2010
"Successfully dissipating all the perfume, Schiff finds a remarkably complex woman--brutal and loving, dependent and independent, immensely strong but finally vulnerable."
A Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer presents a swift, sympathetic life of one of history's most maligned and legendary women.
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Released: Oct. 28, 2010
"An impeccable account of the politics, civics and devotion behind the Adams marriage."
The Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning author presents a vivid and insightful portrait of John and Abigail Adams.
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Released: Oct. 26, 2010
"All legendary athletes should hope for treatment by such capable, compassionate hands."
A sympathetic, moving life of the Brown Bomber by veteran cultural historian and biographer Roberts (History/Purdue Univ.;
The Rock, the Curse, and the Hub: A Random History of Boston Sports, 2005, etc.).
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Released: Oct. 23, 2010
"Not just an exemplary biography, but a significant contribution to the cultural history of American music."
A Bancroft and Pulitzer Prize winner takes on one of the most influential composers of the 20th century.
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Released: Oct. 12, 2010
"The best of the Mantle biographies."
Another biography of the late Yankee slugger--but this candid, compassionate portrait is worth a dugout full of the others.
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Released: Sept. 7, 2010
"Engrossing and comprehensive--an essential text for readers interested in the history of movies."
Palm Beach Post books editor Eyman (
Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Times of Louis B. Mayer, 2005, etc.) presents the truly epic life of director Cecil B. DeMille (1881–1959) in grand style, befitting the great man, who, in addition to helming some of the most iconic movies of all time, did as much as anyone to establish Hollywood as the world's filmmaking center.
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Released: Aug. 30, 2010
"Multilayered, provocative and highly accessible, this will appeal to Chan fans, scholars and general readers."
China-born poet and critic Huang (English/Univ. of California, Santa Barbara/
Transpacific Imaginations: History, Literature, Counterpoetics, 2008, etc.) recounts the making of an American folk hero.
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Released: May 3, 2010
"An exemplary work of jazz biography."
Nolan (
Ross Macdonald: A Biography, 1999) reconsiders the swing clarinetist-bandleader in a beautifully measured, unforgiving account.
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Released: April 22, 2010
"A thoroughly researched, nuanced appreciation of a complex, talented and troubled man."
A National Book Award–winning historian takes an in-depth look at the 20th-century's most innovative publishing titan.
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Released: April 6, 2010
"Remnick's fluent writing makes this expansive, significant book move along swiftly. Readers will look forward to the sequel, eight years from now."
From
New Yorker editor Remnick (
Reporting: Writings from The New Yorker, 2006, etc.), a world-ranging, eye-opening, comprehensive life to date of the 44th President of the United States
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