The Epic Story of the Star that Gives Us Life
A remarkably comprehensive and engrossing synthesis of the sun's influence on science, art, religion, literature, mythology and politics.
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A Musical Life
The master musician and producer offers a typically idiosyncratic take on his life and art.
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A Life
A Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer presents a swift, sympathetic life of one of history's most maligned and legendary women.
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Hard Times Man
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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The peripatetic author of
Great Plains (1989) and
On the Rez (2000) returns with an energetic, illuminating account of his several trips to Siberia, where his ferocious curiosity roamed the vast, enigmatic area.
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A Short History of Private Life
Bryson (
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir, 2006, etc.) takes a delightful stroll through the history of domestic life.
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