Creator: Humphrey Bower
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2006-11-30
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $128.00
Price: $114.92
Review April Fool's Day / Bolinda Publishing:The internationally acclaimed author of The Power of One tells his most powerful and passionate story yet-the true story of his son's life and death from AIDS at the age of 25. "Bryce Courtenay has left a lasting memoir to his son, one which thousands have already embraced. "-Vancouver Sun.
Creator: Stefan (Narrator)
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2009-02-01
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $110.00
Price: $110.00
Review Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power (Library) / Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc.:Carwardine examines Lincoln both as a rising politician and as president. As a defender of national unity, a leader in war, and the emancipator of slaves, Abraham Lincoln lays ample claim to being the greatest of our presidents.
Creator: Jeff
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2008-03-01
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $160.00
Price: $100.79
Review Old Soldiers Never Die: The Life of Douglas MacArthur / Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc.:Always colorful, always controversial, Douglas MacArthur is one of the dominant characters in American military history. Perret reveals for the first time a complete and accurate account of MacArthurs tumultuous career. With the possible exception of George S. Patton, is there a 20th century military figure who fascinates us as does Douglas MacArthur? Hero of Leyte, military genius, youngest brigadier general in World War I, MacArthur had a brilliant mind and an eye for self-promotion. This latest biography, utilizing substantial new research, makes a strong case for MacArthur's leadership abilities and his fierce independence without neglecting MacArthur's shortcomings as a man and as a tactician. Perret concludes that the landing at Inchon, which turned U. S. fortunes around in the Korean War, was one of the boldest and best-executed military invasions in history.
Creator: Lucy Scott
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2008-07-30
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $99.95
Price: $99.95
Review Princess Margaret: A Life Unravelled / Isis:The almost universal conception is that the life of Princess Margaret (1930–2002) was a tragic failure, a history of unfulfilment. Tim Heald's vivid and elegant biography portrays a woman who was beautiful and sexually alluring—even more so than Princess Diana years later—and whose reputation for naughtiness co-existed with the glamour. The mythology is that Margaret's life was "ruined" by her not being allowed to marry the one true love of her life—Group Captain Peter Townsend. Therefore her marriage to Lord Snowdon and her well-attested relationships with Roddy Llewellyn and others were mere consolation prizes. Margaret's often exotic personal life in places like Mustique is a key part of her story. The author received extraordinary help from those closest to Princess Margaret, including her family (Lord Snowdon and her son, Lord Linley), three of her private secretaries, and many of her ladies in waiting; as well as gaining the Queen's permission to use the royal archives. Heald asks why one of the most famous and loved little girls in the world, who became a juvenile wartime sweetheart, ended her life a sad wheelchairbound figure, publicly reviled and ignored. This is a story of a life in which the private and the public seemed permanently in conflict.
Creator: Edward Fox
Publication date: 2002-11-15
Price: $109.45
Review Scott of the Antarctic / Greenpark Media Ltd:
Publication date: 2008
Review Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler {Unabridged} {Audio} {Cd}:Adult/High SchoolAn engaging account of a most undeservedly obscure figure. The book itself is a fortuitous happenstance; had a certain volume not caught Robertss eye during a wander break through the stacks on a library visit, the story of Lieutenant James Holman, known to his contemporaries as the Blind Traveler, might still be lost to a modern audience. Born in 1786, Holman began service in the British navy at the age of 12. The rigorous lifestyle ravaged him physically; by age 20, pain had left him nearly incapacitated; five years later, he was blind, ill, and strapped for funds. Holman pursued a coursetravelthat proved the best remedy. The Blind Traveler traversed the globe, encountering a plethora of colorful characters and gaining short-lived fame, if not fortune, from his narratives and memoirs. Roberts re-creates each journey, both geographical and physiological, providing insights into 18th-century beliefs, mores, and worldly knowledge, along with a ghastly array of cures inflicted on Holman by practitioners of medicine. The admiration and respect that the author feels for his subject are unmistakable, but in no way diminish the accomplishments of the most restless man in history. Black-and-white reproductions show Holman as he was depicted by contemporaries during his travels. This volume is an obvious addition to any number of booklists, from biographies to nonfiction that reads like fiction. [+]Dori DeSpain, Fairfax County Public Library, VA Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. -This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Creator: to be announced (Narrator)
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2009-02-10
Dewey code: 813
List Price: $110.00
Price: $110.00
Review The Women: A Novel (Library) / Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc.:T. C. Boyles account of the life of Frank Lloyd Wright, as told through the voices of the four women who loved him, is a masterful ode to the creative life in all its complexity and grandeur.
Publication date: 1999-03-29
Price: $8.95
Review Stickeen / Haven Books:The unabridged audio book of the classic John Muir tale of man. and man’s best friend, beautifully narrated with haunting music and recorded-live sound effects.
Creator: Lorna (Narrator)
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2009-01-01
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $110.00
Price: $110.00
Review Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy (Library) / Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc.:Lucrezia Borgia was a shrewd woman who used her beauty and intelligence to secure a key role in the political struggles of her day. Bradford brings to life the dangerous politics of the Renaissance world she helped to create.
Publication date: 2002-01
List Price: $99.95
Price: $99.95
Review White Cap and Bails (Sound) / ISIS Audio Books:In this anecdotal book, Dickie Bird takes one County Cricket Club at a time and revisits each with the aid of memorabilia, statistics, books and videos. A mass of stories flow from Dickie as he flexes his memory: he describes the cricketers, the matches and the character of these clubs. Dickie also relives his journeys as a umpire to clubs and Test match arenas overseas and recalls the humorous times that have filled his unique career.
Creator: David Attenborough
Publication date: 2004-01
List Price: $119.95
Price: $119.95
Review Life on Air / Chivers Audio Books:Sir David Attenborough is Britain's best-known natural history film-maker. His career as a naturalist and broadcaster has spanned nearly five decades and there are very few places on the globe that he has not visited. In this volume of memoirs David tells stories of the people and animals he has met and the places that he has visited. Sir David's first job - after Cambridge University and two years in the Royal Navy - was at the London publishing house Hodder & Stoughton. Then in 1952 he joined the BBC as a trainee producer and it was while working on the "Zoo Quest" series (1954-64) that he had his first opportunity to undertake expeditions to remote parts of the globe to capture intimate footage of rare wildlife in its natural habitat. He was Controller of BBC2 (1965-68), during which time he introduced colour television to Britain, then Director of Programmes for the BBC (1969-1972). However in 1973 he abandoned administration altogether to return to documentary-making and writing. Over the last 25 years he has established himself as the World's leading Natural History programme maker with several landmark BBC series, including "Life on Earth" (1979), "The Living Planet" (1984), "The Trials of Life" (1990), "The Private Life of Plants" (1995) and "Life of Birds" (1998).
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2005-04-30
Dewey code: 910
List Price: $160.00
Price: $116.80
Review Empire: The Life, Legend, And Madness of Howard Hughes / Blackstone Audiobooks:Howard Hughes lived one of the greatest, most heroic, misunderstood, mysterious, bizarre, and tragic lives in American history. In this brilliantly documented biography, the mythology that surrounded that life is disentangled from the truth. Hughes had always been different. Certainly his riches set him apart, but he was also tough. Orphaned and a millionaire at eighteen, Hughes repudiated his relatives, seized control of the Hughes Tool Company, the linchpin of his fortune, and went on to become a flamboyant movie producer, holder of many world aviation records, principal owner of Trans World Airlines, a critically important defense contractor, Hollywood's most pursued and elusive bachelor, and partner of the United States government. This is an epic biography of an epic figure who bestrode the world like a colossus yet could not master himself. Though he rose to fame after a record-setting flight around the world and the construction of an unprecedented fleet of airplanes, aerospace industry icon Howard Hughes wasted millions of dollars in production, swindled taxpayers through self-serving philanthropy projects and regularly lied to stockholders. In his spare time he worked for Joe McCarthy, was an avid supporter of segregation and nearly destroyed himself through drugs. In this biography of Hughes, authors David Barlett and James Steele reveal the dark, often unlawful, existence that can accompany an American success story.
Creator: James Joyce
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2002-06-01
Dewey code: 823.912
Price: $29.95
Review The James Joyce Audio Collection / Caedmon:James Joyce's self-referential, allusive, and pun-filled works are widely recognized as the signature pieces of European modernist literature, and helped hasten the 20th Century break from traditionally recognized forms of prose. He repeatedly explored the themes of childhood and adulthood, and youth and maturity while simultaneously widening the boundaries of the novel. This collection includes selections from his most important works: Ulysses, Finnegan's Wake, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Dubliners. The most fascinating treat here is the landmark recording of James Joyce reading selections from Ulysses. This rare recording was made in 1924, and Joyce's reading provides the singular experience of hearing the work as he intended it to be read. Also providing the unique insight of spoken-word to these wonderful works are the accomplished, sensitive and expressive performers Cyril Cusack, Siobhan McKenna, Jim Norton, Colm Meaney, and E. G. Marshall.
Creator: Fred
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2008-03-01
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $160.00
Price: $100.80
Review Anton Chekhov / Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc.:He was one of the greatest playwrights and story writers ever. Anton Chekhovs life was short, intense, and dominated by battles. Rayfield looks behind Chekhovs restrained façade to show him in the full heroism of his brief, prodigiously creative life.
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2008-03-30
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $99.95
Price: $99.95
Review C'Est La Folie / Ulverscroft Large Print:In 2004, Michael Wright turned his back on Blighty to begin a new life as the owner of a delapidated 15th century farmhouse called ‘La Folie. ’ This is a comic memoir about a clinically social bloke rejecting the world of parties and attempting to learn how to become an old-fashioned man. From the Hardcover edition.
Creator: John MacDonald
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2007-10
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $160.00
Price: $107.76
Review Witness: Library Edition / Blackstone Audiobooks:
Edition: Library
Publication date: 2009-01-13
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $99.99
Price: $99.99
Review A. Lincoln: A Biography / Brilliance Audio on CD Unabridged Lib Ed:In this important new biography, Ronald C. White, Jr. offers a fresh and fascinating definition of Lincoln as a man of integrity—what today’s commentators are calling “authenticity”—whose internal moral compass is the key to understanding his life. Through meticulous research, utilizing recently discovered Lincoln letters, legal papers, and photographs, White depicts Lincoln as a person of intellectual curiosity, comfortable with ambiguity, and capable of changing his mind. The reader is treated to an exploration of Lincoln’s compelling words, his changing ideas on slavery, the shaping of the modern role of Commander-in-Chief, and his surprising religious odyssey. A. Lincoln, so titled for the way Lincoln signed his name, sheds an innovative and profound light on our nation’s most beloved leader for a new generation of Americans. “Ronald C. White’s A. LINCOLN is the best biography of Lincoln since David Donald's LINCOLN (1995). [+]Amid all the books on Lincoln that will be published during the coming year, this one will stand out as one of the best. ” — James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
Creator: Robert Whitfield
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2003-05
Dewey code: 910
Price: $128.00
Review The Worst Journey in the World: Library Edition / Blackstone Audiobooks:Cherry-Gerrards classic story of bravery and fortitude, first published in 1922 tells us of Scotts last expedition to the Antarctic from its departure from England in 1910 to its arrival in New Zealand in 1913. It is one of the most famous and tragic in the annals of exploration. As Apsley Cherry-Garrard states in his introduction to the harrowing story of the Scott expedition to the South Pole, "Polar Exploration is at once the cleanest and most isolated way of having a bad time which has been devised. " Cherry-Garrard's The Worst Journey in the World is a gripping account of an expedition gone disastrously wrong. The youngest member of Scott's team, the author was later part of the rescue party that eventually found the frozen bodies of Scott and three men who had accompanied Scott on the final push to the Pole. These deaths would haunt Cherry-Garrard for the rest of his life as he questioned the decisions he had made and the actions he had taken in the days leading up to the Polar Party's demise. Prior to this sad denouement, Cherry-Garrard's account is filled with details of scientific discovery and anecdotes of human resilience in a harsh environment. Each participant in the Scott expedition is brought fully to life. Cherry-Garrard's recollections are supported by diary excerpts and accounts from other teammates. Despite the sad fate of Scott, the reader will grudgingly agree with the closing words of The Worst Journey in the World: "Exploration is the physical expression of the Intellectual Passion. [+]And I tell you, if you have the desire for knowledge and the power to give it physical expression, go out and explore. If you march your Winter Journeys you will have your reward, so long as all you want is a penguin's egg. ".
Creator: David Povall
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2004-12
Dewey code: 813
List Price: $112.95
Price: $112.95
Review Race To The Pole: Tragedy, Heroism, And Scott's Antarctic Quest (Needlecraft Mystery) / BBC Audiobooks:Now in paperback, the real story of Captain Robert Scott’s legendary Antarctic quest, told by the man whom the Guinness Book of World Records has proclaimed "the world’s greatest living explorer" In 1911, Captain Robert Scott and his competitor Roald Amundsen conquered the unconquerable: Antarctica. This perilous race to the South Pole claimed the life of Scott and became the stuff of legend, as well as scrutiny. This compelling, meticulously researched history of Captain Scott and his fatal journey, by renowned modern-day explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, holder of 10 expeditionary records, is the definitive account of this hotly debated quest. Fiennes offers an account of Scott’s motivations and aspirations for the Pole, and his historic clash with Amundsen over goals and approaches. He also reveals the unpredictably disastrous weather patterns that led to the extreme cold that ultimately doomed Scott’s return trip. Infused with the intensity of fiction and exhibiting an exhaustive eye for detail found in the greatest historical biographies, Race to the Pole is a prodigious achievement and certain to become a classic in the literature of exploration.
Creator: Frederick
Edition: Unabridged
Publication date: 2008-05-01
Dewey code: 920
List Price: $160.00
Price: $100.80
Review Rudyard Kipling / Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc.:With a thorough understanding of the social, intellectual, artistic, and political climate of the time, Lycett depicts the life of this misunderstood genius, whose talent transcended the tragedy of his later years.
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April Fool's Day, Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power (Library), Old Soldiers Never Die: The Life of Douglas MacArthur, Princess Margaret: A Life Unravelled, Scott of the Antarctic, Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler {Unabridged} {Audio} {Cd}, The Women: A Novel (Library), Stickeen, Lucrezia Borgia: Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy (Library), White Cap and Bails (Sound), Life on Air, Empire: The Life, Legend, And Madness of Howard Hughes, The James Joyce Audio Collection, Anton Chekhov, C'Est La Folie, Witness: Library Edition, A. 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