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No doubt each of them was commissioned by editors ignorant of the existence of the other projects — editors aware that no significant
full biography of Eliot had appeared since Gordon Haight's authoritative volume of 1968, and that her ever — increasing stature in the pantheon of English writers certainly merited renewed biographical activity.
After a decade of intense research, Gifford presents the first
full biography of Robert «Iceberg Slim» Beck (1918 — 92), diligently chronicling his brutal and redemptive experiences at the epicenter of twentieth - century urban black America and zealously establishing Beck's standing as an influential antiestablishment writer, who inspired gangsta rap, hip - hop, and street lit.
By the author of the acclaimed bestseller Benjamin Franklin, this is the first
full biography of Albert Einstein since all of his papers have become available.
He wrote
a full biography of his mentor soon after Hemingway's suicide.
My author Mathew Lyons» biography The Favourite (Constable & Robinson) was originally proposed as
a full biography of Walter Ralegh, but his publisher wanted him to focus on Ralegh's relationship with Elizabeth I to make for a more urgent read.
David Park: A Painter's Life is the first
full biography of a postwar California artist, a long overdue counterbalance to the biographies of Jackson Pollock, Willem De Kooning, Mark Rothko and Arshile Gorky that have appeared since the late 1980s.
Not exact matches
In this New York Times best - selling
biography, Metaxas gives a
full account
of Bonhoeffer's heart - wrenching decision to leave the safe haven
of America to return to Hitler's Germany.
«In Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate
Biography (2000), Professor Bruce Chilton develops the idea
of Jesus as a mamzer; someone whose irregular birth circumstances result in their exclusion from
full participation in the life
of the community.
Hein is professor
of literature at Wheaton College and here offers the first
full - length
biography of a writer who had an inestimable influence on such as C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkein, and Frederick Buechner (who writes the foreword).
In Rabbi Jesus: An Intimate
Biography (2000), Chilton develops the idea
of Jesus as a ma - mzer; someone whose irregular birth cir - c - umstances result in their exclusion from
full participation in the life
of the community.
There is something
of a boom going on these days in Melville studies, with Kelley's book and at least half a dozen other major academic monographs appearing from university presses, and with two new
full - length
biographies published last year: Laurie Robertson - Lorant's relatively unimportant but informative Melville: A
Biography (Potter, 752 pages,, $ 40) and the first volume
of the endlessly detailed Herman Melville (Johns Hopkins University Press, 941 pages,, $ 39.95) by Hershel Parker, the grand old man
of Melville studies.
The common complaint against him is that the greatness
of his style eclipsed the thinness
of his substance, and Adam Begley's new
biography,
full of insightful and sympathetic detail, does little to dim such prejudices.
But in any case, the book is a matchless treasury
of Christian devotion cast in moving
biography,
full of such vivifying truth as the meaning
of eternal life and the coming
of the Spirit, the promised Comforter.
The Shakespeare
biography was especially skillful in working up a
full - bodied portrait
of the man from Stratford, given the (alleged) dearth
of evidence that everyone keeps claiming afflicts the Shakespeare biographer; for under Honan's ministrations the evidence proved to be more plentiful than one might initially suspect.
Though quite short, this
biography gives a
full portrait
of an exceptional woman whose greatest desire was to glorify God, even in times extreme suffering.
The daughter
of missionaries to Belgium and a graduate
of Wheaton (which offers a
full biography), Elliot went on to write more than a dozen additional books and launched a radio show, Gateway to Joy, which ran through 2001.
From Ancient India, through Persia, Babylon, Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the glory
of Greece, the descriptions
of each civilization's rise and decline are
full of pictures and
biographies that illuminate the times in colorful examples and poetic samplings.
He quit the policy unit in 2003 to work
full - time on a
biography of the late Roy Jenkins, although he retained his post
of senior policy adviser.
Farley's 13 - minute remarks went over her
biography — she was trained as an engineer and has a severely autistic child — as well as her critique
of the incumbent Democrat, who is seeking her second
full term and is talked about as a potential presidential candidate.
David Cameron ignored at least «three high - level warnings» about employing former News
of the World editor Andy Coulson, including one from Daily Mail editor Paul Dacre, according to the
full version
of Lord Ashcroft's unauthorised
biography of the prime minister.
A promotional
biography on the website says that «despite the hugely controversial decisions needed to restore stability to the public finances, Nick Clegg successfully maintained his party's support for a
full five - year term
of office».
Here's the
full list
of the candidates going before the Legislature this week and a snapshot
of their
biographies.
But if this
biography is an open and frank one, then the other question put to me by one
of Alan's former ministerial colleagues was relevant, «Does he really merit a
full biography?»
When I met Trewin, a man
full of energy and enthusiasm with an infectious laugh, in his Norfolk home, I put it to him that, as this was for all intents and purposes an authorised
biography - authorised by Alan's widow Jane - there will be a suspicion that it has been sanitised.
Thanks in part to insightful
biographies of scientists, the world
of research has been shown to be as
full of competition, gossip and revelation as any other human endeavour.
Bown captures both his charisma and soulful side in a
biography full of wonder and peril.
Biography: This young actor pulled a De Niro to perform the role
of a boot - camp underachiever turned fullblown psycho in Kubrick's Vietnam movie
Full Metal Jacket (1987), adding many pounds to his normally slender frame.
Rounding out the amazing presentation, we have Mark Wickum, the best in the business at this sort
of thing, contributing a wonderful «Wes Craven
Biography»; an exhaustive stills gallery split into «Behind the Scenes,» «Posters & Advertising,» and «Storyboards»; two trailers and four TV spots; and a DVD - ROM feature containing the
full script in PDF (as well as a couple
of screensavers that I'm afraid to load on my antiquated system).
It's not a traditional
full - length
biography, but instead an engaging chronicle
of Streisand's meteoric rise during her first four years in show business.
«Lovell's list
of interviewees reads like a who's who
of Hollywood and they obviously provided rich source material for this
full - scale
biography and career survey.»
Without the necessary time for a
full biography, and without the focus on shoring up the film's most potent thematic material, Long Walk to Freedom feels disappointing, despite a good cast
of actors and excellent production values.
A generous section
of full - screen Galleries is divvied up into numerous sub-sections - «Production Stills» (55 pictures); shots
of an Old Yeller comic book under «Publishing» (13 stills); «
Biographies» (43 frames) for Tommy Kirk, Dorothy McGuire, Fess Parker, Kevin Corcoran, Beverly Washburn, and Chuck Connors (strangely, the remaining cast member, Jeff York — who also played with Parker in the «Davy Crockett» series — is not included); lobby cards, posters, and merchandise in «Advertising» (17 stills); fan letters to Fred Gipson and invitations for early movie screenings found within «Documents» (30 stills).
Dickens's The Films
of James Cagney is part
of another series, Citadel's large - format picture books, with all the customary elements, a brief
biography, stills from each film in the star's career, plot summaries,
full credit listings, excerpts
of contemporary reviews.
Biographies are
full of anecdotes about teachers who made a difference to how someone thought and felt about themselves, who helped individuals revisit possibilities for their future and who they might become.
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John Warburton explains his fruitful pre-WW1 relationship with the Luton factory and the car's début at Waddington Fell / Auto -
biography: Ronald «Steady» Barker — Matthew Bell travels to Wiltshire to meet the incorrigible 93 - year - old motoring journalist and learn about his life and career / 10EX: the
full - bore Phantom — An experimental car that was the first post-WW1 Rolls - Royce built purely for speed, David Burgess-Wise drives this fascinating machine / Vintage Revival Montlhéry — In a two - part article, Robin Batchelor describes The Automobile's journey to Montlhéry while David Burgess-Wise reports on the action as the banked circuit reverberated again to the sound
of prewar cars and motorcycles / Back on the Road — Michael Ware reports on the restoration
of a 1947 Dellow, one
of only two survivors
of the four original prototypes for this highly effective trials car
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full - length
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He has also written
full - scale
biographies of Dickens, Blake, and Thomas More and the novels The Clerkenwell Tales, The Trial
of Elizabeth Cree, Milton in America, and The Plato Papers.
I have 87 history /
biography books
full of 4 years
of all my various history notes, on my reader.
A glowing, substantive picture - book
biography in verse, this follows the reggae legend from birth to death, with the mostly chronological poems revealing a
full portrait
of the musician as Medina moves from personal details to wider themes.
A
full - length
biography, Elmore Leonard, by David Geherin, was published by Continuum as part
of their Literature and Life series.
This not a
full biography, but rather a revelation
of a real and talented person striving to express himself — and succeeding.
Our
full line
of services gives you the freedom and control to publish a
biography your way.
The
full - colour dust jacket allows us to print your author
biography and description
of your book on the inside flaps
A character - portrait novel in the
full definition
of that type — which means as meticulous in detail and as sound in psychological understanding as a
biography — Irishman Tóibín's latest rich novel, following the provocative Testament
of Mary (2012), is self - assured in its authenticity, daring in the male author's presumption
of inhabiting a female protagonist, and all this is achieved through prose at once alive and understated.
The witty, intelligent writings had instant appeal and are
full of quotable quotes that are still familiar today, such as the title
of the second Montaigne
biography, When I Am Playing with My Cat, How Do I Know that She Is Not Playing With Me?