Sentences with phrase «full biography of»

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.

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.

He wrote a full biography of his mentor soon after Hemingway's suicide.

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.

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.

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.

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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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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?