CK - Biography & Memoir 17

"The Beautiful Beast" documents in meticulous detail the extraordinary and frightening biography of Irma Grese. Born in a tiny farming community fifty miles north of Berlin, she became the ultimate ……続きを見る

“All I have to say about these songs is that I love them, and want to sing along to them, and force other people to listen to them, and get cross when these other people don’t like them as much as I……続きを見る

David Haye is one of the greatest British boxers of all time. The Hayemaker floored practically every opponent who stood in his way during his career in the ring, and is still popular today as a cel……続きを見る

'The man who has no imagination Stands on earth He has no wings He cannot fly' Muhammad Ali Just off Highway 61 in northern Pennsylvania, up the dirt drive of a wooded hill lay a place called Fighte……続きを見る

How the West's greatest spy in Asia tried to stop the new American way of warーand the steep price he paid for failing Jim Thompson landed in Thailand at the end of World War II, a former American s……続きを見る

Critically acclaimed as a master of adventure writing for Death in the Long Grass and Death in the Silent Places, former professional hunter Peter Hathaway Capstick takes us back to Africa to encoun……続きを見る

Rare views of human lives in turmoil are revealed in several hundred trials conducted in 1890s Muskoka by Magistrate James Boyer of Bracebridge. The charges and evidence show how raw life really was……続きを見る

The first collection of letters between the two leading figures of the Beat movement Writers and cultural icons Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg are the most celebrated names of the Beat Generation, ……続きを見る

For 123 days in the summer of 1940, 3,000 youthful airmen in the Royal Air Force fought back against Hitler’s advancing forces with a heroism that astonished the world. Drawing on interviews with sc……続きを見る

Robert Altmanーvisionary director, hard-partying hedonist, eccentric family man, Hollywood legendーcomes roaring to life in this rollicking oral biography. After an all-American boyhood in Kansas Ci……続きを見る

Kumble bagged 619 Test wickets, and he is the third-highest wicket taker in the world. He is only behind Muttiah Muralitharan and Shane Warne, as of 2012. Most of the spin bowlers rely on the turn o……続きを見る

"I have never placed my opposition to slavery on a basis so narrow as my own enslavement, but rather upon the indestructible and unchangeable laws of human nature, every one of which is perpetually ……続きを見る

When George Washington became the new United States of Americas first president, he set several precedents, including one on April 30, 1789. That day, Washington was inaugurated as president, and fo……続きを見る

My Bondage and My Freedom is an autobiographical slave narrative written by Frederick Douglass and published in 1855. It discusses in detail his struggle under slavery and subsequent transition from……続きを見る

In the literary tradition of ‘good keen man’ Barry Crump, this book charts the single years of young Rolly, when having a good dog and a good mate were the most important things in life. After an un……続きを見る

Lynyrd Skynyrd is one of the most legendary bands in rock history. Surviving only four years after they were introduced into the industry, author Ron Eckerman was with them two of those years, and w……続きを見る

This excellent quick-read biography of the life so far of Prince William and Kate Middleton is a fascinating read, and will make an wonderful addition to the library of any fan of the British Royal ……続きを見る

This fascinating and in-depth biography of Neal Cassady takes a look at the man who achieved immortality as Dean Moriarty, the central character in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. A charismatic, funny, ……続きを見る

Biography of the artist, first published in 1886, with 172 black and white illustrations. According to Wikipedia: "Randolph Caldecott (22 March 1846 12 February 1886) was a British artist and illust……続きを見る

I Came, I Saw, I Sang: Memoirs of a Singing Telegram Delivery Girl, is a story of a young womans journey from fledging dreamer to full blown artist. Armed with her B.F.A from NYU Tisch and in need o……続きを見る

On March 25, 1969 Linda Hale Bucklin learned her vivacious mother was dead, her right temple blown out by a bullet from her father's pistol. Was it suicide or homicide? Standing up to her father, h……続きを見る

Guided to Oberlin College by Charles G. Finney, the most prominent evangelical reformer in the nation, James Monroe attended the college when Oberlin served as the center of abolition and reform in ……続きを見る

Best known today as a fine composer, the twelfth-century German abbess Hildegard of Bingen was also a religious leader and visionary, a poet, naturalist and writer of medical treatises. Despite her ……続きを見る

Parks and Recreation actor Nick Offerman shares his humorous fulminations on life, manliness, meat, and much more in his first book. Growing a perfect moustache, grilling red meat, wooing a womanーw……続きを見る

Once a fringe phenomenon, tattooing is now a full-blown cultural fact. More than 40 million people in the U.S. alone have tattoos, all with unique stories about why they chose to indelibly mark thei……続きを見る

Despite the countless books and films devoted to him, Billy the Kid remains one of the most elusive figures of the Old West. Now, award-winning western historian Frederick Nolan has scoured the publ……続きを見る

From beloved American Idol judge Randy Jackson, a complete, inspiring wellness plan for taking control of your health The obesity epidemic is spreading throughout America, bringing with it health pr……続きを見る

"A truly inspiring story, in gorgeous prose, about one family's journey into blueberry farming. Delicious reading." ーNaomi Wolf, author of The End of America The Blueberry Years is a mouth-watering……続きを見る

With a new preface by the author • As featured in the upcoming motion picture Everest, starring Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Emily Watson, Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, ……続きを見る

Dylan's friends from Pete Seeger to Bruce Springsteen to Rosanne Cash to Bono to Tom Petty offer insight into the singer-songwriter's artistic genius and personality. This is an oral history of a ma……続きを見る