Biography, Autobiography & Memoir

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“There’s nothing wrong with the book—it is well-written, well-researched, and entertaining.

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“In his long-awaited memoir, Blackwater founder Erik Prince offers an alternative view of his much-maligned company, and he backs it up with extremely compelling evidence.”

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“. . . there is a bit of the mystic, of real magic to the whole of Inside a Pearl and all its component parts.

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“As a leader of the resistance, Lusseyran allocates his powerful intellect and considerable courage to defend his beloved France against Nazi tyranny. This 

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Whatever the reader may think about American immigration policy and N.’s rather unusual personal situation for a Mexican immigrant, we have to appreciate his determination

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“It is a beautiful thing to know that in spite of such horrible loss, there are those who have survived and so many others whose young lives now lay before them.

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“And this, Osgood warns, is the problem with the standard treatment of this disorder: placing a vulnerable needy anorexic smack down in the middle of other vulnerable needy anorexics is a r

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Frances and Bernard is a dour thing. It is, however, impeccably well written and well constructed within the strictures of its epistolary limitations.

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“. . . there is something sad rather than enlightening about this ‘not-quite-memoir’ from a much loved, observant, feisty but fatigued writer.”

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“. . . these five long-form essays are truly excellent.”

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“What If the author had written an actual coherent book instead of this accumulation of scraps, bric-a-brac, and castoff bits from her 1980s New Age screeds?”

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“In-depth philosophical essays and visionary science dressed up as a novel.”

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“It seems as though William Friedkin never forgot a resentment. . . .

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“It seems, indeed, that author Gallagher and her subject share more in common when it comes to the art of subterfuge.”

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“Taking care with these often careless writings is what this book best delivers.”

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“. . . unsentimental vignettes of the lives of ordinary people in the Chinese hinterland enmeshed in webs of deception, adultery, betrayal, loss, and cruelty.”

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“Sharon lived a life saturated with controversy. Mr. Landau's biography paints a comprehensive picture of Ariel Sharon, a man easy to hate, but harder to understand.”

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“. . . as a result of this adeptly written biography, Orwell will continue to fascinate an entirely new generation of readers.”

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“. . . [a] kinetic memoir . . .”

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The book is a must-read for anyone who loves the movies, the golden age of Hollywood, or conversations among seriously bitchy men.”

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“Everything we can touch and all that we are is made of the most beautiful geometric patterns.”

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"Autobiography is unmistakably the work of the singer and lyricist of the still-beloved band The Smiths."

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Music scholar Terry Teachout follows up his Louis Armstrong biography with a dazzling encore.

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