The Adventure of English
The Adventure of English

Author: Melvyn Bragg

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2011-04-01

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 1611450071

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A history of the English language traces its evolution from a Germanic dialect around 500 A.D. to its modern form, noting the influence of such groups and individuals as early Anglo-Saxon tribes, Alfred the Great, and William Shakespeare.

Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs

Author: Walter Isaacson

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 656

ISBN-13: 1451648545

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Based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues--Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.

Anna Freud
Anna Freud

Author: Elisabeth Young-Bruehl

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2008-10-01

Total Pages: 577

ISBN-13: 0300142714

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This new edition of the biography of pioneering child analyst Anna Freud includes, among other features, a major retrospective introduction by the author.

Biography Log-Book
Biography Log-Book

Author: Karl-Heinz Finke

Publisher:

Published: 2019-07

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13: 9780648575504

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Resources for work on an individual biography or life story.

English Biography in the Eighteenth Century
English Biography in the Eighteenth Century

Author: Mark Longaker

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2016-11-11

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 1512803707

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The growth and maturity of life-writing, especially in the works of Johnson and Boswell, with an incidental picture of the times.

The Book of Genesis
The Book of Genesis

Author: Ronald Hendel

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2019-09-10

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13: 0691196834

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During its 2,500-year life, the book of Genesis has been the keystone to important claims about God and humanity in Judaism and Christianity, and it plays a central role in contemporary debates about science, politics, and human rights. The authors provide a panoramic history of this iconic book, exploring its impact on Western religion, philosophy, literature, art, and more.

E.B. White
E.B. White

Author: Scott Elledge

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780393303056

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Here is a richly detailed and vivid biography of the man who wrote 'Charlotte's Web', 'The Trumpet of the Swan', and 'Stuart Little'; the writer whose style and humor were so important in distinguishing 'The New Yorker's' first thirty years. Included are some photographs and drawings, as well as manuscript facsimiles.