Category: Biography

By Roald Z. Sagdeev

The severely acclaimed memoir that rips the curtain of secrecy off the realm of Soviet science

"Revelations and insights concerning the Soviet house application . . . it really is stable that this sort of clever guy will reside between us for a while." --The manhattan Times

"A infrequent, beneficial, insider's examine the Soviet army business machine."--Publishers Weekly

"I chanced on it attention-grabbing . . . vital not just to scientists, but additionally if you happen to type executive politics generally."--Herman Feshbach Institute Professor Emeritus Massachusetts Institute of Technology

"A actual contribution to the literature of the distance age."--Chicago Sun-Times

"This is a strong but fascinating account of the Soviet Union's clinical, area, and armed forces firm, characterised by way of Sagdeev's frank and insightful kind combined with pleasant humor and humanity."--Charles H. Townes Nobel Laureate in Physics collage of California, Berkeley

"For all who're attracted to the interplay of technology and society, and within the nature of the Soviet Union as obvious by means of a willing observer who was once even as an 'insider' and a devoted humanist, this publication is very recommended." --Physics Today

From Publishers Weekly

Sagdeev, a physicist who directed the previous Soviet Union's area examine Institute from 1973 to 1990, performed a very important function in restraining a Soviet counteroffensive to the U.S. "Star Wars" software, thereby aiding to stop an acceleration of the nuclear hands race in area. This modest, anecdotal memoir offers an extraordinary, precious insider's examine the Soviet military-industrial computing device. engaged on the U.S.S.R.'s abortive controlled-fusion application within the Nineteen Fifties, Sagdeev witnessed Stalin's harmful interference with the medical neighborhood. supplying close-ups of Brezhnev, Gorbachev and physicist/dissident Andrei Sakharov, his narrative indicates how house tasks of genuine clinical price have been hobbled whereas most sensible precedence was once given to expensive, prestige-oriented feats intended to rival these of NASA. Sagdeev is now a physics professor on the college of Maryland; his spouse, Susan Eisenhower, the book's editor, is Ike's granddaughter, including a twist to this chilly struggle account.
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From Library Journal

World-class scientist Sagdeev, at the moment amazing professor of physics and director of the East-West middle for house technological know-how on the collage of Maryland, has written an autobiography of his specialist occupation. (The paintings has been edited via his spouse, the granddaughter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.) whereas the reader learns little of his own existence, this account bargains nice perception into the politics of Soviet technology and the effect of the chilly warfare in shaping medical research-East and West. As director of the distance study Institute for the Soviet Union, Sagdeev practiced perestroika sooner than the time period got here into utilization; he ultimately served as summit adviser to Mikhail Gorbachev and his technological know-how adviser. With its transparent and easy-to-read kind, absence of technical jargon, and wit and charm-even the footnotes are enjoyable-this booklet is very recommended.

By Stanley Booth

Sounding like one tool, a wild whirling bagpipe, the Stones chugged to a halt. however the crowd didn't cease, shall we see Hells Angels spinning like madmen, swinging at humans. by means of degree correct a tall white boy with a black cloud of electrical hair used to be dancing, shaking, infuriating the Angels by way of having too strong a time.' the real Adventures of the Rolling Stones is not only the best publication in regards to the maximum rock 'n' roll band, it truly is some of the most vital books concerning the Sixties shooting its zeitgeist - that uneasy mixture of extra, violence and idealism - in a manner no different e-book does. Stanley sales space used to be with the Rolling Stones on their 1969 U.S. travel, which culminated within the infamous unfastened live performance at Altamont. yet this booklet is far greater than a super piece of journalism. It offers a heritage of the Rolling Stones from their early rhythm 'n' blues days in west London golf equipment to the tip of the Sixties; and it interweaves with mastery the 2 tragic tales of the decline and demise of Brian Jones and the terrifying Altamont live performance itself, the place the Hells Angels, supposedly offering safeguard, ran amok and murdered a member of the viewers. even though it took approximately fifteen years to write down, the booklet that emerged has been rightly acclaimed as 'the one actual masterpiece of rock 'n' writing'.

By Boyd Varty

A colourful, relocating, and dramatic memoir of private transformation, set opposed to essentially the most recognized online game reserves within the world.

When Nelson Mandela was once published after twenty-seven years of imprisonment, he wanted a spot to get better and comply with his new existence. He went to Londolozi video game Reserve. based over 80 years in the past via Boyd Varty's great-grandfather, Londolozi all started as a searching safari. yet in 1973, Boyd's visionary father, Dave, reworked it right into a nature reserve, making a blueprint for modern day conservation. this modification is the backdrop of Boyd's family members historical past and his personal own odyssey.

Alongside his feisty, bold sister, Bronwyn, Boyd grows up studying to trace lions, increase leopard cubs, and pilot Land Rovers. the 2 of them tag in addition to their larger-than-life uncle, John, who time and again flung them in danger's method to catch the simplest photos for his mythical natural world movies. Boyd survives harrowing rhino fees and a vicious crocodile assault, yet his so much tricky problem was once a personal drawback of objective. After a interval of extreme religious questing, Boyd reconnects with nature and is ready to "rediscover the track."

With conviction, desire and humor, Boyd sweeps readers alongside his trip of discovery and rediscovery, creating a passionate declare for the ability of the wild to heal and fix the human spirit.

By Austin Mahone

Negli ultimi anni l. a. mia vita è cambiata così tanto che ancora non riesco a crederci. Prima ero solo un bambino come gli altri: mi piaceva cantare e divertirmi su YouTube, tutto qui. Certo, sognavo di vedere il mondo, ma credevo fosse impossibile in line with un ragazzino cresciuto in una piccola cittadina del Texas.

E invece oggi ho girato tutti gli Stati Uniti, l’Inghilterra, il Giappone e il Sud the US. Sono stato in television, ho fatto concerti, ho addirittura incontrato alcuni degli artisti che mi hanno ispirato e che mi hanno fatto amare l. a. musica.

E soprattutto ho potuto conoscere i miei fan, senza i quali niente sarebbe stato possibile.

Questo libro è consistent with loro, in step with voi. in step with rispondere a tutte le domande che mi avete fatto e a tutte le vostre curiosità. Ci troverete dentro quel ragazzino del Texas, le sue paure, i suoi sogni, l. a. sua storia. Ma c’è una sola cosa che è importante che voi sappiate: non sarei mai arrivato dove sono ora senza di voi. Grazie in keeping with avermi sostenuto, consistent with aver amato l. a. mia musica e consistent with aver voluto conoscere l. a. mia storia.

Austin Mahone

By Tony Judt

A brand new York occasions e-book overview striking ebook of the Year

"It should be proposal the peak of negative flavor to ascribe luck to a fit guy with a tender relatives struck down on the age of sixty by way of an incurable degenerative sickness from which he needs to almost immediately die. yet there's multiple type of success. To fall prey to a motor neuron ailment is definitely to have indignant the Gods sooner or later, and there's not anything extra to be stated. but when you need to undergo therefore, greater to have a well-stocked head." -Tony Judt

The reminiscence Chalet is a memoir not like any you've ever learn ahead of. each one essay charts a few adventure or remembrance of the earlier in the course of the sieve of Tony Judt's prodigious brain. His younger love of a selected London bus path evolves right into a mirrored image on public civility and interwar city making plans. thoughts of the 1968 scholar riots of Paris meander throughout the divergent intercourse politics of Europe, earlier than concluding that his new release "was a innovative iteration, yet ignored the revolution." a chain of street journeys throughout the US lead not only to an appreciation of yankee heritage, yet to an eventual acquisition of citizenship. meals and trains and long-lost smells all compete for Judt's realization; yet for us, he has cast his reflections into a chic arc of research. All as easily and wonderfully prepared as a Swiss chalet-a reassuring shelter deep within the mountains of reminiscence.

By Doris L. Rich

She died mysteriously sooner than she used to be 40. but within the final decade of her existence Amelia Earhart soared from obscurity to status because the best-known woman aviator on the earth. She set list after record—among them, the 1st trans-Atlantic solo flight by way of a lady, a flight that introduced Earhart on a double profession as a fighter for women's rights and a tireless crusader for advertisement air shuttle. Doris L. Rich's exhaustively researched biography downplays the “What occurred to Amelia Earhart?” delusion via disclosing who Amelia Earhart relatively was once: a lady of 3 centuries, born within the 19th, pioneering within the 20th, and advocating beliefs and desires appropriate to the twenty-first.

From Publishers Weekly:

With a mixture of bold and adroit public kin, Amelia Earhart reigned as "Queen of the Air" through the interval among her first transatlantic flight in 1928 and her premature disappearance over the Pacific 9 years later. This fast moving, richly distinct biography unearths an aloof, self reliant lady who grimly continued the general public clamor and cross-country lecture circuit with a view to fund her wish to fly. In 1931 she married her publicist, George P. Putnam, whose brash schemes to capitalize on her aviation feats grew to become more and more foolhardy, major as much as her ultimate, deadly attempt to fly around the globe. the writer indicates Earhart used to be additionally a tireless champion of women's rights, pacifism and advertisement aviation, which was once nonetheless in its infancy. whereas a few puzzled her flair as a pilot, few denied the promotional charm of this beautiful "Lady Lindy." wealthy, whose diversified occupation has incorporated journalism, images and instructing, vividly reminds us how primitive and hazardous early flight used to be. Illustrations no longer noticeable by means of PW.

By Patrick Kinney

Whilst a child, every body concept Jeff Kinney was once proficient. humans enjoyed his drawings, and whilst he went to varsity, his caricature Igdoof used to be so renowned that it unfold to different universities! nonetheless, Jeff confronted demanding situations. His cartoons have been rejected by means of syndicates that claimed his paintings was once unprofessional. Then, an concept struck: Jeff may write a magazine from the point of view of a kid, illustrated with doodles similar to a child could do. And so, the Diary of a Wimpy child sequence was once born--and it was once successful! during this biography, Jeff's brother, Patrick Kinney, offers a educated examine the lifetime of this best-selling author/illustrator. From Jeff's youth pranks to his task constructing on-line video games, young children will love the opportunity to profit extra in regards to the writer of the preferred Wimpy child books.

By William C. Carter

Publish 12 months note: First released in 2000
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Reissued with a new preface to commemorate the 1st e-book of À l. a. recherche du temps perdu 100 years ago, Marcel Proust portrays in ample aspect the extreme existence and instances of 1 of the best literary voices of the 20 th century. “An impeccably researched and well-paced narrative that brings vividly and credibly to lifestyles not just the author himself but in addition the altering international he knew.”— Roger Pearson, big apple instances e-book Review

“William C. Carter is Proust’s definitive biographer.”—Harold Bloom Named a extraordinary e-book of 2000 via the New York instances booklet Review

By Susan Aldous, Nicola Pierce

Susan Aldous were on a route to self-destruction whilst she determined to offer her existence to others rather than losing it away in Melbourne's darkish underbelly. operating as a Playboy bunny lady, an admirer subsidized her to commute overseas for charity. She left a global of substances and petty crime at the back of and moved to Singapore, then to Thailand to paintings on a nine-day venture supporting the socially deprived. 18 years later, she remains to be there. A unmarried mom with out wage and few possessions, she devotes her lifestyles to assisting others, traveling prisoners who've not anyone else to show to.

By Alanna Nash

Thirty-three years after his dying, Elvis Presley's outstanding actual allure, undying tune, and sexual air of secrecy proceed to captivate, titillate, and excite. notwithstanding enormous quantities of books were written concerning the King, no publication has completely explored his relationships with ladies and the way they inspired his track and lifestyles . . . before.

established principally on particular interviews with the various girls who knew him in quite a few roles—lover, sweetheart, buddy, costar, and relations member—Baby, Let's Play House provides Elvis in a brand new mild: as an enthralling yet wounded Lothario who bedded ratings of ladies yet appeared not able to keep up an enduring romantic courting. whereas totally exploring the main recognized romantic idol of the 20th century, award-winning veteran track journalist Alanna Nash pulls again the covers on what Elvis fairly sought after in a girl and was once tragically by no means capable of finding.