Non-Fiction
Alan Turing: The Life and Legacy of the English Computer Scientist Who Became World War II's Most Famous Codebreaker
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Sometimes, it is the people no one can imagine anything of who do the things no one can imagine...” – Alan TuringThe year is 1930. The United...
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Aleister Crowley: The Life and Legacy of the Notorious Cult Leader and Novelist
“What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the...
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Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr: The Men Behind America's Most Famous Duel
*Includes pictures of Burr, Hamilton, and important people and places.*Explains the origins of their duel and includes the correspondence between them leading up to the duel.*Includes accounts of the duel and explains the mysteries and controversies still surrounding what happened.*Includes...
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Alfred Hitchcock's Legendary Leading Ladies: The Lives of Grace Kelly, Ingrid Bergman, Joan Fontaine, and Kim Novak
*Includes pictures*Includes quotes and summaries of the famous Hitchcock movies*Includes bibliographies for further reading*Includes a table of contentsConsidering that her film career lasted just six years, it would seem as though the reputation of Grace Kelly far outweighs her actual...
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Alfred Nobel: The Life and Legacy of the Famous Scientist and the Nobel Prizes
“I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.” (Alfred Nobel) It does not take a genius to recognize the dangers of dynamite. The...
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American Gangsters: The Life and Legacy of Al Capone
*Explains the legends and separates fact from fiction regarding Capone's most famous hits, including the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. *Includes pictures of Capone and important people, places, and events in his life. On February 14, 1929, members of Bugs Moran’s...
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American Gangsters: The Life and Legacy of Lucky Luciano
The Mafia has long fascinated Americans, who have made celebrated pop culture fixtures out of men like Al Capone and turned movies and television series like The Godfather and The Sopranos into American institutions despite the violence associated with organized crime. Of all the...
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American Legends: Abbott & Costello
*Includes pictures. *Includes Abbott and Costello's own quotes about their lives and careers. *Includes a transcript of "Who's on First?" *Includes a bibliography for further reading. “You never heard of a comedy team that didn’t fight, did you? But for...
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American Legends: Laurel & Hardy
*Includes pictures. *Includes Laurel and Hardy's own quotes about their lives and careers. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. “Mr. Hardy was beginning to forget things but Mr. Laurel had no fear of losing his memory - As a matter...
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American Legends: The Hatfields and McCoys
*Includes pictures of some of the important people, places, and events involved in the feud.*Explains the origins and legacy of the famous feud.*Includes a timeline of the feud.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."They were men, who...
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American Legends: The Life of Abner Doubleday
*Examines the legend that Abner Doubleday invented baseball, including the origins of the legend and its veracity.*Includes Doubleday's accounts of Fort Sumter, Antietam, and Gettysburg.*Discusses the controversies surrounding Doubleday's life and legacy.*Includes pictures of Doubleday and important people and places.*Includes...
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American Legends: The Life of Andy Griffith
*Includes pictures *Includes Griffith's own quotes about his life and career *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “What I like is to play a character like me. I don't care for it too much when...
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American Legends: The Life of Andy Kaufman
A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history's most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors' American Legends series, listeners can get caught up to speed...
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American Legends: The Life of Andy Warhol
*Includes pictures. *Includes Warhol's own quotes about his life and career. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. “Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.” – Andy Warhol “In the future, everyone will...
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American Legends: The Life of Ava Gardner
*Includes pictures.*Includes Ava's quotes about her own life and career.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.“Because I was promoted as a sort of a siren and played all those sexy broads, people made the mistake of thinking...
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American Legends: The Life of Barbara Stanwyck
"Career is too pompous a word. It was a job, and I have always felt privileged to be paid for what I love doing." - Barbara Stanwyck
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American Legends: The Life of Barbra Streisand
"I was a personality before I became a person - I am simple, complex, generous, selfish, unattractive, beautiful, lazy and driven." (Barbra Streisand) "I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That...
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American Legends: The Life of Bette Davis
*Includes pictures of Davis and important people, places, and scenes.*Includes Davis' own quotes about her upbringing, films and relationships.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."Even the most inconsiderable film ... seemed temporarily better than they were because...
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American Legends: The Life of Betty Grable
*Includes pictures.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.“There are two reasons why I'm in show business, and I'm standing on both of them.” – Betty GrableA lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, but...
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American Legends: The Life of Bill Clinton
*Includes pictures of Clinton and important people, places and events in his life.*Includes a Table of Contents"Sometime in my sixteenth year, I decided I wanted to be in public life as an elected official. I loved music and thought I...
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