Biography & Autobiography

Author Joe Wheeler, historian and scholar, brings to the pages of this insightful book the knowledge gleaned from over ten years of study and more than sixty books on the life and times of Abraham Lincoln. Skillfully weaving his own narrative with direct quotes from Lincoln and poignant excerpts from other Lincoln biographers, Wheeler brings a refreshingly friendly rendition of Lincoln's life, faith, and courage. more...

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The luminous memoir of Frank McCourt, born in Depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants and raised in the slums of Limerick, Ireland. Frank's mother, Angela, has no money to feed the children since Frank's father, Malachy, rarely works, and when he does he drinks his wages. Yet Malachy - exasperating, irresponsible and beguiling - does nurture in Frank an appetite for the one thing he can provide: a story. Frank lives for his father's tales of Cuchulain, who saved Ireland, and of the Angel on the Seventh Step, who brings his mother babies. more...

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The remarkable autobiography of the remarkable scientist who brought new light to the questions of how species arise evolve. Darwin's Autobiography gives us an explanation of what led him to his greatest achievement: the theory of evolution; It describes the obsession that drove him to great heights as a scientist, illustrates the convergence of factors that allowed him to see what others overlooked, and reveals a few family secrets along the way. more...

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Everyone on Wall Street knows Jim Cramer, and Cramer knows Wall Street better than anyone. The characteristically candid and outspoken money manager here takes readers on a no-holds-barred tour of life on Wall Street, revealing how the game is played, who breaks the rules, and who gets hurt. There has never been a book about Wall Street like this one. more...

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Dr. Drew Pinsky is best known as the cohost of the long-running radio advice program Loveline. But his workday is spent at a major Southern California clinic, treating the severest cases of drug dependency and psychiatric breakdown. In this riveting book, Pinsky reveals the intimate and often shocking stories of his patients as they struggle with emotional trauma, sexual abuse, and a host of chemical nemeses: alcohol, marijuana, Ecstasy, heroin, speed, cocaine, and prescription drugs. At the center of these stories is Pinsky himself, who immerses himself passionately, almost obsessively, in his work. From the sexually compulsive model to the BMW-driving soccer mom, Cracked exposes, in fast-moving, powerful vignettes, the true scope and severity of addiction, a nationwide epidemic. more...

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