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4) Buddha
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Karen Armstrong's portrait of the Buddha explores both the archetypal religious icon and Buddha the man. Armstrong follows the Buddha - born Siddhama Gotama - as he leaves his wife, his young child, and his comfortable life and eminent social status for an arduous quest for spiritual enlightenment." "Armstrong brings to life the Buddha's quest from his renunciation of his privileged life to the discovery of a truth that he believed would utterly...
10) Martin Luther
Author
Series
Publisher
Lipper/Viking
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Reassesses the life of Martin Luther, describing his seminal role in the Reformation, his religious beliefs, his conflict with Church leaders, and his lasting influence on world history and religion.
11) Rosa Parks
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
From the Publisher: Fifty years after she made history by refusing to give up her seat on a bus, Rosa Parks at last gets the major biography she deserves. The eminent historian Douglas Brinkley follows this thoughtful and devout woman from her childhood in Jim Crow Alabama through her early involvement in the NAACP to her epochal moment of courage and her afterlife as a beloved (and resented) icon of the civil rights movement. Well researched and...
12) Mao Zedong
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
This intimate portrait of Mao Zedong, one of the most formidable and elusive rulers in modern history, introduces the essential background about the Chinese leader, including his relations with family, friends, and confidential assistants, as well as his youthful writings, poems, letters, and drafts of speeches.
14) Napoleon
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
An acclaimed historian turns his sights on Napoleon, casting his towering life in a new light, from his early displays of military genius through his lust for power and his eventual defeat at Waterloo and exile on St. Helena.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lipper/Penguin Book
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Pulitzer Prize-winning and renowned architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable's biography of America's greatest architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, looks at the architect and the man, from his tumultuous personal life to his long career as a master builder. Along the way she introduces Wright's masterpieces--from the tranquil Fallingwater to Taliesin, rebuilt after tragedy and murder--not only exploring the mind of the man who drew the blueprints but also...
16) Dante: a life
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the great medieval Italian poet and historian examines his life from his youth in Florence to his creation of "The Divine Comedy," his masterful allegorical poem of redemption and self-discovery.
17) Branch Rickey
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A bestselling author remembers the man who integrated baseball. The idea of integrating baseball began as a dream in the mind of Branch Rickey. In 1947, as president and general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, he defied racism on and off the field to bring Jackie Robinson into the major leagues, changing the sport and the nation forever.
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