books: biographies & memoirs

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Michael Savage Scott Kelby Steven Johnson Susan Casey Wendy Margolis

Thoughts on The Promise and Darkness On The Edge Of Town

, 2010

Great For All Boss Fans
Thank you for Having this Available and for Free!! Sorry that a lot of Fans couldn't get it, hopefully that will be fixed soon, would like to see reviews on the content not the availability as this ruins the True rating of the item.

Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1

Mark Twain

University of California Press, 2010

Wonderful, but beyond any adequate description
Fifteen minutes ago I finished reading Volume One of the newly published "Autobiography of Mark Twain". It is no more possible to adequately describe this massive book as to attempt to fully capture the full, intricate realities of a vast range of wild mountains. ...

Cybill Disobedience

River Siren Productions, Inc., 2009

The truth will set you free !!!
How many people just tell the truth >>> Good or Bad ???Think about...No lawsuits...HMMM. Gossip, YES. Real Talk, Three Stars!!!

The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood

Jane Leavy

Harper, 2010

The Definitive Biography
In my 23 years of owning a used book shop, I had the good fortune to acquire many books "by" or about Mickey Mantle over the years, from Ben Epstein's 1953 juvenile book to several memoirs "written" by the Mick himself. I grew up in the 50's and witnessed some of ...

Girls Like Us

Atria, 2008

Despite Some Glitches, A Great Piece Of Work
To be honest, when I heard that Sheila Weller had released, in 2008, a triple biography of Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon entitled "Girls Like Us," my initial reaction was one of skepticism. After all, a 530-page book on three of the greatest ...

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Public Domain Books, 1994

Great Read
I am a history bug and I enjoyed this book from cover to cover. I read it on my Mac with the Kindle application and enjoyed it so much that my wife bought me a Kindle for my birthday. Amazon has many titles at no charge. Some are so so, but for me, this was a great ...

Decision Points
George W. Bush

Crown, 2010

President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions of his presidency and personal life. Decision Points is the extraordinary memoir of America?s 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography, George W. Bush offers a strikingly candid journey through the defining decisions of his life. In gripping, ...

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

Bill Bryson

Doubleday, 2010

You'll never look at your home the same way again
I'm a long-time fan of Bill Bryson, having read and loved every one of this travel accounts, as well as his hilarious and wonderful The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. In all of his books, Bryson has a habit of picking some interesting statistics and sprinkling ...

Life on the Mississippi

Public Domain Books, 2004

Kudos to Amazon!
Kudos to Amazon for making "Life on the Mississippi" available for free for the Kindle and the iPhone Kindle application! Twain's book is a rambling affair, and in fact, its somewhat quirky form makes it read more like a present-day book than a product of its time. ...

Life
Keith Richards

Little, Brown and Company, 2010

The long-awaited autobiography of the guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Ladies and gentleman: Keith Richards. With The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the songs that roused the world, and he lived the original rock and roll life. Now, at last, the man himself tells his story of life in the ...

Washington: A Life

Ron Chernow

Penguin Press HC, The, 2010

The master chronicler of the American Experiment
Chernow has done it again. Though many pundits complain that America lacks "public intellectuals", Chernow offers a wonderful reading experience that is both academically rigorous and yet popular biography. Washington has always seemed to me like an Olympian who ...

Assholes Finish First

Tucker Max

Gallery, 2010

required reading for all
In a way, I'm glad I didn't read IHTSBIH until recently, because I would have gone crazy waiting around for AFF to come out. Knowing how fast I devoured Tucker's first book, I paced myself with this one so I could really take it all in and make it last (TWSS), and it ...

Is It Just Me?: Or is it nuts out there?

Hyperion, 2010

With All Due Respect....
This is the name of the last chapter of this book. This chapter consists of three lines. I'm going to quote them. You can read them without ruining the rest of the book for you if you haven't read the chapters that come before. They say: "These were just ...

Eat, Pray, Love

Penguin, 2007

Good deal
The book arrived within the estimated dates and in the conditions described on the website. I've watched the movie and I'm looking forward to reading the book! I'm satisfied with the service provided by the seller.

Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family

Condoleezza Rice

Crown Archetype, 2010

The Most Admirable Lady Of Our Time
The memoirs of Dr. Rice's life make it clear to me that her most hateful critics don't know the slightest thing about reality. I'm not a fan of the Bush Administration, but I find it difficult to believe that anyone with Dr. Rice's experience could have been so loyal ...