Biography & Autobiography > Rich & Famous The biography follows her personal passions and needs, her loves lost and won, This pulitzer prizewinning historian and his wife have penned a portrait http://www.libreriauniversitaria.it/BUS/r_BIO01300/p_1/Rich_&_Famous.htm
Extractions: A shocking account of the love triangle between Bobby Kennedy, Jackie O, and Aristotle Onassis and the tragedies that occurred when the rivalry spiraled out of control From acclaimed author and investigative journalist Peter Evans comes the compelling revelation of how Aristotle Onassis and... ( Continua
Extractions: Maureen C. Howard Biography and autobiography may be studied as literature: they contain plot, characters, settings, themes, and styles of writing. The genre describes common shared experiences: birth; the search for identity; coming to terms with sexuality; the intellectual growth; social adjustment; career development; and, death. The genre contributes to a knowledge of historical accuracy as the works provide background of the world and time of the subject. The three objectives of autobiography and biography are: to entertain the listeners; set down historical record; provide inspiration and examples for listeners and readers. The genre furnishes one persons version of the truth. The students should be guided to discover historical, psychological, philosophical, and sociological truths to be found interpreting the information to be gleaned. The historical approach to presentation would lead students to compare the biographers version of the truth to the version of truth in standard works of history. The rhetorical approach would stress an exploration of point of view, and would attempt to analyze values represented in the text. Traditionally biographies were testimonials to the deeds and accomplishments, the public life of a great person; they were one-dimensional, glorifying the hero, ignoring unpleasant motives and consequence. Lytton Strachey is credited with writing the first modern biography, presenting a more balanced approach to the lives of eminent Victorians. New biographies showed the personality behind the public poses; a deeper character development; study of psychological motivation; being multi-faceted, more realistic, qualities of ambiguity, ambivalence, and indecision are shown. Students can readily find parallels with their own lives.
Donald Barlett James B Steele - New And Used Books According to twotime pulitzer prize-winning investigative journalists Donald In this biography of Hughes, authors David Barlett and James Steele reveal http://www.isbn.pl/A-donald-barlett-james-b-steele/
NYSL Library Notes: Volume 10, Number 1: January 2003 His most recent books are bestselling biographies of Jesus of Nazareth and prize- winning stories will be posted on the Library website and bound for http://www.nysoclib.org/notes/notes10-1.html
Extractions: Donald Spoto, who earned his Ph.D. in theology from Fordham University, is the author of 19 books, including highly praised biographies of Alfred Hitchcock, Laurence Olivier, Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe, Ingrid Bergman, and Tennessee Williams. His most recent books are best-selling biographies of Jesus of Nazareth and of Francis of Assisi. His work has been translated into more than 25 languages worldwide, and reviewers praise his "impressive research skills," "exhaustive thoroughness," and "rich language, silken storytelling and tough scholarship." "Inevitably, writing biography alters the perceptions of the writerjust as reading biography should alter the perceptions of the reader," Spoto says. "The accurate and artful recreation of a life must, at its best, take us not only into the depths of the subject but also into those depths common to all life...Never a judge, the biographer must, however, assess the connecting threads of meaning in a subjects life, and in so doing the biographer is unavoidably led to a consideration of the inner consistencies (or lack of them) in ones own life. The best biographies enable the reader, as well, to experience this sort of thing. That these have been among the benefits of the biographers work has been a great blessing in my life. I can only hope to have shared some of this illumination with my readers."
Psychology Today The Harvard Professor The UFOs And the way this 64year-old pulitzer prize winner is going about it is truly unprecedented His biography of TE Lawrence was another departure though http://cms.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-19940301-000024.html
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MaximsNews a photo exhibit by pulitzer prize winner Eddie Adams, an awardwinning website, an education packet, a series of Public Kerry Kennedys Biography http://www.maximsnews.com/kerrykennedy9november2004.htm
Extractions: Today's News from the U.N. and the World, visit: MaximsNews.com Established 1999. Please CONFIRM your free Subscription to MaximsNews.com at the Bottom of this Page.* MaximsNews.com Kerry Kennedy , founder of the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights (see Bio.) Samuel Kofi Woods , a Liberian lawyer and human rights activist who was portrayed in Kennedys book, Speak Truth to Power Todd Howland, (see Bio.) director of the RFK Memorial Center for Human Rights and Abdelilah Kadili (see Bio.) program director of the Center's Peace Building and Rule of Law. Also present at the U.N. were Professor Fariborz Fatemi , and Professor Katherine S. Broderick Dean of the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law both active members of the Centers Liberia Support Group. United Nations Interview with Kerry Kennedy on the Situation in Liberia UNITED NATIONS , November 2004 / www.MaximsNews.com
Science & Religion Bookstore pulitzer prizewinning journalist Blum (The Monkey Wars) rivetingly recounts Blum s excellent biography, the first major new work devoted to him, http://www.scienceandreligionbooks.org/reviews_detail.asp?book_id=1478
20th-Century American Bestsellers Dictionary of American Biography. Supplement 10, p. 399 In his review of pulitzer prize winning novels, JW Stuckey finds the characters unconvincing, http://www3.isrl.uiuc.edu/~unsworth/courses/bestsellers/search.cgi?title=Anderso
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Popular Representations Of Mathematicians has earned th e Joseph Kesselring prize, the pulitzer prize, the Drama Desk Like Nasar s book, which inspired a movie, the biography of the British http://www.math.rutgers.edu/courses/436/Honors02/popular.html
Extractions: Popular Representations of Mathematicians Melissa J. Schoffer Despite the controversy surrounding the accuracy of John Nash's character in A Beautiful Mind, the film highlights the ground-breaking work of a mathematician who overcame schizophrenia, going on to win the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1994, sustaine d for decades primarily by the care of his (ex-)wife, but also by his associates in the mathematics community, acting as an extended family to which the couple could turn for support [7, p. 456]. In the film, Good Will Hunting (1997), written by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, Damon plays the lead character, Will Hunting. Will, who never attended college and works as a janitor at MIT, exhibits a wealth of historical and mathematical knowledge. "He can also solve difficult mathematical problems with an ease that makes MIT's richer more educated students envious of him" [10]. After a professor discovers Will's vast mathematical ability, he bargains with him to meet on a weekly basis for mathematical sessions; Will's side of the bargain requires him to enter therapy as well; battles with the law, a symptom of mental conflicts, trouble Will's character in the film. A more extreme image of a mathematician is conveyed by the independent film, Pi, the story of Max Cohen, a mathematician on the edge of insanity. The film exploits chaos theory, the idea that small occurrences can lead to large disruptions in the world.
Extractions: Books for Adults The following books were recently produced for the NLS program. To order books, contact your braille-lending library. Note: For the infomation of the reader, a notice may appear immediately following the book description to indicate occurrences of strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, or violence. The word "some" before any of these terms indicates an occasional or infrequent occurence, as in "some strong language." Nonfiction The Life of Samuel Johnson BR 14450 Classic biography of the eighteenth-century English man of letters, originally published in 1791. Based on detailed notes compiled by Boswell during their twenty-year friendship, the text for the most part comprises conversations and statements of Johnson's strong opinions. 1791. Everyday Math for Dummies BR 14500 Explains basic math skills needed for everyday living. Covers personal money and the management of checkbooks, credit cards, mortgages, taxes, and investments; reviews business math, including sales, percentages, and insurance; and provides a refresher in high-school algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. Also looks at sports and gambling, statistics, tipping, and recreational mathematics. 1995. The Harvard Medical School Guide to Men's Health BR 14813
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