#Biography

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A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland “A masterful explanation of both a president and a man complex in his stubborn simplicity.” Sale: $19.99 to $1.99 by Troy Senik Rating: 4.4/5 (726 Reviews)

A Man of Iron: The Turbulent L...

Crick: A Mind in Motion – From DNA to the Brain by Matthew Cobb, 2025

Meticulously researched and shot through with insight and electrifying detail, Matthew Cobb reveals the man who changed our view of life forever. Crick is the first major biography of one of the twentieth century's most exciting minds.




Crick

Francis Crick was a restless, relentless thinker, as fascinated by Beat poetry and psychedelics as the genetic meaning of life and the inner workings of the brain. Yet for all his drive, he was galvanised by collaboration: with Jim Watson on DNA, with artists in Cambridge and California, and with his wife Odile, who drew the figure of the double helix that illuminated his most famous discovery. It was his debates and conflicts with these collaborators that powered a mind in motion.

Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America by Sam Tanenhaus, 2025

A deep investigation into the vast and often hidden universe of Bill Buckley and the modern conservative revolution.
Buckley vividly captures its subject in all his facets and phases: founding editor of National Review, the twentieth century’s most influential political journal; syndicated columnist, Emmy-winning TV debater, and bestselling spy novelist.





...; ally of Joseph McCarthy and Barry Goldwater; mentor to Ronald Reagan; game-changing candidate for mayor of New York. Tanenhaus also has uncovered the darker trail of Bill Buckley’s secret exploits, including CIA missions in Latin America, dark collusions with Watergate felon Howard Hunt, and Buckley’s struggle in his last years to hold together a movement coming apart over the AIDS epidemic, culture wars, and the invasion of Iraq—even as his own media empire was unraveling. At a crucial moment in American history, Buckley offers a gripping and powerfully relevant story about the birth of modern politics and those who shaped it.

Stilwell and the American Experience in China: 1911-1945 "General Joseph W. Stilwell was a man who loved China deeply and knew its people as few Americans ever have" Sale: $22 to $2.99 by Barbara W. Tuchman Rating: 4.6/5 (633 Reviews)

Stilwell and the American Expe...

Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life “A repackaged edition of the revered author’s spiritual memoir” Sale: $10.78 to $1.99 by C. S. Lewis Rating: 4.5/5 (2,842 Reviews)

Surprised by Joy: The Shape of...

A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life & Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland “Masterful explanation of both president & a man complex in his stubborn simplicity” Sale: $19.99 to $1.99 by Troy Senik Rating: 4.4/5 (722 Reviews)

A Man of Iron: The Turbulent L...

James Cook by Peter Fitzsimons, 2019

The name Captain James Cook is one of the most recognisable in Australian history - an almost mythic figure who is often discussed, celebrated, reviled and debated. But who was the real James Cook? This Yorkshire farm boy would go on to become the foremost mariner, scientist, navigator and cartographer of his era, and to personally map a third of the globe.




His great voyages of discovery were incredible feats of seamanship and navigation. Leading a crew of men into uncharted territories, Cook would face the best and worst of humanity as he took himself and his crew to the edge of the known world - and beyond. With his masterful storytelling talent, Peter FitzSimons brings the real James Cook to life. Focusing on his most iconic expedition, the voyage of the Endeavour , where Cook first set foot on Australian and New Zealand soil, FitzSimons contrasts Cook against another figure who looms large in Australasian history: Joseph Banks, the aristocratic botanist. As they left England, Banks, a rich, famous playboy, was everything that Cook was not. The voyage tested Cook's character and would help define his legacy. Now, 240 years after James Cook's death, FitzSimons reveals what kind of man James was at heart. His strengths, his weaknesses, his passions and pursuits, failures and successes. James Cook reveals the man behind the myth.

Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words "Whatever anybody else thinks of you is none of my business." Sale: $20.99 to $1.99 by Andrew Morton Rating: 4.6/5 (14,118 Reviews)

Diana: Her True Story in Her O...

Mary Anning byla bezpochyby jednou z nejvlivnějších postav rané historie paleontologie, ale za svého života byla tak často přehlížena. 19. část projektu Kniha týdne na blogu Blogorgonopsid pojednává o knize The Fossil Hunter od Shelley Emling, vydané v roce 2009, jež vypráví životní příběh Mary Anning.

https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-fossil-hunter-dinosaurs-evolution.html

Mary Anning was undoubtedly one of the most influential figures in the early history of paleontology, yet in her life she was so often overlooked. The 19th part of the Book of the Week project on Blogorgonopsid covers Shelley Emling's book The Fossil Hunter from 2009 which tells Mary Anning's life story.

https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-fossil-hunter-dinosaurs-evolution.html

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