The Adventure of English

The Adventure of English
Author: Melvyn Bragg
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2011-04-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1611450071

A history of the English language traces its evolution from a Germanic dialect around 500 A.D. to its modern form, noting the influence of such groups and individuals as early Anglo-Saxon tribes, Alfred the Great, and William Shakespeare.

Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs
Author: Walter Isaacson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 656
Release: 2011
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1451648545

Based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues--Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.

Biography Log-Book

Biography Log-Book
Author: Karl-Heinz Finke
Publisher:
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2019-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9780648575504

Resources for work on an individual biography or life story.

Anna Freud

Anna Freud
Author: Elisabeth Young-Bruehl
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 577
Release: 2008-10-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0300142714

This new edition of the biography of pioneering child analyst Anna Freud includes, among other features, a major retrospective introduction by the author.

English Biography in the Eighteenth Century

English Biography in the Eighteenth Century
Author: Mark Longaker
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2016-11-11
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1512803707

The growth and maturity of life-writing, especially in the works of Johnson and Boswell, with an incidental picture of the times.

E.B. White

E.B. White
Author: Scott Elledge
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1986
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780393303056

Here is a richly detailed and vivid biography of the man who wrote 'Charlotte's Web', 'The Trumpet of the Swan', and 'Stuart Little'; the writer whose style and humor were so important in distinguishing 'The New Yorker's' first thirty years. Included are some photographs and drawings, as well as manuscript facsimiles.

The Book of Genesis

The Book of Genesis
Author: Ronald Hendel
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2019-09-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0691196834

During its 2,500-year life, the book of Genesis has been the keystone to important claims about God and humanity in Judaism and Christianity, and it plays a central role in contemporary debates about science, politics, and human rights. The authors provide a panoramic history of this iconic book, exploring its impact on Western religion, philosophy, literature, art, and more.