Books: Biography

Here is my review of Paul Johnson's Creators ... (See the whole review)

Toward the end of her deployment, she discovered Atlas Shrugged, and it resonated with her. Focused and detailed, she often ran into brazen incompetence. ... (See the whole review)

My grandfather's memoir - finally published! I loaded a lot of information into Amazon pages. Also check out Kirkus review: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/aleksandr-konstantinovich-sokolenko/keep-forever/

http://atimetobetray.com/ I just finished reading this book by Reza Kahlili, a very compelling book about his life, the tragic downfall of Iran into madness and his time spent as a CIA mole within the Revolutionary Guard.

The video on BookTV is about 1 hour. I'm reading the book and enjoying it. ... (See the whole review)

This is an excellent biography of Ayn Rand's mentor and long-time best friend, and one of the founders of the modern libertarian movement. I highly recommend it. Here's one of the blurbs on the back, from Nathaniel Branden: "I picked up The Woman and The Dynamo without knowing what to expect -- and couldn't put it down. It is more than a bea... (See the whole review)

Often I feel I go to some distant region of the world to be reminded of who I really am. ... (See the whole review)

How could you, a mathematician, believe that extraterrestrials were sending you messages?" the visitor from Harvard asked the West Virginian with the movie-star looks and Olympian manner. ... (See the whole review)

If you like John Stossel, you'll like this book.  It's the story of his intellectual and professional development.  He explains what evidence he ran into that made him a strong advocate of free-markets.  He reviews the major ideas and issues he's dealt with, going over many of his television specials. ... (See the whole review)

Based on interviews with Rand and discussions with those close to her, this biography describes her life from her youth in Russia, to her stint in Hollywood as a screenwriter, and through her marriage, the publication of her novels, and the evolution of her philosophy.

A fascinating portrait of the minds that have shaped the modern world. In an intriguing series of case studies, Rousseau, Shelley, Marx, Ibsen, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Bertrand Russell, Brecht, Sarte, Edmund Wilson, Victor Gollancz, Lillan Hellman, Cyril Connolly, Norman Mailer, James Baldwin, Kenneth Tyan, Noam Chomsky, and others are revealed as inte... (See the whole review)

The biography of US abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, a newspaperman who brought the issue of slavery to the foreground, and changed the morals of a country. Garrison brought reason and passion together to inspire and provoke, culminating in the eventual abolition of slavery in this country.