Daedalus Books, Biography & Autobiography Product Reviews and Prices

Tracy Kidder - Strength in What Remains

Tracy Kidder (MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS) has a gift for crafting exhilarating narrative nonfiction, and he has found perhaps his most inspirational ...

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Latest review by scmrak Aug 25, 2009

"Strength in What Remains - Tracy Kidder As is the custom of his people, Deogratias has a single name..." Read full review

$5 - $14

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Flora Fraser - Pauline Bonaparte: Venus of Empire

One of the things Napoleon Bonaparte loved as much as power was his family, and none more so than his sister Pauline, who became infamous for her ...

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Latest review by telynor Mar 14, 2009

"There's a reason why I like reading about royalty, it seems. Inside of me, there's an itch for grand..." Read full review

$7

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Katharine Graham - Personal History

In this critically acclaimed memoir, the woman who piloted the "Washington Post" through the crises of the Pentagon Papers, Watergate, and a ...

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Latest review by blunt Jan 30, 2006

"This book turned out to be nothing as I imagined. I was surprised to find so many parallels' with he..." Read full review

$5

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Joseph J. Ellis - Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

In a landmark work of history, the National Book Award—winning author of <b>American Sphinx</b><i> </i>explores how a group of ...

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Latest review by mkp51 Nov 21, 2011

"Very rarely do I find a small book about history or biography that combines the sterling attributes..." Read full review

$5 - $8

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Frances Mayes - Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy

Frances Mayes entered a wondrous new world when she began restoring an abandoned villa in the spectacular Tuscan countryside. There were unexpected ...

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Latest review by kairosdreaming Aug 22, 2011

"I had seen the movie long before I ever read this book and had loved it. So I when I got an op..." Read full review

$4

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Jon Katz - Izzy & Lenore: Two Dogs, an Unexpected Journey, and Me

Furthering his status as one of the world's most beloved contemporary dog authors, Jon Katz relates how two of his favorite canine companions, a ...

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Latest review by pestyside Jul 20, 2010

""I wasn't sure, when we began, how Izzy would interact with the dying, or how they would respond to..." Read full review

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Julia Child - My Life in France

A partial inspiration for the movie <IT>Julie & Julia<RO>, the memoir begun just months before Child's death describes the legendary food ...

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Latest review by vodka4u Sep 1, 2009

"Back in middle school, I had a teacher who failed more than half the class. I thought for sure she g..." Read full review

$5 - $6

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Monet's Impressions

Free Worldwide Delivery : Monet's Impressions : Hardback : CHRONICLE BOOKS : 9780811870566 : 0811870561 : 01 Sep 2009 : A picture book that pairs the ...

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Latest review by befus Sep 12, 2011

"As I continue an exploration of Monet's art with my fourth grader, I'm impressed by the diverse arra..." Read full review

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Antonia Fraser - Must You Go?: My Life With Harold Pinter

THINGS FALL APART tells two overlapping, intertwining stories, both of which center around Okonkwo, a 'strong man' of an Ibo village in Nigeria. The ...

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Latest review by Stephen_Murray Oct 31, 2010

"Reading Lady Antonia Fraser’s Must You Go?: My Life with Harold Pinter, I thought it critic-pr..." Read full review

$6

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John Curran - Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks: Fifty Years of Mysteries in the Making

As the longtime literary adviser to the Agatha Christie estate and an expert on her life and work, Curran painstakingly threads together Christie's ...

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Henry Alford - How to Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While They Are Still on This Earth)

Free Worldwide Delivery : How to Live : Paperback : Little, Brown & Company : 9780446196048 : 0446196045 : 04 Feb 2010 : One man's amusing and ...

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Latest review by MiDoyle Jun 20, 2009

"It wouldn't hurt to ask an older person a question now and again. You just might learn ... something..." Read full review

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Nancy Isenberg - Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr

Challenges popular beliefs about the infamous Revolutionary era figure, revealing how a politically aggressive Alexander Hamilton subverted Burr's ...

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Latest review by cbaker8887 Mar 22, 2009

"This biography of Aaron Burr unsuccessfully tries to resurrect his sullied reputation. While as a bi..." Read full review

$5

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William McKeen - Outlaw Journalist: The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson

A portrait of the high-profile creator of Gonzo journalism offers insight into his unique capacity for portraying America and its people in myriad ...

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Latest review by teamfreak16 Feb 2, 2009

"When Hunter S. Thompson committed suicide on February 20th, 2005, you had to figure that it was only..." Read full review

$6 - $24

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Mark Spragg - Where Rivers Change Direction

A distinguished essayist and fiction writer presents fourteen lyrical essays that describe the challenges and joys of growing up on a Wyoming dude ...

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Latest review by german_kim Feb 11, 2004

"Mark Spragg's memoir of growing up near Meeteetsee, Wyoming is a brilliant book about Wyoming life...." Read full review

$5

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Gordon S. Wood - The Americanization Of Benjamin Franklin

A leading historian of the American Revolution offers an incisive portrait of the complex, often contradictory figure of Benjamin Franklin, a man who ...

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Latest review by canuckster1127 May 18, 2009

"You'd expect this book to get high marks, by virtue of the Author and his past credentials. What is..." Read full review

$5

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