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miles off" (Smith 23). When he was seventeen his father informed him that he would be attending West Point. In essence, accordi...

communal ways. Kenneth Guthrie in his book, The Life of Pythagoras, states that the Pythagoreans were extremely secretive and cult...

turned off or the car repossessed, they might feel at least they are better off than this semi-famous actor/comedian. Sinbad is ...

This is a two part biography of the famed civil rights activist consisting of three pages with the theme of the first part applied...

in the introduction, wanted nothing to do with Castro and as such did not desire to know anything about him that was normal or per...

- but his dominating persona was not very favorable to colleagues (though he could be friendly and helpful on certain occasions) (...

all fire breathing radicals like Samuel Adams (Review of Brands, "The First American, 2004). And...

days were spent enjoying hunting and pursuing other recreational activities (Edward the Confessor). He would feel more comfortabl...

with jaw-breaking rolls? These were the difficulties growth. Someday soon, a new, modern just society would arise from the backwar...

has a lot to say about the oceans of the world? Earle was born in New Jersey in 1935 ("Sylvia"). Her parents did not even have ...

vision guided him in his work (William H. Gates, 2003). That vision would also prove to be precisely on-target, and Gates would b...

that Jean Edward Smith agrees with this assessment, but he believes biography is an art form that should take into account the anc...

in a firm that specialized in antitrust lawsuits ("John Paul Stevens," 2006). In 1970, Stevens was appointed by President Nixon to...

paper and open a vein. The point is that non-writers dont understand how difficult writing is; writers do, and frequently wish th...

Eazy went on to form NWA with Ice Cube and Dre and they released an album in 1987 (Erlewine). The rest, as they say is history. Of...

more jazz musicians will typically improvise simultaneously (Machlis 413). For all intents and purposes, Alex Blakes biography fo...

a cave and therein, "he had been visited by an angel, who had appeared beside him in the cave and given him orders to Recite! Like...

of Joaquim Jose dos Santos Leal (Meznar). This comfortable position could well be seen as a position that involved some level of ...

customs, habits, ethos, and lore of a particular profession, in this case, the military" (Blumenson, 2003). Blumenson objects to t...

the likes of John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, and Jasper Johns (Wiener, 1998). In 1961, Yoko returned to Japan with Cage in order ...

Jean Harlow and Katherine Hepburn), his OCD would dominate his life. Hughes lived his final decade of life as a social recluse, a...

with her poor education, she could barely read what they had written (B.S. Carson, MD, 2005). Thanks to all the outside reading h...

was unsure of this decision and wrote to her half-brother in England, asking his advice. He told her, "The navy would cut him and ...

The author writes, chapter by chapter, about the lifestyle of the Pygmies and how they get along in the world with others. He begi...

Arts ("Milton Glaser," 2005). He would for the most part get his education in New York, but his stint in Italy likely broadened hi...

are always too many grasping for it here, who have interest and he has none" (Johnson, 2005; 15). Thus his mother decided he would...

as a reporter, his reputation, and his experience working all over the globe that he brings to his account of the world of guerril...

(Jens Laugesen biography, 2005). Some of the terms used by the media to describe him include "slick," "urban," "hot," and "cuttin...

of the patient experience" (Engebretson 20). The background provided by a large, close-knit family means that, from childhood, I h...

surrealist movement, but there is debate about that ("Frida Kahlo, The Surrealist," 2006). The film itself was replete with infor...