An intimate portrayal of the life of the reluctant movie queen discusses her troubled childhood in Sweden, her arrival in Hollywood, her relationships with men and women, and her self-imposed exile

Tells of the lives and revolutionary work of Curie and her husband Pierre, whose work with radiation had an enormous impact on modern physics, and whose legacy was carried on by their daughter and son-in-law

Now in paperback: The first comprehensive biography of the American cultural giant who changed popular theater and dance forever with her choreography for Oklahoma!, Carousel, and Brigadoon.

Nash probes the enigma of Savitch's troubled personality and the glamorous world of network news that led to her accidental death in 1983. The extraordinary saga of a ferociously driven woman who battled drug dependency and neuroses to become one of the most respected news anchors in America at the age of 30. 16 photos.

Based on the author's exclusive interviews with Jean Harris, as well as with Harris's and Tarnower's friends and families, this account examines the multifarious emotional entanglements that exploded the night Herman Tarnower was shot

"Among the numerous diaries published recently as scholars probe women's history, Farnsworth's is a real find." -- Sally Mitchell "The publication now of books like Martha Farnsworth's has contributed to radical revisions of women's history and reassessment of women's skills as writers." -- Elizabeth Hampsten ..". superb edition of the diary of Kansas pioneer Martha Farnsworth... a fact-filled, revealing account of an extraordinary-but-ordinary woman... " -- American Quarterly ..". the inside story of a women's life in the middle of America... " -- Bloomsbury Review A Kansas teacher, housewife, photographer, and suffragist, Martha Farnsworth compulsively recorded her life in middle America during a period of tremendous social and cultural change.

A poignant autobiography describes growing up in Carson City, Nevada, during the 1970s, the shattering effects of tragedy--loss, loneliness, mistreatment--on her family, and her own indomitable will to survive.

Autobiografisch relaas van de speurtocht van een Australische vrouw naar haar Aborigine-afkomst.

The eminent playwright recalls his long, active, and colorful life from his birth to a newly prosperous family and Depression boyhood through his development as a writer, his marriage, and his controversial political activities

Letters trace the friendship between Stein and Wilder from late 1934 until Stein's death in 1946

The author recounts how she was arrested after being falsely accused of treason and placed in a Nazi prison while awaiting a certain death sentence