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Biography

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A Beautiful Mind
Author: Sylvia Nasar
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Classification: Biography
The book that inspired the film appears to be about a different John Nash.

Reviewed by: Shep
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A Journey To Hell and Back
Author: Charlotte Russell Johnson
Publisher: TEC Publications ISBN 193152713X
Classification: Biography, Inspirational
Reviewer: James L McTyre Jr
A gripping saga of a young woman's journey from adolescence to adulthood at an accelerated pace.
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Aleister Crowley – The Nature Of The Beast
Author: Colin Wilson (biography)
Publisher: The Aquarian Press (about)
Classification: Biography, Occultism
Colin Wilson’s biography on Aleister Crowley, dubbed the wickedest man in the world.
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Geisha of Gion: The Memoir of Mineko Iwasaki
Author: Mineko Iwasaki, Rande Brown (Translator)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK (2002) (about)
Classification: Biography, Autobiography
The autobiographical account of Mineko Iwasaki a leading geisha girl of her period, as translated by Rande Brown.
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Hitler and Stalin - Parallel Lives
Author: Alan Bullock
Publisher: Fontana Press
Classification: Biography, History
Reviewed by: Shep
Interweaves the lives of these two tyrants, chapter by chapter, setting them against the political background of 20th century Europe.
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How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Author: Toby Young
Publisher:
Classification: Autobiography, Comedy
A story of rags to riches and back again. But is everything as it appears in this autobiographical account of Toby Young’s life?
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Kurt Cobain
Author: Christopher Sandford (biography)
Publisher: Carrol & Graf Biography (about)
Classification: Biography, Music, Cult Icons
Take a look at Cobain’s life through the eyes of his colleagues, friends and family, brought to life by Christopher Sandford.
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Mein Kampf
Author: Adolf Hitler
Publisher: Pimlico
Classification: Biography
A book that may change your view of history, and of present day politics.
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Roger Corman: Blood-Sucking Vampires, Flesh-Eating Cockroaches, and Driller Killers
Author: Beverly Gray
Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2004
Classification: Biography
About Blood-Sucking Vampires, Flesh-Eating Cockroaches, Driller Killers and, Of Course, Roger Corman
Reviewed by: Carolyn Howard-Johnson
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The Marquis de Sade - A Life
Author: Neil Schaeffer
Publisher: Picador
Classification: Biography
A moving and very readable biography of a writer more talked about than read.
Reviewed by: Shep
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