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Home -> Movies & Books -> Books -> Biography & Autobiography Reviews 1 2 Next »     Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz by Coyne Steven Sanders, ISBN 0688135145 I have looked at several biographies based on Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball. They were fascinating people and I felt that this book was very accurate in telling their story.     Add Review Share Read Review   Ruth, a Portrait: The Story of Ruth Bell Graham by Patricia Cornwell, ISBN 0385489005 This is an interesting biographical novel that helps illuminate the life of Ruth Bell Graham, wife of famous evangelist Billy Graham. I found this book to be full of remarkable information and detail and it really brought Ruth's story to life.     Add Review Share Read Review   Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs, ISBN 0312283709 This is not a typical memoir, and that is a good thing. Burroughs infuses her writing with childish creation and wonderment and adult cynicism that keeps the reader perpetually interested in her adolescent tragedy.     Add Review Share Read Review   Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, ISBN 068985126X This is one of the literary giants of classic writing, and for good reason. It is a novel written for a purpose and it captures some of the most humane aspects of our culture in vivid and often violent detail.     Add Review Share Read Review   Palimpsest: A Memoir by Gore Vidal, ISBN 0140260897 This is a very interesting memoir by Gore Vidal, and it is shocking in its intimacy with the reader. Vidal exposes himself completely and seems intent on demystifying the very persona he has spent a lifetime building up. Nonetheless, it is a genuine and sincere achievement.     Add Review Share Read Review   Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke, ISBN 0679642323 This is one of the best literary collections I have ever read, and certainly one of the most inspiring. Rilke was a poet of immense spirituality and transcendence whose work retains the power to instill deep admiration and affection for the written verse.     Add Review Share Read Review   The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, ISBN 067972205X This is a highly imaginative and creative work of dreamy fiction by Gabriel Marquez. The protagonist of the story is very interesting and it is through his thoughts that the story is revealed. One of Marquez' most symbolic and mystic works.     Add Review Share Read Review   Vivir Para Contarla by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, ISBN 1400041066 This is an extremely pleasant and emotional book to read, and I found myself lost in Marquez's endless accounts of his childhood and the dreamlike way in which he writes. It is a beautiful memoir as well as an excellent piece of literature.     Add Review Share Read Review   Good-Bye to All That by Robert Graves, ISBN 0385093306 This is a wonderfully comic and socially aware autobiography by Robert Graves, an esteemed and compelling writer. I found his story to be full of gentle irony and immense passion, and it certainly helps in understanding where his writing is coming from.     Add Review Share Read Review   American Pharaoh: Mayor Richard J. Daley: His Battle for Chicago and the Nation by Adam Cohen, ISBN 0316834890 This is a very interesting and painstakingly detailed portrait of the last era of Chicago monopoly and big business. It is fascinating both for it's historical information and it's literary merits. A real pleasure to read and learn about.     Add Review Share Read Review   Foley is Good: And the Real World is Faker Than Wrestling by Mick Foley, ISBN 0061032417 This is an excellent and very detailed novel that explores the world of professional wrestling, written by a former wrestler. Foley does a great job of covering a wide range of topics and offering a comprehensive overview of the popular sport.     Add Review Share Read Review   My Wars Are Laid Away in Books: The Life of Emily Dickinson by Alfred Habegger, ISBN 0812966015 This was a surprisingly helpful book in understanding the poetry and writings of Emily Dickinson. It has some great insight into her work and even more insight into her personal life and what influenced her writing.     Add Review Share Read Review   Walt Whitman's America: A Cultural Biography by David S. Reynolds, ISBN 0679767096 This is the best critical examination of Walt Whitman's work that I have read. It is detailed and full of valuable information regarding the poet's spectacular lifestyle and incredibly evocative poetic works.     Add Review Share Read Review   Virginia Woolf by Hermione Lee, ISBN 0375701362 This is a splendidly detailed and researched biography of Virginia Woolf, perhaps the most influential female writer of the century. It covers both her life and her work in staggering description, and paints a vivid portrait of such a remarkable woman.     Add Review Share Read Review   Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia a girlfriend lent this to me and i really enjoyed it. a nice, heartwarming, and pretty fast read. enjoy!     Add Review Share Read Review   In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War by Tobias Wolff, ISBN 0679760237 This is possibly Tobias Wolff' most intimate and personally revealing account of his own experiences. It is about his time in the Vietnam War and it weaves an effective and passionate portrayal of youth during wartime.     Add Review Share Read Review   My Life and Hard Times by James Thurber, ISBN 0060933089 This is a very good and humorous semi-autobiographical account of early childhood written by James Thurber, the American cartoonist. It has a lot of cynicism and good natured humor, overall making for a sardonic comic masterpiece of adolescent coming-of-age.     Add Review Share Read Review   The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by H. W. Brands, ISBN 0385495404 This is an intriguing biographical account of Franklin's life that takes a different approach than most other biographies. It focuses on his personal and private life rather than his public and scientific persona, and it makes it very interesting.     Add Review Share Read Review   Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson, ISBN 0684807610 This is a great biography on Benjamin Franklin. I enjoy it because it spends more time addressing actual facts than speculating on myths and mysteries regarding the man's life. It is very comprehensive in detail.     Add Review Share Read Review   The Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin, ISBN 0679726136 This is a splendid reprint of one of the best autobiographical works I have ever read. This is largely due to the fact that it is written by one of the most interesting individuals in history, and it contains delightfully humorous and dramatic writing that never fails to entertain and enlighten.     Add Review Share Read Review

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