In April 2002, Arjun Singh, one of the legends of the Indian Air Force, was honoured with the first five star rank of Marshal of the Indian Air Force. When he strode up to the dais to receive the Marshals baton from the President of India, it was the crowning glory of a brilliant career. […]
With the honesty of a skilled biographer and the sensitivity of a caring son, Roth chronicles the life of his father, Herman, in this gripping work which won a 1991 National Book Critics Circle Award. Roth holds little back in describing his father as a man of rare intensity and fierce independence who, for better […]
From Gordon Haights scrupulous 1968 work George Eliot through Ruby Redingers 1976 feminist rethinking George Eliot: The Emergent Self and beyond, the unconventional life and probing fiction of Victorian Englands loftiest female author has attracted the scrutiny of numerous biographers. British scholar Kathryn Hughess pungent account distinguishes itself by limning Mary Ann Evanss turbulent emotions […]
The Facts is the unconventional autobiography of a writer who has reshaped our idea of fiction??a work of compelling candor and inventiveness, instructive particularly in its revelation of the interplay between life and art. Philip Roth concentrates on five episodes from his life: his secure city childhood in the thirties and forties; his education in […]
For everyone who enjoyed the inspiration and wisdom of Morrie Schwartz in Mitch Albom??s moving bestseller Tuesdays with Morrie, here is a new paperback edition of Morrie??s own book, presenting the philosophies by which he triumphantly lived, even as he faced the end of his life. For decades Morrie Schwartz engaged his Brandeis University students […]