query: who wrote the biography parallel lives of illustrious

pos: Parallel Lives Parallel Lives Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, commonly called Parallel Lives or Plutarch's Lives, is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings, probably written at the beginning of the second century AD. The surviving "Parallel Lives" (Greek: Βίοι Παράλληλοι, "Bíoi Parállēloi") comprises 23 pairs of biographies, each pair consisting of one Greek and one Roman, as well as four unpaired, single lives. It is a work of considerable importance, not only as a source of information about the individuals described, but also about the times in

pos: Historiography the Stuart kings. In dealing with the era of the Second World War, Addison notes that in Britain by the 1990s, labour history was, "in sharp decline", because: Biography has been a major form of historiography since the days when Plutarch wrote the parallel lives of great Roman and Greek leaders. It is a field especially attractive to nonacademic historians, and often to the spouses or children of famous people, who have access to the trove of letters and documents. Academic historians tend to downplay biography because it pays too little attention to broad social, cultural, political and economic forces,

pos: Spanish Baroque literature the falsity of appearances, and the hidden truth under the veils of the hypocrisy. Operating by antithesis Quevedo shows doctors who are in fact executioners, the rich as poor but thieving, and a whole gallery of social types, offices and states is presented, all implacably satirized. "Marcus Brutus" (1644) arises from glosses or commentaries to the biography that Plutarch wrote on this Latin statesman in his "Parallel lives". The most important work of the second half of the century is "The Critical one" (1651–1657) of the Aragonese Jesuit Baltasar Gracián (1601–1658). With it, the Spanish novel is solved in concepts

pos: Biography of the 20th century. One of the earliest biographers was Cornelius Nepos, who published his work "Excellentium Imperatorum Vitae" ("Lives of outstanding generals") in 44 BC. Longer and more extensive biographies were written in Greek by Plutarch, in his "Parallel Lives", published about 80 A.D. In this work famous Greeks are paired with famous Romans, for example the orators Demosthenes and Cicero, or the generals Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar; some fifty biographies from the work survive. Another well-known collection of ancient biographies is "De vita Caesarum" ("On the Lives of the Caesars") by Suetonius, written about AD 121

pos: Archimedes as Phidias, an astronomer about whom nothing else is known. Plutarch wrote in his "Parallel Lives" that Archimedes was related to King Hiero II, the ruler of Syracuse. A biography of Archimedes was written by his friend Heracleides but this work has been lost, leaving the details of his life obscure. It is unknown, for instance, whether he ever married or had children. During his youth, Archimedes may have studied in Alexandria, Egypt, where Conon of Samos and Eratosthenes of Cyrene were contemporaries. He referred to Conon of Samos as his friend, while two of his works ("The Method of

pos: Roman expansion in Italy history, most later histories are therefore ultimately derived from him and of little independent value. Cassius Dio (c. 150 – 235 AD) appears to have been an exception, frequently providing details not found in Livy or Dionysius. His books covering early Roman history survive only in fragments, but his work was summarized by the 12th century monk Zonaras. Finally the Greek philosopher Plutarch (c. 46 – 120 AD) wrote a series of biographies on famous Greeks and Romans, the "Parallel Lives", several of which deal with early Roman history. Of particular importance is his biography of king Pyrrhus of Epirus

pos: Polybius possessed political and military experience. He did not neglect written sources that proved essential material for his histories of the period from 264 BC to 220 BC. When addressing events after 220 BC, he examined the writings of Greek and Roman historians to acquire credible sources of information, but rarely did he name those sources. Polybius wrote several works, the majority of which are lost. His earliest work was a biography of the Greek statesman Philopoemen; this work was later used as a source by Plutarch when composing his "Parallel Lives", however the original Polybian text is lost. In addition,

pos: History of lesbianism Plutarch wrote many centuries after classical Greece. In Plutarch's biography of Lycurgus of Sparta, part of his "Parallel Lives", the author claims that older Spartan women formed relationships with girls that were similar to the "erastes"/"eromenos" relationships that were common between older and younger male Greeks. Sarah Pomeroy believes that Plutarch's depiction of homosexual relationships between Spartan women is plausible. For instance, she argues, in the girls' choirs that performed the "partheneia" of Alcman, homosexual relationships between the girls would have "flourished". The lesbian love story between Iphis and Ianthe, in Book IX of Ovid's the "Metamorphoses", is most vivid.

pos: Resurrection that certain individuals were resurrected from the dead and made physically immortal and that for the rest of us, we could only look forward to an existence as disembodied and dead souls. This traditional religious belief in physical immortality was generally denied by the Greek philosophers. Writing his "Lives of Illustrious Men" (Parallel Lives) in the first century CE, the Middle Platonic philosopher Plutarch's chapter on Romulus gave an account of the mysterious disappearance and subsequent deification of this first king of Rome, comparing it to traditional Greek beliefs such as the resurrection and physical immortalization of Alcmene and Aristeas

pos: De Viris Illustribus (Petrarch) over that of victories on the battlegrounds, which he considered as mere luck and incompetence of the enemies. He saw his duty of his work to be "describing illustrious men, not lucky ones." De Viris Illustribus (Petrarch) De viris illustribus () is an unfinished collection of biographies, written in Latin, by the 14th century Italian author Francesco Petrarca. These biographies are a set of Lives similar in idea to Plutarch's "Parallel Lives". The works were unfinished however he was famous enough for these and other works to receive two invitations to be crowned poet laureate. He received these invitations on

pos: Epaminondas time as an idealist and liberator—is today largely remembered for a decade (371 BC to 362 BC) of campaigning that sapped the strength of the great city-states and paved the way for the Macedonian conquest. The life of Epaminondas is very poorly attested in the ancient sources, especially compared to some of his near contemporaries (e.g. Philip II of Macedon, Pelopidas). One principal reason for this is the loss of Plutarch's biography of him. Epaminondas was one of approximately 50 ancient figures given an extensive biography by Plutarch in his "Parallel Lives", in which he is paired with the Roman

pos: Influence of Italian humanism on Chaucer Tale". Many passages of The Clerk's Tale are nearly word for word of Petrarch's Latin version of Griselda. In the prologue to "The Clerk's Tale," the narrator suggests that he met Petrarch: However, this does not mean necessarily that Chaucer himself met Petrarch. Chaucer's Monk's Tale may also be based on Boccaccio's "De Casibus Virorum Illustrium". This was a classical tradition of historiography dealing with famous men, which began with Plutarch's "Parallel Lives". Chaucer's incipit reads: "Heer bigynneth the Monkes Tale De Casibus Virorum Illustrium." (Here begins the Monk's Tale "De Casibus Virorum Illustrium" – "On the Fates of Illustrious

pos: Parallel Lives plays upon: Thomas North's translation of most of the Lives, based on the French version of Jacques Amyot published in the 16th century, preceded Dryden's translation mentioned above. These translations are linked with P in the table below. All dates are BCE unless otherwise stated. Of the biographies in "Parallel Lives", that of Antonius has been cited by multiple scholars as one of the masterpieces of the series. In 1895, George Wyndham wrote that the first rank consists of the biographies of Themistocles, Alcibiades, Marius, Cato, Alexander, Demetrius, Antonius, and Pompey. Peter D'Epiro praised Plutarch's depiction of Alcibiades as "a

pos: Ancient Greek literature century AD. Appian wrote on Rome and its conquests, while Arrian is remembered for his work on the campaigns of Alexander the Great. Arrian served in the Roman army. His book therefore concentrates heavily on the military aspects of Alexander's life. Arrian also wrote a philosophical treatise, the "Diatribai", based on the teachings of his mentor Epictetus. Best known of the late Greek historians to modern readers is Plutarch of Chaeronea, who died about AD 119. His "Parallel Lives" of great Greek and Roman leaders has been read by every generation since the work was first published. His other surviving

pos: Hellenistic period after Polybius is Diodorus Siculus who wrote his "Bibliotheca historica" between 60 and 30 BC and reproduced some important earlier sources such as Hieronymus, but his account of the Hellenistic period breaks off after the battle of Ipsus (301). Another important source, Plutarch's (c. 50–c. 120) "Parallel Lives" although more preoccupied with issues of personal character and morality, outlines the history of important Hellenistic figures. Appian of Alexandria (late 1st century AD–before 165) wrote a history of the Roman empire that includes information of some Hellenistic kingdoms. Other sources include Justin's (2nd century AD) epitome of Pompeius Trogus' "Historiae Philipicae"

pos: Creophylus of Samos Heracles, plagiarised the work of Creophylus. Creophylus may represent a tradition parallel to the Homeridae. In Plutarch's Lives in the biography of Lycurgus, Lycurgus in his travels "…had the first sight of Homer's works, in the hands, we may suppose, of the posterity of Creophylus… scattered proportions, as chance conveyed them, were in the hands of individuals; but Lycurgus first made them really known." (John Dryden transl.). Another descendant of Creophylus, , was said to be the teacher of Pythagoras of Samos (see Iamblichus, Porphyry, Diogenes Laertius). So we have two examples of descendants of Creophylus teaching outsiders (non-Homeridae) the

pos: Lycurgus of Sparta information about Lycurgus comes from Plutarch's "Life of Lycurgus" (part of "Parallel Lives"), which is more of an anecdotal collection than a real biography. Plutarch himself remarks that nothing can be known for certain about Lycurgus, since different authors give different accounts of almost everything about him. The actual person Lycurgus may or may not have existed, -- it is possible that "Lycourgos" was an epithet of the god Apollo as he was worshiped in very early Sparta, and that later legend transformed this aspect of the god into a wise human lawgiver --but as a symbolic founder of the

pos: Marcus Claudius Marcellus Marcus Claudius Marcellus died in battle in 208 BC, leaving behind a legacy of military conquests and a reinvigorated Roman legend of the "spolia opima". Little is known of Marcus Claudius Marcellus’ early years since the majority of biographical information pertains to his military expeditions. The fullest account of Marcellus’ life was written by Plutarch, a Greek biographer in the time of the Roman Empire. Plutarch’s biography, the "Life of Marcellus," in "Parallel Lives" focuses on Marcellus’ military campaigns and political life, and largely skips over his earlier life before 225, although Plutarch supplies some general information about Marcellus’ youth.

pos: Charmion (servant to Cleopatra) Charmion (servant to Cleopatra) Charmion (; ), alternatively Charmian, was a trusted servant and advisor to Cleopatra VII of Egypt. Contrary to what is generally believed, Plutarch in his "Life of Antony" writes that Charmion managed the principal affairs of Cleopatra's government therefore, she held an important position in Cleopatra's trusted circle. In his "Parallel Lives" biography of Mark Antony, Plutarch noted that Augustus Caesar "had a decree made, declaring war on Cleopatra, and depriving Antony of the authority which he had let a woman exercise in his place. Caesar added that [Antony] had drunk potions that had bereaved him

neg: Paraclete Ibn Ishaq (died 767), who Islamic tradition states was the grandson of a Christian. Others who interpreted the paraclete as a reference to Muhammad include Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn Kathir, Al-Qurtubi, Rahmatullah Kairanawi (1818-1891), and contemporary Muslim scholars such as Martin Lings. Here is a translation of the passage in : Regarding Ibn Ishaq's biography of Muhammad, the Sirat Rasul Allah, Islamic scholar Alfred Guillaume wrote: A few Muslim commentators, such as David Benjamin Keldani (1928), have argued the theory that the original Greek word used was "periklytos", meaning famed, illustrious, or praiseworthy, rendered in Arabic as "Ahmad" (another name of

neg: Africa (Petrarch) conceived his first plan for "De viris illustribus" of biographies of illustrious men of Jewish, oriental, Greek and Roman famous figures in 1337 before that of the "Africa". Scholars say Petrarch more than likely conceived "Africa" in 1338 based on this initial research of Lives for "De viris illustribus". He wrote up his list of "Illustrious Men" from Adam to Julius Caesar and Romulus to Titus in 1337-38, about the same time as he was writing his "Africa" (1338–39). Petrarch's earliest reference to writing a series of biographies of Lives can be found in the third book of his work

neg: Vincenzo Brenna denied help. Historians agree that Brenna's talent was nowhere near that of his illustrious rivals (Bazhenov, Cameron, Quarenghi) or his trainee, Carlo Rossi. Degree of Brenna's talent or mediocrity was debated. Igor Grabar praised Brenna for an extreme degree of naturalism in his artwork and considered Brenna to be the watershed between naturalism of the 18th century and stylization of Empire style. Nikolay Lanceray, who wrote a biography of Brenna in 1935–1938, called Brenna "the last spark of 18th century art" and noted that his naturalism resurfaced in the middle of the 19th century, but the eclectic architects of this

neg: Laurence Olivier directors, who were said to have "resigned". Melvyn Bragg in a 1984 study of Olivier, and John Miller in the authorised biography of Richardson, both comment that Esher's action put back the establishment of a National Theatre for at least a decade. Looking back in 1971, Bernard Levin wrote that the Old Vic company of 1944 to 1948 "was probably the most illustrious that has ever been assembled in this country". "The Times" said that the triumvirate's years were the greatest in the Old Vic's history; as "The Guardian" put it, "the governors summarily sacked them in the interests of

neg: Yi Ji down and pay my respects and then stand up. This isn't tiring to me." Such was Yi Ji's wit and tactfulness. Sun Quan was very impressed with him. After the fall of the Han dynasty in 220, Yi Ji served in the state of Shu Han – founded by Liu Bei in 221 – during the Three Kingdoms period. He was promoted to the position of General of Illustrious Writing (昭文將軍). He drafted the laws of Shu with Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng, Liu Ba and Li Yan. Chen Shou, who wrote Yi Ji's biography, commented as follows: "Mi Zhu, Sun

neg: De Viris Illustribus (Petrarch) was working on "De viris illustribus" at the same time he was working on his epic poem "Africa" with Scipio Africanus being the center figure for both. The "Africa" was conceived as a poetic parallel of "De Viris Illustribus". Petrarch conceived his first plan for "De viris illustribus" of biographies of illustrious men of Jewish, oriental, Greek and Roman famous figures in 1337-38. He wrote up his list of "Illustrious Men" from Adam to Hercules and Romulus to Titus in 1337-38 about the same time as he was writing up the "Africa". Petrarch's earliest reference to writing a series of

neg: History of the Encyclopædia Britannica so than the Seventh. Some long articles were carried over from the 7th edition, but most were completely re-written, and new articles by illustrious contributors were added. In all, there were 344 contributors, including Lord Macaulay, Charles Kingsley, Robert Chambers, the Rev. Charles Merivale, Dr. Joseph Dalton Hooker, Baron Robert Bunsen, Sir John Herschel, Professors Richard Owen, John Stuart Blackie and William Thomson (Lord Kelvin). Photography is listed for the first time. This edition also featured the first American contributor to the "Britannica", Edward Everett, who wrote a 40,000-word hagiographic biography of George Washington The consequences of reducing the costs

neg: Adam Adamant Lives! of the 2006 BBC Four retrospective "The Cult of ... Adam Adamant Lives!" detected something more to the issue when Lambert and other principals were interviewed on camera: This latter view has been echoed by fans of "The Avengers". Indeed, an "Avengers"-biased biography of "Adamant" star Gerald Harper, who also frequently guest-starred on the ITV show, flatly calls "Adamant" "unashamedly modelled on "The Avengers"". It backs up this claim by demonstrating how individual episodes of "Adamant" parallel those of "The Avengers". Finally, it points out that in the programme's second series "Adamant" was scheduled in direct competition for "Avengers" in

neg: Ann Yearsley Lyre", appeared in 1796. She was one of many prominent Bristol women who campaigned against the Bristol slave trade. Yearsley's husband died in 1803; she died in 1806 at Melksham near Trowbridge, Wiltshire. Her grave may be found in Birdcage Walk, Bristol. Robert Southey wrote a biography of Ann Yearsley in the year 1831. He called his biography an "introductory essay on the lives and works of our uneducated poets". The biography describes the first encounter that Hannah More, the patron of Ann Yearsley, had and her general impressions of her capacity as a writer and poet. Hannah More described

neg: Justus of Urgell May 28. Justus of Urgell Saint Justus of Urgell (, ) (died c. 527 AD) was a Spanish bishop and saint. He is the first known and recorded bishop of Urgell, and is considered to have participated in some of the Councils of Toledo, and the councils of Lleida, and Valencia. He is mentioned by Isidore of Seville, who considered him one of the “illustrious men" of whom he wrote the lives. According to one tradition, Justus had three brothers who were also saints: Nebridius, bishop of Egara and then bishop of Barcelona; Saint Elpidius; and Saint Justinian. His feast

neg: Justus of Urgell Justus of Urgell Saint Justus of Urgell (, ) (died c. 527 AD) was a Spanish bishop and saint. He is the first known and recorded bishop of Urgell, and is considered to have participated in some of the Councils of Toledo, and the councils of Lleida, and Valencia. He is mentioned by Isidore of Seville, who considered him one of the “illustrious men" of whom he wrote the lives. According to one tradition, Justus had three brothers who were also saints: Nebridius, bishop of Egara and then bishop of Barcelona; Saint Elpidius; and Saint Justinian. His feast day is

neg: Suzanne Finstad result was "Warren Beatty: A Private Man", published in the US in 2005 by Harmony/Crown and published by Aurum in London. It was chosen as one of the Top Five Entertainment Books of 2005 by "The Sunday Times" (London), which described it as a "seductive study of a perfectionist and overachiever," "well-researched and absorbing . . . undoubtedly the best star biography of the year."." USA Today" called it "[a] compelling biography;" another reviewer described it as "an engrossing account of a complex individual ... periodically referring to the parallel lives of the brother-sister duo of Beatty and Shirley MacLaine.

neg: Brian Herbert Brian Herbert Brian Patrick Herbert (born June 29, 1947) is an American author who lives in Washington state. He is the elder son of science fiction author Frank Herbert. Brian Herbert's novels include "Sidney's Comet", "Prisoners of Arionn", "Man of Two Worlds" (written with his father), and "Sudanna Sudanna". In 2003, Herbert wrote a biography of his father: "Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert". The younger Herbert has edited "The Songs of Muad'dib" and the "Notebooks of Frank Herbert's Dune". Brian has also created a concordance for the "Dune" universe based on his father's notes, though, according to

neg: Missa brevis (Haydn) experienced an illustrious career, but after about 1802 illness had reduced him to an invalid, unable to compose. The copy of the mass that was brought to his attention was in the Servite monastery in the Viennese suburb of Rossau. Haydn recognized the work as his own and wrote on the organ part, "di me Giuseppe Haydn mpri 1749" ("by me, Joseph Haydn, in my own hand 1749"). Haydn's biographer Albert Christoph Dies recounted the story of how the mass was rediscovered in a chapter of his Haydn biography, based on an interview visit of 21 November 1805: Because of

neg: Charles Cameron (architect) contributed studies of Cameron's early career in England. A definitive modern biography of Cameron, "The empress and the architect", was published by Dmitry Shvidkovsky in English in 1996 (most recent Russian edition: 2008). Cameron's concise biography in the fourth edition of Howard Colvin's "Biographical Dictionary of British Architects" cites all the English sources listed above. Charles Cameron (architect) Charles Cameron (1745 – 19 March 1812) was a Scottish architect who made an illustrious career at the court of Catherine II of Russia. Cameron, practitioner of early neoclassical architecture, was the chief architect of Tsarskoye Selo and Pavlovsk palaces and the

neg: John Szwed and lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 2000, Szwed published a study of Sun Ra, "Space is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra". In 2003, he published a Miles Davis biography, "So What: The Life of Miles Davis". Szwed wrote "Doctor Jazz", a booklet about Jelly Roll Morton for the 2005 issue of "The Complete Library of Congress Recordings by Alan Lomax" on Rounder Records. The booklet won the 2005 Grammy Award for Best Album Notes. In 2010, Szwed published a biography of Alan Lomax, the folklorist, ethnomusicologist, and field collector of folk music of the 20th century,

neg: Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano is a 2015 book by Paris-based American journalist Dana Thomas. "Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano" is a double biography on the lives two heralded British fashion designers, Alexander McQueen and John Galliano. Critical reception for "Gods and Kings" has been positive. The "New York Times" wrote that "Ms. Thomas has produced a slightly seedy-feeling but, yes, addictive biography of two outsize personalities who seem less the

neg: Dennis Severs' House therefore displays of items such as half-eaten bread, and different smells and background sounds for each room. Severs called this "still life drama" and wrote: Woven through the house is the story of the fictional Jervis family (a name anglicised from "Gervais"), originally Huguenot (French Protestant immigrants) silk weavers who lived at the house from 1725 to 1919. Each room evokes incidental moments in the lives of these imaginary inhabitants. Writer Peter Ackroyd, author of "London: the biography", wrote: Jeanette Winterson, who also restored a derelict house nearby to live in, observed, "Fashions come and go, but there are permanencies,

neg: William Harris (historian) Cromwell biography joined those by Isaac Kimber (1724) and John Bancks (1739) in giving a nonconformist view, with an appeal probably restricted at that time to dissenters. Harris died in Honiton, Devon. After his death, all five works were republished together. They appeared as "An Historical and Critical Account of the Lives and Writings of James I and Charles I and of the Lives of Oliver Cromwell and Charles II" (5 volumes, London, 1814). William Harris (historian) William Harris, D.D. (1720 – February 1770) was an English dissenting minister and historian who wrote a series of historically significant biographies of

neg: Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet of many modern Muslims towards the Western world today. After 9/11 Armstrong revisited the subject and wrote "" for the Atlas Books "Eminent Lives" series, published by HarperCollins in 2006 (249 pages). Orion Publishing Group acquired the Gollancz name in its 1998 acquisition of Cassell & Co, which had owned Gollancz since 1992. Orion made Gollancz a fantasy and science fiction imprint. Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet is a biography of Muhammad by the British religion writer and lecturer Karen Armstrong, published by Gollancz in 1991. The book gives a comparison between the

neg: Arianna Huffington and Germaine Greer's 1970 "The Female Eunuch" in particular. In the book she wrote, "Women's Lib claims that the achievement of total liberation would transform the lives of all women for the better; the truth is that it would transform only the lives of women with strong lesbian tendencies." In 1979, Polydor Records released a solo album by Irene Papas entitled "Odes", with music performed (and partly composed) by Vangelis Papathanassiou. The words for the album were co-written by Arianna Stassinopoulos. In the late 1980s, Huffington wrote several articles for "National Review". In 1981, she wrote a biography of Maria

neg: Petrus Ferrandi Hispanus Petrus Ferrandi Hispanus Petrus Ferrandi Hispanus (also Peter Ferrand or Peter of Spain; Spanish: "Pedro Ferrando"; died 125459) was a Dominican friar who wrote the "Legenda sancti Dominici", a biography ("legenda prima") of Saint Dominic of Osma, and possibly also wrote the liturgy of the saint's feast. Peter probably died in 1254. He was certainly dead by 1259. His obituary, written by his friend and fellow Dominican Giles of Portugal was contained in the "Vitas fratrum" ("Lives of the Brothers") compiled by Gerald de Frachet in 1258 or 1259. The obituary indicates that Giles was present when Peter died in

neg: Patrick O'Brian be read as one long story; the books follow Aubrey and Maturin's professional and domestic lives continuously. As well as his historical novels, O'Brian wrote three adult mainstream novels, six story collections, and a history of the Royal Navy aimed at young readers. He was also a respected translator, responsible for more than 30 translations from the French, including Henri Charrière's "Papillon" into English, Jean Lacouture's biography of Charles de Gaulle, as well as many of Simone de Beauvoir's later works. O'Brian wrote detailed biographies of Sir Joseph Banks, an English naturalist who took part in Cook's first voyage (and

neg: Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History is a 2017 picture book biography by Walter Dean Myers about the life of Frederick Douglass. "BookList", in a starred review, wrote "Focused, informative writing and strong, effective illustrations combine to make this the go-to Frederick Douglass biography for younger students." and the "School Library Journal" wrote "Although this title is similar in scope to Doreen Rappaport's "Frederick's Journey", the two books complement each other. Recommended for collections looking to further explore Douglass's legacy." "The Buffalo News" called it an "excellent illustrated biography". "Frederick Douglass: The

neg: HMS Illustrious (R06) centred on "Illustrious", looking at the daily routines and lives of the crew on board and was filmed during one of her exercises with deployments abroad. She has also featured in the BBC documentary Richard Hammond's Engineering Connections with Richard Hammond HMS Illustrious (R06) HMS "Illustrious" was a light aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy and the second of three ships constructed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She was the fifth warship and second aircraft carrier to bear the name "Illustrious", and was affectionately known to her crew as ""Lusty"". In 1982, the conflict in the Falklands necessitated

neg: Augustan History narrative source, which he postulated was a different Latin author whom he styled 'Ignotus ("the unknown one"), the good biographer'. His theory argued, firstly, that as Marius wrote a sequel to the "Lives of the Twelve Caesars", his work covered the reigns from Nerva to Elagabalus; consequently, this would not have included a biography of Lucius Verus, even though the biography of that "Princeps" in the History is mainly of good quality. Secondly, that 'Ignotus' only went up to Caracalla, as is revealed by the inferior and mostly fictitious biography of Macrinus. Finally, that the composer of the "Historia Augusta"

neg: Andrei Mocioni 1883, wrote Mocioni's biography. From 1861, the Mocionis and Babeș had cooperated in countering Hungarian nationalist propaganda abroad, publicizing the Romanian point of view. According to Babeș, their effort was sabotaged by Abdolonyme Ubicini, István Türr, and Giovenale Vegezzi Ruscalla, who wanted a Hungarian–Romanian alliance against Austria; but also found backing from László Teleki of the Resolution Party. With his parallel career as a lawyer, Babeș also helped the Mocionis win back 5 million forint from their Hungarian debtors, and was thereafter their trusted adviser. Later in 1866, echoes of Mocioni's "Captaincy" project were discernible in the radical proposal advanced

neg: David Shaw (writer) written by Shaw included his 1973 celebrity biography of Wilt Chamberlain, titled "Wilt: Just Like Any Other 7-Foot Black Millionaire Who Lives Next Door". He also wrote the 1974 book "The Levy Caper", "Journalism Today: A Changing Press for a Changing America" was published by Harper & Row in 1977, "Press Watch" came out in 1986, and he wrote his final published book in 1996, "The Pleasure Police: How Bluenose Busybodies and Lily-Livered Alarmists Are Taking All the Fun Out of Life", published by Doubleday. Shaw died at age 62 on August 1, 2005 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los

neg: Railway Children (film) 4 out of 5 wrote "for US-returned techie-turned-director Prithvi has lent it the mature tone while retaining the suspense till the end whose parallel can best be seen in some of the Iranian flicks." Kannadaprabha, a Kannada daily gave 4 out of 4 calling it a must watch, and wrote in Kannada "The film has the ability to engage you and disturb you at the same time." Times of India gave 3.5 out of 5 and wrote " this film unwinds in its own leisurely pace, offering a strikingly real and scary peek into the lives of children who run

neg: Filippo Baldinucci later beatified. He had great appreciation of the Baroque, and wrote in a periodic style which reflected it, each phrase opening from the preceding, full of periphrasis and other flourishes of rhetoric, though flowing. His understanding of art stemmed largely from his religion, for he believed that it came as divine inspiration into special lives, the lives of the artists he so painstakingly recorded. Baldinucci's son wrote the first biography of his father; Baldinucci's notes are conserved in the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence (MSS Fondo Nazionale II.II.110) Filippo Baldinucci on the Privilege of Burial is the title of a poem

neg: Frank Hansford-Miller University of Canada", a degree mill. He was also elected as a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society. In 1966, Hansford-Miller founded the John Hampden New Freedom Party and, during the 1970s, he wrote a biography of John Hampden. In 1974, Hansford-Miller renamed the group the "English National Party", intending to parallel the success of Plaid Cymru and the Scottish National Party. He stood unsuccessfully under this label in numerous elections. The party achieved greater prominence in 1976, when it was joined by John Stonehouse, a Labour Party Member of Parliament who had faked his own death and spent time

neg: Parallel Lives (film) up like a kite to catch some lightning." The "Variety" critic Ray Loynd wrote: "When the movie works best (...), this is a movie that tends to make "The Big Chill" look sodden." On the other hand, Lynne Heffley opened her review for the "Los Angeles Times" with these words: "From the sublime to the ridiculous... and the ridiculous has the edge in 'Parallel Lives.' Jerry Roberts in his "Encyclopedia of Television Film Directors" defined the film as "a cattle call at the actors unemployment line" and film critic Lewis Beale in his video review for the "New York Daily

neg: Current Biography "Current Biography" are often used and listed as supplemental material in obituaries that appear in major media outlets. Notable contributors who have written for "Current Biography" include Cullen Thomas, the author of the prison memoir, "Brother One Cell" (2007); Mike Batistick, the author of the play, "Ponies", which was produced Off-Broadway in 2003; Albert Rolls, the author of the book, "Stephen King: A Biography" (2008); and Yongsoo Park, who wrote two novels, "Boy Genius" (2001) and "Las Cucarachas" (2003), and wrote and directed the little-noticed film, "Free Country the Movie" (1996). Charles Moritz served as editor-in-chief of "Current Biography" from

neg: Monsters: History's Most Evil Men and Women Monsters: History's Most Evil Men and Women Monsters: History's Most Evil Men and Women is a non-fiction history book by the British Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, who also wrote 'Jerusalem: The Biography', 'Young Stalin', and 'Heroes - History's Greatest Men and Women', to which this book is a counter. The book discusses the lives of many historical figures, infamous for their deeds, ranging from Ivan the Terrible who killed his son, to Pol Pot the brutal dictator who strived to forge a country of only farmers, wiping out almost half of his subjects. Montefiore covers 136 individuals over 319 pages

neg: Clare Mulley Clare Mulley Clare Mulley (born 1969) is an award-winning biographer. Mulley's first book, "The Woman Who Saved the Children: A Biography of Eglantyne Jebb" (Oneworld, 2009) won the "Daily Mail" Biographers’ Club Prize. "The Spy Who Loved: The Secrets and Lives of Christine Granville, Britain's first female special agent of the Second World War" (Macmillan, 2013) has been translated into several languages, and optioned by Universal Studios. Mulley's third book is "The Women Who Flew for Hitler", a joint biography of two extraordinary women at the heart of the Third Reich who ended their lives on opposite sides of history

neg: Jeffrey Marks Gardner, the author who created Perry Mason among other characters and has published a monograph on the pulp fiction works of Gardner, entitled "Pulp Icons". He is currently working on a biography of the collaborative cousins who wrote as Ellery Queen. Marks is also a contributing editor to Mystery Scene Magazine and was the director of development for the mystery book publisher Crippen & Landru, taking over the role of publisher in 2018 from Douglas G. Greene. Marks married in 1990; they divorced in 1993. He remarried in August, 2003. He lives in White Oak, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio.

neg: Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men "Spanish and Portuguese Lives" constitute the third volume of the "Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men of Italy, Spain and Portugal". Except for the biography of Ercilla, whose author is unknown, Mary Shelley wrote all of the entries in this volume: Boscán, Garcilaso de la Vega, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, Luis de León, Herrera, Sá de Miranda, Jorge de Montemayor, Castillejo, Cervantes, Lope de Vega, Vicente Espinel, Esteban de Villegas, Góngora, Quevedo, Calderón, Ribeiro, Gil Vicente, Ferreira, and Camoens. During the two or three years that Mary Shelley spent writing the "Spanish and Portuguese Lives" from 1834

neg: Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History Lion Who Wrote History" has also been reviewed by "Kirkus Reviews", "Publishers Weekly", "The New York Times", and Common Sense Media. Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History is a 2017 picture book biography by Walter Dean Myers about the life of Frederick Douglass. "BookList", in a starred review, wrote "Focused, informative writing and strong, effective illustrations combine to make this the go-to Frederick Douglass biography for younger students." and the "School Library Journal" wrote "Although this title is similar in scope to Doreen Rappaport's "Frederick's Journey", the two books complement each other.

neg: Lü Bu final moments recorded in the "Houhanshu" are slightly different from that recorded in the "Sanguozhi", as the "Houhanshu" combined parts of the main text in the "Sanguozhi" with the "Xiandi Chunqiu" annotation, but the two accounts are generally similar. Chen Shou, who wrote Lü Bu's biography in the "Sanguozhi", commented: In the main text of Lü Bu's biography, while describing the events of the Battle of Xiapi, Chen Shou also wrote: Fan Ye, who wrote Lü Bu's biography in the "Houhanshu", commented: Not much about Lü Bu's family was documented in historical texts, but it is known that he had

neg: Tony Allen (musician) Tony Allen (musician) Tony Oladipo Allen (born 1940 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian drummer, composer and songwriter who currently lives and works in Paris. His career and life story have been documented in his 2013 autobiography "Tony Allen: Master Drummer of Afrobeat", co-written with author/musician Michael E. Veal, who previously wrote a comprehensive biography of Fela Kuti. As drummer and musical director of Fela Anikulapo Kuti's band Africa '70 from 1968 to 1979, Allen was one of the primary co-founders of the genre of Afrobeat music. Fela once stated that, "without Tony Allen, there would be no Afrobeat." He

neg: The Painted Bird one who reads it will be unmoved by it. "The Painted Bird" enriches our literature and our lives". According to Norman Finkelstein, Cynthia Ozick said "that she 'immediately' recognized Kosiński's authenticity as 'a Jewish survivor and witness to the Holocaust.'" "Time" magazine included the novel in its "Time 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005", accentuating the alleged atrocities perceived by the protagonist. Reviewing James Park Sloan's biography of Kosiński for "The New York Times Book Review", Louis Begley wrote: "Perhaps the most surprising element of this aspect of Kosiński's mystifications is that he obtained from his mother, who

neg: Tony Allen (musician) reworked Afrobeat version of Art Blakey's "Moanin'". In 2017, Allen collaborated with Malian singer Oumou Sangaré for the track "Yere faga" from her album "Mogoya". In 2018, Allen recorded E.P. "Tomorrow Comes The Harvest" with Techno DJ Jeff Mills Tony Allen (musician) Tony Oladipo Allen (born 1940 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian drummer, composer and songwriter who currently lives and works in Paris. His career and life story have been documented in his 2013 autobiography "Tony Allen: Master Drummer of Afrobeat", co-written with author/musician Michael E. Veal, who previously wrote a comprehensive biography of Fela Kuti. As drummer and

neg: De Viris Illustribus (Petrarch) concerning these Lives for "De viris illustribus" that he was doing in the valley at Vaucluse in France; Petrarch mentions in letters from Vaucluse around 1350 that he was working on a "De viris illustribus" that was wholly committed to those who were illustrious "from every country" and that he was "bringing together illustrious men from all lands and centuries." This is known to scholars as an "all-ages" plan. Petrarch added the "bio" of Julius Caesar, "De gestis Cesaris" ("On the Deeds of Caesar"), later as the twenty-fourth and last character of the Roman version finished about 1364 (fourteenth reigning

neg: The Private Lives of the Three Tenors the more peculiar examples of the adage 'like mother, like daughter' in recent memory." "Newsweek" likewise suggested that the controversy surrounding the book showed Lewis to be "an interesting role model for her daughter." Lewis wrote the book over a six month time period and received a salary in the "high five-figures" for it. The book was a moderate success, selling around 20,000 copies in hardback. The Private Lives of the Three Tenors The Private Lives of the Three Tenors is a gossip biography of tenors Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and José Carreras by Marcia Lewis, the mother of Monica

neg: George Perry (priest) Boyle. His major works were "Life of Bishop Grosseteste" (1872), "Life of St. Hugh of Avalon, Bishop of Lincoln" (1879), and "History of the Reformation in England", written for the "Epochs of Church History'" series edited by Mandell Creighton. The Grosseteste biography has been called a popular and Protestant view. Among Perry's other works were: Perry also wrote for periodicals and the "Dictionary of National Biography". He left two posthumous works. One was the "Diocesan History of Lincoln" (1897), for the S.P.C.K, which he took up after the death of Edmund Venables. The other was the "Lives of the Bishops

neg: The Private Lives of the Three Tenors The Private Lives of the Three Tenors The Private Lives of the Three Tenors is a gossip biography of tenors Plácido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and José Carreras by Marcia Lewis, the mother of Monica Lewinsky. The book received high-level publicity during the 1998 Lewinsky scandal, as journalists compared Lewis' "hints" of an affair with popular opera singer, Plácido Domingo, to Lewinsky’s then-unproven allegations against U.S. President Bill Clinton. Domingo insisted that he only knew Lewis socially. Media controversy over Plácido Domingo concentrated on an early publicity proposal that Lewis wrote for her book: "How did the author, a glamorous Beverly

neg: Lives of the Most Eminent Literary and Scientific Men or 1835 to 1837, she also wrote a novel, "Falkner" (1837), experienced the death of her father, William Godwin, started a biography of him, and moved to London after her son, Percy Florence Shelley, entered Trinity College, Cambridge. She had more difficulty with these "Lives" than with the other volumes' biographies, writing to her friend Maria Gisborne: "I am now about to write a Volume of Spanish & Portugeeze Lives – This is an arduous task, from my own ignorance, & the difficulty of getting books & information". According to Lisa Vargo, a recent editor of the "Spanish and Portuguese

neg: Julia Stephen with "Notes from Sick Rooms" and a collection of her essays, which had been in the possession of Quentin Bell, in 1993. She also wrote the biographical entry for Julia Margaret Cameron in the "Dictionary of National Biography" of which her husband was the first editor (1885–1891), one of the very few biographies of women to be found in this work, and an omission which drew the critical exclamation of Woolf "it is much to be regretted that no lives of maids ... are to be found in the Dictionary of National Biography". Among her essays was "Agnostic women" defending

neg: Nigel Hamilton (author) written about the lives of Thomas Mann and former President Bill Clinton as well as numerous other works in a variety of fields. His film on the life of Field Marshal Lord Montgomery won the New York Blue Ribbon Award for Best Documentary. He founded the British Institute of Biography and became the first Professor of Biography in the UK at De Montfort University. He is currently Senior Fellow at the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, University of Massachusetts, Boston, where he wrote a modern version of "The Twelve Caesars", titled "American Caesars: Franklin D. Roosevelt to

neg: Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth Gaskell Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, ("née" Stevenson; 29 September 1810 – 12 November 1865), often referred to as Mrs Gaskell, was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Her first novel, "Mary Barton", was published in 1848. Gaskell's "The Life of Charlotte Brontë", published in 1857, was the first biography of Brontë. In this biography, she only wrote of the moral, sophisticated things in Brontë’s life, the

neg: De Viris Illustribus (Petrarch) as yet no English translation. Harvard University has it under contract to appear in the I Tatti Renaissance Library sometime in the future. These are 36 biographies of Petrarch's subjects starting with Romulus, the mythological founder of Rome, and going through Trajan. All of these are mentioned in Petrarch's epic poem "Africa". He revised the list many times over the years in different "plans." Some "Illustrious Romans" ended with Titus. Another plan of "Illustrious Romans" added Julius Caesar as the twenty-fourth biography. The adjacent 1476 Table of Contents introduction is old Italian and says something to the effect: "Repository of

neg: David Ellis (biographer) services to Lawrence studies. Writing biography turned Ellis’s attention to its problems, some of which he addressed in "Literary Lives: Biography and the search for understanding" (2000). Struck with how many biographies of Shakespeare could appear when so little is known about his private life, he discussed the issues in both "That Man Shakespeare" (2005) and "The Truth about William Shakespeare" (2015) although in between he also wrote "Shakespeare’s Practical Jokes: an introduction to the comic in his work" (2007). Ellis is the author of two memoirs, "Memoirs of a Leavisite: The decline and fall of Cambridge English" (2013) and

neg: Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives BBC to issue the documentary on DVD. "Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives" was broadcast in the United States on the PBS program "Nova" on 21 October 2008. The US version of the documentary features American voice actors for the narration. This version was available in DVD but has fallen out of print. The British version of the documentary is narrated by Annie Mac. The "NOVA" version was narrated by journalist Stefanie E. Frame. Everett called making the film "the single most rewarding experience of my life in many ways." Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives is a BAFTA-winning television

neg: Africa (Petrarch) his work on these "Famous Men." Petrarch then went from these Lives of "Illustrious Men" into his work on the "Africa" using the research of "De viris illustribus" as the bases. Petrarch writes a letter to Luca Cristiani in 1349 concerning these Lives for "De viris illustribus" and his epic poem "Africa" that he was doing in the valley at Vaucluse; Petrarch saw his task in writing these two great endeavors as "describing illustrious men, not lucky ones." He wanted to depict events that were controlled by them, not events that happened by luck or fortune. He wanted to be

neg: Igort about 10 years of processing and rewriting. The book, labeled Coconino Press, comes out simultaneously in 6 countries and wins the book of the year award at the Frankfurt Book Fair. It will become the most popular Igort book over the years. "Fats Waller" will follow, an imaginative biography of one of the most popular Jazz musicians of the Thirties, in collaboration with the Argentine writer and screenwriter, Carlos Sampayo. Igort's work begins to spread further abroad. He moved to Paris and began the Baobab series, which tells the parallel lives of a Japanese boy (Hiroshi Oolong) and a young

neg: Sandra Ramos surrenders her biography, her most intimate feelings and her own body to discuss social, political and cultural problems, has said of her work…She uses her portrait to personify the Cuban flag, the island, establishing a parallel between her personal situation and the suffering of her own country."" " Sandra Ramos Sandra Ramos (born 1969) is a visual artist from Cuba known for her surrealist expression of her relationship to Cuba’s political and social situation. Sandra Ramos Lorenzo was born in Havana, Cuba, and now lives in Miami, Florida. Although Ramos doesn’t come from a family of artists, she was nonetheless

neg: Margaret Ogola Children Services. In 1999, she also was the recipient of the "Familias Award for Humanitarian Service" of the World Congress of Families in Geneva, Switzerland. She wrote three novels, a biography and a handbook for parents. Of her first novel, Ogola says: "The inspiration for this book came from my mother who handed down to me the wisdom and lives of her own mother and grandmother. This strength and support that is found in the African family is the most important part of our culture, and should be preserved and nurtured at all costs." In an analysis of "The River

neg: Delmore Schwartz view of America differed greatly from his own). In another take on Schwartz's fiction, Morris Dickstein wrote that "Schwartz’s best stories are either poker-faced satirical takes on the bohemians and outright failures of his generation, as in 'The World Is a Wedding' and 'New Year’s Eve,' or chronicles of the distressed lives of his parents’ generation, for whom the promise of American life has not panned out." A selection of his short stories was published posthumously in 1978 under the title "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories" and was edited by James Atlas who had written a biography of

neg: Mick Brown (journalist) Mick Brown (journalist) Mick Brown (born 1950 in London) is a journalist who has written for several British newspapers, including "The Guardian" and "The Sunday Times" and for international publications. For many years he has contributed regularly to "The Daily Telegraph". He is also a broadcaster and the author of several books. Brown has written many articles about rock music and in 2007 wrote "Tearing Down the Wall of Sound", a biography of record producer Phil Spector. Mick Brown's previous book, "The Dance of 17 Lives", told the story of the 17th Karmapa, one of the most important figures in

neg: Christian Hamburger their lives "as tolerable as possible". He believed that psychotherapy was futile in these patients. Gordene Olga MacKenzie, the author of the 1994 book "Transgender Nation", referred to Hamburger and Harry Benjamin as "the two pioneering figures most responsible for the creation of modern clinical transsexual ideology". She claimed that the Jorgensen case provided the model for contemporary treatment of transgender people in the United States. Richard F. Docter, who authored a 2013 biography of Jorgensen, wrote of Hamburger: "He is seldom credited with being the inventor of the modern protocol for transsexualism, but he was." Christian Hamburger Christian Hamburger

neg: Einarr Hafliðason which Einarr continued up to 1361, when it was taken over by someone else. He almost certainly composed "Lárentius saga", a biography of Einarr's friend and teacher Lárentíus Kálfsson, sometime after 1346; and wrote or otherwise appeared in a number of official documents. In 1381, he also translated the miracle-story "Atburðr á Finnmörk" from Latin into Icelandic. Einar was thus a prominent member of the North Icelandic Benedictine School, and "Laurentius saga" is an important witness to the lives of its members. Einar was the son of Hafliði Steinsson, who had been a priest of the Norwegian king, a "ráðsmaðr"

neg: Eleanor Flexner "A Vindication of the Rights of Men" (1790) and was present in Paris in 1793 when England and France declared war. Finally, she is the mother of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley, who wrote "Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus" (1818). In this classic biography, which has not been reprinted, Flexner recounts the glories and miseries of Wollstonecraft's childhood and professional life. She describes Wollstonecraft's crushing self-doubt and unstable temperament, as well as her capacity for hard work even in times of significant adversity. Drawing on contemporary letters and diaries, Flexner adds new material to earlier lives of Wollstonecraft, especially concerning Wollstonecraft's

neg: Aedesius of his most learned disciples, Chrysanthius and the aforementioned Eusebius, were by his own desire appointed to supply his place. None of his writings have survived, but there is an extant biography by Eunapius, a Greek sophist and historian of the 4th century who wrote a collection of biographies titled "Lives of the Sophists". Aedesius Aedesius (, died 355 AD) was a Neoplatonist philosopher and mystic born of a noble Cappadocian family. Aedesius was born into a wealthy Cappadocian family, but he moved to Syria, where he was apprenticed to Iamblichos. He quickly became his best pupil and the two

neg: Park Honan probing examination of the relationships between Marlowe's day-to-day life and his writings. ... [I]t is an elegantly written study which must now stand as the best overall biography of one of our most fascinating writers." Park Honan Leonard Hobart Park Honan (17 September 1928 – 27 September 2014) was an American academic and author who spent most of his career in the UK. He wrote widely on the lives of authors and poets and published important biographies of such writers as Robert Browning, Matthew Arnold, Jane Austen, William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe. Honan began his career specializing in Victorian literature

neg: Pierre Joffroy Pierre Joffroy Pierre Joffroy (born 1929 in Lorraine, France) is a French author, dramaturge and journalist who wrote for "Paris Match", "Libération" and "L'Express". At present he lives in Paris. In France Joffroy released numerous novels, stage plays and articles. For a period of 30 years he worked on a biography of Kurt Gerstein before he finally released the book "A Spy for God", which deals with Kurt Gerstein's story and the decades of the author's research. Within the framework of an interview with Deutschlandfunk(DLF) the French author declared, that he considered Kurt Gerstein to be "one of the most

neg: Donald Spoto treatment of Tippi Hedren during the filming of "The Birds" (1963). Barry Forshaw wrote in "The Times" that Spoto is "one of the most perspicacious biographers, a man whose insights into his subjects are always razor-sharp." Michael Coveney, in "The Guardian", described him as "an American quasi-academic gossipmonger who has produced zestful, authoritative books ...". "Publishers Weekly" called his life of Laurence Olivier "a magnificent, moving biography worthy of its protean subject". Spoto is openly gay and lives with his husband, Ole Flemming Larsen, near Copenhagen, Denmark. Donald Spoto Donald Spoto (born June 28, 1941) is an American biographer and

neg: Xiang Yu be brutal at times. However, Liu Bang forbade his troops from looting the cities they captured and he spared the lives of the citizens, earning their support and trust in return. Xiang Yu's story became an example for Confucianists to advocate the idea that leaders should rule with benevolence and not govern by instilling fear in the people. However, his ambitions ended with the collapse of Western Chu, his defeat by Liu Bang, and his death at the early age of around 30. The historian Sima Qian, who wrote Xiang Yu's biography in the "Records of the Grand Historian", described

neg: David Mendell From Promise to Power" "the single best source of background information on our new president." In February 2008, Mendell received an NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Literary Work in the Biography/Autobiography category for the book. Mendell took a buyout from the Tribune in the summer of 2008. David Mendell David Mendell is an American journalist who wrote for the "Chicago Tribune" until the summer of 2008. Mendell was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and currently lives in Oak Park, Illinois. During his time with the "Tribune", Mendell covered the Columbine High School shootings and riots in Seattle spurred by meetings of

neg: Cleopatra who paid for sex with their lives. Cleopatra also became appreciated outside the Western world and Middle East, as the Qing-dynasty Chinese scholar Yan Fu wrote an extensive biography of her. Georges Méliès's "Robbing Cleopatra's Tomb" (), an 1899 French silent horror film, was the first film to depict the character of Cleopatra. Hollywood films of the 20th century were influenced by earlier Victorian media, which helped to shape the character of Cleopatra played by Theda Bara in "Cleopatra" (1917), Claudette Colbert in "Cleopatra" (1934), and Elizabeth Taylor in "Cleopatra" (1963). In addition to her portrayal as a "vampire" queen,

neg: David Watkins (designer) for its Crafts Lives collection held by the British Library. In 2009 Graham Hughes wrote a joint biography of Watkins and his wife and fellow designer Wendy Ramshaw. In 2010 a retrospective exhibition of his work was held at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, titled "Artist in Jewellery, a Retrospective View (1972-2010)". David Watkins (designer) David Watkins is a British artist who has designed the medals for the London 2012 Olympics. Watkins was also a special effects maker for the film . Watkins was born in Wolverhampton in 1940 and he is a graduate of the University of Reading

neg: Pierre Joffroy important persons of World War II". Pierre Joffroy, Le retour des bourreaux in : "Paris Match", Nr. 831, Paris, 13 March 1965, S. 3–5, 7, 9. (deals with the process of Munich, 1965) Pierre Joffroy Pierre Joffroy (born 1929 in Lorraine, France) is a French author, dramaturge and journalist who wrote for "Paris Match", "Libération" and "L'Express". At present he lives in Paris. In France Joffroy released numerous novels, stage plays and articles. For a period of 30 years he worked on a biography of Kurt Gerstein before he finally released the book "A Spy for God", which deals with

neg: Johannine Comma would have quoted these words had they known them" Westcott writes about the Rebaptism Treatise: The Catholic Encyclopedia of 1910 asserts that Jerome "does not seem to know the text". Coming down to us with the writings of Jerome we have the statement of faith attributed to Marcus Celedensis, friend and correspondent to Jerome, presented to Cyril: Similarly, Jerome wrote of Phoebadius of Agen in his "Lives of Illustrious Men". "Phoebadius, bishop of Agen, in Gaul, published a book Against the Arians. There are said to be other works by him, which I have not yet read. He is still

neg: Anna Kennedy order to continue their work. Anna also provides training for the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) and Child line with regards to the disability bullying issue and create awareness about autism all over the UK. In 2009, Anna wrote a book named, Not Stupid which was about the struggle she had to set up the school for her kids. Based on the story of a mother who fights to rescue the lives of her children from autism this bestselling biography is available on Amazon. A fitness DVD, 'Step in The Right Direction' was a groundbreaking

neg: Josh White to people who despise America. He has a right to his own opinions, but when he, or anybody, pretends to talk for a whole race, he's kidding himself. His statement that the Negroes would not fight for their country, against Soviet Russia or any other enemy, is both wrong and an insult: because I stand ready to fight Russian or any enemy of America." In the biography "Robeson: Lives of the Left", Martin Duberman wrote about the encounter. Apparently White and Robeson went up to the bathroom of Robeson's master bedroom, turned on all the faucets so that the FBI

neg: J. C. Furnas Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, which delves into the lives and motivations of the "Secret Six" who gave him a great deal of his support, and "Goodbye to Uncle Tom" examines how "Uncle Tom's Cabin," both as a novel and in its many stage adaptations, has shaped American attitudes towards African Americans and slavery. In addition to these books, he wrote several books dealing with the South Pacific, including a biography of Robert Louis Stevenson, as well as several novels. He is credited with uncovering the truth behind the Lillian Hellman short story, "Julia," later made into a movie starring

neg: Lawrence Beyerlinck theologian of the church of Antwerp; in 1614 he was made protonotary. Beyerlinck was a priest, a rhetorician, orator, and administrator, and engaged continually in preaching and writing. His works are mainly encyclopedic . He wrote, e.g. a second volume (Antwerp, 1611) of the "Opus Chronographicum orbis universi a mundi exordio usque ad annum MDCXI" (first volume to year 1572 by Opmeer), a collection of lives of popes, rulers, and illustrious men; and the "Magnum Theatrum Vitae Humanae" (Cologne, 1631, 7 vols; Lyon 1665-6, 8 vols; Venice, 1707, 8 vols), an encyclopedia of information on diverse subjects arranged in alphabetical

neg: James Wills "Irish Quarterly Review". In 1831 he published "The Disembodied and other Poems". "The Philosophy of Unbelief" (1835) attracted much attention. He actually wrote the famous poem The Universe, even though it was published in 1821 under the name of Charles Maturin. He was editor of the "Dublin University Magazine" in 1841 and 1842. His largest work was "Lives of Illustrious and Distinguished Irishmen", and his last publication "The Idolatress" (1868). In all his writings gave evidence of a powerful personality. His poems are spirited, and in some cases show considerable dramatic qualities. He died in Attanagh, County Laois. The famous

neg: Jean Goodwin Messinger security in America but they all began their lives in very different circumstances, in Hitler’s Germany." Jean Goodwin Messinger Jean Goodwin Messinger is an author who has written books covering stories of World War II and Holocaust survivors including the book, "" that she wrote in 2005. That particular book brought Messinger notoriety because it was revealed later after the book's publication that the subject of the book, Rosemarie Pence had lied about her story, which then made the biography fictional. Messinger did not verify the stories that Pence had told her, but instead took Pence's stories as factual. Later,

neg: Guignol's Band Guignol's Band Guignol's Band is a 1944 novel by the French writer Louis-Ferdinand Céline. Set in the mid 1910s, the narrative revolves around Ferdinand, an invalided French World War I veteran who lives in exile in London, and follows his small businesses and interacting with prostitutes. It was followed by a sequel, "", published posthumously in 1964. Louis-Ferdinand Céline spent a number of months in London after an injury in World War I, and the novel bears some autobiographical elements from that time. The French literature scholar Merlin Thomas wrote in his biography on Céline: "In the chronology of Céline's

neg: Mack McCormick Butterfield Blues Band, cut off Dylan's electricity supply, possibly giving rise to the apocryphal story that Pete Seeger had attempted to cut off the power during Dylan's debut performance with electric guitars and keyboards. McCormick wrote numerous magazine articles and album liner notes and assembled an extensive private archive of Texas musical history. He researched the lives of dead blues musicians, such as Robert Johnson and Henry Thomas. He began research on Johnson in 1972, while working for the Smithsonian Institution, and interviewed people who had known the musician. McCormick originally intended to publish his research as a book, "Biography

neg: Monica Lewinsky escaped from Nazi Germany and moved to El Salvador and then to the United States when he was 14. Her mother, born Marcia Kay Vilensky, is an author who uses the name Marcia Lewis. In 1996, she wrote her only book, the gossip biography, "The Private Lives of the Three Tenors". During the Lewinsky scandal, the press compared Lewis' unproven "hints" that she had an affair with opera star Plácido Domingo to her daughter's sexual relationship with Clinton. Monica's maternal grandfather, Samuel M. Vilensky, was a Lithuanian Jew, and Monica's maternal grandmother, Bronia Poleshuk, was born in the British Concession