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Tutto, 2023 (11), 2022 (8), 2021 (8), 2020 (10), 2019 (9), 2018 (15), 2016 (16), 2012 (17), 2011 (9), 2010 (8)
OperaAnno
Larry McMurtry: A Life di Tracy Daugherty
2023
King: A Life di Jonathan Eig
2023
True West: Sam Shepard's Life, Work, and Times di Robert Greenfield
2023
August Wilson: A Life di Patti Hartigan
2023
Lou Reed: The King of New York di Will Hermes
2023
Elon Musk di Walter Isaacson
2023
Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson di Sally H. Jacobs
2023
Biography of a Phantom: A Robert Johnson Blues Odyssey di Robert Mack McCormick
2023
Winnie and Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage di Jonny Steinberg
2023
Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song di Judith Tick
2023
On Great Fields: The Life and Unlikely Heroism of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain di Ronald C. White
2023
Napoleon: The Decline and Fall of an Empire: 1811-1821 di Michael Broers
2022
Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm di Dan Charnas
2022
Ted Kennedy: A Life di John A. Farrell
2022
The Grimkes: The Legacy of Slavery in an American Family di Kerri K. Greenidge
2022
And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle di Jon Meacham
2022
Shirley Hazzard: A Writing Life di Brigitta Olubas
2022
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne di Katherine Rundell
2022
Putin di Philip Short
2022
Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern di Mary Beard
2021
The Rise and Fall of Osama bin Laden di Peter L. Bergen
2021
King of the Blues: The Rise and Reign of B.B. King di Daniel De Visé
2021
A Brave and Cunning Prince: The Great Chief Opechancanough and the War for America di James Horn
2021
Walk with Me: A Biography of Fannie Lou Hamer di Kate Clifford Larson
2021
Tom Stoppard: A Life di Hermione Lee
2021
The Young H. G. Wells: Changing the World di Claire Tomalin
2021
Pessoa: A Biography di Richard Zenith
2021
His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life di Jonathan Alter
2020
A Knock at Midnight: A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom di Brittany K. Barnett
2020
Warhol di Blake Gopnik
2020
Blood and Oil: Mohammed bin Salman's Ruthless Quest for Global Power di Bradley Hope
2020
MBS: The Rise to Power of Mohammed bin Salman di Ben Hubbard
2020
JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 di Fredrik Logevall
2020
Agent Sonya: Moscow's Most Daring Wartime Spy di Ben Macintyre
2020
Calder: The Conquest of Space: The Later Years: 1940-1976 (A Life of Calder) di Jed Perl
2020
Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times di David S. Reynolds
2020
Hitler: Downfall: 1939-1945 di Volker Ullrich
2020
All the Powers of Earth: The Political Life of Abraham Lincoln Vol. III, 1856-1860 (3) di Sidney Blumenthal
2019
Diderot and the Art of Thinking Freely di Andrew S. Curran
2019
The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age di Leo Damrosch
2019
Tell Me Who You Are: Sharing Our Stories of Race, Culture, & Identity di Winona Guo
2019
Agent Jack: The True Story of MI5's Secret Nazi Hunter di Robert Hutton
2019
Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodor Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination di Brian Jay Jones
2019
Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented Race, Sex, and Gender in the Twentieth Century di Charles King
2019
Edison di Edmund Morris
2019
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century di George Packer
2019
Patriot or Traitor: The Life and Death of Sir Walter Ralegh di Anna Beer
2018
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom di David W. Blight
2018
Hermann Hesse di Gunnar Decker
2018
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life di Jane Sherron De Hart
2018
Leadership: In Turbulent Times di Doris Kearns Goodwin
2018
Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World, 1914-1948 di Ramachandra Guha
2018
Patriot Number One: American Dreams in Chinatown di Lauren Hilgers
2018
De Gaulle di Julian Jackson
2018
The life of Saul Bellow: love and strife, 1965–2005 di Zachary Leader
2018
A World to Win: The Life and Works of Karl Marx di Sven-Eric Liedman
2018
Churchill: Walking with Destiny di Andrew Roberts
2018
The Life of Mark Twain: The Early Years, 1835-1871 (Mark Twain and His Circle) di Gary Scharnhorst
2018
In Byron's Wake: The Turbulent Lives of Lord Byron's Wife and Daughter: Annabella Milbanke and Ada Lovelace di Miranda Seymour
2018
Mr Lear: A Life of Art and Nonsense di Jenny Uglow
2018
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After di Clemantine Wamariya
2018
Jean Cocteau: A Life di Claude Arnaud
2016
The Firebrand and the First Lady: Portrait of a Friendship: Pauli Murray, Eleanor Roosevelt, and the Struggle for Social Justice di Patricia Bell-Scott
2016
The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War di H. W. Brands
2016
Orson Welles: One-Man Band di Simon Callow
2016
Raoul Wallenberg: The Heroic Life and Mysterious Disappearance of the Man Who Saved Thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust di Ingrid Carlberg
2016
Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3: 1939-1962 di Blanche Wiesen Cook
2016
Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life di Ruth Franklin
2016
Charlotte Bronte: A Life di Claire Harman
2016
George Lucas: A Life di Brian Jay Jones
2016
Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul di James McBride
2016
Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill di Candice Millard
2016
Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady di Susan Quinn
2016
The Violet Hour: Great Writers at the End di Katie Roiphe
2016
John Aubrey: my own life di Ruth Scurr
2016
Louisa: The Extraordinary Life of Mrs. Adams di Louisa Thomas
2016
Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White di Michael Tisserand
2016
The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen (A Merloyd Lawrence Book) di Stephen R. Bown
2012
Cronkite di Douglas Brinkley
2012
The Passage of Power di Robert A. Caro
2012
Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece di Michael Gorra
2012
The Voice Is All: The Lonely Victory of Jack Kerouac di Joyce Johnson
2012
L'enigma del Cenacolo: l'avventura di un genio nel Rinascimento e dell'affresco che lo rese immortale di Ross King
2012
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume III: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965 di William Manchester
2012
Hello, Gorgeous: Becoming Barbra Streisand di William J. Mann
2012
Every Love Story Is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace di D.T. Max
2012
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power di Jon Meacham
2012
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy di David Nasaw
2012
Mao: The Real Story di Alexander V. Pantsov
2012
Ernie K-Doe: The R&B Emperor of New Orleans di Ben Sandmel
2012
The Tender Hour of Twilight: Paris in the '50s, New York in the '60s: A Memoir of Publishing's Golden Age di Richard Seaver
2012
ˆI'‰m your man: vita di Leonard Cohen di Sylvie Simmons
2012
On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson, Author of Silent Spring di William Souder
2012
Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child di Bob Spitz
2012
Tolstoy: a Russian life di Rosamund Bartlett
2011
Jane Fonda: The Private Life of a Public Woman di Patricia Bosworth
2011
Courage Beyond the Game: The Freddie Steinmark Story di Jim Dent
2011
Love and Capital di Mary Gabriel
2011
Mightier than the Sword: Uncle Tom's Cabin and the Battle for America di David S. Reynolds
2011
Howard Cosell: The Man, the Myth, and the Transformation of American Sports di Mark Ribowsky
2011
Lennon: The Man, the Myth, the Music - The Definitive Life di Tim Riley
2011
Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein di Julie Salamon
2011
Charles Dickens: A Life di Claire Tomalin
2011
First Family: Abigail and John Adams di Joseph J. Ellis
2010
Empire of Dreams: The Epic Life of Cecil B. DeMille di Scott Eyman
2010
Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise di Sam Irvin
2010
The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America's Childhood di Jane Leavy
2010
Three Chords for Beauty's Sake: The Life of Artie Shaw di Tom Nolan
2010
Joe Louis: Hard Times Man di Randy Roberts
2010
Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage di Kenneth Silverman
2010
Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney di Howard Sounes
2010

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