1908-

An autobiographical account of the life of Edward Teller which provides information on his childhood in Hungary, his experiences with Nazism and anti-Semitism, two world wars, and the McCarthy area, and his contributions to the science world.

Presents the memoirs of novelist, war correspondent, travel writer, and author Martha Gellhorn, as she recalls her life and adventures including her marriage to Ernest Hemingway and coverage of three major wars.

The author presents an in-depth study of Justice Harry A. Blackmun, who served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1970 to 1994, and chronicles his life and years of service on the Court, several landmark decisions of which he was a part, his own views regarding abortion, the death penalty, and affirmative action, and much more.

Photographs and easy-to-read text trace the life of the first black man to be appointed an associate justice of the highest court in the country.

A career biography of Supreme Court Associate Justice Harry Blackmun.

An introduction to the life and writings of French author Simone de Beauvoir that discusses her personal and professional life, her existentialist beliefs, her political essays, and other related topics.

Recounts the life of Karl Z. Morgan, a physicist at the Manhattan Project in the 1940s, discussing his role in the development of nuclear energy, and the moral dilemmas it presented.

Aram Saroyan tells of the intimate sides of the life of his father, Pulitzer Prize-Winning playwright and novelist William Saroyan.