biography

He is a modern Midas who has elevated the business of deal-making to an art form and came to epitomize a glitzy, greedy era, only to see his fortune and fame threatened by changing times. By the age of 40, Donald Trump was one of New York's most successful real estate developers. The epitome of '80s glamour, he had a high profile wife, a lavish lifestyle and public adulation. But as the decade ended, it seemed that his luck went with it. Here is the story of his incredible rise, decline and improbable rebirth as a mogul for the '90s. It is a fascinating look at the life and times of the man whose name has become a symbol of wealth and status Donald Trump.

Author recounts how she became a writer.

A biography of the creator of "Peter Rabbit" and many other books whose characters became world famous.

Author John Updike describes his life until the age of fifty-five.

Biography of the author of "Dracula, " detailing his role as the manager of London's Lyceum Theatre, his cultivation of actor Henry Irving, and exploring the link between Stoker's life and his fiction.

Commemorates the victims, survivors, and oppressors remembered by the author during his time in Auschwitz.

The memoirs of an American born of Sicilian immigrant parents, covering his life and his impressions of America from the Depression to the end of World War II.