Memoir & Biography

ISBN: 9781512600483
Published by : Brandeis University Press
Series: Brandeis Series in American Jewish History, Culture, and Life
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This absorbing biography chronicles the life and work of one of the most important entertainers of the twentieth century. Eddie Cantor (1892–1964) starred in theater, film, radio, and television. His immense popularity across a variety of media, h... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781512600513
Published by : University Press of New England
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Edna Edith Sayers has written the definitive biography of T. H. Gallaudet (1787–1851), celebrated today as the founder of deaf education in America. Sayers traces Gallaudet’s work in the fields of deaf education, free common schools, literacy, tea... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781512600797
Published by : University Press of New England
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As a charter member of Boston Ballet and its predecessor, New England Civic Ballet, Laura Young has been affiliated with the company longer than any other dancer in its history. This book is both a memoir of her personal journey and a fascinating ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780887486241
Published by : Carnegie Mellon University Press
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Mickey Rourke and the Bluebird of Happiness contains selections taken from Simone Di Piero’s notebooks going back thirty years. His notebooks offer evidence of a poet’s inner life and have been for him a kind of mute conversation partner. They tes... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780872332522
Published by : Bauhan Publishing
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Francelia Clark finds and follows two of the oldest trails in New Hampshire’s Monadnock region into history—on horseback. Along the way she studies the cellar holes and rock remains of houses, wells, and walled cow paths, as well as old journals, ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781512601183
Published by : Brandeis University Press
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Nili Gold, who was born in Haifa to German-speaking parents in 1948, the first year of Israeli statehood, here offers a remarkable homage to her native city during its heyday as an international port and cultural center. Spanning the 1920s and ’30... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780819570871
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
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Ishiro Honda was arguably the most internationally successful Japanese director of his generation, with an unmatched succession of science fiction films that were commercial hits worldwide. From the atomic allegory of Godzilla and the beguiling ch... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781512600865
Published by : Brandeis University Press
Series: The Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry
This intellectual biography of Hans Kohn (1891–1971) looks at theories of nationalism in the twentieth century as articulated through the life and work of its leading scholar and activist. Hans Kohn was born in late nineteenth-century Prague, but ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781512600872
Published by : Brandeis University Press
Series: The Tauber Institute Series for the Study of European Jewry
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