Penguin Lives Biographies

  • Dante: A Life

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    An insightful biography of Florence’s famous son

    Acclaimed biog rap her R.W.B. Lewis traces the life and complex development? emotional, artistic, philosophical?of this supreme poet-historian. Here w

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    • Series: Penguin Lives Biographies
    • Author: Lewis, R. W. B.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 224
    • Publish Date: November 24 2009
    • ISBN10: 014311641X
    • Language: English
  • Jane Austen: A Life

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    With the same sensitivity and artfulness that are the trademarks of her award-winning novels, Carol Shields explores the life of a writer whose own novels have engaged and delighted readers for the pa… [more below]

    • Series: Penguin Lives Biographies
    • Author: Shields, Carol
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: May 31 2005
    • ISBN10: 0143035169
    • Language: English
  • Mozart: A Life

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    A biography of the greatest musical mind in Western history

    Mozart’s unshakable hold on the public’s consciousness can only be strengthened by historian and biographer Peter Gay’s concise and deft lo

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    • Series: Penguin Lives Biographies
    • Author: Gay, Peter
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: September 01 2006
    • ISBN10: 0143037730
    • Language: English
  • Crazy Horse: A Life

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    Legends cloud the life of Crazy Horse, a seminal figure in American history but an enigma even to his own people in his own day. This superb biography looks back across more than 120 years at the life… [more below]

    • Series: Penguin Lives Biographies
    • Author: McMurtry, Larry
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 160
    • Publish Date: December 27 2005
    • ISBN10: 0143034804
    • Language: English
  • Buddha

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    With such bestsellers as A History of God and Islam, Karen Armstrong has consistently delivered “penetrating, readable, and prescient” (The New York Times) works that have lucidly engaged a wide range… [more below]

    • Series: Penguin Lives Biographies
    • Author: Armstrong, Karen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 240
    • Publish Date: September 28 2004
    • ISBN10: 0143034367
    • Language: English
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