Biography

Erotic Vagrancy: Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor biography revels in scandal and excess of Hollywood glamour couple

Erotic Vagrancy: Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor biography revels in scandal and excess of Hollywood glamour couple: Roger Lewis’s biographies are always rich, wayward, engrossing, idiosyncratic and above all obsessive, which seems entirely fitting for evoking the particular qualities of his latest subject – the celebrity couple to end them all, Richard Burton and Elizabeth …

Winnie and Mandela biography: a masterful tale of South Africa’s troubled, iconic power couple

Winnie and Mandela biography: a masterful tale of South Africa’s troubled, iconic power couple: A new book on South African liberation struggle icons Nelson and Winnie Mandela is a masterful biography of the pair. It’s a work of scholarship involving an immense body of primary and secondary research, written with flair and panache but in …

Beyond The Story: BTS biography is a humanising, literary portrayal of K-pop’s world-leading stars

Beyond The Story: BTS biography is a humanising, literary portrayal of K-pop’s world-leading stars: In a climate of ever-increasing competition, it’s a real feat when any band makes it to their tenth anniversary bigger than ever. Such is the case with K-pop group BTS (short for bangtan sonyeondan, “bulletproof boy scouts” in Korean). The band …

Harry Oppenheimer biography shows the South African mining magnate’s hand in economic policies

Harry Oppenheimer biography shows the South African mining magnate’s hand in economic policies: The late South African mining tycoon, Harry Oppenheimer. Harry Frederick Oppenheimer in his Johannesburg office. (Photo by William Campbell/Sygma via Getty Images In Harry Oppenheimer: Diamonds, Gold and Dynasty, his outstanding biography of the South African mining magnate who died in 2000, …

FW de Klerk: A short biography – Foundation

South Africa in the news: FW de Klerk: A short biography – Foundation: FW de Klerk. Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk was born in Johannesburg on 18 March 1936, the son of Senator Jan De Klerk, a senior Cabinet Minister. His school years were spent mainl …: “South Africa” – BingNews How billion from Elon …

Image from page 844 of “The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world” (1903)

A nice Kings Beach image: Image from page 844 of “The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world” (1903) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: americanauniver08beac Title: The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, …

Image from page 848 of “The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world” (1903)

A cool Kings Beach image: Image from page 848 of “The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world” (1903) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: americanauniver04beac Title: The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, …

In Depth Out Loud podcast: Ritalin – the biography of a mercurial medicine

In Depth Out Loud podcast: Ritalin – the biography of a mercurial medicine: It's been 75 years since the birth of Ritalin. Editor182 via Wikipedia Commons In this episode of The Conversation’s In Depth Out Loud podcast, we bring you the history of Ritalin by Matthew Smith, professor in health history at the University of …

Nice Image from page 319 of “The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world” (1903) photo

A nice Kings Beach image: Image from page 319 of “The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world” (1903) Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: americanauniver04beac Title: The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, …

Alan Wieder discusses his biography Studs Terkel: Politics, Culture, but Mostly Conversation

Alan Wieder discusses his biography Studs Terkel: Politics, Culture, but Mostly Conversation – a South Africa interest event taking place on 2016-10-04 19:00:00 in United States Tuesday 10/4, 7pm Alan Wieder discusses his biography Studs Terkel: Politics, Culture, but Mostly Conversation Studs Terkel was an American icon who had no use for America’s cult of celebrity. …

Bill Gates Biography: Sultan Of Software

William Henry “Bill” Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. He is consistently ranked among the world’s wealthiest people and was the wealthiest overall from 1995 to 2009, excluding …

Biography – Bill Gates: Sultan of Software (A&E DVD Archives)

Biography – Bill Gates: Sultan of Software (A&E DVD Archives) Bill Gates at the age of 42 has established himself as one of the titans of American business in the 20th Century. His company Microsoft now controls 95% of the world’s operating systems for personal computers which has made Gates the richest man in the …