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|  | All My Long Life by Anthony Tommasini
A definitive biography of Virgil Thomson, the distinguished American composer and music critic. One of the most influential figures in the American arts of the 20th century, Thomson was an intimate of Gertrude Stein, Orsen Welles, Lincoln Kirstein, and Paul Bowles, and--as a critic for the Herald Tribune, the New York Review of Books, and other journals--he helped shape public tastes to a degree that still persists. AUTHOR: Anthony Tommasini
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Marilyn Monroe by Barbara Leaming, Julia Delfino
This addition to the abundant library of Monroe biographies is a serious account of the human being behind the glamourous facade, with unique information culled from primary sources. The author has also written such celebrity biographies as Katherine Hepburn and Orson Welles . A New York Times Notable Book for 1998. AUTHOR: Barbara Leaming, Julia Delfino
PUBLISHER: Crown Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Where Rivers Change Direction by Mark Spragg
The author of this memoir grew up on the oldest dude ranch in the nation's least populous state, Wyoming. Here he recalls the rugged life of horse wrangling and bear hunting he was born to and the mentors who led him into a career in writing. AUTHOR: Mark Spragg
PUBLISHER: University of Utah Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Cary Grant by Richard Schickel
Ever since Mae West arched an eyebrow at a young Cary Grant, born Archie Leach, and invited him to come up and see her some time, the rest of America and the world has been equally solicitous. Cary Grant, however, was more than a glamorous leading man. He may have been, as he was once described, The best and most important actor in the history of the cinema . He almost invented the type of the sophisticated romantic comedy star. But offscreen, as author Richard Schickel admirably chronicles here, Grant remained as elusive as that circus cat in Baby. Richard Schickel's text combines critical analysis and a re-interpretation of all the available biographical information on the star. He masterfully maps the intersections where a great star's personal history and his screen personality met -- and with such great, and lasting, style. AUTHOR: Richard Schickel
PUBLISHER: Applause Theatre Book Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Original Man by Claude Andrew Clegg, III, Dick Estell
A Professor of History at North Carolina A&T, Andrew Clegg has crafted a careful, balanced, and nuanced rendering of the life and times of the Messenger of Allah, who led the Nation of Islam for more than four decades until his death in 1975. AUTHOR: Claude Andrew Clegg, III, Dick Estell
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Neil Young by Sylvie Simmons
This short biography, part of the Mojo Heroes series, developed by Mojo magazine, focuses on Young's career primarily through his astonishingly (and sometimes bizarrely) diverse collection of recordings. AUTHOR: Sylvie Simmons
PUBLISHER: Canongate Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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