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|  | Ice Bound by Jerri Nielsen, Maryanne Vollers
Drawn to the South Pole by both her spirit of adventure and her altruism as a medical doctor, Dr. Nielson thought an expedition would be the perfect therapy after a painful divorce. However, once isolated in the pole, and unreachable for months because the temperature made it impossible to land a plane there, she discovered cancer in her own breast. In this memoir she shares her physical and emotional ordeal. AUTHOR: Jerri Nielsen, Maryanne Vollers
PUBLISHER: Brilliance Audio
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 7 by Anais Nin, Gunther Stuhlmann
This volume covers the years when Nin's earlier diaries were first published. With the publication of the older diaries, Nin's reputation went from that of an underground literary figure to that of an international (albeit unintended) representative of both the women's movement and the sexual revolution. By 1974, the final year recorded in this book, Nin was elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters, and her position as a major American author was secure. AUTHOR: Anais Nin, Gunther Stuhlmann
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Trade Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Thread of the Silkworm by Anna Fields, Iris Chang
The biography of a pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a communist and deported to China, where he became--to the chagrin of U.S. leaders--the father of the Chinese missile program. AUTHOR: Anna Fields, Iris Chang
PUBLISHER: Basic Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Diaghilev's Ballets Russes by Lynn Garafola
In the history of twentieth-century ballet no company has had so profound and far-reaching an influence as the Ballets Russes. Under the direction of impresario extraordinaire Serge Diaghilev (1872-1929), the Ballets Russes radically transformed the nature of ballet -- its subject matter, movement idiom, choreographic style, stage space, music, scenic design, costume, even the dancer s physical appearance. From 1909 to 1929, it nurtured some of the greatest choreographers in dance history -- Fokine, Nijinsky, Massine, and Balanchine -- and created such classics as Les Syphides, Firebird, Petrouchka, L'Apres-midi d'un Faune, Les Noces, and Apollo. Diaghilev brought together some of the leading artists of his time, including composers Stravinsky, Debussy, and Prokofiev; artists Picasso, Braque, and Matisse, and poets Hoffmansthal and Cocteau. Diaghilev's Ballets Russes is the most authoritative history of the company ever written and the first to examine it as a totality -- its art, enterprise, and audience. Combining social and cultural history with illuminating discussions of dance, drama, music, art, economics, and public reception, Lynn Garafola paints an extraordinary portrait of the company that shaped ballet into what it is today. AUTHOR: Lynn Garafola
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Churchill by David Case, Martin Gilbert
After publishing the eighth and final volume of Churchill's official biography in 1988, Martin Gilbert was finally free to devote himself to his own one-volume account of this compelling life. The result is a brilliant marriage of the hard facts of the public life and intimate details of the private man--a vital portrait of one of the most remarkable men of any age. Photographs. AUTHOR: David Case, Martin Gilbert
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry & Company, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Lee's Lieutenants by Douglas S. Freeman
A classic history of the U.S. Civil War, concentrating on the personalities and strategies of Robert E. Lee's general staff. Drawing on eyewitness testimony, Lee's Lieutenants re-creates the battles of the Civil War from Bull Run to Appomattox--as well as the mindsets of such commanders as Stonewall Jackson, Jeb Stuart, James Longstreet, George Pickett, and John Gordon Brown. AUTHOR: Douglas S. Freeman
PUBLISHER: Scribner
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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