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|  | Fanny Kemble's Journals by Catherine Clinton, Fanny Kemble
Fanny Kemble was an accomplished woman of the English theater whose many journals and diaries--several published in her lifetime--recorded her success on stage, her marriage in America to a Georgia plantation owner, and her strong opposition to slavery. This selection has been assembled from her many volumes of memoirs and diaries by Catherine Clinton, author of the biography FANNY KEMBLE`S CIVIL WARS. AUTHOR: Catherine Clinton, Fanny Kemble
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Life Stories by Brian Lamb
A collection of interviews from Brian Lamb's Booknotes program on C-SPAN. The interviews collected here took place over a 10-year period, and deal mostly with biographers of public figures such as Harry Truman, Thomas Edison, Clare Booth Luce, and Henry Kissinger. This is a follow-up to Lamb's BOOKNOTES: Writers and their Stories from C-SPAN'S Author Interviews. AUTHOR: Brian Lamb
PUBLISHER: Crown Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Parisian Encounters by Charles Hobson
In love in Paris. Could anything be more romantic? Paris has been the setting for some of the world`s greatest loves and grandest passions: the intoxicating, doomed romance of George Sand and Frederic Chopin; the tempestuous affair of Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel; the sensual liaison of Anais Nin and Henry Miller. Each of the romances depicted in Parisian Encounters, played out against the backdrop of Paris, was a combustion of creativity and desire, an impetus to genius, to art, and to action. These haunting portraits of eight famous couples reveal love`s light and dark sides, showing its power as well as its destructive force. Side by side, the lovers seem to look at one another, and, in their own words, describe their relationship, making each page an artistic re-creation of the romance. The moment of the meeting is documented in exquisite period maps, positioned next to an eccentric chronology of the affair, and the unique format allows readers to create a combination of portrait, quotation, map, and chronology - a complete romantic history of each of these dangerous liaisons. This spectacular objet not only evokes the allure of the city, but captures the passion of some of the most celebrated couples who ever strolled its streets. AUTHOR: Charles Hobson
PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain
Written in 1933, this is a personal account of life during World War I. Based on diaries and letters written at the time, Brittain brings the years 1900 to 1925 to life with sharp perception and a lack of sentimentality. She bears witness to the loss of a generation of men including her brother and her fiance. AUTHOR: Vera Brittain
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | It Seems to Me by Donald W. Whisenhunt
Description not available.The letters of Eleanor Roosevelt reveal a cagy, self-confident woman who was never afraid to speak her mind on politics, religion, civil rights, and sitting presidents. AUTHOR: Donald W. Whisenhunt
PUBLISHER: University Press of Kentucky
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Spice Girls
Description not available.Presents the exploits of the popular British bubblegum group, the Spice Girls, covering their concerts, meetings with world leaders and royalty, and personal histories
PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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