Biographies - would like recommendations

Paegan2246 · 06-25-2010, 12:06 PM

This past weekend I finished Robert Oppenheimer - American Prometheus. Now I'm about a third of the way through Louis D. Brandeis - A Life by Martin Urofsky. I will soon be scrounging around for others to read. Any suggestions?

Thanks.

----Susan

Metal Mick · 06-30-2010, 07:42 AM

Hi all,

I have not read many biographies as such, though I did read Leonard Nimoy's I Am Spock. I found it quite enlightening, and while I think of it, I want to read his first autobiography I Am Not Spock, for it too, will be interesting.

I have not read it all as yet, but would find Roger Moore's biography very interesting, and so too, the one on Billy Connolly, by his wife.

Not so much a biography as a piece of breathtakingly researched history, is The Last Place on Earth, featuring Scott and Amundsen racing for the south pole. It is so detailed about the men that it almost qualifies as a biography. In any event it is an example of just how well-told a piece of non-fiction can be.

Cheers,

Paegan2246 · 06-30-2010, 09:22 AM

Thanks Michael...I try to stay away from Hollywood biographies but I will definately put The Last Place on Earth on my to get list.

06-25-2010, 12:06 PM	#1
Paegan2246 Connoisseur Posts: 86 Karma: 2627294 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Wisconsin Device: Kindle Keyboard, Kindle Touch, iPod Touch, 3-160GB iPod classics	Biographies - would like recommendations This past weekend I finished Robert Oppenheimer - American Prometheus. Now I'm about a third of the way through Louis D. Brandeis - A Life by Martin Urofsky. I will soon be scrounging around for others to read. Any suggestions? Thanks. ----Susan

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06-30-2010, 07:42 AM	#2
Metal Mick Addict Posts: 253 Karma: 2383254 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: The Book, PB 302, IQ	Hi all, I have not read many biographies as such, though I did read Leonard Nimoy's I Am Spock. I found it quite enlightening, and while I think of it, I want to read his first autobiography I Am Not Spock, for it too, will be interesting. I have not read it all as yet, but would find Roger Moore's biography very interesting, and so too, the one on Billy Connolly, by his wife. Not so much a biography as a piece of breathtakingly researched history, is The Last Place on Earth, featuring Scott and Amundsen racing for the south pole. It is so detailed about the men that it almost qualifies as a biography. In any event it is an example of just how well-told a piece of non-fiction can be. Cheers,

06-30-2010, 09:22 AM	#3
Paegan2246 Connoisseur Posts: 86 Karma: 2627294 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Wisconsin Device: Kindle Keyboard, Kindle Touch, iPod Touch, 3-160GB iPod classics	Thanks Michael...I try to stay away from Hollywood biographies but I will definately put The Last Place on Earth on my to get list.

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