He wasn’t just prolific, publishing 32 books. His output also showed an unusual range that included memoirs and forays into historical fiction and even poetry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2024-12-30 10:58:27 UTC ]
The former U.S. president and 2002 Nobel Peace Prize winner, who authored every word of his 32 titles on politics, faith, and more, has died at 100. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-29 05:00:00 UTC ]
In print and audiobooks, the former president shared how Christian beliefs shaped all his endeavors. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-29 05:00:00 UTC ]
Richard Parsons, the executive dubbed “Captain Emergency” for his record of stabilizing ailing companies such as AOL Time Warner, Citigroup Inc. and Dime Savings Bank of New York, has died. He was 76.Parsons died on Thursday at his home in Manhattan. The cause of death was bone cancer, the New... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-12-27 15:01:08 UTC ]
Guardian photographer who captured most of the main events and notable people from the early 1960s to the late 90sThe photographer Frank Martin, who has died aged 89, was on the staff of the Guardian from 1964 to 1997, creating an extensive body of work that covered news, arts, fashion, politics... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-04-13 16:01:26 UTC ]
The usual narrative about the 39th president has it backward, Jonathan Alter argues. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Washington Post | 2020-12-04 13:00:00 UTC ]
Picture book biographies of Thurgood Marshall, Katherine Johnson, Jimmy Carter and more introduce people who just kept going, until they changed the world. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2019-12-05 15:19:04 UTC ]
If you are worried your beach reads might be a little too easy this summer, Gates has some more heady suggestions for you. As one of the world’s top philanthropists, perhaps it makes sense that Bill Gates is treating beach reading like an intellectual cause: Each year, he offers up his list of... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2017-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jimmy Carter let me down. Not with his book "A Full Life: Reflections at 90" - a warm and detailed memoir of his youth followed by a clear-eyed assessment of the issues he tackled as president and afterward - but with his response to the question "Does the arc of history bend toward justice?" Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]