Our critics and experts pick the best books, and give the definitive subject lists. And don't forget to look at our list of the 100 greatest non-fiction books 1. Don Quixote Miguel De Cervantes The story of the gentle knight and his servant Sancho Panza has entranced readers for centuries...
"For Otis, respect had the traditional connotation, the more abstract meaning of esteem," Franklin's producer, Jerry Wexler, said in his autobiography, Rhythm and the Blues: A Life in American Music. "The fervor in Aretha's voice demanded that respect; and more respect also involved sexual ...
His autobiography, Mr. T: The Man with the Gold, gives readers an intimate look at his life, highlighting his struggles and victories. Credits (Film): The Blues Brothers, Rocky III, Rocky IV, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Not Another Teen Movie Also ranks #1 on 14 Bizarre Pop ...
Among Haggard's 38 Number One country hits, signature tunes like "Okie From Muskogee," "Mama Tried" and "Sing Me Back Home" mixed autobiography and attitude with a honky-tonk spirit in the tradition of Lefty Frizzell and Hank Williams. As he told American Songwriter in 2010, "Sometimes ...
A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction. How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive. Men always want to be a woman's first love; women like to be a man's last romance. Bigamy is having one wife too ...
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Besides her musical career, she has authored children's books and published her autobiography titled "Home: A Memoir of My Early Years." Patsy Cline Many singers and vocalists are nicknamed the 'queen of ___'. For some, that title is an exaggeration that can be traced back to a handful...
Poet, author, and civil rights activist Maya Angelou was a champion for black feminism and is best remembered for her autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sing. The recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and over 50 honorary degrees was also a child sex abuse survivor.3...
In 2011, he published his autobiography, entitled Iron Man: My Journey through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath. Source:Wikipedia Randy Rhoads Licensed underCC BY-SA 4.0, viaWikimedia Commons Randall William "Randy" Rhoads (December 6, 1956 – March 19, 1982) was an American heavy metal ...
The New York Times newspaper named it one of the five best non-fiction, or true life, books in 2004. And recently, the National Book Critics Circle named it one of the five finalists for best biography or autobiography of last year. Bob Dylan grew up in the small town of Hibbing, ...