biography Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/biography/ Connecting Books and Readers One Review at a Time Thu, 07 Sep 2023 22:01:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cropped-books-on-table-2-150x150.jpg biography Archives - The Gilmore Guide to Books https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/tag/biography/ 32 32 38398750 August Reading Wrap-Up https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/09/august-reading-wrap-up-7/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/09/august-reading-wrap-up-7/#comments Fri, 08 Sep 2023 07:12:26 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17844 August has followed  summer out the door, but the weather was as lovely as the majority of my reading, with more highs than lows. The first week of September is about to end so I thought I ought to check in with what worked and what didn’t before I head into all the new fall […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/09/august-reading-wrap-up-7/feed/ 2 17844 Happy at Any Cost by Kirsten Grind https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/04/happy-at-any-cost-by-kirsten-grind/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/04/happy-at-any-cost-by-kirsten-grind/#comments Fri, 28 Apr 2023 07:09:46 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17508 As more entrepreneurs turn into billionaires and spend much of their fortunes on flying to space rather than on the problems of Earth, Tony Hsieh’s story is both inspiring and tragic. A man whose mission was to make people happy, but couldn’t find happiness for himself. I reviewed this biography last year, but it recently […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2023/04/happy-at-any-cost-by-kirsten-grind/feed/ 2 17508 Down and Out in Paradise https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/11/down-and-out-in-paradise/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/11/down-and-out-in-paradise/#respond Fri, 18 Nov 2022 08:59:55 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=17073 When Anthony Bourdain died four years ago, most people were stunned. How could a man with so much to live for, a man adored by people around the globe, kill himself? He was a world traveler, sharing his love of food to show the commonalities rather than the differences between various cultures. In Down & […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/11/down-and-out-in-paradise/feed/ 0 17073 Happy at Any Cost https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/03/happy-at-any-cost/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/03/happy-at-any-cost/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2022 04:22:38 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=16597 While Zappos may be an easily recognizable name to anyone who shops online and loves shoes, Tony Hsieh is probably not. I knew of him because he was often profiled in business news for his unique take on the best way to run a successful company. Happiness. Zappos was consistently ranked in the top 10 […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2022/03/happy-at-any-cost/feed/ 4 16597 Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/11/bourdain-the-definitive-oral-biography/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/11/bourdain-the-definitive-oral-biography/#comments Wed, 10 Nov 2021 05:36:24 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=16242 Suicide is always shocking to those left behind, but when it’s someone famous, someone with what looks to be a “dream” life, it feels even more inexplicable. This was the case June 2018 when Anthony Bourdain killed himself. Bourdain was a chef turned television personality who created the iconic No Reservations and Parts Unknown series. […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2021/11/bourdain-the-definitive-oral-biography/feed/ 6 16242 The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/03/the-splendid-and-the-vile-by-erik-larson/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/03/the-splendid-and-the-vile-by-erik-larson/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2020 04:48:05 +0000 https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=13995 It’s May 1940, but Hitler is already on the move, invading and collecting countries like Monopoly properties. In Great Britain, Prime Minister Chamberlain has lost the confidence of his party and is going to be replaced. It is a momentous time in the world and in British history. Winston Churchill fulfills his lifelong dream of […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2020/03/the-splendid-and-the-vile-by-erik-larson/feed/ 4 13995 The Stranger in the Woods https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/05/the-stranger-in-the-woods/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/05/the-stranger-in-the-woods/#comments Wed, 30 May 2018 07:41:03 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=10724 In case this news slipped by you, as it did me: In 2013 a man was apprehended at a children’s summer camp in northern Maine stealing food and supplies. Not particularly interesting except that when asked by the police he can tell them his birth date, but not how old he is—he has no idea […]

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]]> https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2018/05/the-stranger-in-the-woods/feed/ 5 10724 Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/08/marilyn-the-passion-and-the-paradox/ https://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/2012/08/marilyn-the-passion-and-the-paradox/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2012 07:01:10 +0000 http://gilmoreguidetobooks.com/?p=268 August 5 will mark the 50th anniversary of the death of Marilyn Monroe and 50 years later the attention on both her life and death is still strong. In Marilyn: The Passion & the Paradox, Lois Banner goes beyond the plethora of material already published about this glamorous American icon. While it might be hard […]

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