Books on Topic: 'Celebrity'

A short, humorous biography of famous people from 5000 BC to 1914. -- S. McGaughey From the Introduction, "The editor begs leave to inform the public...

This biography tells the story of Richard Nash, a celebrated dandy and leader of fashion in 18th-century Britain. Nash was best known as the Master of...

This memoir, written in a conversational and humorous style, offers a glimpse into the world of Bonnie Delane, a renowned silent film star. Delane, kn...

Winston Churchill's satirical novel 'Celebrity' follows the meteoric rise of a young novelist, believed to be based on Richard Harding Davis, though C...

This book is a biography of William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody, one of the legends of the American western frontier. Cody's life was full of advent...

This book is a collection of lectures given by Robert G. Ingersoll on various famous people, including Voltaire. Ingersoll was a famous orator and per...

This poem, 'To Jenny Lind', is a tribute to the renowned Swedish opera singer, Jenny Lind, penned by an anonymous author and published in the collecti...

The third book in the Mapp and Lucia series follows the adventures of Mrs. Emmeline Lucas (Lucia), a provincial snob and social climber, who comes int...