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18 reviews
Laurence Bergreen

Broadway, 1997

Encore for Louis!
This was one of the best biographies I have ever read. By far the best one of the life of Louis Armstrong. It took me only 2 days to read this book, I could hardly put it down. Not being much of a fan of Dixieland, New Orleans Jazz, etc...after reading this book I was hooked. I wanted to listen to every Louis recording available. Bergreen paints Armstrong as such an amazing character which ...

Capone: The Man and the Era

22 reviews
Laurence Bergreen

Simon & Schuster, 1996

Capone, not so hot
This is a great novel. "Not so hot" in the sense that the author almost discredits Capone for how he really was. This is the first indepth reading about Capone, but it is very detailed. I am telling you , if you want to read only one book about Capone, then read this one. You will never have to read another book about him because this one is jammed packed. His life from start to finish. ...

As Thousands Cheer: The Life Of Irving Berlin

6 reviews
Laurence Bergreen

Da Capo Press, 1996

Great musical biography
This is a terrific show-biz bio that focuses on Berlin's career and tells enough about his personal life to satisfy those of us who remember how complex he was. There are many details of his projects on Broadway and in Hollywood, his publishing company, his early career as a singing waiter, and his tormented retirement. Anyone who likes the kind of anecdotes Moss Hart recounts in "Act One," ...

Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe (P.S.)

114 reviews
Laurence Bergreen

Harper Perennial, 2004

Utterly readable, I was held in thrall....
I was afraid this book would lack detail since it depicted events 500 years ago, but there was a passenger who, fortunately, became a primary source, and kept the narrative interesting. The opening scene of the book, with the ghostly ship arriving back in Spain, grabs the reader's attention, then there is a long discussion of Magellan's efforts to get the expedition funded and underway. After ...

Voyage to Mars: NASA's Search for Life Beyond Earth

4 reviews
Laurence Bergreen

Riverhead Trade, 2001

Excellent look inside a science team...
Bergreen's book is a very intimate look at how science really works. In successive chapters, he takes us inside four groups of men and women: the team of scientists that worked on the Martian meteorite ALH84001; the Mars Pathfinder/Sojourner team, the team in charge of the Mars Global Surveyor's laser altimeter, and finally, inside Dan Goldin's NASA. What we see is a far cry from the polished ...

Over the Edge of the World

HarperCollins e-books, 2008

Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World , prize-winning biographer and journalist Laurence Bergreen entwines a variety of candid, firsthand accounts, bringing to life this groundbreaking and majestic tale of discovery that changed both the way explorers would henceforth navigate the oceans and ...

Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu

23 reviews
Laurence Bergreen

Knopf, 2007

An exotic jouney to the orient
What an Excellent Read !!!!!!!!!! history, travelogue, adventure, biography ...................... totally fascinating, The new revelations on the life, times and travel of Marco, his father and uncle are mind boggling. Based on recent research, it turned out Marco wasn't just a b.s.'ing Venetian after all. From the great naval battle of Korcula to Marco's final days, this ...

James Agee: A Life

2 reviews
Laurence Bergreen

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1985

The Goods and the Bads
Description: A biography of the American journalist, novelist, and screenwriter James Agee. The Good: This book is a solidly written account of James Agee's life from his youngest days to his infamously early death of a heart attack in the 1950s. I've been fanatical about Agee since I read _Let Us Now Praise Famous Men_, and this book is a great read for anyone who's interested in his works ...

Marco Polo Unabidged Cds Library Edtion
Laurence Bergreen

Books on Tape, 2007

The author of Over the Edge of the World, Bergreen brings listeners 16.5 hours of a beautiful memoir of celebrated European explorer Marco Polo. Marco Polo Enjoy this wonderful biobraphy about one of the most interesting men in history. Have fun.