Perhaps to protect his reputation, Newton’s early biographers failed to reveal his interest in the occult. In their zeal, they made Newton into something inhuman: A perfect, scientific machine.(READ MORE)
Joanne Huist Smith, author of The 13th Gift, joins Biographile to share thirteen tidings of human kindness -- in music, movies, and literature -- that inspire her and have the power to inspire others too.(READ MORE)
Joanne Huist Smith, author of The 13th Gift, joins us to reflect on the lessons she's learned from grief and gratitude after losing her husband, falling into sadness, and being saved by the surprising support an anonymous network of friends.(READ MORE)
This Christmas, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty hits theaters, adapted from a 1939 short story by James Thurber. Before escaping the dinner table for the cineplex, if you can get away with some light reading, you might consider Thurber's pseudo-autobiography My Life and Hard Times.(READ MORE)
There are so many wonderful things about this Christmasy time of year -- carols, gingerbread, yule logs, the smell of pine in living rooms everywhere, an overwhelming sense of generosity, and love for one another. And, of course, the Grinch! (READ MORE)
How the story of old Saint Nick traveled around the globe, interpreted in various ways by so many cultures, is the subject of these merry biographies and memoirs. (READ MORE)
In the memoir Playing With Trains: A Passion Beyond Scale, author Sam Posey’s life story mirrors my dad’s in ways familiar to many train-obsessed boys of their generation.(READ MORE)
Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" is not exactly a biography or memoir, but what would Christmas Day be without it? (READ MORE)
Cookbook writer Elizabeth David spent her Christmases the English way, and the proof is in the pudding. For two decades, the Dame of British cooking stocked up on recipes, short autobiographical essays, and quotes from other authors -- a cornucopia through which her longtime editor Jill Norman meticulously...(READ MORE)
