Genius Biographies

Frederick Law Olmsted is arguably the most important historical figure that the average American knows the least about. Best remembered for his landscape architecture, from New York's Central Park to Boston's Emerald Necklace to Stanford University's campus, Olmsted was also an influential journalist, early voice for the environment, and abolitionist credited with helping dissuade England from joining the South in the Civil War. This momentous career was shadowed by a tragic personal life, also fully portrayed here.

Bill Walsh, Joe Gibbs, and Bill Parcells dominated what may go down as the greatest decade in pro football history, leading their teams to a combined eight championships and developing some of the most gifted players of all time in the process. In interviews with more than 150 players, coaches, family members and friends, Guts and Genius digs into the careers of three men who overcame their own insecurities and doubts to build Hall of Fame legacies that transformed their generation and continue to impact today's NFL.

Over the course of his life, James Madison changed the United States three times: First, he designed the Constitution, led the struggle for its adoption and ratification, then drafted the Bill of Rights. As an older, cannier politician, he cofounded the original Republican party, setting the course of American political partisanship. Finally, having pioneered a foreign policy based on economic sanctions, he took the United States into a high-risk conflict, becoming the first wartime president and, despite the odds, winning.

No one in history has provoked more controversy than Napoleon Bonaparte. Was he an enlightened ruler or brutal tyrant? Was he an insatiable warmonger or a defender of France against the aggression of the other great powers? Was he kind or cruel, farsighted or blinkered, a sophisticate or a philistine, a builder or a destroyer? One thing is certain, if the art of leadership is about getting what one wants, then Napoleon was among history's greatest masters.

Thomas Edison was born into a hard-working but attentive family. He struggled in school and became deaf at an early age. Born on February 11, 1847, Edison would become, arguably, the best-known American inventor of all time. His invention of the light bulb was one of more than 1,000 patents he held during his lifetime. Others included the phonograph, the electrical grid, and motion pictures. His work changed the way we see and hear the world around us.

The Age of Genius explores the eventful intertwining of outward event and inner intellectual life to tell, in all its richness and depth, the story of the 17th century in Europe. It was a time of creativity unparalleled in history before or since, from science to the arts, from philosophy to politics. Acclaimed philosopher and historian A. C. Grayling points to three primary factors that led to the rise of vernacular (popular) languages in philosophy, theology, science, and literature.

Vince Ciacci wanted to be a "Made Guy". From the time he left the brutality of upstate New York's Coxsackie Reformatory, he worked for "Wiseguys", committing armed robberies, collecting for the Mob, and dreaming of the day that he would "get his button". He never made it into the Mafia's inner sanctum. Why? He was too crazy and too violent. Hooked on drugs and alcohol, Vince was a loose cannon, so dangerous that his own crew considered taking him out.

Mr. Feynman was a brilliant and complicated man. He knew that his then-girlfriend, Arline, would die shortly after her tuberculosis diagnosis, but he married her anyway so he could take care of her. He emphasized the importance of learning rather than merely acquiring knowledge. He said that he did not need the Nobel Prize to validate his achievements, that the real litmus test would be the impact that he would make.

Are you looking for an inspirational audiobook to inspire the inner genius of your kids? Can you imagine your little one having so much fun listening, they prefer it over screen time? Then, you will love our children-friendly biography David Attenborough! Use this exciting biography to instill timeless values and principles in your child. Sir David Frederick Attenborough’s work tells the story of a man whose curiosity and wonder for the natural world around him transformed the way people interacted with the environment.

Even in this time of rethinking women’s roles, we define genius almost exclusively through male achievement. When asked to name a genius, people mention Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci, and Steve Jobs. As for great women? In one survey, the only female genius anyone listed was Marie Curie. Janice Kaplan, the New York Times best-selling author of The Gratitude Diaries, set out to determine why the extraordinary work of so many women has been brushed aside.

البهاء زهير هو شاعرٌ من العصر الأيوبي، خالف شعراء عصره في أساليبهم وألفاظهم وأوزان أشعارهم، فآثر البساطة وعدم التكلف و اختيار الألفاظ السهلة والأوزان الشعرية الخفيفة، وكانت له عناية خاصة بموسيقى الألفاظ، ولم يترفع في بعض شعره عن استخدام الألفاظ الشائعة على ألسن العامة، وقد لقيت طريقته إعجاب كثير من أبناء عصره.

وضع الحداد كثيراً من الروايات التمثيلية والقصصية، فوقعت رواياته موقع الاعجاب من جميع قرائها وسامعيها لما اشتهرت به من حسن الجدل وسلامة انتقاء المواضع وبلاغة الانشاء ورشاقة الشعر، حتى أصبح يتغنى بشعره المنشدون ويتناشده الناس لما امتاز به من الطلاوة والسهولة والابداع، وانتشر شعره في الأقطار العربية انتشاراً لم يسبق لسواه من مشاهير الكتاب.

محمود سامي البارودي، هو الشاعر المصري وأحد زعماء الثورة العرابية وأشعر الشعراء المصريين، فقد أباه وهو في السابعة من عمره، واهتم بعض ذويه بتعليمه فوجهوه بعد التعليم الإبتدائي إلى المدارس الحربية، فتخرّج منها ضابطا متقنا للفنون الحربية، ومع ذلك بقي شغوفا بالمطالعة مولعا بالأدب، فأخذ يلتهم دواوين الشعراء ويتذاكر في قضايا الشعر مع معاصريه، والمولعين بالأدب، فتهذّبت ميوله، وقويت شاعريّته، وتقوّم لسانه على الفصاحة، أخذ ينظم الشعر وهو في العشرين من عمره، رحل إلى الآستانة فإتقن الفارسية والتركية، وله فيها قصائد.

في هذا الكتاب سنعرف الكثير عن أدب الشاعر صفي الدين الحلي بالإضافة إلى تفاصيل حياته، مولده ونشأته، شبابه ودراسته، آراءه السياسية وعلاقته بالسلاطين.

في هذا الكتاب يتحدث عباس محمود العقاد عن الخليفة الأول أبو بكر الصديق ويرد فيه على اتهامات بعض المؤرخين للصديق بالمنهج العلمي وبدون أسلوب انفعالي وخصوصاً مسالة خلافته للدولة الإسلامية. كما أن الكاتب يتحدث في هذا عن مفتاح شخصيته ومفتاح الشخصية حسب رأي الكاتب هو ذلك الشيء الصغير الذي عن طريقه نستطيع الدخول في فهم شخصية الرجل ومفتاح الصديق هو الإعجاب بالبطولة وهي التي دفعته ليكون أول من آمن برسالة النبي محمد لان اعجابه بالرسول هو الذي أدى إلى اعجابه بالرسالة خلاف الخليفة الثاني عمر بن الخطاب والذي أدى اعجابه بالرسالة إلى الإعجاب بالنبي. عبقرية الصديق هو أحد سلسلة العبقريات الإسلامية.

لقد تولى الشيخ حسن العطار مشيخة الأزهر عام 1830 وظل شيخاً للأزهر حتى وفاته، ولقد كان الشيخ حسن العطار أول صوتٍ طالَب بإصلاح الأزهر بل دعا إلى إصلاح التعليم بالبلاد كلها، فالمدارس العالية الفنية التى أنشئت بمصر فى ذلك العهد، كالهندسة والطب والصيدلة هى استجابة لدعوة العطار وتطلعاته ومناداته بحتمية تغيير الأحوال فى البلاد.

"Spectacular" is a mild word for describing the strange experiment with life that comprises the story of Nikola Tesla, and "amazing" fails to do adequate justice to the results that burst from his experiences like an exploding rocket. It is the story of the dazzling scintillations of a superman who created a new world.

من أهل حماة (بسورية) ولد ونشأ ومات فيها، زار القاهرة والتقى بعلمائها واتصل بملوكها، وكان طويل النفس في النظم والنثر، حسن الأخلاق والمروءة، فيه شي من الزهو والإعجاب.

لم ينل كتاب في الأدب العربي شهرة كتاب "الأغاني" لأبي الفرج الأصفهاني، وهو منذ أن ظهر من ألف عام قلَّ من لم يسمع به، أو يقرأ طرفا منه، أو يعتمد عليه في شيء مما يتصل بالتاريخ والحضارة، فقد كان الأصفهاني أحد أعلام عصره، شاعرٌ وراوٍ ومؤرخ وعالمٌ في الأنساب والسيرة.

Bestselling author Leonard Shlain explores the life, art, and mind of Leonardo da Vinci, seeking to explain his singularity by looking at his achievements in art, science, psychology, and military strategy (yes), and then employing state of the art left-right brain scientific research to explain his universal genius. Shlain shows that no other person in human history has excelled in so many different areas as Da Vinci and he peels back the layers to explore the how and the why.