Genius Biographies

In September 1769, 3,000 people descended on Stratford-upon-Avon to celebrate the artistic legacy of the town's most famous son, William Shakespeare. Attendees included the rich and powerful, the fashionable and the curious, eligible ladies and fortune hunters, and a horde of journalists and profiteers. For three days, they paraded through garlanded streets, listened to songs and oratorios, and enjoyed masked balls. It was a unique cultural moment - a coronation elevating Shakespeare to the throne of genius. Except it was a disaster....

When John Campbell was hired in 1996, Michael Dell’s company was already a hyper-efficient technology upstart. By the time he left Dell in 2017, Michael’s little Texas-based catalog computer company had grown from 5,000 to 138,000 employees and evolved into one of the largest technology providers on the planet!  

Albert Einstein lived a very interesting life. When he was young, his teacher said that he would never be anything great because he was stupid. We all know how wrong his teacher was because Einstein grew to formulate the most complex of all theories. Einstein’s story would tell us to never give up. Listen to and learn from his biography today! 

In this provocative biography, Mary Sarah Bilder looks to the Age of the Constitution to investigate the rise of a radical new idea in the English-speaking world: female genius. Bilder finds the perfect exemplar of this phenomenon in Eliza Harriot Barons O'Connor. Female Genius reconstructs Eliza Harriot's transatlantic life, paying particular attention to her lectures and the academies she founded, inspiring countless young American women to consider a college education and a role in the political forum.

Monologist Mike Daisey presents a dazzling new work: four "bio-logues" about megalomania and desire constructed from the interleaved life stories of Bertolt Brecht, P.T. Barnum, Nikola Tesla, and L. Ron Hubbard. Over four nights Daisey explores the nature of genius and wrestles with the pride, insanity, and chauvinism that bind these men together, and reveals how the heights and depths of their gifts have much to teach us about ourselves.

Have you ever felt like giving up? Have you ever felt like you have given it everything you have, but you still haven’t broken through? Remember You’re a Genius Again, gives you an inside look at how North Carolina native, Greg E. Hill, went from almost committing suicide to being a leader in the forefront of the culture change movement. Greg gives you a first-hand look at his family life, self-doubt, and success. From making 100 dollars a day selling sodas in high school, to making over 100,000 dollars in a four-year span in college, and losing it all.

I was born in Yerevan, Armenia (former Soviet Union). I am a biophysicist by profession. I can trace my mother's family history to the 1600s when, in 1604, during the war between Iran and Turkey, Iran's Shah-Abbas took the whole population of a vast area of Armenia to Persia for strategic reasons.

It is widely believed that Jimi Hendrix was one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time...and quite possibly, the greatest. All you have to do is compare what rock guitar sounded like before Jimi burst on the scene in the late ‘60s and what it sounded like after. And in addition to trailblazing new sounds and approaches, his influence reached beyond just the guitar community.

To understand how the macabre death of Francis Mawson Rattenbury could have happened, you have to study his life. He was a murdered genius. A victim of love. He was an architectural virtuoso who designed some of Canada's most memorable structures. Rattenbury dreamed on the grandest of scales and created edifices that remain incredible sonnets in wood and stone a century after his blueprints were penned. His buildings remain landmarks, but he was truly a forgotten Canadian hero. 

The Moron at the End of This Book is an insightful, self-scrutinizing memoir about the highs and woes of a life, perhaps not well-lived, but, well, lived. With a collection of short stories and love letters to the living and the dead, author Andrew Couch calls upon nearly 40 years of impulsive actions, unusual friendships, odd jobs, and a careworn moral compass to deliver a mercifully one of a kind account of a man in search of approval from his child self.

On October 5, 2011, the news of the death of technology innovator Steve Jobs rocked the world. The failing health of the Apple cofounder and Pixar CEO was no secret. Jobs had given up his role as Apple's CEO just a few months prior because of his struggle with pancreatic cancer. But his death still drew a huge reaction. From Apple employees and fans to political and business leaders, people honored Jobs' passing by reflecting on his prolific life that greatly influenced the way technology is used.

Uno de los talentos musicales más importantes de la historia. Nacido en 1770, rebelde, infatigable, genial y ¡sordo!, es considerado el último gran representante del clasicismo vienés (después de Haydn y Mozart). Su obra imperecedera (donde destacan colosales sus inmortales nueve sinfonías) ha sido aclamada por los críticos de todas las épocas.

Sin dudas, un audiolibro que servirá para conocer a este genio norteamericano, un hombre al que la humanidad le debe mucho. Prolífico inventor que patentó más de mil inventos, contribuyó como nadie a darle, tanto a Estados Unidos como a Europa, los perfiles tecnológicos del mundo contemporáneo: las industrias eléctricas, un sistema telefónico viable, el fonógrafo, las películas, etc.

This is a combo of 16 topics, and unique artists, composers, writers, and actors, compiled into a comprehensive biography guide. Listen to the struggles, the background, the poverty and wealth, and genius brains from the16th to the 20th century - all of which have brought certain insights, and understandings in artistic, literature, musical, or dramatic movements, to the next level. You will understand the motivation and circumstances of these great artists better. It will help you rethink your own life, your own legacy, and your plans for the future.

With The Hemingway Monologues, Brian Gordon Sinclair gives us an intimate insight into the circumstances that shaped the famed author's life and inspired him in his writing. Death in the Afternoon is the third in this seven-play series that traces Hemingway's chronology from birth to death. Brian Gordon Sinclair is considered to be "the foremost dramatic interpreter of Ernest Hemingway in the world today." (Stratford-upon-Avon Herald, UK)

In the first post-9/11 account of the career of the man who established himself as "America's Mayor" in the dark days after America was attacked, Fred Siegel shows how Rudy Giuliani's successes in New York set a promising example for the rejuvenation of our major cities.

¿Hay alguien que no haya reído con este artista de talla mundial? Charles Chaplin, el gran "Charlot", fue un actor, director, escritor, productor y compositor británico ganador del Óscar de Hollywood. Con casi 90 películas de cine mudo y sonoro, ha llegado a convertirse en la figura más representativa del cine mudo, el cual le ha dado su fama mundial y la consideración de uno de los grandes genios de la historia del cine.

Extraordinario director de cine italiano, sus películas 'Il conformista', 'The Sheltering Sky (El cielo protector), Little Buddha (Pequeño Buda) y especialmente, The Last Emperor (El último emperador) que ganó nueve premios Óscar en 1988, son el corolario de un tipo de cine caracterizado por un esmerado uso de la cámara y del montaje, y el trabajo de la fotografía con finalidades simbólicas.

¿Existe alguien que no lo considere un genio del cine? Allan Stewart Königsberg, su verdadero nombre, es como la figura condensada de todo el séptimo arte. Además de notable director, es guionista, actor, músico, escritor y ganador del premio Óscar en múltiples ocasiones. Hoy es uno de los personajes más respetados, influyentes y prolíficos de la era moderna.

Uffa Fox was the most celebrated and successful yacht designer in the world. Much more than a sailor and boat designer, he was an irrepressible extrovert and novel thinker, as well as a singer, musician, journalist, author, painter, sportsman, campaigner, controversial businessman, and friend of royalty. In the years since his death, his reputation has grown rather than diminished.