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Ron Simon: Biographies on forgotten Cleveland Indians great long overdue (Mansfield News Journal)

Charles Alexander, professor emeritus at Ohio University, has written a number of baseball biographies of the sports most illustrious personalities, including Ty Cobb and John McGraw. However, Alexander's latest work triggered a unique comment.

Music was his 1st career choice (The Charlotte Observer)

A business trip last year to St. Petersburg, Russia, prompted the latest read for Piedmont Natural Gas CEO Thomas Skains. He recently cracked “Peter the Great” by Robert Massie, a choice in line with Skains' partiality to biographies and history. His all-time favorite work of nonfiction is “American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964” by William Manchester. On the fiction front, he enjoys ...

Twain biographies aimed at pre-teens (San Diego Union-Tribune)

It's a good thing that Samuel Clemens lived 74 years, because he had a lot of living to do. Clemens was a Mississippi riverboat pilot, a journalist and a prospector in the Old West, a foreign correspondent and – as Mark Twain – a celebrated author and humorist.

How We Met: Jim McCarthy & Jah Wobble (Independent)

Jim McCarthy, 52, is a comic-book artist and author. He worked on 2000 AD for 10 years and has published graphic biographies of Eminem, Kurt Cobain, Tupac Shakur and the Sex Pistols. He lives in Sussex

Publishing magnate tells us what makes him great (Arizona Daily Star)

I used to love reading biographies and autobiographies when I was younger, but maybe I'm a little jaded now. Everyone seems to have an ax to grind, an angle to play, a story to spin and a point to make.