National Academy of Sciences 
Biographical Memoirs [PDF ebook] 
Volume 59

When P.V. Narasimha Rao became the unlikely prime minister of India in 1991, he inherited a nation adrift, violent insurgencies, and economic crisis. Despite being unloved by his people, mistrusted b …

David Foster learned at a young age he was different and when the medical world was ready to throw him away he found salvation and love of his life in climbing the Sierra Nevada Mountain trails in Ca …

Told with intimacy and ferocity and set in the passionate and crumbling Spanish Quarter of Naples, comes a poignant tale of first love – of a place, of a person – where languages and cultures collide …

For too long, we have bought into the myth of separation: the story that we each win or lose through the relentless pursuit of self-improvement, achieving personal and organizational goals and increa …

Gallant Women: Stories from Kargil" is a tribute to the remarkable women who played pivotal roles during the Kargil War of 1999. While the war is often remembered for the bravery of soldiers on …

Miles Morland is an adventurer. He was born in India to a naval father and a dangerously glamorous mother. When his parents divorced, Miles followed his mother to Tehran, which they had to leave in a …

Frances Bowar lived in Ethan, South Dakota, a smallfarming community. She kept a diary from 1938 to1970, recording the activities of her family, her ownthoughts, feelings, and judgments, and the birt …