But the biography also reveals that Jobs was deeply involved in the development of just about everything Apple built.

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It also makes his biography, as he might put it, a gripping yarn.

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For this biography is also something of a political pamphlet, a sophisticated rallying cry for disoriented modern Toryism.

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All of which makes Wallace a seductive subject for a biography, but also a tricky one.

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You might also ask yourself where your biography would appear.

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Kyle learned to shoot on hunting trips with his father, then went on to serve four combat tours in Iraq with the SEALs, though his official biography notes he also worked with Army and Marine units.

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Garland worked with many stars of stage and film, including Rex Harrison on Broadway in a revival of My Fair Lady, about whom he also wrote a best-selling biography, The Incomparable Rex.

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But Romney's life also includes other details that create a rich biography for a presidential hopeful.

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He also received 10 honorary doctorate degrees, his biography said.

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Also interwoven, for historical context, is a biography of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the mono-ethnic Turkish republic which replaced the multi-ethnic Ottoman world.

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The goal was to give not only the definitions of a word but also, in effect, that word's biography, chronicling its various uses from its origin to the present.

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They were discovered in a first edition copy of Gaskell's two-volume biography, from a private collection, which was also included in the auction lot.

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An unauthorized biography of Assange, which he has fiercely criticized, was also released in September.

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" According to his biography on Discovery.com -- which has been removed from the Web site -- Adams is also the author of "Everything Women of Color Should Know About Cosmetic Surgery.

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