biography Archives

Life Observed, A

A Reframing of Lewis' Surprised By Joy Author: Devin Brown For the C.S. Lewis Fellowship Life & Writings course (which I ended up not finishing this year, but intend to pick up again) we delve into the man, C.S. Lewis himself, starting with his life and then his writings. The program is not about an academic standpoint, but an application standpoint, to help fellows learn from Lewis’ writings and apply his message to the discipleship of heart and mind. As such, we kick-off by reading Devin Brown’s A Life Observed: A Spiritual Biography of C.S. Lewis, which is more of a [...]

Frances Carden2025-12-14T15:06:51-07:00December 14th, 2025|Tags: biography, C.S. Lewis, Christian, conversion, faith, nonfiction|

Marie Antoinette: The Journey

An Empathetic Look Into a Misunderstood Monarch Author: Antonia Fraser Historically, Marie Antoinette is known as a vicious, yet fashionable queen, with her two-foot-high powdered pouf and miniature recreated village in the Trianon. Famous for stating “let them eat cake” when confronted with the poverty and starvation of French peasants, she was also known for her perversions and anti-France political machinations. But was Marie Antoinette as evil and extravagant as history has painted her, or was she in truth the victim of propaganda and discrimination? Antonia Fraser takes on Marie Antoinette’s life, from infancy to her execution, in this 500+ [...]

Frances Carden2024-07-27T13:47:52-07:00July 27th, 2024|Tags: biography, book review, France, French Revolution, history, Marie Antoinette, read, reading|

Road to Valor

A True Sporting Hero... Authors: Aili and Andres McConnon Sports hero biographies are almost as commonplace as reality TV shows. But occasionally one can find a sports story about a hero in the truest sense of the word; someone who does more than just catch a football or swing a bat better than others. Road to Valor is such a tale, revealing the life story of Gino Bartali, two time Tour de France champion and Italian war hero. Twenty men have won two or more of the 99 editions of the Tour, but Bartali holds the distinction of the longest [...]

dave2016-12-31T17:56:51-07:00September 1st, 2012|Tags: aili and andres mcconnon, biography, reviews, road to valor|