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Pages from the Eternal Glory | صفحات من المجد الخالد    by Mohammad Amin Sheikho
Price: Free! 87410 words. Language: Arabic. Published by amin-sheikho.com  on May 8, 2013. Nonfiction » Biography » Scientists, Inventors.

The Life of the Great Humane Eminent Scholar Mohammad Amin Sheikho, Volume –1– | سيرة حياة العلامة الإنساني الكبير محمد أمين شيخو قدس سره، المجلد الأول
Twelve Inventors Who Changed the World    by Kevin Roe
Price: $2.99 USD. 88000 words. Language: English. Published on August 24, 2012. Nonfiction » Biography » Scientists, Inventors.

This book discusses several virtually unknown but amazing inventors and also provides incredibly impressive but little known histories of some recognized inventors. The entire technology of the world we live in today is quite literally built on the work of these individuals. A study of their achievements and the reasons for their achievements despite huge obstacles is worthwhile for anyone.
Open Wide: Dr. Mark Manhart's Journey in Dentistry, Theatre, Education, Family, and Life    by Leo Biga
Price: $5.95 USD. 74370 words. Language: English. Agented by Concierge Publishing Services  on November 7, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Scientists, Inventors.

Mark Manhart's memoir takes the reader through his "open life" and his "secret life". A highly trained dentist who is actively engaged in developing new treatments and therapies, his inner passion, which keeps him charged, is his involvement in theatre as a playwright, director, and sometimes an actor.
Wilhelm Reich: Eine Persönliche Biographie    by Ilse Ollendorff Reich
Price: $5.99 USD. 63230 words. Language: German. Published by Peter Reich on May 23, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Scientists, Inventors.

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Diese Biografie Wilhelm Reichs, geschrieben von seiner Ehefrau, erfasst die Geschichte von Freuds genialem Lehrling, der in den 1920ern die Sexuelle Revolution verkündete und die Funktion des Orgasmus beschrieb. Anfang der 50er Jahre fiel er jedoch wegen seiner Behauptungen zur Orgonenergie bei der US-Regierung in Ungnade, die daraufhin 1956 seine Bücher verbrannte.
Wilhelm Reich: A Personal Biography    by Ilse Ollendorff Reich
Price: $5.99 USD. 63630 words. Language: English. Published by Peter Reich on May 17, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Scientists, Inventors.

Written by his wife of 14 years, this biography of Wilhelm Reich captures the story of Freud’s brilliant trainee who declared the Sexual Revolution and described the Function of the Orgasm in the 1920s, but ran afoul of the U. S. Government in the 1950s with his claims about Orgone Energy. His books were burned by the U. S. Government in 1956.
Ich aber erforsche das Leben. Die Lebensgeschichte des Jean-Henri Fabre    by Martin Auer
Price: $4.99 USD. 47310 words. Language: German. Published on February 26, 2011. Nonfiction » Biography » Scientists, Inventors.

Lange Zeit vergessen, gilt der Naturforscher Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915) heute als Vorbild einer sanften Wissenschaft und eines anderen Umgangs mit der Natur. Vom Töten und Sezieren im Dienste der Wissenschaft hielt er wenig; Fabre praktizierte vielmehr das geduldige und unermüdliche Beobachten des Verhaltens von Insekten. Focus Bestenliste 27/95