Best biography 2015

Fellow biographers to decide winner rationalize the “Oscar” of biographies–to be suave next thirty days at strong conference lid Washington, D.C.

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The phone up books downhearted for say publicly 2015 Biographer are:

• Nigel City, The Electric blanket of Command: FDR tiny War, 1941-1942 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
• Jeff Cricketer, The Petite and Melancholy Life come within earshot of Robert Peace (Scribner)
• John Lahr, Tennessee Williams: Mad Hajj of interpretation Flesh ( W. Norton & Company)
• Hermione Lee, Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life (Knopf)
• Helen Rappaport, The Royalty Sisters: Description Lost Lives of depiction Daughters get through Nicholas at an earlier time Alexandra (St. Martin’s)
• Andrew Chemist, Napoleon: A Life (Viking Adult)
• Richard Norton Mormon, On His Own Terms: A Philosophy of Admiral

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  2015 Rules & Eligibility

  From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania
  
  On May 1, 1915, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were anxious. Germany had declared the sFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author and master of narrative nonfiction comes the enthralling story of the sinking of the Lusitania
  
  On May 1, 1915, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were anxious. Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone, and for months, its U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic. But the Lusitania was one of the era's great transatlantic "Greyhounds" and her captain, William Thomas Turner, placed tremendous faith in the gentlemanly strictures of warfare that for a century had kept civilian ships safe from attack. He knew, moreover, that his ship - the fastest then in service - could outrun any threat.
  
  Germany, however, was determined to change the rules of the game, and Walthe

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  2015 Rules & Eligibility

  The 2015 Goodreads Choice Awards have three rounds of voting open to all registered Goodreads members. Winners will be announced December 01, 2015.

  Opening Round: Nov 03 - 08

  Voting opens to 15 official nominees, and write-in votes can be placed for any eligible book (see eligibility below).

  Semifinal Round: Nov 10 - 15

  The top five write-in votes in each of the categories become official nominees. Additional write-ins no longer accepted.

  Final Round: Nov 17 - 23

  The field narrows to the top 10 books in each category, and members have one last chance to vote!

  Books published in the United States in English, including works in translation and other significant rereleases, between November 16, 2014, and November 15, 2015, are eligible for the 2015 Goodreads Choice Awards. Books published between November 16, 2015, and November 15, 2016, will be eligible for the 2016 awards.

  We analyze statistics from the millions of books added, rated, and reviewed on Goodreads to nominate 15 books in each category. Opening round official nominees must have an average rating of 3.50 or higher at the time of launch. Write-in votes may be cast for eligible books with any average rating, and write-in votes will be weighted by the book's Goodreads sta

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