Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Quiet Don Lib/E: The Untold Story of Mafia Kingpin Russell BufalinoAuthor: Matt BirkbeckPublisher: Tantor AudioPublished: 01/28/2014Binding Type: CDISBN: 9798200047673About the AuthorBirkbeck, Matt: - Matt Birkbeck is an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in the New York Times, Reader's Digest, and other periodicals, and he is the author of A Beautiful Child and A...
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Parachute Infantry Lib/E: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third ReichAuthor: David Kenyon WebsterPublisher: Tantor AudioPublished: 10/28/2014Binding Type: CDISBN: 9798200030422About the AuthorWebster, David Kenyon: - David Kenyon Webster (1922-1961) was an aspiring writer who left Harvard to join the paratroops in World War II. After the war ended, he wrote about his experience as...
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Joni Mitchell Lib/E: In Her Own WordsAuthor: Malka MaromPublisher: Tantor AudioPublished: 11/05/2014Binding Type: CDISBN: 9798200027903About the AuthorMarom, Malka: - Malka Marom began her career as a folksinger in the popular duo Malka & Joso, who were the first to bring world music to Canada. As a soloist, Marom has performed...
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Baptism Lib/E: A Vietnam MemoirAuthor: Larry GwinPublisher: Tantor AudioPublished: 02/24/2015Binding Type: CDISBN: 9798200024605About the AuthorGwin, Larry: - Larry Gwin was commissioned as an infantry lieutenant out of Yale University in 1963. Gwin returned from Vietnam as a captain and taught history as an ROTC instructor at Northeastern University...
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Prince of Darkness Lib/E: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street's First Black MillionaireAuthor: Shane WhitePublisher: Tantor AudioPublished: 10/27/2015Binding Type: CDISBN: 9781982640132About the AuthorWhite, Shane: - Shane White is the Challis Professor of History and an Australian professorial fellow at the University of Sydney. He has authored or coauthored several books, including Stories of Freedom in Black...
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Van Halen Rising Lib/E: How a Southern California Backyard Party Band Saved Heavy MetalAuthor: Greg RenoffPublisher: Tantor AudioPublished: 03/15/2016Binding Type: CDISBN: 9781799987345About the AuthorRenoff, Greg: - Greg Renoff earned his PhD in American history from Brandeis University and is the author of The Big Tent: The Traveling Circus in Georgia, 1820-1930. His writing has appeared in medium.com/cuepoint,...
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The Blue Tattoo Lib/E: The Life of Olive OatmanAuthor: Margot MifflinPublisher: Tantor AudioPublished: 04/29/2016Binding Type: CDISBN: 9781799985969About the AuthorMifflin, Margot: - Margot Mifflin is an author, journalist, and professor who writes about women's history and the arts. The author of Bodies of Subversion and The Blue Tattoo, she has written for the...
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Another Kind of Madness Lib/E: A Journey Through the Stigma and Hope of Mental IllnessAuthor: Stephen P. HinshawPublisher: Tantor AudioPublished: 08/15/2017Binding Type: CDISBN: 9781665254151About the AuthorHinshaw, Stephen P.: - Stephen P. Hinshaw is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley and the vice-chair of psychology at UC San Francisco. He is the author of several...
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Rising Above Lib/E: How 11 Athletes Overcame Challenges in Their Youth to Become StarsAuthor: Gregory ZuckermanPublisher: Tantor AudioPublished: 10/24/2017Binding Type: CDISBN: 9781665246712Audience: Ages 9-12About the AuthorZuckerman, Gregory: - Gregory Zuckerman is a special writer at the Wall Street Journal. He writes about big financial trades, hedge funds, private-equity firms and other investing and business topics. He's a...
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A Stranger Among Saints Lib/E: Stephen Hopkins, the Man Who Survived Jamestown and Saved PlymouthAuthor: Jonathan MackPublisher: Tantor AudioPublished: 04/07/2020Binding Type: CDISBN: 9781665201711About the AuthorMack, Jonathan: - Jonathan Mack is an attorney and is an official member of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and lives in the San Diego...
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This Is How I Save My Life Lib/E: From California to India, a True Story of Finding Everything When You Are Willing to Try AnythingAuthor: Amy B. ScherPublisher: HighBridge AudioPublished: 04/10/2018Binding Type: CDISBN: 9781665137003About the AuthorScher, Amy B.: - Amy B. Scher is a leading voice in the field of mind-body-spirit healing. As an energy therapist, Amy uses energy therapy techniques to help those experiencing illness and those...
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The Indian World of George Washington Lib/E: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the NationAuthor: Colin G. CallowayPublisher: HighBridge AudioPublished: 01/17/2019Binding Type: CDISBN: 9781665132534About the AuthorCalloway, Colin G.: - Colin G. Calloway is the John Kimball Jr. 1943 Professor of History and Native American Studies at Dartmouth University. His many books on early American history include New Worlds...
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Death Can Wait: A Survivor Life StoryI didn't want to write this book because, in my opinion, people would not believe my story. After all, I hitchhiked the world without money, visited thirty-five countries, lived on three continents as an immigrant, survived and overcame challenges such as famine, earthquakes and...
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And Warren Niesluchowski Was There: Guest, Host, GhostA composite portrait of a wandering dandy scholar whose life and art merged in the margins of the art worldWarren Niesluchowski (1946-2019), one of the most charismatic and eccentric figures in the art world, was at once an exhilarating conversationalist, a polymath, an attentive...
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Back to the World: A Life After JonestownEugene Smith lost his mother, wife, and infant son in the mass murder-suicide at Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978. Repatriated by the US authorities on New Year's Eve, he broke a $50 bill stashed in his shoe to buy breakfast for himself and...
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Don't Tell Me I Can'tLarry Holmes is a boxing legend and often ranked by boxing historians as one of the best fighters to ever lace up the gloves. He held the heavyweight title for nearly eight years during what many fans and scribes consider the Golden Era of...
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Find a Way: Three Words That Changed My LifeWhen Merril Hoge talked about his dream of playing in the NFL, he was constantly told it was impossible and he'd never beat the odds, but he refused to be discouraged. As a twelve-year-old, inspired to overcome the challenges ahead, he wrote, 'Find a...
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Winnie Davis: Daughter of the Lost Cause*Winner of the Colonial Dames of America Book Award* Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis was born into a war-torn South in June of 1864, the youngest daughter of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and his second wife, Varina Howell Davis. Occurring only a month after the...
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L.A.'s Last Street Cop: Surviving Hollywood Freaks, the Aryan Brotherhood, and the L.A.P.D.'s Homicidal Vendetta Against MeFINALIST - Book of the Year Awards, The Independent Author Network A vivid, true-life tale of service, survival and sacrificeThis gripping memoir vividly recounts Al Moreno's rise as a gifted and fearless Los Angeles police officer, surviving gangs and homicidal situations in brutal urban...
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Old Too Fast, Smart Too Late: A Prisoner's Foolish Journey to WisdomOld Too Fast, Smart Too Late Illustrates the life of an imprisoned person, in a country that imprisons more of its citizens than any other. This book reveals an uncomfortable truth -- that prisoners are human beings who struggle to love, live, and die.Tray's...
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