Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Against the Current: Father Tom Oddo and the New American CatholicAnnotated Chapter OverviewPrologue Set on October 29, 1989, the Prologue recounts the fatal accident that claimed Tom Oddo's life and the immediate impact on the University of Portland community.Part One: Hail Mary, Full of Grace Covers Tom's early life in Queens, his education at...
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A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls: Margaret C. Anderson, Book Bans, and the Fight to Modernize Literature"Wholly transportive and spellbinding. I was beguiled." --Ling Ma, bestselling author of Severance and Bliss Montage "A fascinating account of a remarkable woman dangerously ahead of her time." --Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians "Exquisitely researched, deeply felt, and poignant. This one...
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Aces Back to Back: The History of the Grateful Dead (1965 - 2016)Aces Back to Back is the most comprehensive, fun, fact-filled and up-to-date history of the Grateful Dead ever written - now updated through August, 2016 !! From the band's inception, through the death of Jerry Garcia, and on to their incarnations as the Other...
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A Carpetbagger in Reverse: Arthur W. Mitchell, America's First Black Democratic CongressmanFrom Alabama to Congress--Arthur W. Mitchell's fight for justice rewrote the rules of Black political power.A Carpetbagger in Reverse offers a landmark reassessment of the life, career, and accomplishments of groundbreaking Congressman Arthur W. Mitchell, the first Black Democrat elected to Congress and the...
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365 Thank Yous: The Year a Simple Act of Daily Gratitude Changed My LifeOne recent December, at age 53, John Kralik found his life at a terrible, frightening low: his small law firm was failing; he was struggling through a painful second divorce; he had grown distant from his two older children and was afraid he might...
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365 Science ActivitiesThere's a new scientific discovery to be made each day of the year in this inspiring book full of easy and exciting experiments. Why is bread full of holes? What does DNA look like? How are rainbows made? Children can find out the answers...
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168 Songs of Hatred and Failure: The Music of Manic Street PreachersThe story of Manic Street Preachers is unique in pop. Raging out of the stricken mining communities of south Wales in the late 80s, they were bonded by friendships, family ties and a self-styled 'geometry of contempt', whereby James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore...
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100% Unofficial Mrbeast: The Unofficial Guide to Youtube's Biggest StarBased on the massive YouTube phenomenon, 100% Unofficial Guide to MrBeast is an in-depth guide to the world of the biggest YouTuber on the planet!From pranks and challenges to gaming and philanthropy, MrBeast is admired by billions. And now discover everything there is to...
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100 Baseball Legends Who Shaped Sports HistoryAmazing stories of 100 of the greatest baseball players, perfect for boys 9-12The perfect gift for any sports whiz, this biography collection features: 100 easy-to-read one-page biographies: Find out how these athletes changed the game forever! Illustrated portraits: Each biography includes an illustration to...
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1000 Billie Eilish FactsThink you know everything there is to know about about Billie Eilish? Well, think again. 1000 Billie Eilish Facts contains all you could ever wish to know about this popular singer. Facts about food, music videos, horror films, veganism, influences, tours, family, concerts, awards,...
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Year of the Water Horse: A MemoirA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITOR'S CHOICE A warm and witty memoir about the ever-changing relationships between mothers, mothers-in-law, and daughters that traverses two continents and multiple generations of two disparate yet connected families. Janice Page hails from Braintree, Massachusetts and a large...
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World War II Generation Speaks: The Things Our Fathers Saw Series, Vols. 1-3YOU THINK YOU KNOW ABOUT WWII?Did you ever actually listen to somebody who was there?THE 3 BOOK OMNIBUS EDITION, in one 822-page binding, The Things Our Fathers Saw--The Untold Stories of the World War II Generation From Hometown, USA: VOLUMES 1-3 ...TOLD IN THEIR...
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Wolf Willow: A History, a Story, and a Memory of the Last Plains FrontierWallace Stegner weaves together fiction and nonfiction, history and impressions, childhood remembrance and adult reflections in this unusual portrait of his boyhood. Set in Cypress Hills in southern Saskatchewan, where Stegner's family homesteaded from 1914 to 1920, Wolf Willow brings to life both the...
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Wife Mother Drunk: An Intergenerational Memoir of Loss and LoveWife Mother Drunk is an intergenerational memoir recounting the author's harrowing struggle with alcoholism, tracing it back through her ancestry to the times of the pioneers when the seeds of trauma were first planted, long before they overtook her otherwise loving life. After having...
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Why Not Let God Decide?: Memoirs of Family and Faith from the Eyes of the Firstborn of FourteenWhat was it like growing up the first of 14 in a large, loving Catholic family? This book is the author's attempt to answer that question! At a young age, she became acutely aware that she was living in the midst of a story...
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When You Find My Body: The Disappearance of Geraldine Largay on the Appalachian TrailWhen Geraldine "Gerry" Largay (AT trail name, Inchworm) first went missing on the Appalachian Trail in remote western Maine in 2013, the people of Maine were wrought with concern. When she was not found, the family, the wardens, and the Navy personnel who searched...
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When the Map Runs Out: Values, Judgment, and Clarity in Uncertain TimesWhen the Map Runs Out: Values, Judgment, and Clarity in Uncertain Times Frameworks and strategies help leaders move - but when the terrain changes, they can't help them believe. In today's world of shifting data and constant disruption, the map no longer matches the...
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When a Killer Calls: A Haunting Story of Murder, Criminal Profiling, and Justice in a Small TownFrom John Douglas--the legendary FBI criminalprofiler, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and inspirationfor the Netflix show Mindhunter--comesa chilling journey inside the mind and crimes of Larry Gene Bell, one of themost dangerous serial killers Douglas confronted, and the desperate effort toidentify and catch...
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What You Never Knew about BlackpinkTheir concerts sell out in seconds. They are social media superstars. But that's old news. What don't you know about the K-pop group Blackpink? With high-interest, carefully leveled text, this book goes behind the scenes to bring little-known facts to fans of the hit...
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What Is the Story of Godzilla?Who HQ brings you the stories behind the most well-known characters of our time. In this addition to the What Is the Story Of? series, young readers will discover the exciting story of one of the world's favorite monsters...Godzilla! In 1954, Godzilla appeared on...
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