Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Isabelle Huppert: Stardom, Performance, AuthorshipFeaturing a lineup of distinguished academics, this collection remedies the absence of scholarly attention to French cinematic legend Isabelle Huppert. This volume deconstructs Huppert's star persona and public profile through critical and theoretical analysis of her various screen roles-from her very early appearances alongside...
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R.L StineThis title will introduce readers to the life and works of R.L. Stine, including the Goosebumps and Fear Street series. Complete with great photographs and a timeline! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of...
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War Tourist: Memoirs of a Foreign CorrespondentHilary Brown has filed television reports from every continent except Antarctica. She was once profiled on TVO's 'The Agenda' as 'Canada's best-ever female foreign correspondent.' This embarrasses her. She was one of the last journalists to be lifted by helicopter from the roof of...
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Amelia Stone Quinton and the Women's National Indian Association: A Legacy of Indian Reform Volume 2This first full account of Amelia Stone Quinton (1833-1926) and the organization she cofounded, the Women's National Indian Association (WNIA), offers a nuanced insight into the intersection of gender, race, religion, and politics in our shared history. Author Valerie Sherer Mathes shows how Quinton,...
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My Mother's Daughter: A Memoir of Struggle and TriumphNATIONAL BESTSELLER A phenomenal, human story. . . . I could not put this book down. --CLARA HUGHES An instant national bestseller, this raw and affecting memoir is the story of a mother and daughter who beat the odds together. Decades before Perdita Felicien...
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FuelSeâan O'Brien does not come from a traditional rugby background. He grew up on a farm in Tullow, far from the rugby hotbeds of Limerick and Cork or the fee-paying schools of Dublin. But as he made his way up through the ranks, it...
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Kill the Black One First: A Memoir of Hope and JusticeA story about race, identity, belonging and displacement, "Kill the Black One First" is the memoir from Michael Fuller - Britain's first ever black Chief Constable, whose childhood in care and career in policing is not only a stark representation of race relations in...
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JourneysAuthor: A. K. RamanujanPublisher: India Hamish HamiltonPublished: 03/21/2019Pages: 384Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9780670092086About the AuthorA.K. Ramanujan (1929-1993), born in Mysore, India, received his BA with honors in English Language and Literature from Mysore University in 1949, and his MA the following year. For the next...
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Can You Make This Thing Go Faster?Author: Jeremy ClarksonPublisher: Michael JosephPublished: 01/26/2021Pages: 336Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9780241464489About the AuthorJeremy Clarkson began his career on the Rotherham Advertiser. Since then he has written for the Sun, the Sunday Times, the Rochdale Observer, the Wolverhampton Express & Star, all of the Associated Kent...
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Here, There and EverywhereAuthor: Murty SudhaPublisher: India PenguinPublished: 05/15/2018Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9780143444343About the AuthorSudha Murty is the chairperson of the Infosys Foundation in India. She has a master's degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. She started her career as a development...
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Perils of Being Moderately FamousAuthor: Soha Ali KhanPublisher: India PenguinPublished: 12/12/2017Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsISBN: 9780143439967About the AuthorSoha Ali Khan is an Indian film actor who has appeared in movies such as Rang De Basanti, Tum Mile and Go Goa Gone. She studied modern history at Balliol College,...
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Finding Grace Through a Lifetime of LiesHello I'm Karen, pleased to meet you. Who AM I? Who is Karen? Well, Karen is someone who has had many names, many titles during her last 57 trips around the sun. However, these are names I have been called, you will see some...
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Amazing Diving Stories: Incredible Tales from Deep Beneath the SeaThis collection of true diving stories makes for compelling reading for all divers and would-be divers. Enjoy classic tales of this extreme watersport, from thrilling wreck discoveries to encounters with the bizarre and the beautiful. There are stories of death and disaster, as well...
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A PRODIGY, My Secrets (Paper Back)"Within the finest designs, well-built structures, and magnificent works is the demonstration of knowledge. The Gold Bricks of Instructions lay at the foundation of every great work." A PRODIGY is only the beginning of an invested array of pertinent secrets of wisdom, knowledge, and...
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Shouting at LeavesI have lived through some horrible experiences, all in the name of treatment. But there was one thing I never let those people steal from me, and that was my spirit.Shouting At Leaves takes the reader on the journey of its autistic writer from...
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The Assimilation: Rock Machine Become Bandidos - Bikers United Against The Hells AngelsIn the early 1990s, Maurice "Mom" Boucher and his fellow Montreal Hells Angels, reputedly the most ruthless and vicious bikers in the world, subdued all comers except the tough-as-nails members of the Rock Machine. Founded by Salvatore Cazzetta, an ex-friend of Boucher, the Rock...
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Awakening to the Violence of Systemic RacismThis book shines a penetrating light to reveal eye-opening insights by the means of presenting thorough and probing research. No stone is left unturned in the pursuit of the truth about how white persons in sanctioned seats of power--governmental, judiciary, commercial--have abused their power...
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Historia AugustaThe Historia Augusta is a biographical work roughly following the model of the imperial biographer Suetonius (LCL 31, 38) and covering the lives of the Roman emperors from Hadrian (r. 117-138) to Carinus (r. 283-285), with a lacuna between the lives of the Gordians...
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Autobiography of a YogiEveryone seeks spiritual awakening in life that lights up their path and guides them to their destination. This is one book that has inspired millions across the world from all genres and walks of life. Spirituality is not something that we pursue at a...
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Weave Us Together: My Musical JourneyLet your dreams show you the way.Musician and songwriter, Rosemary Crow, believes music comes from deep within the soul. One day, a beautiful song, "Speak to me in Holy Silence," came to her while she slept. She immediately went to her piano, wrote down...
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