Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Last King of Wales: Gruffudd AP Llywelyn C. 1013-1063Gruffudd ap Llywelyn was Wales' greatest king. Ambitious and battle-sure, he succeeded in doing what no Welsh king before him was capable of: he ruled all Wales as a united and independent state. He went further by turning the Viking threat to his realm...
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Cnut: England's Viking King 1016-35King Cnut ruled England from 1017 to 1035 and left behind him a legacy of peace, law and order. However, the beginnings of his kingship were less auspicious. He was a cruel and vicious warrior, who invaded England with his father Swegen Forkbeard, perhaps...
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A British Boy in Fascist ItalyPeter Ghiringhelli's turbulent childhood as the son of Italian Fascist parents saw him deported from England to Italy at the start of World War II. Here Peter witnessed at first hand what life was like in a totalitarian state, and his vivid memories of...
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One of the Few: A Triumphant Story of Combat in the Battle of BritainJohnny Kent grew up in Winnipeg and was bitten by the flying bug at an early age. He grabbed experience and flying hours wherever and whenever he could and was constantly on the lookout for a career in aviation. His chance came when he...
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Sharon Osbourne SurvivorAuthor: Sharon OsbournePublisher: Little Brown and Co. (UK)Published: 05/01/2008Pages: 304Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 7.60h x 4.90w x 0.90dISBN: 9780751540543About the AuthorSharon Osbourne was born in London in 1952. She is married to rock legend Ozzy Osbourne and has three children: Aimee, Kelley and Jack....
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Curtain Down at Her Majesty's: The Death of Queen Victoria in the Words of Those Who Were ThereHer Majesty the Queen breathed her last at 6.30 p.m., surrounded by her children and grand-children. With this notice, pinned to the entrance gate of Osborne House, Queen Victoria's doctors announced the death of the most powerful woman in the world, who had sat...
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D-Day Hero: CSM Stanley Hollis VCD-Day's only Victoria Cross winner, Company Sergeant Major Stanley Hollis, was, uniquely, twice recommended for this coveted award on June 6, 1944. A tough Teesside, working-class rebel, Hollis was no model soldier. Earlier in the war he was forever being busted for various misdemeanors....
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The Gun That Changed the WorldThe Russian word that is most frequently spoken throughout the world isn't Lenin, gulag or perestroika, it's 'Kalashnikov'. The reason for this is simple: there are 80 million Kalashnikovs in circulation on five continents. Once invented, the AK-47 assault rifle became the most widely...
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Leila Khaled: Icon of Palestinian LiberationDubbed 'the poster girl of Palestinian militancy', Leila Khaled's image flashed across the world after she hijacked a passenger jet in 1969. The picture of a young, determined looking woman with a checkered scarf, clutching an AK-47, was as era-defining as that of Che...
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Written by HimselfEnriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools alongside the text, enabling students and readers alike to gain a deeper and more developed understanding of the writer and their work....
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Samuel Adams: A LifeThe gripping story of the man who was the American Revolution's moral compass--Ira Stoll tells readers who Samuel Adams was, why he has been forgotten, and why he must be remembered.Thomas Jefferson called Samuel Adams "truly the man of the Revolution." Adams, filled with...
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Four TrialsRaised in a small town by parents employed in the local mills, John Edwards worked in those mills himself -- and then went on to become one of America's most successful and respected attorneys. He built a national reputation representing people whose lives had...
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Early Bird: A Memoir of Premature RetirementEveryone says they would like to retire early, but Rodney Rothman actually did it--forty years early. Burnt out, he decides at the age of twenty-eight to get an early start on his golden years. He travels to Boca Raton, Florida, where he moves in...
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Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. MayerLion of Hollywood is the definitive biography of Louis B. Mayer, the chief of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer--MGM--the biggest and most successful film studio of Hollywood's Golden Age. An immigrant from tsarist Russia, Mayer began in the film business as an exhibitor but soon migrated to where...
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Man He Became: How FDR Defied Polio to Win the PresidencyHere, from James Tobin, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in biography, is the story of the greatest comeback in American political history, a saga long buried in half-truth, distortion, and myth--Franklin Roosevelt's ten-year climb from paAuthor: James TobinPublisher: Simon & SchusterPublished:...
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The Road to Home: My Life and TimesIn this humorous, learned, and moving memoir, Vartan Gregorian recounts his journey from an impoverished childhood as a Christian Armenian in Muslim Tabriz to cultured citizen of the world. Gregorian's odyssey begins in an obscure poor quarter of a pAuthor: Vartan GregorianPublisher: Simon &...
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When Nothing Else Matters: Michael Jordan's Last ComebackAs one of the greatest, most celebrated athletes in history, Michael Jordan conquered professional basketball as no one had before. As one of the greatest, most celebrated athletes in history, Michael Jordan conquered professional basketball as no one had before. Powered by a potent...
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A Big Life in AdvertisingThe first woman president of an advertising agency and the first woman CEO of a company on the New York Stock Exchange tells her riveting story: How she shattered every glass ceiling and became a Madison Avenue legend.* From her role as fledgling copywriter...
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Nobody's FoolBeginning with his rise from the streets of Brooklyn to becoming the first ambassador-at-large for UNICEF, Martin Gottfried shares a detailed portrait of one of America's most talented and controversial entertainers of the mid-nineties in this biography of Danny Kaye. Nobody's Fool is the...
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The Same River Twice: A MemoirFrom the critically acclaimed author of the novel The Good Brother and memoir My Father the Pornographer, Same River Twice is the second volume from an American literary star. "If you haven't read Chris Offutt, you've missed an accomplished and compelling writer" (Chicago Tribune)....
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