Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Stripped: One Woman's Journey of Shedding The Layers of Shame and Trauma to Discover Her True IdentityCynthia's autobiography, "Stripped," unfolds as a powerful tale of resilience and renewal. She courageously narrates her journey through the highs and lows, a testament to the unyielding human spirit. In the raw chapters of "Stripped," Cynthia candidly shares her experience of hitting rock bottom...
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Street Fighting Years: An Autobiography of the SixtiesIn this new edition of his memoirs, Tariq Ali revisits his formative years as a young radical. It is a story that takes us from Paris and Prague to Hanoi and Bolivia, encountering along the way Malcolm X, Bertrand Russell, Marlon Brando, Henry Kissinger,...
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Stranger in My Own Land: Palestine, Israel and One Family's Story of HomeAfter the 1993 Oslo Accords, a handful of Palestinians were allowed to return to their hometowns in Israel. Fida Jiryis and her family were among them. This beautifully written memoir tells the story of their journey, which is also the story of Palestine, from...
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Story of a Communist: A MemoirThe philosopher Antonio Negri was one of the preeminent thinkers of our time: his writings on class, socialism, and empire have had an enormous influence on contemporary political theory. His political activism and outspoken advocacy for the downtrodden also placed him at the centre...
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Spellbound: My Life as a Dyslexic WordsmithThe A-list comedian tells the story of his unlikely path to success while struggling with severe dyslexia. When Phil Hanley entered first grade, he realized something that would forever set him apart from his peers: he couldn't read. His teachers were ill-equipped to assist...
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Son of a CarpenterJourney of a Hero: From Innocent Childhood to Courageous Firefighter, Guided by Divine Intervention and Shaped by Influential Encounters.Dive into the captivating life story of a man, Gary Lee, who, inspired by his humble beginnings, ascends to the heroic role of a firefighter and...
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Son of a CarpenterJourney of a Hero: From Innocent Childhood to Courageous Firefighter, Guided by Divine Intervention and Shaped by Influential Encounters.Dive into the captivating life story of a man, Gary Lee, who, inspired by his humble beginnings, ascends to the heroic role of a firefighter and...
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Sonia Johnson: A Mormon FeministFew figures in the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints provoke such visceral responses as Sonia Johnson. Her unrelenting public support of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) made her the face of LDS feminism while her subsequent excommunication roiled the...
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Sometimes BrilliantAuthor: Larry BrilliantPublisher: Harper CollinsPublished: 10/01/2016Pages: 864Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.50lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.71dISBN: 9780062676795About the AuthorBrilliant, Larry: - LARRY BRILLIANT, M.D., M.P.H., is a pioneering physician, visionary technologist, and global philanthropist. The first executive director of Google.org, he currently serves as chairman...
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Sojourn: Memories and ReflectionsSojourn - Memories & Reflections is a personal memoir revealing how the sovereign hand of God uses ordinary people to accomplish His Kingdom purposes. Born in a small rural village in Illinois, the author recounts key episodes from his life, including reflections of God's...
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Society of Snow: The True Story of Flight 571 and Miracle of the Andes"Society of Snow: The True Story of Flight 571 and the Miracle of the Andes" by Harper Blackwood is an unforgettable tale of survival, resilience, and the extraordinary lengths to which humans will go to stay alive.On October 13, 1972, a chartered Uruguayan Air...
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Sober and Civil: Being a true narrative of one Sarah Towne Cloyse, formerly BridgesRemembered in the historical narrative as "the other sister" Sarah Cloyse is more than such. Her life navigated through important moments in Massachusetts history before, during, and after the Salem Witch Hysteria.From the Founding of a community to the battle of the Salem Merchant...
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Slutever: Dispatches from a Sexually Autonomous Woman in a Post-Shame WorldSlutever is a call-to-arms, a confessional memoir, and a slut manifesto--and it's all thanks to a sex-radical hedonist in a pink PVC mini dress. "Slut" is a great word. It just sounds perfect-so sharp and clear and beautiful. It's one of those satisfying four...
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Simplicity, Intricacy, and Beyond: Science, Religion, Politics, and Cards, Hypervolume IIIPart-treatise, part-memoir, and part-art-gallery, a mixture of full-color selections and black-and-white selections analyze minds, motives, and societies. It includes examples from the January 1790 to September 2024 period of world history as considered via social psychology, stories, diagrams, photographs, and debates. Expressions--often presented by...
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Silent Strength: Shadows of Domestic Violence and Workplace BiasIn Silent Strength: Shadows of Domestic Violence and Workplace Bias, join the courageous author on an inspiring odyssey of survival, resilience, and empowerment. As a Latina and single mother, she defies the oppressive shackles of domestic violence, battling not only the physical scars but...
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Shooter Down: My Story: The Mass Shooter Who Never WasMore than a decade before Columbine, I was actively planning a mass murder rampage. This never took place due to an extraordinary intervention. Every time some new horror takes place, I always had one question-How is it that I was stopped and they were...
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Shohei OhtaniAuthor: Joe TischlerPublisher: Amicus LearningPublished: 07/15/2024Pages: 24Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 9.20h x 7.00w x 0.30dISBN: 9781645499695Language: SpanishAudience: Ages 9-12
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Señor, Hazme LlorarEste libro es la historia conmovedora, a veces chocante pero ver?dica, de como Cookie Rodr?guez hall? algo que ansiaba mas que la inyecci?n de hero?na.Author: Cookie RodriguezPublisher: Vida PublishersPublished: 12/19/1975Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize: 6.96h x 4.26w x 0.65dISBN: 9780829705973Language: Spanish
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Sculptor in Buckskin: The Autobiography of Alexander Phimister ProctorTwo disparate worlds met in the life of Alexander Phimister Proctor: the art world centered in the eastern United States and the world of the western frontier. Proctor was a remarkable amalgam: a big-game hunter and intrepid explorer who felt at home in Paris...
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Scratching the HorizonScratching the Horizon presents a bitchin' love letter to sand and sea, and a spirited inside account of life with the "first family" of American surfing. In 1956, Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz stepped away from a successful medical practice and began a lifelong surfing odyssey...
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