Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Protected: Reflections of a Secret Service AgentFrom the marbled floors of the White House to the African bush in the war-torn country of Liberia to the crime-ridden streets of Chicago, Secret Service Agent Tim Viertel has seen the world from a different perspective than most. After retirement, Tim sensed God's...
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Cancer and Other Things I'm Grateful For: How Self-Advocacy and Integrative Medicine Led to Holistic HealingFollow Erika on her journey as she writes from the heart in real time about her diagnosis, treatment, and ultimate recovery from an advanced form of breast cancer.Alongside traditional oncology care, Erika's natural curiosity and self-determination led her to explore the holistic therapies of...
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ConfidenciasEliecer Marte, periodista y presentador de televisión, comparte su historia en este libro y revela sus secretos más íntimos y personales, incluyendo su salida del clóset ante el público, así como su proceso de aceptación y descubrimiento personal.Confidencias es una obra que va más...
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Limp Forward: A Memoir of Disability, Perseverance, and SuccessFrom being a little girl in a village in China with polio to a tech executive at Apple, Libo Cao Meyers (曹力波) has had quite a journey in life-a journey steeped in rich family legacy and powered by determination, growth, and love. Over the...
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The Unraveling: My Story of Faith, Forgiveness, and a Family RestoredConnection. Belonging. Love.We all crave them. And many of us are lucky enough to be born into a setting where they are already in place to support our growth and understanding of the world.But author Judi Logan had to actively pursue these three things...
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From Princess to Porn Star: A Real-Life Cinderella StoryForget what you thought you knew about porn stars, you're about to hear a tale too shocking to be true . . . Once upon a time in the beautiful land of Laguna Beach, CA, lived a girl named Rachel. She was curious, clever,...
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No Guilty Bystander: The Extraordinary Life of Bishop Thomas GumbletonThomas Gumbleton, retired Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, has long served as an outstanding voice and witness for peace and justice in the Catholic Church. From his early opposition to the Vietnam war, his work on the Bishops' historic pastoral on nuclear weapons, to his...
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Grace in the Rearview Mirror: Four Women Priests on Brokenness, Belonging, and the Beauty of God"These stories are poignant, inspiring, moving and, above all, real." --Michael Curry Have you ever wondered if God is missing in the mundane? Four women priests have found God in the most unexpected places: in a dive bar, at the drugstore, and even at...
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Fanny Crosby: The Girl Who Couldn't See But Helped the World to SingBaby Frances--or Fanny, as everyone called her--was only six weeks old when she became blind. "What a pity you can't see," people often said. "The first thing my eyes will ever see will be the face of Jesus in heaven," she'd reply. And this...
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One Man's Journey: The Mi'kmaw Revival in KtaqmkukWith a story spanning over seventy years of the life of respected Elder Calvin White, One Man's Journey weaves personal history with White's account of the Mi'kmaw movement and his role in the reclamation and restoration of pride in Mi'kmaw culture in Newfoundland.Elder White's...
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Discover Newport's Island Cemetery: Notable People and Monuments from the Gilded Age to Modern TimesNewport was the summer home of internationally famous people at the time Island Cemetery was formed. Remarkably, many of these people chose to be buried here alongside the men and women who lived in the city year-round. Richard Morris Hunt, America's foremost architect, George...
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After Steve: How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost Its SoulFrom the New York Times' Tripp Mickle, the dramatic, untold story inside Apple after the passing of Steve Jobs by following his top lieutenants--Jony Ive, the Chief Design Officer, and Tim Cook, the COO-turned-CEO--and how the fading of the former and the rise of...
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What You Never Knew about ZendayaZendaya's star power is so bright, she only needs to go by one name. She can sing, she can dance, and she can act! But what is her life like when she's not performing? High-interest details and bold photos of her high-profile life will...
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Clint's StoryThis book explains with what went wrong in Mr. Laird's early schooling and the effects that teachers and parents have on one's ability to learn. It shows the difference between a mother that had great expectations for her child John McCook (who played Eric...
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Thomas EdisonYou're about to be an eyewitness to the top ten days in Thomas Edison's life, including: An instinctive moment of bravery that launched a career A lucky break that freed him for a life of invention An incredible boast that he quickly proved true...
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Benjamin FranklinYou're about to be an eyewitness to the top ten days in Ben Franklin's life, including: A cunning escape from a cruel brother. A shrewd plan to save the colonies. A treacherous spy game in Paris. A shocking battle with a vengeful aristocrat. And...
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Abraham LincolnYou're about to be an eyewitness to the ten crucial days in Abraham Lincoln's life, including: A tragic loss that sets a boy on a course for greatness A career sacrificed to protest an unjust war A state resorting to treason to preserve slavery...
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Nature's People: The Hog Island Story from Mabel Loomis Todd to AudubonWhen Emily Dickinson died in 1886, her sister learned of a cache of unknown poems which she was determined to see published. In time the task fell to Mabel Loomis Todd, a socialite in town who just so happened to be having a long-term...
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2020 Hope in Crisis2020, the year of the Corona Virus Pandemic, a year that brought us all to our knees with its darkness and despair. It was truly a year of separation, sickness, sadness, and sorrow. It was a time that brought us all together in unity...
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Trauma is a CatalystA catalyst is something or someone that provokes significant change. A trauma is a catalyst. The change--whether physical, emotional, spiritual, or all three--doesn't happen immediately. The change is a journey with side steps and detours along the way. The only hard and fast rule...
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