Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Fanny Crosby: Safe in the Arms of JesusAlthough blinded when six weeks old, Fanny Crosby was blessed by God who gave her spiritual insight and made her a blessing to millions. During her lifetime, Fanny wrote an astounding number of moving poems and hymns--perhaps as many as 12,000.Author: Chester Hearn, S....
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Eyewitness PresidentsAn informative and visual guide to America's highest office, this DK Eyewitness book explores the history of the White House and the presidents who have served in it.Written in association with the Smithsonian Institution, this beautiful visual reference book provides mini-biographies and trivia for...
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Evel: The High-Flying Life of Evel Knievel: American Showman, Daredevil, and LegendEvel Knievel, the father of extreme sports, was a high-flying daredevil. He was the personification of excitement and danger and showmanship, and represented a unique slice of American culture and patriotism. But behind the flash and the frenzy, who was this man in red,...
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Eternally Na?ve: A Reluctant AutobiographyThis ordinary woman's true account of her far from ordinary life provides a very real, and very personal insight into how resilient the human spirit can be.The untimely death of her mother sees this modest woman, while still a young child, thrown into a...
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Entrepreneurship as done by Engineer Peyman Kianian: The Founder of Nafis Holding (Iranian Great Entrepreneurs)Any country that has attained a suitable station in today's world and positioned itself finely is because of years of ceaseless effort and attitude of the great women and men, who through unrivaled courage and perpetual perseverance, have left an aesthetically splendid legacy for...
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Entrepreneurship as done by Ali Khosravani: The Founder of Auto Khosravani and Auto shenas (Iranian Great Entrepreneurs)Any country that has attained a suitable station in today's world and positioned itself finely is because of years of ceaseless effort and attitude of the great women and men, who through unrivaled courage and perpetual perseverance, have left an aesthetically splendid legacy for...
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Encounters with InscriptionsWhen Kristin Czarnecki lost both her parents within nine months, she sought solace in books, but not just any books.In Encounters with Inscriptions, Czarnecki writes about the books inscribed and given to her by her parents over the years-an array of novels, short stories,...
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Elusive Mommyhood: An Investigative Reporter's Personal Journey into IVF and SurrogacyIn Elusive Mommyhood: An Investigative Reporter's Personal Journey into IVF and Surrogacy, international journalist Ginanne Brownell, a former staffer at CNN and Newsweek, embarks on a profound exploration of assisted reproduction and surrogacy that combines intimate memoir with rigorous journalism. This groundbreaking book delves...
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Elusive Light: A Journey Through GriefElusive Light: A Journey Through Grief is a deeply resonant memoir that offers readers both solace and practical wisdom. Through a blend of personal narrative and spiritual exploration, the author provides a compassionate guide for anyone seeking to find their way through the shadows...
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Ella's Sunday SongSix-year-old Ella is this Sunday's soloist at her church. During the short trip from her Grandmother's lap to her choir director's piano, she realizes that she has to figure out a secret code in order to hit all of the right notes.Ella's Sunday Song...
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Eighty-Something: A Lifetime of ConversationEighty-something is a new book from artists Sue Gill and John Fox MBE, two 80 year olds, whose lifelong creative partnership has been spent seeking a role for art that weaves it into the fabric of our lives. Illustrated with drawings by John Fox.A...
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Edward A. Tenenbaum and the DeutschmarkEdward A. Tenenbaum was an exceptionally talented American in troubled times. This biography is written for readers interested in Secret Service and World War II as well as post-war Marshall-Plan and development-aid history. With his currency reform in West Germany 1948, Tenenbaum laid the...
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Echoes in FerrylandEchoes in Ferryland offers the rich perspective of a woman looking back at her life and describing history as she saw it unfold before her very eyes. Author Nancy Clark fondly reminisces about her childhood and memorable life spent in Virginia's Northern Neck, a...
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Drop Me Around the CornerImagine life is like a sitcom starring your eccentric, single father who can never get enough attention. His physical appearance turns people's heads. He wears an obvious toupee and walks around the house naked. He has a handlebar mustache and sideburns dyed jet black,...
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Dreaming of Home: A Young Latina's Journey to Pride, Power, and BelongingA MacArthur "Genius" shares her inspiring story, from undocumented newcomer to leader in a powerful immigrant youth movement.Dreaming of Home is a coming-of-age story both for a young woman finding her true self and for a social movement of immigrant youth trailblazers who inspired...
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Don't Look Back, You'll Trip Over: My Guide to LifeThe winner of two Academy Awards, starring in over 160 films over eight decades, Michael Caine has found his place as not just one of the best screen actors of our times, but also one of our most loved and admired. In conversation with...
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Documentary Theatre and PerformanceWhat distinguishes documentary theatre from other forms of drama? How has it integrated different media across the years, and to what effect? What is its relationship to truth and reality, and defining moments of civic unrest and political change? In this short, authoritative book,...
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer--The Last Eight Days: The Untold Story of the Journey to Flossenb?rgIn the summer of 1945, Eberhard Bethge began the search for traces of his colleague and friend Dietrich Bonhoeffer. From as early as September 1945, Hermann P?nder provided Bethge a first-hand account of Bonhoeffer's final days. Five years on, another resource arrived in the...
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Dictates of Conscience: From Mormon High Priest to My New Life as a WomanLaurie Lee Hall's growing-up years were defined by the conflict between her physical condition as a boy and her inherent identity as a girl. Unable to explain or resolve her gender dysphoria, she committed to living her adult life as a male. She joined...
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Diamonds Through Waterloo: A Baseball Story: T-ReportsBorn in obscurity, William Jennings finds refuge within the walls of an orphanage in the outskirts of Baltimore. Under the tutelage of Xaverian Brothers, he thrives, escaping into his studies of history and baseball. As he witnesses the first three World Series Championships, his...
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