Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Ferdinand Magellan (the First Names Series)Meet the explorer who first went around the world--now in paperback Before he led the first expedition to circumnavigate the Earth, Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) was a Portuguese noble who loved the sea. A skilled sailor, he led a number of voyages and is known...
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American PortraitBased on the popular and revolutionary PBS multiplatform documentary project, an inspiring and striking photographic portrait that brilliantly captures the tumultuous, historic year that was 2020, offering an intimate look at the heart and soul of our national life and what it means to...
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Jimmy Stewart: A Biography of the Iconic American ActorEmbark on an Inspiring Journey and Find Out How Jimmy Stewart Became an American LegendIs Jimmy Stewart your favorite actor, or do you just want to learn more about his character and work? Either way, this book has what you need.Jimmy Stewart is a...
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Coming Undone: A Memoir'BREATHTAKING' Dolly Alderton, 'REMARKABLE' Marian Keyes, 'LIFE-CHANGING' Emma Jane Unsworth, 'COMPELLING' Amy Liptrot, 'EXTRAORDINARY' Sali Hughes To everyone else, Terri White appeared to be living the dream - living in New York City, with a top job editing a major magazine and named one...
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Irma's Passport: One Woman, Two World Wars, and a Legacy of CourageIn this gripping family tale, Catherine Ehrlich explores her Austrian grandparents' influential lives at the crossroads of German and Jewish national movements. Weaving her grandmother Irma's spellbinding memoirs into her narrative, she profiles a charismatic woman who confronts history with courage and rebuilds lives--for...
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Streets Paved With HopeLife in Dublin today is so different from when I grew up there in the 1950s when my every thought and action was controlled by the church, the school, and my parents. Early indoctrination had led me to believe that these three pillars of...
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Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas*Winner of the Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction* *Selected as a Most Anticipated Book of Fall by The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Star* An insightful and perspective-shifting new book, from a celebrated journalist, about reclaiming identity and revealing the surprising history of...
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Diarios de viajesAntología con artículos de prensa, fotografías y notas de viajes.Author: Salvador AznarPublisher: BlurbPublished: 01/05/2021Pages: 360Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.86lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.80dISBN: 9781034140009Language: Spanish
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The Lost Café Schindler: One Family, Two Wars, and the Search for TruthMeriel Schindler spent her adult life trying to keep her father, Kurt, at bay. But when he died in 2017, he left behind piles of Nazi-era documents related to her family's fate in Innsbruck, Austria, and a treasure trove of family albums reaching back...
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Woodrow on the Bench: Life Lessons from a Wise Old Dog"When I say Jenna Blum's upcoming Woodrow on the Bench wrecked me and that I'm now sobbing eating all the chocolate, I mean it in the best way possible."--Jodi Picoult "Jenna Blum's wonderful moving memoir, is a "girl and her dog" story for the...
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Life on the Line: Young Doctors Come of Age in a PandemicThe gripping account of six young doctors enlisted to fight COVID-19, an engrossing, eye-opening book in the tradition of both Sheri Fink's Five Days at Memorial and Scott Turow's One L.In March 2020, soon-to-graduate medical students in New York City were nervously awaiting "match...
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Pepsi and Shirlie It's All in Black and White: Wham! Life and FriendshipLondon. Wham! Pop, glitz and glamour. And two girls with stars in their eyes.Our friendship began one windy day in 1982, outside Finsbury Park tube station. It was an instant like at first sight. We were on our way to a Wham! rehearsal. Pepsi...
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Aristotle: The biography - Ancient Wisdom, History and LegacyAristotle (c. 384 B.C. to 322 B.C.) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist who is still considered one of the greatest thinkers in politics, psychology and ethics. When Aristotle turned 17, he enrolled in Plato's Academy. In 335, Aristotle founded his own school,...
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Princess AliceShe would have made a magnificent queen - she certainly was a splendid princess. Princess Alice was the daughter of Queen Victoria's youngest son, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany. She grew up under the watchful eye of Queen Victoria and in 1904 married Prince...
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Praising God in the Valley: Lessons and Other Blessings in the Journey Through CancerJoyce Herr started a new chapter in her life in March of 2017 when she was diagnosed with cancer. At times, this experience led her through some deep valleys with dark and threatening shadows. She found herself in need of courage and a source...
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Good Morning, Destroyer of Men's Souls: A Memoir of Women, Addiction, and LoveA scorching memoir of a love affair with an addict, weaving personal reckoning with psychology and history to understand the nature of addiction, codependency, and our appetite for obsessive love "Ferocious . . . glints with hard-won truths . . . Aron lights a...
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Lost Stitches: The Bostitch Legacy and My Crazy Jamaican FamilyDanny Melville was content with his laid-back life in Jamaica. He spent his days playing polo with friends and other locals at his famed Chukka Cove, sipping on rum or maybe a Red Stripe, and living every day to the fullest. He knew how...
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Fame: The World Cup All-Stars: David Bekham, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Diego MaradonaAmericans call the game "soccer," while the rest of the world dubs it "football." Whatever it's called, fans know their names: Maradona. Beckham. Ronaldo. Messi.Diego Maradona's career formed while he was only a child kicking a ball in the slums of Buenos Aires. He...
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Proud AmericanBeing the only child of a single mother, Sergio was raised by his maternal grandparents in a South Texas region better known as the Rio Grande Valley. This memoir details his upbringing as a poor migrant worker of Mexican descent having to pick crops...
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There Was a Fire: Jews, Music and the American Dream (revised and updated)The first edition of There Was a Fire is a National Jewish Book Award FinalistThis book is about the power of memory, the human need for narrative, and the ability of music to encode and deliver the two. It outlines the role of the...
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