Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Virat Kohli - The Best in the WorldEvery cricket fan out there is familiar with the name of Virat Kohli, and what a delight he is to watch when he is batting. But not many know about how he became the person and the cricketer he is today, how he strived...
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Chicken ScratchFrom Humble beginnings to becoming a millionaire twice in his lifetime, John Robinson weaves the story of his life. Born in the deep south, reared by a mother living the life of a migrant worker, John endures the hardships of a troubled childhood. Sentenced...
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A Colonial Williamsburg Love Affair: Tales, Takes, and Tips From a Lifetime of VisitsHave you ever wondered why some travel destinations set your soul on fire and drive you to return again and again while other locations leave you cold? A Colonial Williamsburg Love Affair: Tales, Takes and Tips From a Lifetime of Visits, explores this very...
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The Boy Who Asked Why: The Story of Bhimrao AmbedkarWhy do I have to sit separately in a corner of the classroom? Why can't I drink water from the tap like other children? Why do the teachers never touch my books?The 'whys' shout louder in little Bhim's head as he grows up, trailed...
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Appleseed: The Life and Legacy of John ChapmanIn 1798, John Chapman planted his first apple tree nursery. Over the next forty years, he walked hundreds of miles and planted thousands of apple trees all over the expanding frontier. Long before he died, Chapman had earned the nickname, "John Appleseed". He was...
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Sparse Black Whimsy"In Sparse Black Whimsy, msw is sliding confidently -- excuse me, bonfidently -- through the stylistic door unlocked by Junot Diaz. Equal parts George Saunders & Young Thug, the short is as sensitive in its poetic examinations of the rollercoaster millennial condition as it...
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The Pink Marine: One Boy's Journey Through Bootcamp To ManhoodThe Pink Marine is the story-full of hilarity and heartbreak-of how a teenage boy who struggles with self-acceptance and doesn't fit the traditional definition of masculinity finds acceptance and self-worth in Marine Corps boot camp. When Greg Cope White's best friend tells him he's...
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Radiologists at Work: Saving Lives with the Lights OffIs it cancer or just a bad pixel? Radiologists are the physicians we rarely get to see. "Radiologists at Work" contains the most memorable moments from the careers of twenty radiologists who practiced from the 1940s to the present day.These true stories are told...
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Heart Medicine: A True Love Story - One Couple's Quest for the Sacred Iboga Medicine & the Cure for AddictionTwo longtime lovers: spray paint artist, Chor Boogie, and yogini and performance artist, Bast.One shocking drug relapse--after more than a decade clean.Then the disheartening discovery: 90% of narcotics addicts relapse in the first year with standard treatment models.The lovers navigate the treacherous labyrinth of...
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Big City Cat: My Life in Folk RockAs a young man from Meridian, Mississippi, Steve Forbert managed to carve out a niche in New York City's vibrant club scene, playing now-iconic venues like Gerde's Folk City and CBGB's during a time when rootsy rock was fading out and the Ramones, Talking...
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Born on the Edge of Race and Gender: A Voice for Cultural CompetencyIn this historic moment of transgender visibility in the U.S., writer, activist, and public health consultant Willy Wilkinson's Born on the Edge of Race and Gender: A Voice for Cultural Competency uses the power of storytelling to contextualize one of the most misunderstood social...
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Alchemy of the Afterlife: A MemoirFirst Place CIPA EVVY Award winner for autobiography/memoir"As the body gets weaker, the spirit gets stronger," Linda Kinnamon repeatedly tells her patients. Being a hospice nurse she spends her days caring for and visiting the terminally ill. But in the pre-dawn hours, as her...
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A Life Let Go: A Memoir and Five Birth Mother Stories of Closed AdoptionClosed adoption, heralded as the answer to the problem of unplanned pregnancy, shows its other side in A Life Let Go, A Memoir and Five Birth Mother Stories of Closed Adoption. These women tell how they experienced unplanned pregnancy in the restrictiveness of the...
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Constant AwakeningConstant Awakening by Helena Steiner-Hornsteyn A story that may change your life and the way you look at Life and All That Is, seen and unseen. Many say reading CONSTANT AWAKENING changed their lives. This is the story by someone who experienced a DIRECT...
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A Burmese HeartSpanning the colonial, independence, and dictatorship periods in Burma (Myanmar), A Burmese Heart is a gripping personal account of one woman and her family who lived through the making and unmaking of their country's turbulent history. Tinsa Maw-Naing is born into privilege as the...
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On the Edge of a Country: Memoir of a young girl under Nazi fascismThe Holocaust sent six million Jews to their death. Five million others also died at the hands of the Nazis. Who are these forgotten victims? This book focuses on one such group-the Slovenian population living in the territory awarded to Italy following WW1. This...
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The Reluctant Apostate: Leaving Jehovah's Witnesses Comes at a PriceJehovah's Witnesses, well known for their enthusiastic evangelism, are a global religious movement boasting over 8 million members. Despite being a familiar sight on doorsteps and street corners, little is known about their doctrines and practices. What are their expectations regarding Armageddon, and who...
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Daughter of the Razor: An Australian True Crime StoryAn unforgettable Australian true crime story of prostitution, sexual, physical and mental abuse and violence inside the walls of family silence in the slums of Sydney in the 1930's. Maria shares her story of growing up as the daughter of a woman connected to...
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Mr Eternity: The Story of Arthur StaceAlmost every day for 35 years, Arthur Stace spent hours writing a single word - Eternity - on and around the streets of Sydney. Sometimes his mission took him much further afield, to country New South Wales and even to Melbourne.Stace's identity was a...
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The Shakespeare Timeline Wallbook: Unfold the Complete Plays of Shakespeare--One Theater, Thirty-Eight Dramas!The perfect Shakespeare home-learning resource for children aged 6 - 14WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S plays are presented as never before, with all 38 masterpieces simultaneously performed in front of you on a 6-foot fold-out timeline set in the iconic Globe Theatre.Spot the ghosts, hunt for the...
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