Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Hard Surface Road: A Memoir of the Great DepressionClyde R.Kennedy's extraordinary memory for detail and love of a good yarn make for a vivid depiction of life in Belmont County in southeastern Ohio during the Great Depression. In 1930, with his father broke and out of work, his family abandons their foreclosed...
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The Port of Missing Men: Billy Gohl, Labor, and Brutal Times in the Pacific NorthwestIn the early twentieth century so many dead bodies surfaced in the rivers around Aberdeen, Washington, that they were nicknamed the "floater fleet." When Billy Gohl (1873-1927), a powerful union official, was arrested for murder, local newspapers were quick to suggest that he was...
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Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom: The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery"Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom" is a written account by Ellen Craft and William Craft first published in 1860. Their book reached wide audiences in Great Britain and the United States and it represents one of the most compelling of the many slave...
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Trans and Autistic: Stories from Life at the IntersectionThis ground-breaking book foregrounds the voices of autistic trans people as they speak candidly about how their autism and gender identity intersects and the impact this has on their life. Drawing upon a wealth of interviews with transgender people on the autism spectrum, the...
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The Religious Instruction of the Negroes in the United States2019 Reprint of 1842 Edition. Charles Colcock Jones' The Religious Instruction of the Negroes in the United States is an dramatic call for the white ministers and slaveowners to attend to the spiritual needs of slaves and free blacks. The book is broken into...
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Mr. Lucky: My Unexpected Journey to SuccessHow would you describe losing your house to a fire? Being held up at gunpoint? Falling off the roof face-first? You probably wouldn't choose the word lucky. But Mr. Lucky does--and after reading about his life experiences both challenging and rewarding, you will too....
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The Magnolia Code2020 Independent Press Award--Distinguished Favorite for MemoirJoan Brooks Baker grew up privileged in the New York City of post-World War II America. The Yankee daughter of transplanted, dyed-in-the-wool Southerners soon confronted an unwritten code of conduct--the Magnolia Code--that paralyzed her mother and threatened to...
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Niue RisingThis is a biography of Sir Toke Tufukia Talagi and his life from a small island in the Pacific to a knight of the realm. It covers his life work and his experiences as a businessman and into politics and the premiership. He was...
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The Hunt for the Last Public Enemy in Northeastern Ohio: Alvin creepy Karpis and His Road to AlcatrazThe last Public Enemy No. 1 of the Depression era, Alvin "Creepy" Karpis reportedly compiled a record of fifty-four aliases, fifteen bank robberies, fourteen murders, three jailbreaks and two kidnappings. Roaming the country to evade capture (or worse), Karpis regularly hid out in northeastern...
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Fight for the Forest 2nd Edition: Chico Mendes in His Own WordsThey would have to kill us all to destroy our movement and they can't. I don't get that cold feeling anymore. I am no longer afraid of dying.-Chico Mendes, November 1988 Chico Mendes, the charismatic founder of the Brazilian rubber tappers union, was murdered...
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Judith Anderson: Australian Star, First Lady of the American StageEveryone knows Mrs Danvers as a byword for menace in Hitchcock's Rebecca and as a poster girl for lesbians in the movies. But only dedicated fans know her brilliant creator.This book tells Judith Anderson's life story for the first time. It recovers her career...
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Murderers in New Mexico: Gruesome and Grisly True Stories of Murders in the Sand10 sadistic killers. One state. Countless lives that will never be the same again.To the outside world, New Mexico is the epitome of art, culture, and pristine, picturesque landscape. For those who have had the misfortune of bearing witness to what lies below the...
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The Fold - A Collection of PoetryThis collection of poetry speaks to a very common theme of real human experiences, and they are just a small part of mine. I expressed how I felt like an outsider, then realized, it's not always bad to be unusual. Me and my children...
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Finding FlamencoIn her teens, Stephany Borges saw her first flamenco show at Los Flamencos de la Bodega in North Beach, San Francisco. From the first note of the flamenco guitar and the first throaty cry of the singer, she knew she had found a world...
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My West Side Story: A MemoirNatalie Wood and "lovely" Richard Beymer, to the mercurial Jerome Robbins and "passionate" Rita Moreno, with whom Chakiris remains friends. "I know exactly where my gratitude belongs," Chakiris writes, "and I still marvel at how, unbeknownst to me at the time, the joyful path...
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Touching from a Distance: Ian Curtis & Joy DivisionThe only in-depth biographical account of the lead singer of Joy Division, written by his widow. Revered by his peers--Bono described his voice as holy--and idolized by his fans, musician Ian Curtis left behind a legacy rich in artistic genius. He was a mesmerizing...
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Neurology Rounds with the Maverick: Adventures with Patients from the Golden Age of MedicineIn Neurology Rounds with the Maverick, clinical neurologist Dr. Bernard M. Patten recounts his most profound, entertaining, and uncommon experiences with patients throughout his 34-year medical career.Learn about the strange case of the teenage girl who got pulled out of class for medical treatment...
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I Am Little, TooFrom the creator of Tiny Saints and the author of "The Saints Are Watching Over Me" comes two new inspirational board books for little ones. Full color.Author: Joe KlinkerPublisher: Our Sunday VisitorPublished: 12/02/2019Pages: 16Binding Type: Board BookWeight: 0.31lbsSize: 5.90h x 6.00w x 0.40dISBN: 9781681923734Audience:...
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Stalin's Scribe: Literature, Ambition, and Survival: The Life of Mikhail SholokhovMikhail Sholokhov is arguably one of the most contentious recipients of the Nobel Prize in Literature. As a young man, Sholokhov's epic novel, Quiet Don, became an unprecedented overnight success. Stalin's Scribe is the first biography of a man who was once one of...
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The Man Who Made Babe Ruth: Brother Matthias of St. Mary's SchoolAt six-feet-six, the hulking Martin Leo Boutilier (1872-1944) was hard to miss. Yet the many books written about Babe Ruth relegate the soft-spoken teacher and coach to the shadows. Ruth credited Boutilier--known as Brother Matthias in the Congregation of St. Francis Xavier--with making him...
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