Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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You Let Some Girl Beat You?: The Story of Ann Meyers Drysdale"Annie was one of the best players ever. I didn't say male or female; I said ever."--Bill Russell, former Boston Celtics player Ann Meyers Drysdale is one of the greatest stars in the history of basketball. But her rise wasn't without controversy. Her 1979...
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Black Warriors: The Buffalo Soldiers of World War II Memories of the Only Negro Infantry Division to Fight in Europe During World WarNumbering 4,000 select officers and men, Combat Team 370 was part of n Europe during World War II the 92nd Infantry Division, the only all-Negro division to fight in Europe during World War II. In Black Warriors: The Buffalo Soldiers of World War II,...
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Life Lived Wild: Adventures at the Edge of the MapA life worth living is lived at the edges where it is wild At the beginning of his memoir Life Lived Wild, Adventures at the Edge of the Map, Rick Ridgeway tells us that if you add up all his many expeditions, he's spent...
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Gold Buckle Dreams: The Life & Times of Chris LeDouxChris LeDoux was a rodeo icon, known for his ability to ride bareback horses and a world championship. But Chris also had a talent with a guitar and an ability to put the life and thoughts of a rodeo cowboy into song. With the...
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The Curé d'ArsThe chief labour of the Curé d'Ars was the direction of souls. During the last ten years of his life, he spent from sixteen to eighteen hours a day in the confessional. He was sought by bishops, priests, religious, young men and women in...
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Public Opinion: The Original 1922 EditionWalter Lippmann wrote his "Public Opinion" at a time when something like the 'mass media' was coming into existence. Prior to the age of electronic communication, the only mechanism for reaching large numbers of individuals was the newspapers. In World War I, he saw...
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My Vietnam, Your Vietnam: A Father Flees. a Daughter Returns. a Dual Memoir."Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2024" --Ms. MagazineA chronicle of the divergent journeys of a Vietnamese father, who fled his home country in desperation, and his American-born daughter, who ventured to Vietnam as an adult, capturing the stark contrast between their perspectives as they...
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Painful Joy: A Holocaust Family MemoirPainful Joy represents five years of intensive research in the US, Poland, Sweden, Israel and Germany, seeking to unearth the real life stories of Sam and Frieda Friedman in order to discover their roots, recreate their lives and times and uncover both their remarkable...
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The Philosophy of ArsonKen Baxter didn't have to go to prison, he chose to. In the wake of a destroyed marriage and a son lost to suicide, Ken was ready to do something he had never done - take responsibility for his failings. Little did he know...
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Of Dirt and Wildflowers: A Memoir on Growing the Courage to Bloom"And we don't always know it or understand it at the time, in the season, but nothing grows without a good amount of dirt." Life is dirty and then it's beautiful and wild. Learning to overcome life's obstacles and tribulations, Kylee Marshall weaves a...
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Marta vs. Mia Hamm: Soccer Legends Face OffMarta and Mia Hamm are two of the greatest soccer players ever. Marta thrilled fans from Brazil and around the world with her dazzling footwork and exciting goals. Mia Hamm used her blazing speed and amazing skills around the net to help the United...
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Life Without: The Wrongful Conviction of Sandy ShawIn 1987, when Sandy heard the bark of the first pistol shot right next to her ear, she bolted and ran for her life. After ducking behind desert scrub brush in the dim glow of the moonlight, she spotted eighteen-year-old Troy Kell and his...
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Face in the Mirror: A Surgeon, a Patient, and the Remarkable Story of the First Face Transplant at Mayo ClinicThe captivating story of the first face transplant at Mayo Clinic. For years, they came in on weekends to plan and practice--nearly sixty surgeons, nurses, and anesthesiologists, preparing to harmonize in a vast medical symphony. For the team at Mayo Clinic, it was their...
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The Torah Road Trip: Abraham Rides ShotgunIn September of 2007, three years after his father had passed and just before the Jewish High Holidays, Bruce Levin got a call from above. It was from his mother! His mom told him that their family's former syna-gogue in Connecticut was closing, and...
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Escaping Castro - The Refugee Edit: The Biography of Mary and EduardoFrom Communism to Freedom: A Granddaughter's Journey into Her Grandparents' Heroic Cuban EscapeEvery culinary expedition has a beginning, and in this compelling biography, Amber Garcia-Rameau's journey starts unexpectedly in her grandparents' kitchen. As a newly minted college graduate, her initial pursuit was to learn...
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Rejected: A Story of an African American Man in Search of HimselfFrom slavery and social injustice to present-day economic and racial divides, it can be challenging for African American men to find their true identity. Often rejected by society at-large, and even within their own community at times, the African American male has been seen...
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The Road Less WornStaring at the 450 pieces of clothing littering her bedroom, Erin Flynn couldn't help but wonder, "How did I end up here?" In her debut memoir The Road Less Worn, Flynn sorts through snapshots of her life-from her roots as an athlete in a...
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I Never Had It Made: The Autobiography of Jackie RobinsonThe bestselling autobiography of American baseball and civil rights legend Jackie RobinsonBefore Reggie Jackson, before Hank Aaron, baseball's stars had one undeniable trait in common: they were all white. In 1947, Jackie Robinson broke that barrier, striking a crucial blow for racial equality and...
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The Egg and I"A work of real comic genius. . . . A wonderful, funny, warm, honest book, and, to use a much overused word, a classic." --Michael Korda, author of Country MattersWhen Betty MacDonald married a Marine and moved to a small chicken farm on the...
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Crow Dog: Four Generations of Sioux Medicine Men (Harperperennial)"I am Crow Dog. I am the fourth of that name. Crow Dogs have played a big part in the history of our tribe and in the history of all the Indian nations of the Great Plains during the last two hundred years. We...
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