Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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My New Orleans, Gone Away: A Memoir of Loss and RenewalFrom Jonathan Yardley in the Washington Post: "Engaging...delightful ... Wolf returns to the Big Easy after a protracted Yankee education at Exeter and Yale, joins his father's firm in the cotton trade, takes up lodgings on Burgundy Street at the edge of the French...
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Summers in Supino: Becoming ItalianEvery summer Maria and her husband, Bob, went to their little house in the Italian village of Supino, and every year it was a new adventure. Only in Supino would you find a pizzeria in a sheep pasture, a seafood restaurant hidden in the...
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Me, Myself & Prague: An Unreliable Guide to BohemiaArmed with a romantic soul and a pressing need to escape her overbearing family, Rachael Weiss heads for Prague with vague plans to writea greatnovel and perhaps, just perhaps, fall madly in love with an exotic Czech man with high cheekbones. They make it...
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Led by God: The Blessed Journey of a Minister's WifeJune (Noske) Temme was born in Tarrington, Victoria, Australia just a few years before the start of World War II. "Led by God, the Blessed Journey of a Minister's Wife," is the account of her extraordinary life growing up on a farm in wartime...
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Farewell, Berlin: My World War II Story of Surviving Hitler's Germany and Embracing Life in AmericaWolfram Forster grew up in Berlin during the reign of Hitler. It was a time when German citizens were so deprived of freedom that a dentist was executed simply for confiding in a patient that he held a shadow of doubt about the fate...
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The Maci and Taylor Wedding Album: An Adult Coloring BookMaci Bookout's storybook romance with Taylor McKinney has culminated in a beautiful wedding--and now you can color it From the ceremony at the Honey Lake Plantation Church to the elegant reception, The Maci and Taylor Wedding Album features all the unforgettable moments from Maci's...
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Vera: Ambition on FleekBeing successful doesn't mean how much money you may have or how big your house is or even the kind of car you drive. To me, life is beautiful in every way. Somehow I ran from myself for years and became someone else that...
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Carrying Fire: A Memoir by Evelyn B. YohnerThe era of narratives in which missionaries followed God's calling to remotest lands are necessarily dwindling away as a new generation of missionaries stands on the shoulders of these pioneers, and technology redefines how missionary endeavor is accomplished. These stories are like rare pearls,...
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The Magnificent Heel: The Life and Films of Ricardo Cortez (hardback)With his dark good looks, muscular physique, heavy-lidded bedroom eyes, and easy smile, amateur boxer and Wall Street business man Jacob Krantz left Wall Street to cut a dashing figure on the silver screen for over five decades. Few knew that he was a...
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Snakemaster: Wildlife Adventures with the Worlda's Most Dangerous ReptilesAuthor: Austin StevensPublisher: Skyhorse PublishingPublished: 06/03/2014Pages: 320Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.10dISBN: 9781628737103Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 05/26/2014About the AuthorAustin Stevens is best known as the "Snakemaster" from his hit show on Animal Planet. Originally from South Africa, Stevens is a herpetologist,...
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Walking in Broken Shoes: A Nurse's Story of Haiti and the EarthquakeLearn about Haiti via the stories that stem from medical mission trips to this country. Stand by Sue's side as the ground gives way in the tragic earthquake of January 2009. These first responders will provide you with authentic information about the country and...
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John and William Bartram: Travelers in Early AmericaA juvenile biography of father and son, John and William Bartram, naturalists who lived in the late 18th and early 19th centuries in America. The Bartrams were America's first native botanists, father and son travelers, plant hunters, and master gardeners. They traveled the east...
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Inside This DressAuthor: Dakima MariaPublisher: Xulon PressPublished: 11/07/2018Pages: 94Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.19dISBN: 9781545623671
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Still Got Game: A Roundball Playbook for Winning at LifeAuthor: Carlton Moto Greene, JacksonPublisher: XlibrisPublished: 06/01/2015Pages: 86Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21dISBN: 9781503566675This title is not returnable
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Justice for Sale: Graft, Greed, and a Crooked Federal Judge in 1930s GothamMartin T. Manton was a corrupt federal appeals court judge in New York who was convicted in 1939 and sent to prison. At the time, this was a hugely important story: Manton was considered the highest-ranking judge in the United States after the nine...
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I Know the Plans I Have for You: A Story of Missed Opportunities, Divine Intercessions?As a teenager, Ron Coleman passed up some pretty amazing opportunities, all for reasons even he didn't understand. Upon graduation from high school and with no goals or ideas in mind about his future, he drifted along for a while. It was a very...
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The Private Life of Lord ByronThe great Romantic poet Lord Byron starved himself compulsively for most of his life. His behaviour mystified his friends and other witnesses, yet he never imagined he was ill. Instead, he rationalized his behavior as a fight for spiritual freedom and made it the...
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Illustrators on Creative ProcessesAn insightful and visually rich book about illustration and the origins of creativity featuring the work of 26 illustrators with in-depth interviews where each artist discusses their ideas, inspirations and creative processes. In Illustrators on Creative Processes, readers will find a treasure chest of...
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Worth Repeating: San Antonio Stories"This soulful collection is perfect for fans of The Moth or Humans of New York." -- Publishers Weekly People in San Antonio love to tell stories. Worth Repeating: San Antonio Stories is a collection of forty true tales, epic adventures, and intimate revelations from...
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Mr. X and the Pacific: George F. Kennan and American Policy in East AsiaGeorge F. Kennan is well known as the preeminent American expert on the Soviet Union during the Cold War and the author of the doctrine of containment. In Mr. X and the Pacific, Paul J. Heer chronicles and assesses Kennan's work in affecting US...
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