Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Der Bekannteste Unbekannte Des 18. Jahrhunderts: Johann Caspar Lavater Im KontextLavaters vielfaltige Interessen, die nicht allein durch Lekture ausgemessen wurden, sondern durch personliche, nicht selten streitbare Kontakte vitalisierend waren, machen ihn zu einer schillernden Zentralfigur des 18. Jahrhunderts. Entsprechend seinem Diktum vom "Antlitz Gottes im Antlitz des Menschen" spiegelt sich dieses 18. Jahrhundert mit...
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Deliver Us from Evil: The Story of Vietnam's Flight to FreedomThis is a new release of the original 1956 edition.Author: Thomas a. DooleyPublisher: Literary Licensing, LLCPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.67lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.47dISBN: 9781494048648This title is not returnable
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Deciding to See: The View from Nathan's BusDeciding to See: The View from Nathan's Bus is an eye-opening, inspiring, and hopeful linked-essay collection recounting the amazing everyday encounters of city bus driver, Nathan Vass whose life's motto is if you give kindness, you'll get kindness. Vass tests this theory on the...
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Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of JonestownHow did Jim Jones, the leader of Peoples Temple, convince more than 900 of his followers to commit "revolutionary suicide" by drinking cyanide-laced punch? From a master of narrative nonfiction comes a chilling chronicle of one of the most notorious cults in American history....
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Dashing to the End: The Ray Milland StoryBorn Alfred Reginald John Truscott-Jones, Welsh American actor Ray Milland (1907-1986) appeared in more than 135 theatrical releases between 1929 and 1985 and on radio, television, and the stage, while also becoming a film director; Milland's extensive canon across such a period is remarkable,...
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Darling, Yours Always: The WWII Letters of Peggy and George Steiner, Volume I, 2nd editionThe first volume of Peggy and George Steiner's wartime letters written from 1941-1943. This second edition includes updated information about George's stateside service thanks to the discovery of George's wartime portfolio of documents, including a copy of his military records, by one of his...
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Dark Renaissance: The Dangerous Times and Fatal Genius of Shakespeare's Greatest RivalIn brutally repressive sixteenth-century England, artists had been frightened into dull conventionality; foreigners were suspect; popular entertainment largely consisted of coarse spectacles, animal fights, and hangings. Into this crude world came an ambitious cobbler's son with an uncanny ear for Latin poetry--a torment for...
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Dancing with Muddy: Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, and My Lucky Life in and Out of the BluesJerry Portnoy grew up in Chicago hearing the blues being played outside his father's rug store on famed Maxwell Street during the late 1940s and early '50s. After dropping out of college, he became immersed in the colorful world of pool hustlers like Cornbread...
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Crushed: The Boys That Never Liked Me Back(girl + boy) heartbreak2 + surprises = a rom-com in real life While tying the bows on her wedding invitations, Kiersten's fianc? walked in and told her he didn't think he loved her, and maybe never had.... Oh, and he'd cheated. At a place...
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Crushed Dreams A Worker's Compensation NightmareCrushed Dreams A Workers' Compensation Nightmare is a powerful look at the harsh facts that hurt workers face when something bad happens at work.This book shows the difficulties that injured workers have to go through to get back some semblance of normalcy through the...
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Crazy Lucky"It's never your typical day at the office when Michael Jackson attends a meeting in person, headphones on his ears and a Walkman in his hands. Little did I know then that he was listening to the first demos for what would become Off...
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Covet the Comeback: How a Son of Greek Immigrants Found Success, Lost Everything, Then Built a Fashion EmpireLong before creating Covet by Christos, the world's leading livestreamer of all things luxury, future founder and CEO Christos Garkinos grew up in Detroit as the gay son of Greek immigrants and started working in his parents' diner at the age of four. Seeking...
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Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the WorstConfronting Evil is not for the timid. The concept of evil is universal, ancient, and ever present today. The biblical book of Genesis clearly defines it when Cain kills his brother Abel out of jealousy. As long as human beings have walked, evil has...
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Coming Out as Dalit: A Memoir of Surviving India's Caste System (Updated Edition)For readers of Caste, the coming-of-age story of a Dalit individual that illuminates systemic injustice in India and its growing impact on US society "A moving personal story and a useful educational examination of persistent discrimination"--Kirkus Reviews Winner of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puruskar,...
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Clough: The AutobiographyFor the last three decades, Brian Clough has been the most charismatic manager in soccer. Though his talent has earned him a fortune, he remains a working-class hero. Tactically brilliant, Clough had an unmatched ability to motivate players, yet he has never been far...
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Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing UpAmerica's most beloved wiseass finally tells his life story with all the humor you'd expect from a man who made a career out of making fun of pretty much everything. How does the son of a Presbyterian minister wind up winning a Pulitzer Prize...
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Citizen Coors: A Grand Family Saga of Business, Politics, and BeerName by Jonathon Yardly of the Washington Post as one of the best books of 2000, Citizen Coors combines a monumental business story with a heartrending tale of family strife and a sweeping vista of American politics in the last half of the twentieth...
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Chinese Lanterns"She claimed her spot on the transplanter and laughed and bounced across the fields, an eighty-year-old Big Bird figure with hefty boobs and a potty mouth..." She was everyone's favorite. Get to know Ohio's most spirited firecracker, Leona "Loany" Rice, who splits her time...
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Cherokee Indian Lore And Smoky Mountains Stories""Cherokee Indian Lore And Smoky Mountains Stories"" is a book written by Margaret R. Siler that explores the rich cultural heritage of the Cherokee people and the natural beauty of the Smoky Mountains. The book is a collection of traditional Cherokee stories, legends, and...
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Charles III: King of the United Kingdom: King of the United KingdomAs heir to the throne, King Charles III lived in the spotlight. The world watched as he married and divorced Lady Diana Spencer, guided his young sons through her tragic death, married Camilla Parker Bowles in 2005, and eventually became king. Easy-to-read text, vivid...
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