Biography & Autobiography
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Snakes! Guillotines! Electric Chairs!: My Adventures in the Alice Cooper GroupA hair-raising backstage memoir of the Alice Cooper Group, from the bassist and co-songwriter, co-written by the journalist who first covered the band for Rolling Stone, with an all new introduction by Alice Cooper."Before the world heard of KISS, the New York Dolls, Marilyn...
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Another Side of Bob Dylan: A Personal History on the Road and Off the TracksA vivid, first-hand account of Nobel Prize-winning singer and songwriter Bob Dylan as an artist, friend, and celebrity, illustrated with never-before-seen photographs, and told by an engaging raconteur who cut his own swathe through the turbulent counterculture. August 2014 marks 50 years since Bob...
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This Is All a Dream We DreamedIn This Is All a Dream We Dreamed, two of the most well-respected chroniclers of the Dead, Blair Jackson and David Gans, reveal the band's story through the words of its members, their creative collaborators and peers, and a number of diverse fans, stitching...
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Minecrafters Diary of a Kitten: Kids Stories Book. for All MinecraftersFrom Amazon #1 Bestselling Author Amazon International #1 Bestseller If you are a Minecraft fanatic, you would definitely want to know more about Kitten and his life. Find the answers to all your questions and explore the life of Kitten in his Diary. This...
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Curveball: How I Discovered True Fulfillment After Chasing Fortune and FameThe painfully honest and personal story of one of baseball's most intriguing players.In Curveball, Zito shares his story with honesty and transparency. The ups and the downs. The wins and losses. By sharing his experiences as a man who had everything except happiness, Zito...
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There Goes Ted Williams: Candlewick Biographies: The Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived"A glorious tribute to a baseball legend and a complicated human being." --School Library Journal Ted Williams was an ordinary kid who wanted one thing: to hit a baseball better than anyone else. So he practiced his swing every chance he got. And then...
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Molly Pitcher: Young American PatriotDescribes the legend of Revolutionary War heroine Molly Pitcher. Written in graphic-novel format.Author: Jason GlaserPublisher: Capstone PressPublished: 01/01/2006Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.21lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.90w x 0.10dISBN: 9780736868860Audience: Young AdultAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 3.7Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name: 105079 / Molly Pitcher: Young...
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Saint Patrick Retold: The Legend and History of Ireland's Patron SaintA gripping biography that brings together the most recent research to shed provocative new light on the life of Saint Patrick Saint Patrick was, by his own admission, a controversial figure. Convicted in a trial by his elders in Britain and hounded by rumors...
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I Am Gandhi: A Graphic Biography of a HeroTwenty-five exceptional comic book creators join forces to share the heroic story of Gandhi in this inspiring graphic novel biography. As a young man in India, Gandhi saw firsthand how people were treated unfairly. Refusing to accept injustice, he came up with a brilliant...
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Tacitus: AgricolaThe first work of any great historian has always commanded attention, and Tacitus was ancient Rome's very greatest historian. His biography of his father-in-law, governor of Britain in the years AD 77-84, is a literary masterpiece: it combines penetrating political history with gripping military...
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Kanye West Owes Me $300: And Other True Stories from a White Rapper Who Almost Made It BigIn this "triumphantly funny" (AV Club) memoir, comedian Jensen Karp tells the story of how, as a Jewish kid from the L.A. suburbs, he became a rap battle legend--and then almost became a star. "The funniest person I follow on Twitter finally got smart...
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Undone: A Story of Making Peace with an Unexpected LifeBecome empowered to face your own messy, complicated life with fresh courage and bravery.Undone is author Michele Cushatt's quest to make peace with a complicated life. It is an honest confession of a diagnosis of cancer and the joys and disappointments of motherhood and...
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Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little WarBased on Captain Matt Gallagher's controversial and popular blog, which the U.S. Army shut down in June 2008, "Kaboom" is a sardonic, unnerving, one-of-a-kind Iraq war memoir. "At turns hilarious, maddening and terrifying," providing "raw and insightful snapshots of conflict" ("Washington Post"), "Kaboom" resonates...
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Nicholas Miraculous: The Amazing Career of the Redoubtable Dr. Nicholas Murray ButlerTo those who loved him, like Teddy Roosevelt, he was "Nicholas Miraculous," the fabled educator who had a hand in everything; to those who did not, like Upton Sinclair, he was "the intellectual leader of the American plutocracy," a champion of "false and cruel...
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The Complete Journals of L.M. Montgomery: The Pei Years, 1889-1900The first edition of The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery was published in the 1980s, with fifty percent of the material removed to save space, as well as to reflect a quaint, marketable vision of small-town Canada. The editors were instructed to excise anything...
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Cicely Saunders: A Life and LegacyBorn at the end of World War One into a prosperous London family, Cicely Saunders struggled at school before gaining entry to Oxford University to read Politics, Philosophy and Economics. As World War Two gained momentum, she quit academic study to train as a...
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The Happiness of the British Working ClassFor working-class life writers in nineteenth century Britain, happiness was a multifaceted emotion: a concept that could describe experiences of hedonic pleasure, foster and deepen social relationships, drive individuals to self-improvement, and lead them to look back over their lives and evaluate whether they...
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It's Her Story Marie Curie: A Graphic NovelMarie Curie was the brilliant, trailblazing scientist who discovered radium and coined the term radioactivity. She is the only woman ever awarded two Nobel Prizes--one in physics and one in chemistry. She helped develop the use of X-rays and radiation therapies that have had...
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Diary of a CF KidAre you a CF kid? You're not alone! When Tim Sweeney was (much) younger, he wished he had a book like this to help him navigate the ups and downs of having cystic fibrosis. Tim was born with cystic fibrosis at a time when...
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Political Power: Jimmy CarterJames Earl Carter, Jr.'s the hardest working former President of the United States. After serving as Georgia's 76th governor, Carter won the presidency during a tumultuous election cycle, serving one term from 1977-1981. Since leaving office, Carter has made a name for himself as...
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