Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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From the Bronx to the Bosphorus: Klezmer and Other Displaced Musics of New YorkDiscover the vibrant journey of music from New York's melting pot to the mystical shores of the Bosphorus From the Bronx to the Bosphorus explores the vibrant, yet largely concealed, musical culture of New York, tracing its origins to a period when the city...
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From Immigrant to Ambassador: My American JourneyAuthor: Eduardo AguirrePublisher: Not AvailPublished: 09/30/2024Pages: 329Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.94dISBN: 9798893750027About the AuthorEDUARDO AGUIRRE was born in Cuba and emigrated to the United States as an unaccompanied minor in 1961 as part of Operaci?n Pedro Pan. The first director...
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Frida Kahlo's Love Letters'I don't know how to write love letters. But I wanted to tell you that my whole being opened for you. Since I fell in love with you everything is transformed and is full of beauty . . . love is like an aroma,...
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Flirting with Danger: The Mysterious Life of Marguerite Harrison, Socialite SpyA NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICE The true story of socialite Marguerite Harrison, who spied for U.S. military intelligence in Russia and Germany in the fraught period between the world wars Born a privileged child of America's Gilded Age, Marguerite Harrison rebelled against her...
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First Pub on the Right: A Wife-Changing Motorcycle Adventure from Cork to Cape TownWith the quick wit and dry humour of a true Irishman, David "Irish" Anderson documents his epic eighteen-month motorcycle adventure from Ireland to South Africa in this captivating travel memoir.What begins as a lofty idea in a pub becomes a reality after six years...
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Finding Peace is my Revenge"Irene's experience, motivation and ambition empowered her to write this book. For many years Irene dreamed of finding her parents' and little sister's burial place in Andijan, Uzbekistan. Finally, in 1998 as members of an Elder Treks tour, she and her husband undertook a...
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Father Arseny: A Cloud of WitnessesThe stories of Fr Arseny and his works in the Soviet prison camps have captured the minds and hearts of readers all over the world. In this second volume readers will find additional narratives about Fr Arseny translated from the Russian edition. These short...
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Far from Home: An Alaskan Senator Faces the Extreme Climate of Washington, D.C.A voice of reason in a polarized U.S. Senate, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska tells the story of how she learned to adapt to the harsh climate of Washington, D.C., and issues a fervent appeal for a politics grounded in compromise and compassion. Lisa Murkowski...
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Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and MeAn award-winning classicist turns to Greek tragedies for the wisdom to understand the damage caused by suicide and help those who are contemplating suicide themselves "Remarkable, brave and compassionate."--Rowan Williams, New Statesman In Sophocles' tragedy Oedipus the Tyrant, a messenger arrives to report that...
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Every Weapon I Had: A Vietnam Vet's Long Road to the Medal of HonorThe story of a Green Beret commander's heroism during the Vietnam War, and the long fight to recognize his bravery.When Col. Paris Davis was selected to lead one of the Green Beret A-teams organizing resistance to Communist incursions into South Vietnam, his commanding officer...
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Everything is NOT PeacheyOnce a person who seemed happy and healthy, Lisa Peachey's world was turned upside down as chronic illness crept in, shifting her focus from carefree living to the constant management of her body's needs. With raw honesty, Lisa shares hard-earned lessons learned on a...
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Everyone's Seen My Tits: Stories and Reflections from an Unlikely FeministA moving, genuine, and hilarious collection of essays about fame, glamour, infamy, and the power of writing your own story, from Page 3 model turned writer Keeley Hazell. For much of her life, Keeley Hazell has been labeled and pigeonholed. Growing up in a...
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Every Little Thing Gonna Be Alright: The Bob Marley ReaderThroughout Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, and America, Bob Marley represents far more than just the musician who translated spiritual and political beliefs into hypnotic, hard-hitting songs such as "Get Up, Stand Up," "No Woman, No Cry," and "Jammin'." Marley was born in rural Jamaica...
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Everest, Inc.: The Renegades and Rogues Who Built an Industry at the Top of the WorldFeaturing original interviews with Everest mountain guides and climbers, this is "a fast-moving, nuanced account of the peak's transformation from the ultimate mountaineering challenge into a booming business opportunity" (Joshua Hammer, New York Times bestselling author). Anyone who has read Jon Krakauer's Into Thin...
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Evelyn Glennie: Sound CreatorA case study of a pioneering musician and an interdisciplinary appraisal of the larger social role of the artist. Dame Evelyn Glennie (b.1965) is the world's first full-time solo multi-percussionist, a sound creator and expert listener whose work continues to expand and diversify the...
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Evangelical Anxiety: A MemoirIn this riveting spiritual memoir, the writer, scholar, and commentator tells the story of his struggles with mental illness, explores the void between the Christian faith and scientific treatment, and forges a path toward reconciling these divergent worlds.For years, Charles Marsh suffered panic attacks...
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Eulogies and Memories: Funeral Sermons and HomiliesThe Rev. Richard T. Middleton III shares some of his most memorable eulogies and homilies that he delivered as an Episcopal priest in Mississippi in this collection. In a homily honoring Claude Rashad McCants, a young man from Jackson, Mississippi, who was senselessly murdered,...
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Ernest Hemingway: La biografía del mayor novelista estadounidense y sus relatos de aventurasSumérjase en la vida cautivadora y el legado literario de Ernest Hemingway con esta biografía perspicaz. Ernest Miller Hemingway, el icónico novelista estadounidense, cobra vida en este relato meticulosamente investigado que traza su viaje desde un joven periodista hasta un titán literario ganador del...
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Emerson's Daughters: Ellen Tucker Emerson, Edith Emerson Forbes, and Their Family LegacyEllen Tucker Emerson and Edith Emerson Forbes, the daughters of Lidian Jackson and Ralph Waldo Emerson, grew up in the heart of Concord, Massachusetts's famed literary community. In a culture that celebrated self-reliance, Ellen and Edith formed a partnership that only strengthened as their...
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Elvis March7 to31, 1960Author: Paul BelardPublisher: Linden PressPublished: 11/11/2019Pages: 210Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.51lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.55dISBN: 9780999893937This title is not returnable
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