Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Solidarity Forever: The Art and Soul of Stevie Van ZandtAuthor: Robert LawsonPublisher: FriesenPressPublished: 09/16/2024Pages: 294Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.54lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94dISBN: 9781038317889
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Solidarity Forever: The Art and Soul of Stevie Van ZandtAuthor: Robert LawsonPublisher: FriesenPressPublished: 10/17/2024Pages: 294Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.17lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80dISBN: 9781038317872
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Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of SlaveryWith a new Afterword and Reading Group Guide exclusive to the paperback edition. In this enlightening personal account, one man tells the story of his groundbreaking project to sleep overnight in former slave dwellings that still stand across the country--revealing the fascinating history behind...
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Skinny Farm Kid: American BoyThe author shares memories growing up on a dairy farm in Indiana and serving in the Marines as a young adult in the 50s and 60s..Author: James R. KenworthyPublisher: Independently PublishedPublished: 08/25/2024Pages: 222Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.51dISBN: 9798336840025This title is...
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Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, on and Off the CourtInstant New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, and Wall Street Journal Bestseller! A powerful and unexpected memoir of family, faith, tragedy, and life's most important lessons. The day after future NBA superstar Chris Paul signed his letter of intent to play college basketball...
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Sit, Cinderella, Sit: A Mostly True MemoirA debut memoir and (sort of) Cinderella story about a woman who'd been told she was "too old" to create magic who flew to rural China, edited a film without speaking a word of Mandarin, and discovered her own power. Lisa Cheek loved editing...
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She Blooms: Finding Home After the Convent, a MemoirFrom the safety of a convent into a world of danger . . . Maura Doherty learned the true meaning of compassion and how to find her real home.Maura Doherty was raised in the 1950s and 60s, one of seven siblings in the Bronx,...
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Sharing the Crust: A Communion of Saints in a Baltimore NeighborhoodIn Sharing the Crust, Mark Gornik tells the story of an unbreakable love through the life and witness of Allan Tibbels and a communion of saints in the Sandtown neighborhood of Baltimore. Sharing the Crust is about the power of small changes, "the little...
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Sex with a Brain Injury: On Concussion and RecoveryThis powerful and deeply personal memoir in essays "reflects on history, philosophy, and love while living with head trauma" (The New York Times Book Review). "An infuriatingly gorgeous, important book." --Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties * "A riveting book...
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Selling Vegetables to Drunks: Lessons I Learned as an Alcoholic's DaughterHeralded as "a compelling story full of heart and humor," Laurie L. Hellmann's second memoir, Selling Vegetables to Drunks, is equal parts requiem for a dead father and a rededication of life for those he left behind. Travel with mother, sales executive, autism advocate,...
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Sarah Siddons: The First Celebrity ActressSarah Siddons rose from a poor, traveling actor to Britain's greatest tragic actress by overcoming early career failures, becoming a superstar by her 30s, and skillfully managing her image and reputation in the eighteenth century.Sarah Siddons grew up as a member of a family...
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Ryan ReynoldsThis engaging book showcases the life and work actor Ryan Reynolds, explaining his early life, rise to fame, and most influential works. Short paragraphs provide easy-to-read text, while vivid photographs make the book engaging and accessible. The book also includes informative sidebars, short "In...
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Roam with Me: Finding the Extraordinary in the OrdinaryBonni Chalkin's collection of soulful, magical, and often delightfully quirky personal stories reveals a life journeyed with heart and mind wide open. As a curious traveler to simple and exotic places, including the inner self, she sees the transformations we all experience in daily...
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Rise Up!: Powerful Protests in American HistoryLearn about 25 moments of resistance and revolution in American history! Throughout our long history, when something's unfair When rights need expanding, or wrongs need repair Americans argue. We march and we cheer. We write songs and speeches. We go volunteer. From the Boston...
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Resurrection!: The rebirth of my life while facing ALS: DeathAuthor: Sal The Als GalPublisher: Xulon PressPublished: 11/17/2024Pages: 44Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.37lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.11dISBN: 9798868500480
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Refugee Lives in the Archives: A Pacific ImaginaryThis book introduces the unique archive of letters, textiles, hand-drawn maps, emails and photographs from asylum seekers held indefinitely in offshore detention at Topside Camp, Nauru 2001-5. These artefacts introduce the distinctive and creative forms of resistance produced by asylum seekers in the remote...
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Rage to Riches: An Entrepreneur's Story of Anger, Ambition, and AchievementA chip on his shoulder. A hidden ambition. A personal and professional journey to inspire any entrepreneur.PJ Ohashi had something to prove. Raised on values of humility and the hard-working middle class, the third-generation Japanese American battled a dysfunctional relationship with money in his...
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Racing Legends: Lewis HamiltonRace through fun facts, stats and stories about your favourite drivers with F1 expert, Maurice Hamilton. Find out how Lewis Hamilton went from playing with remote-controlled cars to becoming one of the world's greatest ever RACING LEGENDS! Covering speed records and epic rivalries, as...
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Quien Fue Harriet Beecher Stowe?Born in Connecticut in 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe was an abolitionist, author, and playwright. Slavery was a major industry in the American South, and Stowe worked with the Underground Railroad to help escaped slaves head north towards freedom. The publication of her book, Uncle...
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Querida Rebelde... (Dear Rebel): 60 Mujeres Incre?bles Te Cuentan Sus Secretos Para Lograr Todo Lo Que Te Propongas60 mujeres extraordinarias comparten sus experiencias, sus consejos y los secretos de su ?xito a trav?s de cartas, poemas, ensayos, autorretratos y mucho m?s. 60 mujeres excepcionales abordan temas como superar obst?culos, descubrir lo que realmente te gusta y so?ar a lo grande. Descubre...
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