Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Johnny Haynes: Portrait of a Football GeniusAuthor: James GardnerPublisher: Pitch PublishingPublished: 11/01/2017Pages: 320Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.34lbsSize: 9.50h x 6.25w x 1.20dISBN: 9781785313042About the AuthorJames Gardner is the author of four books: Sweet Bells Jangled Out of Tune, The Trail of the Serpent, The First British Railway Murder, and A History...
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A Doctor in AfricaAuthor: Andrew BrowningPublisher: MacMillan AustraliaPublished: 04/27/2021Pages: 336Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9781760983017
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Summers at the Lake: Upper Michigan Moments and MemoriesPaddling a canoe into sunrise on the longest day of the year... watching a child take her first kayak ride with her father... gazing at a bald eagle, riding air currents high above the lake... chuckling as a hummingbird defends his feeder against intruders......
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The Brontës: The Fantastically Feminist (and Totally True) Story of the Astonishing AuthorsAn inspiring, empowering, fantastically feminist and totally true story, perfect for fans of Little People, Big Dreams and Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls! Meet the incredible Brontë family - Charlotte, Emily, Anne and Branwell Brontë are no ordinary children. Growing up on the wild,...
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The Unwritten Book: An Investigation"One of our most interesting and bold writers . . . [offers] a characteristically wild effort that defies genre distinctions, flits from the profound to the mundane with fierce intelligence and searching restlessness, and at its best, delves deep into the recesses of the...
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The Brain in Search of Itself: Santiago Ramón Y Cajal and the Story of the NeuronThe first major biography of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who discovered neurons and transformed our understanding of the human mind--illustrated with his extraordinary anatomical drawings As the pioneer of modern neuroscience, Santiago Ramón y Cajal may be the most influential figure in the history...
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The Wall That Hate BuiltWhat does it mean to "Make America Great Again"? What period in history would those who make that rally cry return to? In the small southern town of Backwood, leaders at a global toothpaste company took that mandate too far. They set the clock...
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Undertaking Mr. Lincoln: The Grand Funeral of Abraham LincolnThis is the story about the grand funeral of Abraham Lincoln and the story of the undertakers who worked behind the scenes to accomplish this massive ceremonial project. The story of Lincoln's funeral ceremonies also is a story of Victorian America in 1865. The...
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Sahir Ludhianvi - The People's PoetSahir Ludhianvi is probably the only songwriter in Hindi films whose poetry was accepted in its purest form and incorporated as a film song. So great was his stature as an Urdu poet that he never had to mould his poetry to suit the...
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Not an Easy Tale to Tell: Jackie Robinson on the Page, Stage, and ScreenFew athletes have sparked the creative imaginations of artists more than Jackie Robinson. His presence can be seen in cinema, on television and on stages, big and small; even tucked within the pages of written fiction. As we approach the seventy-fifth anniversary of Robinson's...
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Honest Broker: A Biography of António GuterresBased on exclusive interviews with the United Nations Secretary-General himself, this is the first book to explain how António Guterres thinks and operates, in an era of renewed great power competition and rising nationalism. The UN leader was re-elected for a second term starting...
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The Plum Tree in the Desert: Ten Stories of Faith and Mission to Inspire YouTen inspiring stories of faith and mission from Asia and the Arab World from the mission agency Interserve. God is at work, even in the hardest places. From across Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, Naomi Reed has collected stories of Interserve mission...
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Blind MarriageBlind Marriage is a true story about a marriage that wasn't fully thought out. Neither of the participants were ready. She didn't know much about her spouse, and he didn't know much about her. Growing pains were quite evident in this marriage. The bride...
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O'Nolan History of a PeopleThis history of the O'Nolans would not have happened but for a series of peculiar events. Prior to 1920 Fr. John O'Nolan, who was Parish Priest of Kirkcubbin, in the north of Ireland, decided to write a history of the O'Nolan Clan. He, himself,...
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World as Family: A Journey of Multi-Rooted BelongingsA Vedic phrase asks us to "treat the world as family." In our age of global crises-pandemics, climate crisis, crippling inequality-this sentiment is more necessary than ever. Solutions to these seemingly insurmountable problems demand new approaches to thinking and acting locally, nationally, and transnationally,...
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The Twice-Given Gift & Other WritingsStories help us connect. Yes, they take us out of our comfort zone - out of our own world - and allow us to see things through other people's eyes. But they also open us up to the values and feelings we share as...
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Towards the End of My Days: Theological & Spiritual ReflectionsGeoffrey Robinson's life was long and eventful. He was there in Rome during the Vatican Council. He witnessed the hope and the spirit of openness - and also the way that this spirit was opposed and stifled. He rose to the rank of bishop...
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Just a Lucky So and So: The Story of Louis ArmstrongHe was born "Black, poor, and lucky." The glowing story of "Satchmo"--the great jazz musician, Louis Armstrong. Louis Armstrong has been called the most important improviser in the history of jazz. Although his New Orleans neighborhood was poor in nearly everything else, it was...
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Seventy Years Worth of Travels: Snippets From a Colourful and Interesting LifeThis is a travel memoir, snippets of the authors life and travel adventures. Seventy Years Worth of Travel.TUNISIA, 1969: "I can still remember the scent of the jasmine as we walked along the dusty road. I was hooked. Travel was my new passion."FIJI ISLANDS,...
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Medicine to MeditationLife is a beautiful journey full of opportunities that appear as bumps and puddles. This book comes as a ray of hope and positivity that will empower you, spiritually and scientifically, to see those opportunities amongst the gloomy clouded sky. Medicine to Meditation unfolds...
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