Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Gone to Earth a Young American Woman Disappears in the South Pacific: Based on a True StoryAnthony Wells is unique insofar as he is the only living person to have worked for British intelligence as a British citizen and US intelligence as a US citizen and also served in uniform at sea and ashore with both the Royal Navy and...
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Since You Asked, Here's a StoryIn follow-up to the first book, Which Reminds Me of a Story, this book, Since You Asked Here's a Story, is a second collection of short autobiographical anecdotes written for the tween and early teen. Each is an entertaining true story of life as...
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Let Me Have My SonThis book contains collected prayer letters written by Cristóbal Krusen on behalf of his son, Daniel, who has spent the major part of his adult life in psychiatric hospitals in Virginia, Mexico, and Minnesota.What began for Cris as cries of help for his son...
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The Day I Won £117,998,147.47Having worked all my adult life, spending several years in the military and then starting a new career at the bottom in civilian life, I worked hard and reached a senior managerial position in industry. At an age of fifty and being sick of...
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After the Roof Caved in: An Immigrant's Journey from Ireland to AmericaThe moving story of an Irish immigrant's life, from a poverty-stricken childhood in Ireland to becoming a captain of industry, After the Roof Caved In is a powerful, poignant look at how hard work and education enabled one young man to change his life...
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My Life - No BullI hope you will learn through reading this that my decision making skills sometimes need a bit of help, but, that it all works out fine in the end.I feel I have been tremendously lucky and priviledged to have had the lives (yes, it...
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Growing up in Riverview ProjectsThis memoir is about the Riverview Projects, where I lived with my parents and seven brothers in a three-bedroom apartment in the North End of Springfield, Massachusetts. Many of my relatives and friends lived there with me in the sixties. This time was voted...
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Des ANDELYS à VERDUNThe idea and wish to write this book was triggered by the centennial commemoration of World War I end, on November 11, 2018. In the family archives I had come across a set of documents, mainly notebooks, workbooks, textbooks belonging to Uncle Henri when...
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I Will Enter His Gates A Walk With GodAt 35, Howard Rea was searching for what God had in mind for him. As God took him on this journey, Howard never expected to be diagnosed with a brain tumor that would leave him paralyzed. How could he work or support his wife...
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The Suicide IndexWhen you kill yourself, you kill every memory everyone has of you. You're saying "I'm gone and you can't even be sure who it is that's gone, because you never knew me." Sixteen years ago, Joan Wickersham's father shot himself in the head. The...
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La Luce del Buio: Frammenti di pensieroLucia Struzzi nasce e vive a Meduno, nella pedemontana pordenonese. Pur impegnata nel lavoro e in famiglia, Lucia ama e vive la poesia. Divisa tra i ricordi di un non lontano passato e le immanenti suggestioni di un presente, che sembra presagire un futuro...
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The New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (Large Print 16 Pt Edition)Shocking Bestseller: The original version of this astonishing tell - all book spent 73 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, has sold more than 1.25 million copies, and has been translated into 32 languages. New Revelations: Featuring 15 explosive new chapters, this...
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Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British SpyThe New Yorker, Best Books of 2022 Booklist, Best Books of 2022 Singer. Actress. Beauty. Spy. During WWII, Josephine Baker, the world's richest and most glamorous entertainer, was an Allied spy in Occupied France. Prior to World War II, Josephine Baker was a music-hall...
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Nina Otero-Warren of Santa Fe"This is my favorite kind of history," writes Dick Haeberlin in "Southwestern American Literature," "the story of a person I did not know about before, one not famous but important anyway." And important she was, as this new Sunstone Press edition of "Nina Otero-Warren...
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Seasons and Senses: Poetry & Other ThoughtsSeasons and Senses is a collection of poems written over the course of twenty-five years by Darlene Ewers. Her life experiences and reflections on various aspects of nature can be found in her poetry. Many of her thoughts are based on life experiences growing...
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Voice from the TrenchesAs 1914 drew to a close, little did anyone that four years of warfare lay ahead. Young men, bronzes and debonair, had little idea of the grim reality of war as they marched off to do their patriotic duty for King and Country. Among...
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General Zieten: Frederick the Great's Renowned General of Prussian Cavalry, The Life of General de ZietenThe life of Frederick the Great's Hussar General-two volumes in one special editionHans Joachim von Zieten was, together with Seydlitz, one of the most notable commanders of cavalry in the Prussian Army of the 18th century. Whilst Seydlitz is consistently portrayed in the uniform...
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Farmer, Flyer, Futurist: The Memoirs of Admiral Owen Wesley Siler, Commandant of the United States Coast GuardThe course of Owen Wesley Siler's life forever changed when he enlisted in the United States Coast Guard (USCG) in 1941. After he entered the Coast Guard Academy, Siler's path soon led him to serve in the Second World War and and after the...
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I Kidnap Girls: Stealing from Traffickers, Restoring Their Victims"I kidnap girls from their traffickers. Their pimps never know it until the girls are in the car with me, speeding toward the safe house." Iana Matei did not always do such things. In fact, Matei, a once battered, imprisoned woman, had spent 10...
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A Life RememberedA mature woman late in her career years reminisces about her life, beginning with her parents' purchase of their home when she was a little girl. She and her friends enjoy parks, picnics, and circuses. Her school days end with graduation. Careers are pursued....
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