Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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La Familia Franco S.A.The Franco family S.A. It's a financial-personal journey that goes from the family, at the beginning of the 20th century, to the democratic Spain of 2019. This book rigorously recounts the most unknown aspect of the history of the Franco clan: the secret businesses,...
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Survival Course: Rhodesian Denouement and the War of SelfThe sequel to the bestselling "Fireforce: One Mans's War in the Rhodesian Light Infantry", "Survival Course" covers the final 18 months of the Bush War in Rhodesia when Chris Cocks served as a stick leader in PATU (Police Anti-Terrorist Unit). The account continues into...
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Mob Deep"The Mob" has been alive and well in Youngstown, Ohio since the 1950s. Youngstown was the halfway point for mobsters traveling between New York and Chicago. Often called Mobtown, Crimetown, and Boomtown, Youngstown still has many mobsters and corrupt officials. If you have a...
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Sri Aurobindo or the Adventure of ConsciousnessIn this century, so hurried, incoherent, full of riches which dominate us more than they serve, we have need of a true mastery and of the joy that comes of it. But our psychology knows yet only the surfaces of being, and our imported...
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People Who Shaped China: Stories from the history of the Middle KingdomWhen President Donald Trump visited Beijing, he showed a video of his granddaughter Arabella Kushner speaking Mandarin to the Chinese leader. The two-minute clip went viral on the internet, and Arabella became a minor celebrity among Chinese viewers. Like Ms. Kushner, more and more...
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A Holocaust Memoir of Love & Resilience: Mama's Survival from Lithuania to AmericaWith the Nazi occupation of Kovno (Lithuania), her life changed forever. Zlata Santocki Sidrer was Jewish, but she survived the horrors of the Holocaust.Gone was her normal life and her teenage dream of becoming a doctor. Instead, she witnessed untold deprivations, massacres, imprisonment, hunger...
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A History of PhilosophyThis book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. We have represented this book in the same form as it was first published. Hence any marks...
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Anusual: Memoir of a Girl Who Came Back from the DeadAnusual is the story of Anu Aggarwal, the dusky Delhi girl who went to Bombay and became an international model, and then a star with her very first Bollywood movie, Aashiqui, only to chuck it all up and join a yogashram.Coming back to Bombay,...
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BrassaiBrassai was the first great chronicler of the urban underbellyThis sumptuous Brassai overview gathers outstanding prints of his finest and most popular photographs, drawing on the Estate Brassai in Paris and the collections of leading museums in France and the United States. The work...
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Vínculos. Apuntes con Rubén BladesEdgar Borges invita al cantautor Rub n Blades a realizar un viaje por la memoria para celebrar la vida. Literatura y m sica son los motivos para que ambos creadores intercambien correos, encuentros y recorridos. En cada palabra, como en cada canci n, surgen...
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Habla, MemoriaOriginally published in English by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1966. First Compactos edition published in 1994.Author: Vladimir NabokovPublisher: AnagramaPublished: 04/30/2018Pages: 320Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.30w x 0.90dISBN: 9788433960184Language: SpanishThis title is only available via back order
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Über Deutschland (De l'Allemagne)ber Deutschland ist meistgelesenes und langfristig wirksamstes Buch von Madame de Sta l. ber Deutschland (De l'Allemagne) wurde 1810 fertiggestellt, jedoch sofort nach dem Druck von der napoleonischen Zensur verboten, samt Manuskript konfisziert und eingestampft. Denn es zeigte den Franzosen ein (stark idealisiertes) Deutschland...
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Tales From The Big Yellow: Unreliable Memoirs of a Tour GuideIt's the late 1970s and Simon Tobin knows he wants a life of adventure after he finishes college in England. But when he answers an ad in the paper to become a Tour Guide, he's not sure what he's getting into."Get your shit together,...
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Tony RinaudoThe Australian agronomist Tony Rinaudo revolutionized reforestation in Africa with Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR). His method is based on deploying tree stumps and roots that still grow even in degraded landscapes: thanks to the protection and care of the shoots, the original tree...
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L'Étoile d'Afrique: L'Histoire de Hans Joachim MarseilleFrench text: With 158 victories to his record and his death in the sky of Egypt on 30 September 1942, at only 22 years old, Hans-Joachim Marseille is a legend of aviation of World War II. In addition to his exceptional qualities as a...
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Vie d'Alexandre" ...C'est un fait tenu pour constant que, du c t paternel, Alexandre descendait d'Hercule par Caranus, et que, du c t de sa m re, il se rattachait aux acides, par N optol me1. On dit que Philippe, tant Samothrace, tout jeune encore,...
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Reflections of a Pupil: What Your Med School and Ophthalmology Textbooks Can't Teach You (But What Your Mentors, Colleagues and Patients Will)Reflections of a Pupil weaves together the rich tapestry of lessons that Dr. R. Rishi Gupta has learned from his unique journey through the art and science of medicine. Although trainees and junior attendings in the field of ophthalmology have ready access to the...
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Pe Cont Propriu: Trăieste independent Începând de astăziThis book in Romanian is translated from the original English book, No One's Business: A Migrant's Barefoot Journey to Millions. Cum e sa pleci spre o tara noua si necunoscuta, fara sa ai nimic decit speranta si visul de a trai o viata mai...
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Rollo the Viking: The Life and Legacy of the Viking Ruler Who Conquered Normandy*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading"A cowardly man thinks he will ever live, if warfare he avoids; but old age will give no peace, though spears may spare him." - old Norse proverb from the Viking AgeIn the autumn of...
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Walt Disney: A Life From Beginning to EndWalt DisneyThe name Disney is celebrated throughout the world because of its association with blockbuster animated films and most especially iconic cartoon characters. Just about everyone on the planet, regardless of time, place, or culture, has at one time or another become acquainted with...
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