Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Father of American Conservation: George Bird Grinnell Adventurer, Activist, and AuthorAward-winning author, Thom Hatch presents the definitive biography of George Bird Grinnell (1849-1938), who was recognized in his time as "The Father of American Conservation." This book chronicles not only Grinnell's life, but also offers a history of his accomplishments in saving the wildlife...
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Caligula: The Mad Emperor of RomeExplore all of the murder, madness and mayhem in Ancient Rome during the reign of the mad emperor, Caligula. In this book about Rome's most infamous emperor, expert author, Stephen Dando-Collins' chronicles all the palace intrigues and murders that led to Caligula becoming emperor,...
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All American: The Rise and Fall of Jim ThorpeAll American is riveting and grand-that rare pairing of exquisite writing and unassailable research. Crawford delivers you to an age when iconic titans like Jim Thorpe and Pop Warner marched across the planet, and he is the perfect guide to their enormous triumphs and...
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The Courage and Character of Theodore Roosevelt: A Hero Among LeadersTheodore Roosevelt: Hero"Every great nation owes to the men whose lives have formed part of its greatness not merely the material effect of what they did, not merely the laws they placed upon the statute books or the victories they won over armed foes,...
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Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American DreamThe real Hugh Hefner-the extraordinary inside story of an American iconRiveting... Watts packs in plenty of gasp-inducing passages.-Newark Star LedgerLike it or not, Hugh Hefner has affected all of us, so I treasured learning about how and why in the sober biography.-Chicago Sun TimesThis...
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The Boy Who Loved BatmanMeet the man whose life-long quest to reclaim the true, cool soul of Batman wonderfully transformed today's comic book movies. Growing up outside of Asbury Park, New Jersey, Michael Uslan was obsessed with comic books. He'd be the first to grab the latest issues...
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The Adventures of Big-Foot Wallace: The Texas Ranger and HunterAt six foot two inches and two hundred and forty pounds, Big-Foot Wallace cut a formidable figure and certainly made a major impact on the early history of Texas. Duval's chronicle of one of Texas' greatest adventurers is filled with Wallace's humor and colorful...
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Johnny AppleseedJohn Chapman, aka Johnny Appleseed, made himself the stuff of legend by spreading the seeds of apple trees from Wisconsin to Indiana. Along with that, he offered the seeds of nonviolence and vegetarianism, good relationships with Native Americans, and peace among the settlers. He...
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Epic Survival: Extreme Adventure, Stone Age Wisdom, and Lessons in Living from a Modern Hunter-GathererMatt Graham, star of the Discovery Channel's Dual Survival and Dude, You're Screwed, details the physical, mental, and emotional joys and harrowing struggles of his life as a modern-day hunter-gatherer. In Epic Survival, written with Josh Young, coauthor of five New York Times bestsellers,...
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BonoWhen Helen Brown arrived in New York for a month-long business stay, a fellow animal-lover talked her into fostering a shelter cat. Helen visualized a sweet-natured cuddler who blinked and dozed a lot. What she got at Manhattan's Bideawee shelter was a wide-eyed and...
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Bou PilotDrop into one man's world of transport flying at the height of the Vietnam War and experience the good, the bad, and the ugly--with character and compassion.Humorous, compassionate, and tragic day-to-day experiences of a transport pilot in combat.When Jon Drury was shipped to Vietnam...
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God, People & the Things Around ItThe reason I wrote God, People, and the Things around It is because I wanted to write about the things that we as people deal with in our everyday lives, regardless of our religion. Every day we face situations at our job, households, and...
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BulletproofWhen a good southern girl becomes a single teen mom, how does she hold onto her dreams? New York Times bestselling author Maci Bookout was just a normal, slightly overachieving high school girl in Chattanooga, Tennessee. But then she got pregnant, and everything turned...
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Voices Over Troubled WaterOn a rainy night in March 1958, Joe as a young boy of ten years old along with his younger brother are abandoned by their mother over Troubled Water. Crying out loud with no one around to overhear him praying for help. The occasion...
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A Tale of Two Murders: Guilt, Innocence, and the Execution of Edith ThompsonA riveting account of the notorious "Ilford murder" by the New York Times bestselling author of The Six The death penalty is never without its ethical conflicts or moral questions. Never more so than when the person being led to the gallows may very...
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The Moth Snowstorm: Nature and JoyThe moth snowstorm, a phenomenon Michael McCarthy remembers from his boyhood when moths "would pack a car's headlight beams like snowflakes in a blizzard," is a distant memory. Wildlife is being lost, not only in the wholesale extinctions of species but also in the...
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Alone at the Top: Climbing Denali in the Dead of WinterThe dramatic story of one man's ascent of North America's highest peak under the harshest conditions-and the climb that nearly killed him.Author: Lonnie Dupre, Pam LouwagiePublisher: Minnesota Historical Society PressPublished: 05/01/2018Pages: 208Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60dISBN: 9781681340821About the AuthorDupre, Lonnie:...
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A Treasury of Victorian Murder Compendium: Including: Jack the Ripper, the Beast of Chicago, Fatal BulletAn engrossing, illustrated journey into true crime classics of the Victorian era, this omnibus volume contains three works in Rick Geary's increasingly storied treasuries of murder--Jack the Ripper, The Beast of Chicago, and The Fatal Bullet. These carefully researched presentations of true crime stories...
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ShoshoneThis title introduces readers to the Shoshone people. Text covers traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more. Also discussed is contact with Europeans, as well as how the people keep their culture alive today. Table of contents, map,...
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Mata Amritanandamayi - BiografiaThis Book Is In Italian. Published By The Disciples Of Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, Affectionately Known As Mother, Or Amma The Hugging Saint.Author: Swami Amritaswarupananda PuriPublisher: M.A. CenterPublished: 09/12/2016Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.66lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.54dISBN: 9781680376043Language: ItalianThis title is not returnable
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