Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Dreaming Time: Anatomy of a Cover-UpThe core story of this sequel to 4900 Nights is the attempted murder of the author. Van Meter is shot five times and nearly dies. This true-life narrative begins with the horrific, violent encounter which leads to the assassination attempt, then progresses to the...
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Melvin Belli: King of the CourtroomA legal pioneer who fought powerful corporations while consorting with strippers, madams and Mafioso, Melvin Belli was a swashbuckling character who was flamboyant, eccentric, and narcissistic. Some believed him to be a genius, others an ambulance chaser but there was no question that he...
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Robert Bateman: The Boy Who Painted NatureCelebrated artist Robert Bateman is renowned internationally for bringing the natural world to life on the canvas. A naturalist and painter from his youth, Robert has for decades used his recognition to shed light on environmental issues and advocate for animal welfare. Robert Bateman:...
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Property: The True Story of a Polygamous Church WifeThe true story of a brave woman's nearly 40 years in a polygamous cult, her eventual escape, and her struggle to integrate into a world she barely knew. In the early 1970s an innocent teenager who had led a sheltered life was forced to...
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Rolling Through Afghanistan: Life as a Combat Medic Enduring PTSDUnited States Navy Fleet Marine Force Hospital Corpsman Nicholas Bertucci kept a handwritten journal of his 2010 deployment in Afghanistan.He shares that experience in ROLLING THROUGH AFGHANISTAN for the benefit of those who have wondered what it's like to be part of the United...
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The Life of Pope Pius IX: And The Great Events in the History of the Church During his PontificateFew events have been as impactful on the present-day circumstances of the Catholic Church as the Italian Unification. Pope Pius IX led the Church through a time of massive change in the political climates of Europe, ushering in the increase in visibility of the...
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In the Pillared DarkIn the Pillared Dark is the compelling history of a woman shaped by a family secret and a national tragedy. It is 1971. You are twenty, standing poised at the edge of the rest of your life. You are intelligent and thoughtful, and everyone...
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The Homicidal Handyman of Oak Park: Morris Solomon Jr.: The Sexual Crimes & Serial Murders of Morris Solomon Jr.AS FAR AS FITTING THE STEREOTYPES bestowed to infamous chain-link murderers that exist outside African American culture, there was a time when black serial killers were recognized, to some extent, implausible by purported experts who probably cared not to explore the primary nature of...
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Alexander the Great and Persia: From Conqueror to King of AsiaUpon his return from India, Alexander the Great traveled to the Persian royal city of Pasargadae to pay homage at the tomb of King Cyrus, founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, whom he admired greatly. Disgusted to find Cyrus' tomb desecrated and looted, the...
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Wings Over New Orleans: Unseen Photos of Paul and Linda McCartney, 1975New Orleans fans meet Paul and Linda McCartney. In 1975, Paul and Linda McCartney came to New Orleans with Wings to record Venus and Mars at Allen Toussaint's famous Sea-Saint Studio. They immersed themselves in the city for several months, going to Mardi Gras...
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The Drummond Girls: A Story of Fierce Friendship Beyond Time and ChanceAn inspiring and heartfelt memoir about the friendship between eight women forged over two decades. The eight Drummond Girls first met in 1991 at Peegeo's Food & Spirits in northern Michigan where, at the time, they were all waitresses, bartenders, or regular customers. When...
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Keeping Hope Alive: One Woman: 90,000 Lives ChangedThe moving memoir of one brave woman who, along with her daughters, has kept 90,000 of her fellow citizens safe, healthy, and educated for over 20 years in Somalia.Dr. Hawa Abdi, "the Mother Teresa of Somalia" and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, is the founder...
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I'm Here to Win: A World Champion's Advice for Peak PerformanceIn I'M HERE TO WIN, Chris Macca McCormack opens his playbook and reveals everything it takes-mind, body, and spirit-to become a champion. Now he shares the story of his triumphs and the never-say-die dedication that has made him the world's most successful triathlete. In...
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I'Ll Be Your Light: You Have to Be Strong to SurviveNeglect, abuse, and starvation all are part of Mannie Veneno's family legacy of pain. Starting in Pakistan, where his grandmother was married to an abusive husband, the cycle would continue for three generations. His mother was forced to marry a Pakistani gangster at a...
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Sunshine and Shade: A Diplomatic and Political MemoirThis book is a political and personal memoir. In the book David Miles Connolly has drawn on family and historical influences which affected his trajectory in life. His early years were in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. During World War Two he was evacuated with...
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Hold, Please: Stage Managing A PandemicA Broadway Stage Manager's pandemic memoir!March 12, 2020Last night, after weeks of downplaying and ridiculing the virus, we were finally told by our President, that it is, in fact, serious...And so, it began. Broadway shut down. Instead of sitting in a darkened theatre every...
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Ayahuasca in My Blood: 25 Years of Medicine DreamingFinally, after 25 years of incubation, Peter Gorman's book is out. Ayahuasca in My Blood - 25 Years of Medicine Dreaming concerns his longstanding relationship with the Amazonian visionary medicine. Here's what people have said about it: "Unlike many writing about ayahuasca, Peter Gorman...
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The 10 Dollar Car"The 10 Dollar Car", by James H. McRae, Sr. is a book written to his children concerning faith, hope, promise and fulfillment. The sub-title of the book, "The Story of Ordered Steps" is taken from Psalm 37:23-24, where it is stated, "The steps of...
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She Can Really Lay It Down: 50 Rebels, Rockers, and Musical Revolutionaries (Rock and Roll Women Book, Gift for Music Lovers)She Can Really Lay It Down celebrates 50 incredible women who shredded, sang, and stormed the stage with ferocity and passion. Each incredible musician in this book defied genre and social conventions to shape the music industry as we know it, but have been...
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Libba: The Magnificent Musical Life of Elizabeth Cotten (Early Elementary Story Books, Children's Music Books, Biography BookThis lyrical, loving picture book from popular singer-songwriter Laura Veirs and debut illustrator Tatyana Fazlalizadeh tells the story of the determined, gifted, daring Elizabeth Cotten--one of the most celebrated American folk musicians of all time. Elizabeth Cotten was only a little girl when she...
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