Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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A Fisherman's Journey: A Lifetime of Angling Adventures from Northern Wisconsin to Northwest Montana, 1950 - 2020Author: Charles ZuckerPublisher: Sweetgrass BooksPublished: 12/16/2022Pages: 208Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.70dISBN: 9781591523154
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Scary Mary: The History of the Typhoid EpidemicLong before hand sanitizers, Clorox(r) wipes, and Charmin(r) disappeared from our grocery store shelves; long before our nation's churches, schools, theaters, sports arenas, beaches, gyms, and restaurants locked their doors and turned out their marquee lights; long before CDC travel restrictions grounded entire fleets...
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The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the CrownVanity Fair Royals correspondent and bestselling author of William and Harry and Kate explores the remarkable life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II and the legacy she is handing down to the next generation. For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth has ruled over an institution...
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My Reminiscences of East Africa: The German East Africa Campaign in World War One - A General's MemoirGeneral Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck of the German East-Africa campaign shares his narrative of the war, and his effective use of guerilla warfare to keep a far larger Allied army in check.Unlike his counterparts in Europe, whose war had quickly come to a standstill and...
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Father William Doyle: Biography of the Irish Priest and Chaplain Renowned for His Spiritual Wisdom and Personal BraveryFather William Doyle was an exceptional Jesuit priest, whose scholarly writings and promise were tragically cut short by his death while serving in World War One.Born in Melrose at Dalkey, County Dublin, Doyle expressed an interest in religious service and soldiering from a young...
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El té de la libertad: La historia real de un héroe español que salvó muchas vidasMiles de personas recorrieron rutas secretas a lo largo de Europa en una desesperada huida para escapar del fascismo y de los campos de concentración de Hitler. Una de esas rutas pasaba por Galicia, y más concretamente por una finca propiedad del médico gallego...
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It's No Puzzle: a memoir in artifactA dazzling array of starshot across the sky from the brilliant Cris Mazza, who reminds us again and again that we must not only hold the line when it comes to our individual and community worth, but endlessly imagine a future. Cris Mazza makes...
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The Frog In Your Throat: An Unconventional Primer For L.E.A.P.ing Life's HurdlesTHE FROG IN YOUR THROAT is a grown-up "Un-Fairy Tale."Sheral DeVaughn takes you on an adventure where there are no fairy godmothers nor white knights in shining armor, but there still are steps you can take to get to your "happily ever after."Using anecdotes...
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Xin Fengxia and the Transformation of China's Ping OperaAuthor: Siyuan LiuPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 09/15/2022Pages: 76Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16dISBN: 9781009087650This title is not returnable
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Pardon Me, Sir...There's A Moose In Your Tent: More Stories from the Life and Times of a Wilderness Park Ranger in the Adirondack MountainsThe sequel to the popular Excuse Me, Sir... Your Socks are in Fire, this book contains more stories about the experiences of a Wilderness Park Ranger in the Adirondack Mountains. The author spent three years livivng in the backwoods of the West Canada Lakes...
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Balto GirlJanet Vanik Divel's connection to Baltimore started when the Vanik and the Koerner families descended on America's shores as immigrants migrating from Germany and Czechoslovakia in the late 1800s. They and many other families shaped America and the little city of Baltimore, Maryland. In...
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Murphy's Mission: Colin Murphy - Football Adventures from Sincil Bank to SaigonMurphy's Mission. Colin Murphy - Football Adventures from Sincil Bank to Saigon is a rollercoaster ride through the life story of a journeyman, football manager, legend, and self-styled bard of the beautiful game.From a career with 15 different football clubs from the 1970s to...
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Stand Out: The True Story of Hockey Hero Ajay BainesHe shoots, he scores!Goals are important but they are nothing without the grind. Enjoy this true story about hockey hero, Ajay Baines, as he works hard to overcome challenges and has a whole lot of fun along the way. Even a diabetes diagnosis in...
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The Ship Beneath the Ice: The Discovery of Shackleton's EnduranceThe extraordinary firsthand account of the discovery of Ernest Shackleton's Endurance, the ship that gave its name to the world's most famous survival epic, told by the man who led the search.On November 21, 1914, after sailing more than ten thousand miles from Norway...
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I Almost Lost Her: A memoir of unthinkable tragedyAndré Xavier's life was forever changed by a single phone call on a sunny September morning. On the other end, his wife Charlie heaved in breathless panic.Come quick.There's been an accident. André jumped into action and found his way to the hospital Charlie had...
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Iris Apfel: A Little Golden Book BiographyHelp your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about Iris Apfel, the style icon and beloved tastemaker known for her eclectic eyewear! Little Golden Book biographies are the perfect introduction to nonfiction for preschoolers. This Little Golden Book about Iris...
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Drink Against Drunkenness: the life and times of Sasha SoldatowBiography of Sasha Soldatow (1947-2006): anarchist, activist, artist, and unforgettable personality. Born in Germany to a Russian family that emigrated to Australia when he was two, Sasha grew up in Melbourne then moved to Sydney, attracted by its anarchist tradition and new underground radical...
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Dick Bong: Ace of AcesDuring World War II, Major Richard "Dick" Ira Bong's legendary exploits at the helm of his P-38 Lightning made him a household name. Bong received the Medal of Honor for his exploits of downing 40 enemy Japanese planes in the Southwestern Pacific. His tally...
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Raymond F. O'Neill World War I Naval AviatorThis is a story of the experiences of a young man named Raymond F. O'Neill, born in 1896, who enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the outset of World War One. He had taken an interest in radios and radio technology at age 14,...
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Loving the Hell Out of Ourselves (a memoir)The riveting, heartbreaking, and inspiring story of two sisters who survived a childhood riddled with violence, neglect, and abandonment, but went on to become gifted healers - one a theologian, the other as a therapist. Their stories, inextricably woven together, narrate how they pulled...
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