Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Beloved and Brain Cancer: Living Each Moment As If It Were Your LastThis is a memoir of by Dr. Aimee Knauff, in which she candidly shares her life experiences, including her struggle with brain cancer. She hopes that the lessons she has learned along the way will also help everyone who has struggled, not just from...
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China Diaries & Other Tales From the RoadAfter forty-something countries on five continents, John Rydzewski thought he saw it all...that is, until he went to China. There, he found the Chinese Groundhog's Day, a coffee shop barista named "Shaky," girls named "Kinky," Asian scarecrows, Santa's honest-to-goodness workshop that supplies the world...
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My Awesome Adventure With the Holy Spirit: Life Lessons From the Bible's Greatest Tour GuideMy Awesome Adventure With the Holy Spirit: Life Lessons From the Bible's Greatest Tour Guide is the personal account of author, Gretchen Nero as she shares intimate stories of her most treasured moments with the Holy Spirit. Gretchen's transparent telling of her life's journey...
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A Mighty Force: Dr. Elizabeth Hayes and Her War for Public HealthIn the last half of 1945, news of the war's end and aftermath shared space with reports of a battle on the home front, led by a woman. She was Elizabeth O. Hayes, MD, doctor for a coal company that owned the town of...
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Emily Mann: Rebel Artist of the American TheaterEmily Mann: Rebel Artist of the American Theater is the story of a remarkable American playwright, director, and artistic director. It is the story of a woman who defied the American theater's sexism, a traumatic assault, and illness to create unique documentary plays and...
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One Nation Under Graham: Apocalyptic Rhetoric and American ExceptionalismFor centuries, particular readings of the biblical text have shaped the course of Western history. Scripture, used as a political totem for those in power, gives divine weight to political agendas. This trajectory is particularly evident in the fiery career of Billy Graham, "America's...
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Keys to the Beyond: Frithjof Schuon's Cross-Traditional Language of TranscendenceThis book explores the work of the religious philosopher Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998) by focusing on the way he develops his own expansive adaptations of traditional religious terms. As a leading proponent of perennial philosophical and religious thought, Schuon borrows widely from specific religious traditions,...
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My Blackberry Seed LegacyMy Blackberry Seed Legacy is a passionate dialogue of Braggs' journey balancing life without his father who died when he was just a kid. He captivates the reader with his historical, sociological, and intellectual legacy analysis. Braggs warmly invites the readers into his unfinished...
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The Only Way Is the Steady Way: Essays on Baseball, Ichiro, and How We Watch the GameEssays about baseball's past, present, and future--and the wisdom of Ichiro SuzukiThe Only Way Is the Steady Way is a baseball memoir in scorecards and baseball cards, a recollection of the game's biggest stars and outlandish personalities, and introspective letters to a legendary player....
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I Love my Future HBCU: Teaching Children About Historically Black Colleges & UniversitesWhat's the difference between an HBCU and other colleges? HBCUs are just as great as other colleges and universities, but with more soul So begins the amazing adventure to the illustrious campus of Memory Lane. You're invited to join Madison, LJ, Mom and Dad...
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Love in Any Language: A Memoir of a Cross-Cultural MarriageLove across cultures is tested when Antonio, a penniless university student, and Evelyn, a strong-willed Peace Corps volunteer, succumb to their attraction to one another at the end of her two-year commitment in Peru and Evelyn gets pregnant. Deeply in love, the twenty-three-year-olds marry...
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Butterfly Awakens: A Memoir of Transformation Through GriefOne woman's dark night leads her on a journey to find her light. Butterfly Awakens depicts the story of the extraordinary transformation of a forty-something Italian American attorney as she moves through unimaginable grief and sadness watching her beloved mother lose her battle to...
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Hollywood to the Himalayas: A Journey of Healing and TransformationHollywood to the Himalayas is the enlightening memoir of a reluctant spiritual seeker who finds much more than she bargained for when she travels to India. As a Stanford grad in the midst of getting her PhD in Psychology, Sadhvi Sarawati was comfortable with...
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Thomas MacKay: The Laird of Rideau Hall and the Founding of OttawaThe Laird of Rideau Hall explores the life and times of Thomas Mackay, the chief founder of Bytown/Ottawa. Born and raised in Perth, Scotland, Mackay and his family emigrated to Montreal in 1817. Partnering with fellow mason John Redpath, he built the locks of...
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Liam Lynch: The Real ChiefLiam Lynch joined the Irish Volunteers after the Easter Rising of 1916 and quickly rose through its ranks. He reorganised the Cork Brigade in 1919 and in 1921 became the commanding officer of the First Southern Division which controlled all the Volunteer Brigades in...
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Garnish: My Hometown, My StoryI was born in Garnish where I received my early education. I went on to study Naval Architecture at the Marine Institute in St. John's, which led to a forty year career as a designer at Marystown Shipyard in Marystown, NL; but my life...
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Wonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands: Memoirs of Britain's Greatest Black Heroine, Business Woman & Crimean War NurseWonderful Adventures of Mrs. Seacole in Many Lands (1857) is one of the earliest autobiographies of a mixed-race woman. In her autobiography, Seacole records her bloodline thus: "I am a Creole, and have good Scots blood coursing through my veins. My father was a...
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Sexual Utopia in PowerLike many political revolutions, the sexual revolution of the 1960s began with a euphoric feeling of liberation. But when utopian programs clash with dissenters--and with reality itself--the result is chaos, which revolutionaries seek to quash with repression and terror. In Sexual Utopia in Power,...
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Pioneers of the CaribbeanPioneers of the Caribbean invites readers to share the journey of two modern pioneers from the Caribbean Dolvis and Veronica. The story takes you on their voyage to the land of opportunities and their vision of goals and dreams for their family. The backdrop...
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The View from the Pew: A Catholic Priest Falls in LoveLove stories are always captivating. And when it is the love story of a catholic priest, it is intriguing. This book is about the love story of two priests. "Both stories reveal their pain and struggles to decide against a law imbedded for centuries...
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