Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Black Man vs. The World: Jack Johnson's Trials, Tribulations, and TriumphsBlack Man vs. The World: Jack Johnson's Trials, Tribulations, and Triumphs, by Adam J. Pollack, tells the complete story of Jack Johnson, the first black man to fight for and win the world heavyweight championship. In a thorough, detailed, and unique fashion, Johnson's life...
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Orbit: Stephen KingOne of the bestselling authors of all time, his books have sold over 500 million copies and been translated into 33 languages. Generations of terrified readers and moviegoers have dubbed Stephen King the "Master of Horror," but he is much, much more. This is...
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Off the Ropes: The Ron Lyle StoryToft adeptly shows this to be the legacy Ron Lyle left behind, one that stands shoulder-to-shoulder with a boxing legacy that is nothing short of remarkable.--Rafael Garcia, The Fight City[Ron Lyle's] life was a remarkable one and the story of it worth re-telling, which...
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Step Into the Circle: Writers in Modern AppalachiaIn this beautiful book of photographs and short essays, some of Appalachia's best-known writers profile each other and the place they call home. Edited by Bloodroot novelist Amy Greene and her husband Trent Thomson, this book also features Wendell Berry, Lee Smith, Crystal Wilkinson,...
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The Painted ForestCouncil for Wisconsin Writers, Norbert Blei/August Derleth Nonfiction Book Award winner In this often-surprising book of essays, Krista Eastman explores the myths we make about who we are and where we're from. The Painted Forest uncovers strange and little-known "home places"--not only the picturesque...
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A Lifetime At War: Life After Being Severely Wounded In Combat, Never Ending DungMaster Sergeant Gordon L. Ewell is a combat engineer and expert in the tactics and techniques the enemy used in Iraq to assemble, disguise, and detonate deadly improvised explosive devices (IEDs). He became part of the first special two-solider team whose mission was to...
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Goodnight RileyIs there any sorrow greater than the loss of an infant or child?Probably not. In the few times in my practice when one of my patients died from SIDS, it would have been so helpful to have an account like Goodnight, Riley, to be...
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Orbit: JRR Tolkien - The True Lord of the RingsHe imagined realms of wizards, orcs, and hobbits and elevated fantasy from pulp to respected literature. J.R.R. Tolkien, the iconic author who captivated generations with his rich and complex mythology of Middle Earth, is the subject of his own tale in a special edition...
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Dancing with the DevilHaving made one bad choice too many, Meghan finds herself penniless and aimlessly wandering down an alleyway behind a Daytona Beach strip club. A door flies open, spewing trouble out onto the pavement. Meghan thinks it serendipitous, that her luck has changed, when she...
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Tuesdays with Ted: An uplifting, heartbreaking, occasionally funny story about an old man with ALS, a sitcom, its star and just enough tiTo be with a parent while they are dying is one of the most human of experiences. It is what we are supposed to do. And while those months, for the author, were difficult in myriad ways, they were also the most rewarding of...
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Hippie Woman Wild: A Memoir of Life & Love on an Oregon Commune2020 IPPY GOLD AWARD WINNER Memoir A not-so-nice Jewish girl, expelled from Yale Drama during the Vietnam protests, abandons her acting dream to follow the man she loves to an off-the-grid commune in Oregon.At 23, Carol Schlanger was an insecure upper middle class radical....
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Cincinnati Rocktails paperback: An Amped Up Spin On MixologyUpon digging into Cincinnati's rich musical past, it becomes apparent that chronicling "the show" is and always will be a little blurry (much like what happens after a couple of libations). Often this history is a more oral tradition, passed down from musician to...
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Doing Time Like a Spy: How the CIA Taught Me to Survive and Thrive in PrisonWinner of the 2016 PEN First Amendment AwardWinner of the 2016 Sam Adams Award for Integrity in IntelligenceWinner of the 2016 Blueprint International Whistleblowing Prize for Bravery and Integrity in the Public InterestWinner of the 2013 Peacemaker of the Year AwardWinner of the 2012...
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Boy SergeantA college dropout who was drafted to serve his country, Doug Warden was barely 20 years old when he arrived in Vietnam in 1967 as a private first class. He was "green as a gourd" in the ways of warfare, but he stayed alive,...
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U. S. Grant's Failed PresidencyIn U. S. Grant's Failed Presidency Philip Leigh examines the eighteenth President free from the hagiographic bias that has dominated books about Ulysses Grant during the past thirty years. Given his universal acclaim for having won the Civil War, no leader was better positioned...
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Robes of Silk Feet of Clay: The True Story of a Love Affair with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi the Beatles TM GuruWhen Judith Bourque applied to a course in Rishikesh, India to become a teacher of Transcendental Meditation, it was because she dreamt of being able to share her positive experiences of meditating with others. There, in the foothills of the Himalayas, at the ashram...
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A Legend in Straw: The Spirit of my Uncle Ray BolgerUncle Ray said, "My life is loving people. It's a difficult kind of world to live in, but it's a great world, because I get satisfaction and I don't have any hang-ups about it I belong to the people. As long as I can...
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Do Stand So Close: My Improbable Adventure As Sting's GuitaristA small-town musician from North Carolina tries his luck on the biggest stage of all: New York City. And he hits the jackpot. Mere months into his NYC gambit, guitarist Jeffrey Lee Campbell is catapulted from selling candy in Broadway theaters to touring the...
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The Nest in the Stream: Lessons from Nature on Being with PainA concise and inspirational book for anyone dealing with pain by a long time palliative care doctor who is greatly inspired by Native American wisdom and the natural world. This book is a celebration of impermanence and what it means to be awake, alive,...
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12 Rounds in Lo's Gym: Boxing and Manhood in AppalachiaQuestions of class and gender in Appalachia have, in the wake of the 2016 presidential election and the runaway success of Hillbilly Elegy, moved to the forefront of national conversations about politics and culture. From Todd Snyder, a first generation college student turned college...
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