Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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El Cid: The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval MercenaryExploring the creation of the El Cid legend over the centuries, this masterful and evocative biography peels away the layers of myth to reveal the real-life historical figure. El Cid was perhaps the most famous warrior involved in the indiscriminate fighting--irrespective of religion--on the...
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Eating Chocolate & Watching the Moon: Spiritual Awakening through Loss and Karmic ResolutionHow do I know I am on the right path?Am I making the best choices?What am I missing and how do I find it?These are questions we all ask ourselves at some point in our lives. Eating Chocolate and Watching the Moon: Spiritual Awakening...
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Dreaming in Russian: A MemoirAn insightful memoir delving deeply into the modern Russian immigrant experience. A violent crime shattered Moscow native Anya Gillinson's world when she was thirteen years old, urging her family to leave Russia for the American dream. As a teenager raised in a deeply patriarchal...
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Dr. Beare's Daughter: Growing Up Adopted, Adored, and Afraid"As if You Were Our Own"It was 1947 in Celina, Ohio, when Dr. Ralph Beare and his wife, Lou, childless and in their early forties, adopted a four-and-a-half-month-old orphan from a Home in nearby Dayton. They named her "Janice Lucinda." "Janice" because it couldn't...
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Don't Touch That Radio Dial: (You Don't Know Where It's Been)Before the internet, smartphones or cable, there was a lone social media force that was more powerful than Facebook, Instagram, Tik-Tok, and all the rest combined. This portal to humanity was conducted by live humans in real time to inform, engage, and entertain the...
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Discovering Your Legacy: A Journey of Values, Purpose, and ImpactDiscovering Your Legacy is a profound exploration of the lasting impact individuals leave on the world. The book delves into the essence of legacy, emphasizing its significance on both personal and societal levels. Through poignant anecdotes and reflections, the authors share their journeys, which...
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Dion: The Rock and Roll PhilosopherLegendary Rock Hall of Fame innovator shares the most lasting influences on his remarkable life -- a life that helped shape the last 60 years of rock and roll historyThe book features a prologue by Eric Clapton and a foreword by Paul Simon.Dion DiMucci's...
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Dinner for Vampires: Life on a Cult TV Show (While Also in an Actual Cult!)A deliciously witty and inspiring memoir by One Tree Hill star Bethany Joy Lenz about her decade in a cult and her quest to break free. In the early 2000s, after years of hard work and determination to breakthrough as an actor, Bethany Joy...
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Dear Writer: Pep Talks & Practical Advice for the Creative LifeNew York Times bestselling author and poet Maggie Smith distills creativity and the craft of writing with a practical guide perfect for fans of Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic and Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird. Drawing from her twenty years of teaching experience and her...
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Dancing With Demons: A Love StoryThis is a love story, but not the one you're expecting.For Laura Holloway-single mom to a teenage boy, owner of a thriving pet-care business-certain aspects of life have always felt elusive. Lasting romance. A secure sense of self in a disorienting world. A home...
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Constantino I: La biografía del primer emperador romano cristiano, su vida militar y su revoluciónConstantino el Grande fue uno de los emperadores romanos más influyentes. En el año 312 d.C. declaró la tolerancia hacia el cristianismo y convocó el Primer Concilio de Nicea, del que surgió la declaración de creencias cristianas conocida como Credo de Nicea. Es venerado...
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Conquering The BongosWe are a country of proud, hard-working immigrants. Like my pioneer family from the 1890s, I, too, came from those who journeyed westward. They told stories of dreams, struggles, heartache, and destinies as they tamed the wilds of the Northern Plains and the Mountain...
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Connie: A MemoirIn a sharp, witty, and definitive memoir, iconic trailblazer and legendary journalist Connie Chung delves into her storied career as the first Asian woman to break into an overwhelmingly white, male-dominated television news industry.Connie Chung is a pioneer. In 1969 at the age of...
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Confessions of a Home Army Executioner: A Memoir of the Polish Home ArmyA profound exploration of wartime morality through the experiences of a young executioner in the Polish Home Army during World War II."This book is moral dynamite. It reveals not only what men can do in war but also what war can do to men."...
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Confessions of a CEO: Season One: Grand RisingAmidst the chaos of balancing college and a social life, 22 year old Marianna Wesolowski decides to take her dream to the next level. A phone call with Rick, a valued business man leads her down to the unexpected road of starting a company,...
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Concrete Century: Julius Kahn and the Construction RevolutionAt the turn of the 20th century, industrial manufacturing was expanding dramatically while factory buildings remained fire-prone relics of an earlier age. That is, until a 28-year-old civil engineer finally achieved what engineers around the world had unsuccessfully attempted. Working in his brother's basement...
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Come Hell or High Water: Life Lessons from Hurricane Katrina: Facing Life's Greatest Challenges, No Matter What"The "Cajun Rambeaux" shows true leadership grit in business and in life. Marvin LeBlanc has put together a compelling collection of stories, anecdotes, lessons learned, and inspiring guidelines for overcoming adversity in both business and in life.Not only is Marvin the head of a...
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Cold War in a Hot Kitchen: A memoir of mid-century MelbourneThe 1950s. Boring?Hardly.An influx of European refugees, stirrings of feminism, and the threat of a third world war were remaking Australia. As the Cold War chilled, inside a Melbourne house a young girl was caught in the crossfire of domestic conflict amid the clashing...
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Code Name Puritan: Norman Holmes Pearson at the Nexus of Poetry, Espionage, and American PowerAn insightful biography of an unassuming literary scholar--and spy--who transformed postwar American culture. Although his impact on twentieth-century American cultural life was profound, few people know the story of Norman Holmes Pearson. Pearson's life embodied the Cold War alliances among US artists, scholars, and...
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Coaching Legacy of ChampionsWhy take on the daunting task of trying to tell another person's story? Especially a story about a man so revered, admired and known by so many. Truth be told, Chris Ridley never sets out to write a book. He chooses an interesting person...
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