Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Black Girl Cry: What Black Women Need to Know to Amplify Their VoicesHow many times have you heard the advice, "Don't cry. You don't want to seem weak."? Have you ever considered that rather than being a sign of weakness, crying may actually be considered a sign of strength? This is one of the key messages...
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Hughisms: A Legacy of Life LessonsIF YOU CAN HELP ONE CHILD OR ONE PERSON BY SHARING YOUR STORY-DO IT. -Hugh "Sonny" Peery Hughisms is a collection of life lessons shared through the wit and wisdom from Hugh "Sonny" Peery, the author's father. Hugh shared these truths, which are ultimately...
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Sir Francis DrakeIn this title, readers will explore sea routes around the world with Sir Francis Drake. Follow Drake's journeys as he sails the seas seeking wealth for England. Along the way he becomes the first Englishman to sail up the Pacific coast of South America....
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John CabotIn this title, readers will explore routes to Asia with John Cabot. Follow Cabot's journey on two voyages seeking the Northwest Passage. Along the way he surveys the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, and discovers the Grand Banks. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated...
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A Boy on the Alcan: Up and Down the Alaska HighwayA boy on the Alcan is an intriguing story of seven year old Eddie Byskal. He was born in a small Missions Hospital on the shore of Wakaw Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. When Eddie's mother passed away his father signed up as a carpenter on...
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Anita Kerr: America's First Lady of MusicAnita Kerr, a softly spoken, petite lady from Memphis, Tennessee is a window into history. What this gifted and disciplined artist achieved in the man's world that was Nashville in the 50's, and her West Coast ascent in the 60's, is the great untold...
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The Last Master Outlaw: The Award-Winning Conclusion of the D.B. Cooper MysteryIn 1971, a skyjacker with a briefcase bomb demanded a $200,000 ransom and a parachute. Then he vanished out the jet's back door and became an instant legend. Now a determined citizen sleuth has assembled a forty-member cold case team, spearheaded by former FBI...
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Poets and the Fools Who Love Them: A Memoir in EssaysPoets and the Fools Who Love Them blends autobiography with cultural commentary and meditates on creative writing as a cottage industry within humanities higher education. Celebrated poet and memoirist Richard Katrovas examines his picaresque early years with a criminal father, a beleaguered mother, and...
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Inkpaduta: Dakota LeaderLeader of the Santee Sioux, Inkpaduta (1815-79) participated in some of the most decisive battles of the northern Great Plains, including Custer's defeat at the Little Bighorn. But the attack in 1857 on forty white settlers known as the Spirit Lake Massacre gave Inkpaduta...
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Crossing the Boundaries of Life: Günter Blobel and the Origins of Molecular Cell BiologyA close look at Günter Blobel's transformative contributions to molecular cell biology. The difficulty of reconciling chemical mechanisms with the functions of whole living systems has plagued biologists since the development of cell theory in the nineteenth century. As Karl S. Matlin argues in...
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O menino que virou mestre de capoeira PastinhaEra uma vez... um menino mulatinho, esperto e miúdo nascido no Pelô que, depois de muito brincar e brigar na rua, tornou-se o maior de todos os mestres da Capoeira Angola da Bahia. O nome desse menino virou lenda, mundo afora, mas a história...
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Between Two Worlds: An Inspiring Story of a Kiwi Woman Who Left Her Heart in UgandaHow one woman brought together the international sailing community to support the children of Uganda. A remarkable true story of adventure and altruism. Emma Outteridge was born into the America's Cup world and spent her twenties running Louis Vuitton's international sailing hospitality programme. While...
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Nation of LawyersIn this book, author Carl Arthur Henlein brings over 50 years of experience as a Mass Torts lawyer to bear on the problems of our civil courts. He explains the central problems with the system and illustrates them by relating the facts of some...
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The Joy of the Disinherited: Essays on Trauma, Oppression, and Black Mental HealthCould being Black in America make you sick?Over the last decade, Kevin Dedner has been on a mission to explore this powerful and troubling question, shining an unconventional spotlight on the impact of racism on mental health. In his debut book, The Joy of...
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Black, White and Blue, Surviving the SiftingBlack, White, and Blue is one of the most prolific books on leadership and overcoming tremendous odds that would have mandated retreat by most. Redick takes the reader on her life's journey from her tumultuous childhood to breaking the glass ceiling of the "less...
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Redefining Normal: How Two Foster Kids Beat The Odds and Discovered Healing, Happiness and LoveGrowing up, they didn't believe they had a future. Together, they are building forever. Alexis Black persevered through her mother's death and her father's imprisonment. And after escaping a long and abusive relationship, the college junior promised her foster parents not to date for...
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Barker Ten Mile: Stories from the EdgeThe stories in Barker Ten Mile string together the boyhood adventures of a certain Chris Musselwhite - stories he swears are true, and not the least bit stretched. Perhaps we can give him the benefit of the doubt as he sagely never casts himself...
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Dogs of PresidentsThis book has it all: Bright and colorful images, historical photographs, and lots of sweet information about presidents and their pet dogs. Readers will love seeing every pet owner, from Franklin D. Roosevelt to the Obamas. Complete with a picture glossary. Aligned to Common...
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Napheesa CollierThis exciting book introduces readers to the life and career of WNBA superstar Napheesa Collier. The book also includes a table of contents, a Paving the Way special feature, an At a Glance section, informative sidebars, quiz questions, a glossary, additional resources, and an...
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That Dog Don't Hunt: Tales from The Hunt Camp PorchJim Newman, a natural born story-teller, takes the reader through joyful and humorous stories about life at the hunt camp, hunting culture, and the joys of nature and wildlife. The stories are a mix of childhood memories, folklore, facts, fiction, and laughter, with the...
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