Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Rebel CorrespondentREBEL CORRESPONDENT is the true story of a young man who joined the Confederate army days after his eighteenth birthday and served bravely until the war ended. Wounded twice, he emerged a changed person. But he wasn't just a returning veteran; he was also...
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The Miracle of Hospice: The Personal Journey of a Hospice NurseThe Miracle of Hospice; The Personal Journey of a Hospice Nurse is designed to offer information and emotional support to a wide audience of people who may be faced with their own death or the death of a loved one, or those who just...
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Secretly ScarlettA Texas Tale of a Headstrong Southern Bell and Her Life's Ups and Downs. A true account of an extraordinary large Texan family welded together by love and compassion for one another. Overseen by an overly protective mother and a hardworking father who strive...
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Charles Simeon: For Christ in CambridgeCharles Simeon was well known among his peers for many things including being one of the first among his set to purchase the new invention of an umbrella. He was smart and well turned out and enjoyed all the pleasures that life offered a...
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History of Keoua Kalanikupuapa-I-Kalani-Nui: Father of Hawaiian KingsHistory of Keoua Kalanikupuapa-i-kalani-nui, Father of Hawaiian Kings is a genealogical history by Elizabeth Kekaʻaniau La'anui Pratt. Written towards the end of Pratt's life, the book was intended as a tribute to her family's history and influence in Hawaii. Raised as a member of...
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Bouton: The Life of a Baseball OriginalNamed a Best Baseball Book of 2020 by Sports Collectors Digest New York Times 2020 Summer Reading List From the day he first stepped into the Yankee clubhouse, Jim Bouton (1939-2019) was the sports world's deceptive revolutionary. Underneath the crew cut and behind the...
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Cape Cod Camino Way: Walking with a PurposeWhat do you do when a pandemic forces you to stay close to home while current issues of social and racial justice are sparking a reckoning with the past? You seek answers right where you live by walking and discovering the stories of the...
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Encuentros Con Santos de la India: En Compañia de Sri Daya MataIn this book, Sri Mrinalini Mata, former president of Self-Realization Fellowship / Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, recounts her experiences of traveling with Sri Daya Mata during a trip to India in 1961. Sri Mrinalini Mata's experiences in India were truly remarkable, for she...
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Bomb Shelter: Love, Time, and Other ExplosivesFrom the bestselling author of I Miss You When I Blink and writer of singular spark and delight (Elizabeth Gilbert, #1 New York Times bestselling author) comes a poignant and powerful new memoir-in-essays that tackles the big questions of life, death, and existential fear...
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Miracle on the GridironAt long last, comes the true story behind one of the most memorable chapters in Texas high school football history: The 1964 Class A State Champion Archer City Wildcats. This enthralling account follows the team from its humble beginnings to its improbable march through...
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Led Zeppelin Trivia BookStarting as what appeared to be yet another English blues-rock band, from their first album, it was clear that Led Zeppelin was so much more than that. They took the platform of the blues-rock genre and built on it in several sophisticated directions, branching...
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Our Summer with the EskimosIn the fall of 1944, Constance and Harmon "Bud" Helmericks built a cabin and overwintered in Alaska's remote Brooks Range. With spring melt, they resumed their odyssey north, intent on crossing the Continental Divide to explore the arctic barrens beyond. In Our Summer with...
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The Ribbon Untied: A Journey to Finding a FamilyAre you searching for someone missing from your family tree?Ann was. Her husband, Chuck, was born out of wedlock in 1944 and raised by his mother, Mary Lou, and a stepfather. Chuck grew up an only child, thinking that his mother was the only...
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Tank Commander: From the Fall of France to the Defeat of Germany: The Memoirs of Bill CloseBill Close had a remarkable war. In campaign after campaign, from the defense of Calais in 1940 to the defeat of Germany in 1945, he served as a tank commander in the Royal Tank Regiment - and he survived. His tanks were hit eleven...
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Broken Alliances: Inside the Rise and Fall of a Global Automotive EmpireOn December 30, 2019, Carlos Ghosn became the most famous fugitive on the planet when the former chairman of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance fled to Lebanon from house arrest in Japan.This political-judicial thriller describes in detail for the first time how Ghosn was arrested on...
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Rowan and Mayne: A Biography of the First Police CommissionersThere have been many famous partnerships in history. The Wright brothers gave the world flight, Marie and Pierre Curie made incredible advances in medicine, Larry Page and Sergey Brin started the company that became Google, now an integral part of information technology, Gilbert and...
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One-Legged Mongoose: Secrets, Legacies, and Coming of Age in 1950s New YorkIt's June 1953, and 10-year-old Marc Straus is in his mother's car, getting sick from her cigarette smoke on his way to a Hebrew lesson. He and his brother, Stephen, are transferring from public school to a Yeshiva. His parents haven't said why-the family...
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The Overlooked Voices of Hurricane Katrina: The Resilience and Recovery of Mississippi Black WomenHurricane seasons have become overactive since 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit. The only longitudinal study on a single group of women disaster survivors in America, The Overlooked Voices of Hurricane Katrina brings overlooked voices to the forefront as these women share their stories and...
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Hungarian RefugeeColumbia University Refugee Project - Hungary 1945-1956While the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 may be largely forgotten by many in America, it is definitely not forgotten by the Hungarian people who lived through it, were exiled because of it, or lost friends or family members...
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The Light of Asia: The Poem That Defined the BuddhaThe Light of Asia is an epic poem by Sir Edwin Arnold that was first published in 1879. It is a narrative of the life and message of the Buddha. It quickly became a huge sensation and has continued to resonate powerfully across the...
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