Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Mi Hermana: Cómo La Transición de Una Hermana Nos Cambió a AmbasA powerful memoir by two sisters about transitioning, family, and the path to self-realization.When Orange Is the New Black and Diary of a Future President star Selenis Leyva was young, her hardworking parents brought a new foster child into their warm, loving family in...
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Pablo Escobar, El Patrón del Mal (La Parabola de Pablo) / Pablo Escobar the Drug Lord (the Parable of Pablo (MtiDe Pablo Escobar, el famoso narcotraficante colombiano, hemos o do hablar miles de veces por su infinita capacidad para ejercer el mal, que llev a organismos como la DEA a calificarlo como uno de los m s grandes criminales de la historia. Sin embargo,...
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Wildland Sentinel: Field Notes from an Iowa Conservation OfficerIn America's Midwest, where "wilderness" is in short supply, working to defend what's left of Iowa's natural resources can be both a daunting and an entertaining task. In Wildland Sentinel, Erika Billerbeck takes readers along for the ride as she and her colleagues sift...
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Aleister Crowley's Treasyre House of ImagesAuthor: Aleister Crowley, General J. F. C. FullerPublisher: New Falcon PublicationsPublished: 04/21/2020Pages: 144Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 7.40h x 4.90w x 0.50dISBN: 9781561845699About the AuthorCrowley, Aleister: - "Aleister Crowley (/kroli/; born Edward Alexander Crowley; 12 October 1875 - 1 December 1947) was an English occultist,...
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PocahontasThe daughter of a Native American chief, Pocahontas grew up during a time of incredible change in North America. This is her story, from her birth to her encounters with colonists, and finally her untimely death at the age of twenty-one. It captures her...
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Her Unspoken LoveLaura was born in the 1950s in Romania, a harsh communist country. Her father didn't want her, and her mother didn't comfort her. Laura was uprooted over and over and taken from one country to another, all at the whim of her heartless mother....
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ConcealedEsther Amini grew up in Queens, New York, during the freewheeling 1960s. She also grew up in a Persian-Jewish household, the American-born daughter of parents who had fled Mashhad, Iran. In Concealed, she tells the story of being caught between these two worlds: the...
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Romanian NotebookA diaristic exploration of procrastination, pregnancy, and art The day before Cyrus Console and his pregnant wife leave for a monthlong visit to Romania, they receive troubling news--the fetus she's carrying is at elevated risk for Down syndrome. As the trip unfolds, his worry...
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TallisThe composer Thomas Tallis (c. 1505 - November 1585) lived and worked through much of the turbulent Tudor period in England. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he did not just react to radical change: he thrived on it. He helped invent new musical styles...
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys: The Great Plague of London & The Great Fire of London, 1665-1666On April 30th, 1665 Samuel Pepys wrote "Great fears of the sickenesse here in the City, it being said that two or three houses are already shut up. God preserve as all!" After these fateful words there ensued the Great Plague of London, followed...
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Al-Khwarizmi: The Inventor of AlgebraAl-Khwarizmi is arguably the most important mathematician of the Middle Ages. He developed two distinct branches of mathematics, both of which owe their name to him: algebra and algorithms. This carefully crafted biography shines a long-overdue light on these achievements, documents Khwarizmi's contributions to...
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The Rediscovered Writings of Rose Wilder Lane, Literary JournalistThrough numerous short stories, novels such as Free Land, and political writings such as "Credo," Rose Wilder Lane forged a literary career that would be eclipsed by the shadow of her mother, Laura Ingalls Wilder, whose Little House books Lane edited. Lane's fifty-year career...
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Jake: An American Original. Volume I. The Life of the Legendary Biker, Bodybuilder, and Hell's AngelGrab life with both hands Volume 1 of the incredible life of Jake Sawyer, prep school sports star, U.S. Army paratrooper, Kentucky rum-runner, a less than model prisoner at San Quentin and Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary, and a champion body-builder and fitness guru to the...
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Reinvent Yourself: Personal, Positive Growth through any Mess, Movement and Mission!In this revolutionary self-help guide, the author Rick Denley, a global transformational growth coach, catapults you towards conquering any mess, movement or mission you are on, through self reinvention. For anyone going through or considering change, it will require far more energy for our...
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The the Battle to Stay in America: Immigration's Hidden Front Line2020 Foreword INDIE awards winner "Day-to-day life in immigrant communities is described with refreshing clarity and heart... an unusually accessible primer on immigration law and a valuable guide to the ways it currently works to perpetuate an excluded immigrant underclass with diminished rights." --The...
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Arnie the Farmer Beswick: Mr. B's Passionate Poncho, Mystery Tornado, Tameless Tiger, Star of the Circuit I/II, Super Judge and More Potent PontArnie "the Farmer" Beswick was called "the consummate underdog" by Hot Rod magazine. While there was good reason, there is much more to his unbelievable career. Born a third-generation farmer in the small town of Morrison, Illinois, Arnie Beswick's driving career began not behind...
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A View from Abroad: The Story of John and Abigail Adams in EuropeReveals how the European travels of John and Abigail Adams helped define what it meant to be an American From 1778 to 1788, the Founding Father and later President John Adams lived in Europe as a diplomat. Joined by his wife, Abigail, in 1784,...
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Billy the Kid's Grave - A History of the Wild West's Most Famous Death Marker"Quien es?"The answer to this incautious question - "Who is it?" - was a bullet to the heart.That bullet -- fired by Lincoln County Sheriff Patrick F. Garrett from a .40-44 caliber single action Colt pistol -- ended the life of Billy the Kid,...
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Captivated by the Master: A Theological Consideration of Jesus ChristTheologian Fr. Brian Mullady brings enlightenment and consolation to the faithful with this concise yet powerful summary of the teachings of the Catholic Church about Christ. Masterfully addressing the gap in the knowledge of modern Christians about the nature and implications of the traditional,...
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More Stories from Langley: Another Glimpse Inside the CIAWho knew the CIA needed librarians? More Stories from Langley reveals the lesser-known operations of one of the most mysterious government agencies in the United States. Edward Mickolus is back with more stories to answer the question, "What does a career in the CIA...
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