Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Abe's Honest Words: The Life of Abraham LincolnTold in Doreen Rappaport's accessible, absorbing prose, and brought to life in powerful illustrations by Kadir Nelson, Abe's Honest Words is an epic portrait of a truly great American president. From the time he was a young boy roaming the forests of the unsettled...
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Two Lives of CharlemagneThis work contains two separate biographical accounts of Charlemagne, or Charles the Great, the man considered to be the father of Europe. One account was penned by the French, medieval biographer, Eginhard, who in 791 joined the royal court to serve as an epic...
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Autobiography of a YogiRegarded as one of the most spiritual books of all time "Autobiography of a Yogi" is the story of Paramahansa Yogananda told in his own words. As Walter Y. Evans-Wentz remarks in his preface to the book "The value of Yogananda's 'Autobiography' is greatly...
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Patton PlacePatton Place is a factual account of my experiences and those of family members when we grew up together in Western Pennsylvania. Patton was the starting off point, and included the nearby surrounding towns of N. Cambia County. The book follows with our experiences...
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Anna Karenina Fix: Life Lessons from Russian LiteratureLife lessons from Russian Literature As Viv Groskop knows from personal experience, everything that has ever happened to a person has already happened in the Russian classics: from not being sure what to do with your life (Anna Karenina), to being hopelessly in love...
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Eleanor Roosevelt, Fighter for Justice: Her Impact on the Civil Rights Movement, the White House, and the WorldEleanor Roosevelt, Fighter for Justice shows young readers how the former First Lady evolved from a poor little rich girl to a protector and advocate for those without a voice. Though now seen as a cultural icon, she was a woman deeply insecure about...
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The Siren's Dance: My Marriage to a Borderline: A Case StudyThis memoir follows the relationship between the author (a psychiatrist) and his wife, Michelle, from its tumultuous beginning in 1985 to their ambivalent last good-bye three years later. The subtitle "a case study" attempts to maintain a professional distance from this devastating relationship, but...
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Kava in the Blood: A Personal & Political Memoir from the Heart of Fiji"The literary device of juxtaposing the story of the Fiji coup against autobiographical reminiscences of a Fiji background works very well. This is an excellent story, beautifully written and skillfully mixing the personal with the political .. The EH McCormick Award for the Best...
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American Top 40 with Casey Kasem (The 1970'S)Long regarded as an expert of Casey Kasem's American Top 40 radio program, Pete Battistini provides highlights and summaries of nearly 500 AT40 programs from the 1970s, along with a highly-detailed list of all subscribing AT40 radio stations. Peppered with various anecdotes and perspectives,...
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The Second Mark: Courage, Corruption, and the Battle for Olympic GoldIt was billed as the greatest event in the history of pair skating: three of the best teams of all time battling for Olympic gold on one night in Salt Lake City. Technical ability was approximately equal. It was the artistic merit score that...
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The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation: Stories of My Family's Journey to FreedomWhen John F. Baker Jr. was in the seventh grade, he saw a photograph of four former slaves in his social studies textbook--two of them were his grandmother's grandparents. He began the lifelong research project that would become The Washingtons of Wessyngton Plantation, the...
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Ted DibiaseEveryone's got a price. Everyone's got to pay. 'Cause the Million Dollar Man always gets his way. After proving his point, Ted DiBiase would laugh and fan out his large roll of hundreds, worsening the degradation of whoever had been foolish enough to accept...
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Jack Nicklaus: My StoryOver the half millennium and more that golf has existed, very few players have come within even sighting distance of Jack Nicklaus's incredible achievements. Counting his two US Amateur Championships, Nicklaus was the winner of twenty major championships and more than one hundred professional...
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It's No Secret: From NAS to Jay-Z, from Seduction to Scandal--A Hip-Hop Helen of Troy Tells AllAn exclusive behind-the-scenes look at life in the rap world, from the woman at the heart of the Nas/Jay-Z feud--one of the biggest beefs in hip-hop. Carmen Bryan is no stranger to the rap world. Not only did she work at Def Jam and...
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Controversy Creates CashThe exciting no-holds-barred autobiography of former WCW president and current WWE Raw General Manager, Eric Bishoff--the only person who was able to beat Vince McMahon and the WWE at their own game. Eric Bischoff has been called pro wrestling's most hated man. Booed, reviled,...
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Journey to Freedom and BeyondReal life experiences of an American bomber pilot during and after World War II.Author: Robert M. SlanePublisher: Trafford PublishingPublished: 04/05/2004Pages: 300Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.34lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81dISBN: 9781412200011This title is not returnable
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Justice for Selena: The State Vs Yolanda SaldivarSelena Quintanilla Perez was considered by many as the first female superstar in the Tejano music industry. Yolanda Saldivar was the president of Selena's fan club and a dedicated employee. On March 31, 1995 Saldivar shot Selena at a Corpus Christi motel causing her...
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J.S. Bach - Volume 1A fantastic little book about Bach and the musical climate before and during his life, with a look at his continuing influence in music. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly...
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The Autobiography of Jack the RipperIt's either a genuine confession by Jack the Ripper, or it's an extraordinary novel...Only you can decide.--Paul Begg, author of Jack the Ripper: The Definitive HistoryIn the Whitechapel neighborhood of London in 1888, five women were horribly mutilated and murdered by the infamous killer,...
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That Book about Harvard: Surviving the World's Most Famous University, One Embarrassment at a TimeEric Kester has written the kind of book I wish I had the courage and insight to write. His illuminations on everything from Larry Summers to the Harvard football team to cheating, tourists, and competitiveness are dead-on. His writing has also provided me with...
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