Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Edward A. Tenenbaum and the DeutschmarkEdward A. Tenenbaum was an exceptionally talented American in troubled times. This biography is written for readers interested in Secret Service and World War II as well as post-war Marshall-Plan and development-aid history. With his currency reform in West Germany 1948, Tenenbaum laid the...
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Echoes in FerrylandEchoes in Ferryland offers the rich perspective of a woman looking back at her life and describing history as she saw it unfold before her very eyes. Author Nancy Clark fondly reminisces about her childhood and memorable life spent in Virginia's Northern Neck, a...
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Drop Me Around the CornerImagine life is like a sitcom starring your eccentric, single father who can never get enough attention. His physical appearance turns people's heads. He wears an obvious toupee and walks around the house naked. He has a handlebar mustache and sideburns dyed jet black,...
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Dreaming of Home: A Young Latina's Journey to Pride, Power, and BelongingA MacArthur "Genius" shares her inspiring story, from undocumented newcomer to leader in a powerful immigrant youth movement.Dreaming of Home is a coming-of-age story both for a young woman finding her true self and for a social movement of immigrant youth trailblazers who inspired...
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Don't Look Back, You'll Trip Over: My Guide to LifeThe winner of two Academy Awards, starring in over 160 films over eight decades, Michael Caine has found his place as not just one of the best screen actors of our times, but also one of our most loved and admired. In conversation with...
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Documentary Theatre and PerformanceWhat distinguishes documentary theatre from other forms of drama? How has it integrated different media across the years, and to what effect? What is its relationship to truth and reality, and defining moments of civic unrest and political change? In this short, authoritative book,...
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer--The Last Eight Days: The Untold Story of the Journey to Flossenb?rgIn the summer of 1945, Eberhard Bethge began the search for traces of his colleague and friend Dietrich Bonhoeffer. From as early as September 1945, Hermann P?nder provided Bethge a first-hand account of Bonhoeffer's final days. Five years on, another resource arrived in the...
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Dictates of Conscience: From Mormon High Priest to My New Life as a WomanLaurie Lee Hall's growing-up years were defined by the conflict between her physical condition as a boy and her inherent identity as a girl. Unable to explain or resolve her gender dysphoria, she committed to living her adult life as a male. She joined...
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Diamonds Through Waterloo: A Baseball Story: T-ReportsBorn in obscurity, William Jennings finds refuge within the walls of an orphanage in the outskirts of Baltimore. Under the tutelage of Xaverian Brothers, he thrives, escaping into his studies of history and baseball. As he witnesses the first three World Series Championships, his...
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Death & Diamonds. The Story of Samuel Soldinger. A Legacy of Oskar Schindler. A Holocaust Survivor's Inspiring Journey of Survival Faith, Hope, Luck a"Death & Diamonds" is the inspiring true story of Samuel Soldinger, who survived seven Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust, worked for Oskar Schindler, and was finally liberated from Mauthausen Death Camp in World War II. Samuel eventually made his way to America and...
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Daniel Shays's Honorable Rebellion: An American StoryOn January 25, 1787, in Springfield, Massachusetts, militia Major General William Shepard ordered his cannon to fire grapeshot at a peaceful demonstration of 1,200 farmers approaching the federal arsenal. The shots killed four and wounded twenty, marking the climax of five months of civil...
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Cunningham & Co.: Stories of San Joaquin County, California, Sheriff Thomas Cunningham & His DeputiesThomas Cunningham served as San Joaquin County, California's sheriff for over a quarter of a century at a time when lawmen were in the saddle, tracking down murderers, highwaymen and horse thieves. Cunningham not only chased down outlaws in his own county, but he...
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Cranking Up Rush: Their Musical Legacy in 11 SongsThe volume on a standard amp goes to 10. But, sometimes, that's just not high enough. Sometimes, you need to rock even harder than that--all the way to 11. Goes to 11 books are short, opinionated introductions to the catalogs of major musical acts...
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Company C: An American's Life as a Citizen-Soldier in the Israeli ArmyWhen American-born Haim Watzman immigrated to Israel, he was drafted into the army and, after eighteen months of compulsory service, was assigned to Company C, the reserve infantry unit that would define the next twenty years of his life. From 1984 until 2002, for...
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Church Camp: Bad Skits, Cry Night, and How White Evangelicalism Betrayed a GenerationExcavating a sometimes wacky, and equally harmful, part of white Evangelical culture Roasted marshmallows, campfire stories, shaving cream battles--for some of us, Christian summer camp is where we felt most at home, where we could be the most authentic versions of ourselves. But for...
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Chesty: The Story of Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMCFeatured on the Commandant of the Marine Corps' Reading List and the Chief of Naval Operation's "Naval Power" Reading List The Marine Corps is known for its heroes, and Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller has long been considered the greatest of them all. His...
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Cherished Belonging: The Healing Power of Love in Divided TimesAt a time when society is more fractured than ever before, beloved Jesuit priest Gregory Boyle invites us to see the world through a new lens of connection and build the loving community that we long to live in--a perfect message for readers of...
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Chasing Cynthiana: My Search for America's Native WinesWhy do Americans go to the grocery store to buy wine from California, Italy, or New Zealand, when many of us can find an independent winery thirty minutes down the road? Why are locally grown and produced wines so often disdained when locally grown...
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Catholics for the Common Good: An Eternal OfferingThirty-six portraits of contemporary Catholics show how they have lived the eucharistic prayer, "Lord, make of us an eternal offering to you" in their commitment to the common good and to human flourishing.Endorsements"Daryl Grigsby has written an inspiring book about inspiring people. As you...
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Can't Deny ItIn this compelling memoir, Douglas Terreson, one of Wall Street's most influential energy analysts, takes readers on a journey through the high-stakes world of global oil markets and financial powerhouses. From his humble beginnings on offshore oil rigs to making billion-dollar calls that reshaped...
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