Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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SISU, One American Boy's Life in the 1940'sThe 1940s was one of the most incredible decades in American history. A hobbled nation had overcome the Great Depression and emerged from a world war transformed into a leading global power. But as grand as this decade looks in the history books, there...
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Show, Don't Tell: A Writer, Her Teacher, and the Power of Sharing Our StoriesFrom the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Love an American Man, the author honors an unforgettable mentor and reflects on the ways we inspire each other when we share our stories. When Kristine Gasbarre met Mrs. Korthaus, her junior-high teacher...
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Ship HappensAuthor: Troan Lisa Troan, Lisa TroanPublisher: XlibrisPublished: 08/10/2010Pages: 184Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.61lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42dISBN: 9781453550861This title is not returnable
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Shaking Off the Shackles: Live out your divine birthright and thrive like never before!Sometimes we go through things that leave us barely surviving. Life is full of tough times that can devastate us. However, the Lord wants to rebuild, restore, and renew us so we will be Thrivers, not just survivors! It requires unrelenting faith and deep...
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Shadow And SunshineThe narrative's final section, "Scenes from Slavery," consists of a series of anecdotes about the cruelty and hardships of slavery. Included are descriptions of the indignities endured by slaves on the auction block and the pain of forced separation from family that often accompanied...
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Seven Unmarked Graves: The Search for My Italian FamilyAfter discovering seven unmarked family graves, Diane Claypool embarks on a journey to find their identities, their stories. With flashbacks from her early childhood, she is compelled to search back through time to another country, another culture, another language, where nothing is possible and...
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Serving the Leftovers: Balancing Service and Sanity in an Uncommon Life of Dog RescueLeasha's mundane career seemed like a leash tethering her to mediocre expectations. Searching for a greater purpose, her dream of a dog rescue and sanctuary in a society that turns a blind eye toward animal welfare seemed impossible. Her vision becomes an inspiring reality,...
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Serving the InsaneFrom 1969 to 1974, Bruce Donald Gilham experienced a mental institution from inside its locked doors... as a psychiatric nurse. Written from the perspective of forty years later, this collection of stories lays bare the dramatic characters, colorful events and shattering reality of the...
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Santiago Saw Things Differently: Santiago Ram?n Y Cajal, Artist, Doctor, Father of Neuroscience"An introduction to Santiago Ramón y Cajal, an artist and medical researcher who made a crucial discovery. . . . Brightly illuminates a brilliant and multitalented yet unjustly obscure scientist." --Kirkus Reviews Santiago Ramón y Cajal's father, the village doctor, wants Santiago to be...
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Run Like a Girl: 50 Extraordinary and Inspiring SportswomenSports Book of the Year 2022 Winner This revised and updated version of Run Like a Girl presents 50 inspirational biographies of the world's top female athletes. All over the world, there are female athletes breaking barriers, pushing limits and achieving amazing things, but...
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Resolute: John Franklin's Lost Expedition and the Discovery of the Queen's Ghost ShipFew know that the president's desk in the Oval Office plays a part in one of the world's most extraordinary sagas; in Resolute, noted historian Martin Sandler brings the story to light. After Sir John Franklin and his ships disappeared in the Arctic while...
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Reclaim Your Worth: A Story of Abuse, Empowerment, and Building a Life on My Terms"Reclaim Your Worth: A Story of Abuse, Empowerment, and Building a Life on My Terms" by Jean Ibáñez Payne is a gripping memoir detailing her journey from a young Latina navigating societal expectations to reclaiming her power and identity. Jean vividly recounts experiences in...
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Ready, Set, Go!: From Grind To Glory: The Justin Gatlin StoryJustin Gatlin is a 100m Olympic Gold Medalist, 5x World Champion, former world record holder & one of the Fastest Athletes on the planet. Justin works globally to share his expertise and passion for hard work and dedication, while empowering others to seize the...
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Reading Van Gogh: An Amateur's Search for GodVincent Van Gogh, even with his mental illness, poverty, isolation, and persistent failure, reflected compassion remarkable for his own life of rejection. He loved God. He loved beauty. He acknowledged his own shortcomings and was never as good as he wanted to be. He...
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Rainmaker: Superagent Hughes Norton and the Money-Grab Explosion of Golf from Tiger to LIV and BeyondNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom his work with Tiger Woods and Greg Norman to his thoughts on golf's current money-grab era, golf superagent Hughes Norton presents a rollicking tell-all that "takes you inside the room with some of golf's biggest personalities for some never-before-heard stories" (Chris Solomon,...
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Queen & a Night at the Opera: 50 YearsAuthoritatively written and featuring rare photography and memorabilia, this beautiful slipcased hardcover is the only illustrated gift book to examine Queen's most iconic album, A Night at the Opera. In 1975, Queen released what would become their best-selling album, which also happened to introduce...
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Prisoner of the TruckPrisoner of the Truck is a true story about character and the self-discipline of a 12-year old boy who turned his 100-hour a week boyhood truck-prison into a study center. Fred Sarkis bought his mother and eight brothers and sisters a six-bedroom home at...
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Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. ButlerA magnificent cultural biography that charts the life of one of our greatest writers, situating her alongside the key historical and social moments that shaped her work. As the first Black woman to consistently write and publish in the field of science fiction, Octavia...
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Petty vs. Pearson: The Rivalry That Shaped NASCARGet the detailed inside story on the legendary rivalry that helped propel NASCAR from regional curiosity to national phenomenon. The battle for NASCAR dominance was never more pronounced than when Richard Petty and David Pearson met on the track. In 551 head-to-head races between...
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Patsy Mink: Hawaii's Champion for Women's RightsAuthor: David del RoccoPublisher: Beachhouse PublishingPublished: 10/01/2024Pages: 24Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 8.00h x 6.60w x 0.30dISBN: 9781949000351
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