Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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I Am Gandhi: A Graphic Biography of a HeroTwenty-five exceptional comic book creators join forces to share the heroic story of Gandhi in this inspiring graphic novel biography. As a young man in India, Gandhi saw firsthand how people were treated unfairly. Refusing to accept injustice, he came up with a brilliant...
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Tacitus: AgricolaThe first work of any great historian has always commanded attention, and Tacitus was ancient Rome's very greatest historian. His biography of his father-in-law, governor of Britain in the years AD 77-84, is a literary masterpiece: it combines penetrating political history with gripping military...
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Kanye West Owes Me $300: And Other True Stories from a White Rapper Who Almost Made It BigIn this "triumphantly funny" (AV Club) memoir, comedian Jensen Karp tells the story of how, as a Jewish kid from the L.A. suburbs, he became a rap battle legend--and then almost became a star. "The funniest person I follow on Twitter finally got smart...
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Kaboom: Embracing the Suck in a Savage Little WarBased on Captain Matt Gallagher's controversial and popular blog, which the U.S. Army shut down in June 2008, "Kaboom" is a sardonic, unnerving, one-of-a-kind Iraq war memoir. "At turns hilarious, maddening and terrifying," providing "raw and insightful snapshots of conflict" ("Washington Post"), "Kaboom" resonates...
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Nicholas Miraculous: The Amazing Career of the Redoubtable Dr. Nicholas Murray ButlerTo those who loved him, like Teddy Roosevelt, he was "Nicholas Miraculous," the fabled educator who had a hand in everything; to those who did not, like Upton Sinclair, he was "the intellectual leader of the American plutocracy," a champion of "false and cruel...
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The Complete Journals of L.M. Montgomery: The Pei Years, 1889-1900The first edition of The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery was published in the 1980s, with fifty percent of the material removed to save space, as well as to reflect a quaint, marketable vision of small-town Canada. The editors were instructed to excise anything...
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Cicely Saunders: A Life and LegacyBorn at the end of World War One into a prosperous London family, Cicely Saunders struggled at school before gaining entry to Oxford University to read Politics, Philosophy and Economics. As World War Two gained momentum, she quit academic study to train as a...
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Political Power: Jimmy CarterJames Earl Carter, Jr.'s the hardest working former President of the United States. After serving as Georgia's 76th governor, Carter won the presidency during a tumultuous election cycle, serving one term from 1977-1981. Since leaving office, Carter has made a name for himself as...
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Political Power: Madam Vice President Kamala HarrisA new special edition with bonus pages and zero ads. Kamala Devi Harris is the first woman to become hold Vice President of the United States. A lawyer, prosecutor, and former attorney general, Harris has devoted herself to bettering her constituents' lives while focusing...
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10 Women Who Overcame Their PastThis book contains the stories of ten women whose circumstances and choices led them to a place that seemed far removed from the fruitful, joy-filled life we are called to live in Christ. But each of their stories is a testament to the work...
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Food For ThoughtShort stories and reminiscences from 11 of the 32 countries in which the author worked in public health in a career which lasted more than 50 years. Besides work and personalities, challenges, solutions, food and fishing experiences are described. Lessons can be surmised. Countries...
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Stands Before His People: Enmegahbowh and the OjibweDiscover the life and legacy of Enmegahbowh, the first Ojibwe Episcopalian priest in the United States who, during the turbulent frontier days of the 1800s, worked for peace, opportunity, and cooperation among peoples.Enmegahbowh was an extraordinary American. He spoke both Ojibwe and English, lived...
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Balance: A Story of Faith, Family, and Life on the LineNik Wallenda, King of the High Wire, doesn't know fear. As a seventh generation of the legendary Wallenda family, he grew up performing, entertaining, and pushing the boundaries of gravity and balance. When Nik was four years old, he watched a video from 1978...
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Death by Atrocious AnimalsWelcome to the disaster zone where we can learn all about atrocious animal deaths. We'll see how the father of tragedy was killed by a tragic turtle, a gutsy soldier experienced death by elephant, and a king died from a monkey bite. There's no...
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Death by Awful AccidentsWelcome to the disaster zone where awful accidents kill people around the world. Follow along to see how a famous stuntman met his end at the hands (peel) of an orange, a harsh Greek lawmaker was killed by cloaks, and a groundbreaking balloonist died...
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Black History Leaders: Athletes: LeBron James, Jackie Robinson, Russell Wilson and Tiger WoodsJackie Robinson, Lebron James, Tiger Woods, Russell Wilson have all held the title of "greatest player of all-time" in their respective sports. How did they get there? And what influence have they had on our culture?The first African-American to play major league baseball, Jackie...
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Ike's Mystery Man: The Secret Lives of Robert CutlerThe Cold War, The Lavender Scare, and the Untold Story of Eisenhower's First National Security Advisor. President Eisenhower's National Security Advisor Robert Bobby Cutler -- working alongside Ike and also the Dulles brothers at the CIA and State Department -- shaped US Cold War...
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Ignaz Semmelweis and the Vienna School of MedicineBased on newly available documents and others translated for the first time, physician Nicholas Kadar sheds important new light on the thinking of the celebrated Hungarian doctor Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865) at the Vienna School of Medicine, where he discovered the cause and prophylaxis of...
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The Ghost Marriage: A MemoirAt thirty-one, Kirsten has just returned to San Francisco from a bohemian year in Rome, ready to pursue a serious career as a writer and eventually, she hopes, marriage and family. When she meets Steve Beckwith, a handsome and successful attorney, she begins to...
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Shooting Out the Lights: A MemoirKim Fairley was twenty-four when she fell in love with and married a man who was fifty-seven. Something about Vern--his quirkiness, his humor, his devilish smile--made her feel an immediate connection with him. She quickly became pregnant, but instead of the idyllic interlude she'd...
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