Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Praying Hyde, Apostle of Prayer: The Life Story of John HydeJohn Hyde, Apostle of PrayerJohn Hyde's prayer life ranks in a league with the prayer lives of Andrew Murray, George Mueller, Charles Finney, Frank Bartleman, Rees Howells, Evan Roberts and other prayer warriors of church history. If you wish to learn to pray effectively,...
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Life ItselfTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "The best thing Mr. Ebert has ever written." - Janet Maslin, New York Times"To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems,...
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Delta Lady: A MemoirThe two-time Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter bares her heart and soul in this intimate memoir, a story of music, stardom, love, family, heritage, and resilience.She inspired songs--Leon Russell wrote "A Song for You" and "Delta Lady" for her, Stephen Stills wrote "Cherokee." She...
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Chasing the Bear: How Bear Bryant and Nick Saban Made Alabama the Greatest College Football Program of All TimeA dual biography of two coaching legends -- Bear Bryant and Nick Saban -- who built the Alabama Crimson Tide into a true football dynasty.Both Bear Bryant and Nick Saban are undeniable kings of college football, two coaches at Alabama who have each won...
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Claudette Colvin Refuses to Move: Courageous Kid of the Civil Rights MovementIt's March 2, 1955, and an ordinary 15-year-old girl from Montgomery, Alabama is about to do something extraordinary. When a white bus driver orders Claudette Colvin to give up her seat for a white passenger, she refuses to move. After Claudette is arrested, her...
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Shame Pudding: A Graphic MemoirA celebration of the wacky and wonderful Jewish grandmothers who nurtured the author as she grew from a kid struggling with anxiety and insecurity to a teen finding her own voice. Danny Noble grew up in an eccentric family with two weird and wonderful...
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Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary ForgerNow a major motion picture starring Melissa McCarthy--Lee Israel's hilarious and shocking memoir of the astonishing caper she carried on for almost two years when she forged and sold more than three hundred letters by such literary notables as Dorothy Parker, Edna Ferber, Noel...
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Inside the Studio of R. H. Ives Gammell: An Artist's Daily Notes, Recorded During the Summer of 1976A Momentous Event When I entered the studio for study with Mr. Gammell in July of 1976, I knew it was a momentous event. I therefore took seriously the time and effort he would invest in my training over the next few months. I...
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Little House in the Hollywood Hills: A Bad Girl's Guide to Becoming Miss Beadle, Mary X, and MeCharlotte Stewart is known by millions of fans worldwide for her role as the beloved schoolteacher, Miss Beadle, on the iconic TV show, Little House on the Prairie, currently broadcast in syndication in more than 100 countries around the world. Here for the first...
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Tessa and Scott: Our Journey from Childhood Dream to GoldTessa and Scott share their incredible and inspiring story -- now updated and expanded with a new introduction, over 100 dazzling new photographs, and three all-new chapters covering the pair's stunning performances at the Sochi and PyeongChang Olympic Games and beyond.Tessa Virtue and Scott...
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Political Power: Presidents of the United States Volume 2This second volume graphic novel features more of life stories of the Presidents of the United States. This edition features comic book biographies Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush and Joe Biden. Each of these men has been president during some of the...
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Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone MagazineA New York Times Top 10 Book of the Year (Dwight Garner)A New York Times Top 10 Book of the Year (Janet Maslin)A New York Magazine Top 10 Book of the Year A USA Today Top 10 Book We Loved Reading in 2017An Amazon...
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What Ever Happened to Mommie Dearest?With the 50th anniversary of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? comes a new look behind the legendary film and Joan Crawford's foray into the horror genre that would make up the bulk of her later work. After the death of her husband Joan...
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The New Chic: French Style from Today's Leading Interior DesignersThe next generation of Parisian interior designers curated by the editors of French Architectural Digest. From Vincent Darr and Joseph Dirand to India Mahdavi, a new wave of design talent has emerged in Paris. Combining nonchalant elegance with the French capital's perennial chic flair,...
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Nathan Hale: Revolutionary SpyA biography telling the life story of Revolutionary War hero and spy Nathan Hale. Written in graphic-novel format.Author: Nathan OlsonPublisher: Capstone PressPublished: 01/01/2006Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.21lbsSize: 7.56h x 6.86w x 0.10dISBN: 9780736861991Audience: Young AdultAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 3.8Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name:...
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An Academic Life: A MemoirA compelling memoir by the first woman president of a major American university Hanna Holborn Gray has lived her entire life in the world of higher education. The daughter of academics, she fled Hitler's Germany with her parents in the 1930s, emigrating to New...
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Katie Luther, First Lady of the Reformation: The Unconventional Life of Katharina Von BoraKatharina von Bora. Defiant and determined, refusing to be intimidated. . . In many ways, it was this astonishing woman (not even her husband, Martin Luther, could stop her) who set the tone of the Reformation movement.In this compelling historical account of a woman...
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Cleopatra: A BiographyFew personalities from classical antiquity are more famous--yet more poorly understood--than Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt. In this major biography, Duane Roller reveals that Cleopatra was in fact a learned and visionary leader whose overarching goal was always the preservation of her dynasty and...
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Madam Bessie Jones: Her Life and TimesIn Madam Bessie Jones, Her Life and Times, Jones emerges from the shadows of Carlisle (PA) history, first turning tricks in her mother Cora Andrews' "bawdy house" and then running her brothel from the Roaring Twenties to through chaotic sixties until her murder on...
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Adam Thielen: From Small Town to Football StarThe Inspiring Biography of a Minnesota Football Star Adam Thielen grew up in rural Minnesota, cheering on the state's beloved purple-and-gold football team. He dreamed of one day playing in the pros, but no one could imagine the path that awaited him. Adam experienced...
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