Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Much More to ComeMidlife is a chrysalis, not a crisis. 'A warm, witty and wise guide to embracing midlife - and far beyond' Liz Earle'As a post-menopausal woman, l can absolutely tell you that it's a freedom to be who you were always meant to be, and...
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Moving Mountains: Creating the Nurse Practitioner and Rural EMSAuthor: John MD Osborn, Marie OsbornPublisher: Caxton PressPublished: 01/27/2025Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.95lbsSize: 10.90h x 8.40w x 0.80dISBN: 9780870046568
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Motherhood and Its GhostsContinuing her investigation into the archive, Iman Mersal sifts through representations of one of history's most elusive figures--the hidden mother.No one excluded my mother from our joint portrait. It is before me now and I can see for myself that I was with her,...
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MontaigneA brilliant and impassioned biography of one of the founding fathers of humanism, from one of its greatest defenders in the 20th century Written during the Second World War, Zweig's typically passionate and readable biography of Michel de Montaigne, is also a heartfelt argument...
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Mississippi MilkwaterIn her sharp memoir of growing up in 1950s Mississippi, Sybil Pittman Estess shares the history of her state and the lessons she's learned along the way, in pristine, beautifully rendered memories full of vivid characters who live and breathe.Author: Sybil Pittman EstessPublisher: Alamo...
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Miss Elsie of ClaymontMiss Elsie of Claymont shines a light on the most generous philanthropist in Charles Town, West Virginia's history. Heiress to a timber fortune, Elsie Bogardus Murphy adopted Charles Town as her home and made it her mission to ensure the town's necessities were well...
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Milan Kundera Known and Unknown: Multidimensional Analysis of Selected WorksThis collection of essays offers crucial and luminous insights into one of the best-known Czech authors, Milan Kundera, including his lesser known works. With essays that focus on Kundera's poetry and plays, his last four novels written in French, and his nonfiction writings on...
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Mi Dulce BipolaridadEn Mi Dulce Bipolaridad, Dulce L?pez comparte su inspiradora historia de superaci?n y transformaci?n despu?s de enfrentar los retos de la bipolaridad. Con honestidad y vulnerabilidad, relata su viaje desde la depresi?n y la oscuridad hacia la luz, permiti?ndose reinventarse en el proceso.Author: Dulce...
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Memoirs of a Chinese Marshal: The Autobiographical Notes of Peng Dehuai (1898-1974)This book gives a unique personal glimpse of modern Chinese history from the beginning of the century to the "Cultural Revolution" through the eyes of one of the builders of the Chinese Red Army. Born into a poor peasant family in Hunan Province, Marshal...
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Meet the Kellys: The True Story of Machine Gun Kelly and His Moll Kathryn ThorneGangsters. Lovers. Legends. Meet the Kellys--the bootlegging, bank-robbing, husband-wife duo known as "Machine Gun" Kelly and Kathyrn Thorne--who masterminded one of the most infamous kidnappings in American crime . . . How did a small-time, hip-pocket bootlegger become one of the most notorious gangsters...
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Means of Escape"A riveting memoir of years of living dangerously."--Kirkus Reviews For the countless readers who have admired Philip Caputo's classic memoir of Vietnam, A Rumor of War, here is his powerful recounting of his life and adventures, updated with a foreword that assesses the state...
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Malcolm X and Kwame Ture: (Stokely Carmichael)A collection of articles by and about Kwame Ture, formerly known as Stokely Carmichael, and about Malcolm X.Author: Sukant Chandon, Bob BrownPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 01/08/2017Pages: 54Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.19lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.11dISBN: 9781542433549About the AuthorKwame, formerly known as Stokely Carmichael,...
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Mae C. JemisonBook Features: - 24 pages, 10 inches x 7 inches - Ages 6-9, Grades 1-3 leveled readers- Simple, easy-to-read pages with illustrations- Features vocabulary and comprehension and extension activities- Includes reading tips, a timeline, and a glossaryThe Magic Of Reading: Explore the magic of...
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Madeleine: Our Daughter's Disappearance and the Continuing Search for HerKate McCann's personal account of the agonizing search for her missing daughter "The decision to publish this book has been very difficult, and taken with heavy hearts. My reason for writing it is simple: to give an account of the truth. Writing this memoir...
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Madame Queen: The Life and Crimes of Harlem's Underground Racketeer, Stephanie St. ClairThe astonishing little-known history of Harlem racketeer Madame Stephanie St. Clair, one of the only female crime bosses and a Black, self-made businesswoman in early twentieth-century New York. In her heyday, Stephanie St. Clair went by many names, but one was best known by...
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Lunkers, Keepers, and Ones That Got Away: Fish Tales from Four Generations of AnglersStories of fishing with family and friends by beloved author Jerry Apps From his first experiences going fishing with his pa as a boy, Jerry Apps was hooked. Eighty-some years later, Apps reflects on a lifetime of fishing and the memories and lessons hauled...
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Lucky Bodies: EssaysA mother is a myth, a figure, a body. Through a series of essays spanning the political to the personal, Lucky Bodies reckons with motherhood. Marianne Jay Erhardt's striking debut takes inventory of what we demand and withhold from mothers, and what counts as...
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Little Myths Medusa: The Making of a MonsterDive into Greek mythology and learn how Medusa became the snake-haired monster she is in this exciting new picture book in the Little Myths series. Most people know Medusa for the halo of snakes that sit on her head and her ability to turn...
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Little Miss HISTORY Travels to TOMBSTONE ARIZONADid you ever wonder what it would be like to live in the Wild West? Today you can, in the town of TOMBSTONE, Arizona. Step back in time to the nineteenth century. Visit the Goodenough Silver Mine. Walk along the streets with actors dressed...
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Light and Material: Weaving and the Work of Nel OudemansNel Oudemans (1918-2002) was a gifted textile artist who was born in the Hague, Netherlands. As a young woman, she first attended the Karen Prestgard School of Weaving in Heidal, Norway and afterwards, sought further training at the Saterglantan School in Sweden. Oudemans' immigrated...
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