Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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St. Albert the Great: Champion of Faith and ReasonEven while he was still alive, Dominican friar Albert of Cologne was widely called Magnus the Great. His contemporaries said St. Albert simply knew all there was to know; he was a scientist, theologian, and philosopher; a teacher, preacher, and negotiator; a shrewd shepherd...
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Sermons of St. Francis for Advent and Christmas: For Advent and ChristmasThis volume consists of nine sermons preached by St. Francis de Sales--saintly Bishop, Founder and Doctor of the Church--during Advent and Christmas of various years from 1613 to 1622. Steeped as he was in Sacred Scripture, St. Francis de Sales draws forth a wonderful...
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Modern Saints Book 2: Their Lives and Faces45 saints, beati, and other holy people of the past 200 years, and their pictures; most are actual photographs. Includes the Cure of Ars, St. Catherine Laboure, St. Therese the Little Flower, St. Pius X, Vens. Jacinta and Francisco Marto, Dom Columba Marmion, St....
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Biography and SermonsAuthor: Marshall Keeble, B C GoodpasturePublisher: Gospel Advocate CompanyPublished: 12/01/1999Pages: 112Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.41lbsSize: 9.22h x 6.06w x 0.32dISBN: 9780892255023This title is not returnable
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Sixty Days in Combat: An Infantryman's Memoir of World War II in Europe"The infantryman's war is . . . without the slightest doubt the dirtiest, roughest job of them all." He went in as a military history buff, a virgin, and a teetotaler. He came out with a war bride, a taste for German beer, and...
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This Is My Own: Letters to Wes and Other Writings on Japanese Canadians, 1941-1948This Is My Own: Letters to Wes and Other Writings on Japanese Canadians, 1941-1948 is a collection of letters written by Muriel Kitagawa during this period, as well as statements, essays and manuscripts which arose from Kitagawa's commitment to write about the injustices of...
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Four Pictures by Emily CarrEmily Carr was one of the few famous women painters of her generation, and today her work is being exhibited with and compared to that of Georgia O'Keeffe and Frida Kahlo. In this original picture book, Nicolas Debon traces Carr's life through four of...
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Cavalier in the Wilderness"Phares' book is readable and interesting. It's well-researched but is not the totally academic sort of material". Nacogdoches (TX) Daily SentinelThis is the biography of Louis Juchereau de St. Denis (1676-1744), who founded Natchitoches.Author: Ross PharesPublisher: Pelican Publishing CompanyPublished: 12/19/1976Pages: 292Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.85lbsSize:...
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Last Letters from Attu: The True Story of Etta Jones, Alaska Pioneer and Japanese POWEtta Jones was not a World War II soldier or a war time spy. She was a school teacher whose life changed forever on that Sunday morning in June 1942 when the Japanese military invaded Attu Island and Etta became a prisoner of war....
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Winging It!: Jack Jefford, Pioneer Alaskan AviatorJack Jefford saw his first plane in 1916 at the age of six and he was hooked. By 1937 he was flying planes in Nome, Alaska and in three short years he became the Chief Pilot of the FAA. He daily faced the dangers...
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The Yardbirds: The Band That Launched Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy PageAlthough together for only five years, The Yardbirds exerted tremendous influence on the music and style of the '60s and for decades beyond. Their impact has been felt throughout the rock genre, from psychedelia to blues-rock, heavy metal, and the music of today's jam...
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Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody KnewThe luminous star of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Shane, and other classic films was, as the subtitle aptly puts it, "the actress nobody knew." Jean Arthur (1900-91) kept her personal life private, disdained the Hollywood publicity machine, and was called "difficult" because of...
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4 Lives in the Bebop BusinessThe lives of Herbie Nichols, Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, and Jackie McLean are dicussed through biographical sketches and quotations. Photographs are included.Author: A. B. SpellmanPublisher: LimelightPublished: 08/01/2004Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 8.24h x 5.55w x 0.77dISBN: 9780879100421
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Spiritual Exercises: Volume 49The most scholarly of the remarkable nuns of Helfta composed these meditations, rituals, prayers, instructions on how to pray, chants, hymns, and litanies in the late thirteenth century. Her mastery of poetic prose attests to the level of women's education in the highly cultured...
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The Ralph D. Winter Story: How One Man Dared to Shake Up World MissionsLegendary missionary strategist Ralph D. Winter always provoked strong reactions, one way or another. This long overdue book captures both the genius and the controversy of a self-described "social engineer," named by Time magazine as one of the 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America.Author:...
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Sixteen Seasons: Stories From a Missionary Family in TajikistanHow would a young American missionary family react when immersed in the heart of remote Tajikistan? Follow the James family's adventures in an ancient Persian city an hour north of Afghanistan. Through the humor and pain of these vignettes you will discover not only...
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Ojise: Messenger of the Yoruba TraditionOjise: Messenger of the Yoruba Tradition is a journal of the daytoday activities and rituals that Karade encountered in his quest for priesthood in the Yoruba religion. Embedded in this journal are the very emotions, ideas and changes in his psycheand the healing of...
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Germ Hunter: A Story about Louis PasteurGrowing up in the 1830s, Louis Pasteur saw the horrifying effects of diseases like rabies and tuberculosis. Filled with curiosity and imagination, Pasteur began a lifelong search for answers to his many questions about diseases. Although many scientists disagreed with his unusual ideas, his...
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Nathan Hale: Patriot SpyAs the Revolutionary War began, Nathan Hale immediately joined up on the side of the Patriots. When General Washington needed a spy, Hale was the only man to volunteer for the job. In the end, Hale lost his life for his beliefs and became...
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Autobiography of a Yogi (Hebrew)Selected as "One of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the 20th Century," Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi has been translated into over 33 languages, and is regarded worldwide as a spiritual classic. It reads like an adventure story while answering questions about religion,...
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