Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Border and the Buffalo: the Recollections of a Buffalo Hunter & Indian Fighter on the American West FrontierHunting the buffalo and fighting Indians on the western frontier For millennia the great herds of North American bison (or buffalo as they were popularly known) had roamed the continental heartland followed by the indigenous Indian tribes whose own existence in every sense depended...
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The Border and the Buffalo: the Recollections of a Buffalo Hunter & Indian Fighter on the American West FrontierHunting the buffalo and fighting Indians on the western frontier For millennia the great herds of North American bison (or buffalo as they were popularly known) had roamed the continental heartland followed by the indigenous Indian tribes whose own existence in every sense depended...
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The Autobiography of Bud W. Hunton: Part 1: Looking Back At MeLooking back at me is the true story of a young man's experience growing up on a small farm in rural Ohio in the 1940's. His home consisted of a log cabin that had been converted into a single-family home without electricity, water or...
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The Apostle of the ChippewasThis is the biography of Most Reverend Frederic Baraga, a missionary to the Indigenous peoples in the Upper Peninsula from 1830 to his death in 1868. It was written in 1932 by Joseph Gregorich, one of the founders of the Bishop Baraga Association. The...
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The 90-Day Memoir: Tell the Story of Your LifeJoin the 80,000+ writers who have taken the 90-day journey! The 90-Day Memoir is a day-by-day guide through the process of outlining and writing the first draft of your memoir. Bestselling author and founder of L.A. Writers' Lab, Alan Watt, teaches the process of...
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Tell the Story: A Hollywood OdysseyAs a highly paid screenwriter, Terrell Tannen lived the classic Hollywood lifestyle: the Porsche, oversized house, dinners, and parties. By most measures, he could be called wildly successful. Yet . . . script after script, written for the bona fide elites of the movie...
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Tell the Story: A Hollywood OdysseyAs a highly paid screenwriter, Terrell Tannen lived the classic Hollywood lifestyle: the Porsche, oversized house, dinners, and parties. By most measures, he could be called wildly successful. Yet . . . script after script, written for the bona fide elites of the movie...
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Taken by the NazisThis book, although not academic will certainly give the reader a glimpse of prewar Holland and a much more detailed account of the German Occupation, 1940-1945. The author now resides with his wife in Oregon and is a retired Assistant Professor of the University...
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Surviving with Grief: The Story of How a Marine and His Dog Survived The Everyday Battles of WarBased on the inspirational True Story of a Marine Corps K9 Team that experienced everything together, for the first time. Take the journey on a combat deployment through Afghanistan and see how "Grief" became much more than just a dog name. Bullets & Explosives...
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Surreal: The Extraordinary Life of Gala DaliSurreal, the long-awaited, definitive biography of Gala Dal?, unmasks this famous yet little-known queen of the twentieth-century art world, who graced the canvases, inspired the poetry, and influenced the careers of her illustrious lovers and husbands with tenderness, courage, and agency.Using previously undiscovered material,...
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Sunset and WeemsSunset & Weems is a heartfelt tribute to the life of Jamie, aka Weems, Wild Weems, and Thuglife, a young man whose spirit and character left an indelible mark on everyone he met. Through chapters that chronicle Jamie's journey-from his time in public and...
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Summerall: On and Off the AirFor more than three decades, countless millions of sports fans have welcomed him into their living rooms. Now, broadcasting legend Pat Summerall is granting you more intimate access into his extraordinary life.This is the voice of Pat Summerall as you've never heard it before....
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Stumbling Blocks to Stepping Stones"We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope." - Martin Luther King Jr. The odds were stacked against me from the start. Raised in poverty with a father who rejected his children, my teachers and the police were convinced I...
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Stone Cold TeaIn Stone Cold Tea, a beautifully rendered creative non-fiction memoir, Winn Bray Rathbun takes us from early childhood in small-town Welland, Ontario, where she was the youngest in a working-class family of six, to her growing awareness much later in life that her siblings'...
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Stammering Against TruthThis intimate and unflinching memoir explores Wen's struggle to survive, and confronts the belief that people don't change. Through appalling abuse and neglect, Wen finds a way to a very different kind of life, embodying resilience, healing and transformation.The story is woven through with...
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Soul Journey: A Path of Resilience and Passion (Based on Real Life Experiences)Explore an uplifting tale of resilience and relentless passion in "Soul Journey". Dive into the life of someone who rose from the challenging streets of Romania to embrace new beginnings. Navigating a Turbulent Childhood: Delve into the struggles of growing up amid the chaos...
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Smash, Crash, Topple, Roll!: The Inventive Rube Goldberg--A Life in Comics, Contraptions, and Six Simple MachinesA joyfully illustrated picture book biography of Rube Goldberg for STEM-loving children and the many people who enjoy doing simple tasks the hard way. Award-winning author Catherine Thimmesh's irresistibly engaging text and artist Shanda McCloskey's energetic, cartoon-style artwork introduce readers to the life and...
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Sir LewisA DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF THE GREATEST FORMULA ONE DRIVER OF ALL TIME. At the pinnacle of motorsports, a humble young man from Stevenage, England, has risen to become the greatest Formula One driver of all time. Lewis Hamilton's journey from remote-controlled car hobbyist to...
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Simplified Choices: A Family Memoir of Latvia, World War II and Identity"Spigulis-DeSnyder is a meticulous and scrupulous writer who looks carefully at each turn in the lives of her native Latvian family members and how they impact her own life" Baron Wormser, author of Some Months in 1968: A NovelSimplified Choices: A Family Memoir of...
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Shy of the Squirrel's Foot: A Peripheral History of the Jargon Society as Told through Its Missing BooksThe Jargon Society, a boundary-pushing publisher of poetry and experimental writing, was founded by Jonathan Williams (1929-2008) in 1951. Jargon quickly gained a reputation as the home of the poetic and literary avant-garde, including noted midcentury poets like Charles Olson and Lorine Niedecker. Williams...
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