Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Die Standing: From Black Panther Revolutionary to Global Diversity ConsultantHis image-holding a rifle on the steps of the Washington state capitol building, flanked by Black men gripping guns as law enforcement officers and others stand by-is one of the most iconic photographs from the Black Power movement during the late 1960s and early...
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Blissful Thinking: A Memoir of Overcoming the Wellness RevolutionNever give up, especially not on yourself.Blissful Thinking is the sweeping story of L.L. Kirchner's search for nirvana that took her from university halls in the Persian Gulf to the streets of Manhattan to a sex cult in India.Between her family's gym and the...
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Seen and Heard: Shake Free of the Unseen Forces Holding You BackMove into Abundance and FreedomYou are not alone if you've struggled with not feeling like you will ever be "enough." This can happen when you realize you aren't living the life you want, something dramatically uproots the plan you had for your life, or...
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Penguin Power: Dodger Blue, Hollywood Lights, and My One-In-A-Million Big League JourneyMention "The Penguin" to any Dodgers fan and you're sure to evoke not just memories of the beloved third baseman Ron Cey, but also of the glory years of modern Dodgers baseball, a rollicking run through the '70s and '80s highlighted by the loquacious...
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Beach Patrol Life Guarding in Ocean City, MD 1966-74Experience the excitement of ocean lifeguarding. Follow the life-changing progression of a young Beach Patrol member in Ocean City, Maryland. Mark Landry spent summers growing up on 66th Street outside the city limits and patrol coverage. In 1965, the city extended its services to...
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The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's FutureFranklin Foer tells the definitive insider story of the first two years of the Biden presidency, with exclusive access to Biden's longtime team of advisers, and presents a gripping portrait of a president during this momentous time in our nation's history. On January 20,...
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The Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many LandsHarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Unless I am allowed to tell the story of my life in my own way, I cannot tell it at allMary Seacole - traveller, nurse, businesswoman and radical for her time -...
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After the Roof Caved in: An Immigrant's Journey from Ireland to AmericaThe moving story of an Irish immigrant's life, from a poverty-stricken childhood in Ireland to becoming a captain of industry, After the Roof Caved In is a powerful, poignant look at how hard work and education enabled one young man to change his life...
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Through the Firewall: The Alchemy of Turning Crisis Into OpportunityBoyd Clewis has defied the odds and gravity. He was born dead, changed schools and homes as a child more times than he can count, became a teenage father and a track star, had more than one close brush with the law, and endured...
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A Journey of IdeasOver a forty-year career, Dr Francis Mading Deng, South Sudan's most eminent statesman, diplomat and academic, became one of Africa's most prolific writers. His catalogue includes books (fiction and non-fiction), journal articles, policy documents, reports, opinion pieces, think tank analysis, and more. This collection...
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Resistance: My Story of ActivismBorn in Brooklyn, New York, to Haitian immigrants, Frantzy Luzincourt has dedicated his life to service and the empowerment of youth voices. When he was fifteen, Frantzy became the founding president of his high school's Black Student Union, where he advocated for more Black...
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Sondheim: His Life, His Shows, His LegacyLively, sophisticated, and filled with first-person tributes and glorious images, Sondheim: His Life, His Shows, His Legacy lifts the curtain on a Broadway legend--a man who stood at the pinnacle of the American musical theatre for more than sixty years. Brimming with insights from...
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Girl Uprooted: A MemoirGrowing up, Lena Lee never knew where she belonged. As the daughter of a diplomat, she moved countries every three years, her world swinging between East and West. While her father tried to instill traditional Confucian values in his children, Lena was quick to...
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Passport Stamps: Searching the World for a War to Call HomeA candid, darkly comic, and emotionally naked tale of a former NPR journalist who-driven by grief, loss, and the desire to find his "tribe"-seeks solace in the world's most dangerous places and his pursuit to join the ranks of combat-tested war correspondents. The learning...
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Surviving Childhood PainSurviving Childhood Pain is the inspiring story of a spunky child of God who navigated a difficult childhood through her abiding faith in the Lord. The young girl saw her single mother struggling to provide for three children and prayed to find a way...
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Budapest Blackout: A Holocaust DiaryMária Mádi (1898-1970) was a Roman Catholic Hungarian physician living in Budapest during World War II. Stuck in the city, she vowed to become a witness to events as they unfolded and began keeping a diary to chronicle her everyday life, as well as...
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Answering Alaska's CallMilo Fritz always dreamed big, ever eager to push the boundaries of what was considered possible. In 1940, the young Columbia- and Duke-educated eye, ear, nose, and throat specialist and his wife Betsy, an RN, leave the familiar comforts of Milo's hometown of Pelham,...
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The Dodge Brothers: The Men, the Motor Cars, and the LegacyAuthor: Charles K. HydePublisher: Wayne State University PressPublished: 07/18/2023Pages: 272Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.04lbsSize: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.57dISBN: 9780814332474About the AuthorCharles K. Hyde is professor emeritus of history at Wayne State University. He has authored numerous books, including Arsenal of Democracy: The American Automobile...
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Blissful Thinking: A Memoir of Overcoming the Wellness RevolutionNever give up, especially not on yourself.Blissful Thinking is the sweeping story of L.L. Kirchner's search for nirvana that took her from university halls in the Persian Gulf to the streets of Manhattan to a sex cult in India.Between her family's gym and the...
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No Crying in the Operating Room: My Life as an International Relief Doctor, from Haiti, to South Sudan, to the Syrian Civil War A MemoirCecily Wang wanted to become a doctor to help people in the most fundamental ways possible, only to become disillusioned with the profession during medical school and residency. It wasn't until she went on an international relief mission to Haiti in 2006 that she...
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