Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Season in ParadiseBreytenbach's first visit to South Africa, after thirteen years in exile, is more than just a dazzling travelogue. He is searching for a "paradise" that coincides with the geography, mysticism, and mythologies of Africa, but in reality his homeland is an often hellish region...
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Say Everything: A MemoirUnfiltered and uncensored, actress Ione Skye's memoir is a wild ride of Hollywood thrills, confessions, and desire, as well as a deeply meditative and lyrical reflection on a messy, sexy, unapologetically unconventional life.In 1987, sixteen-year-old Ione Skye landed the breakout role of Diane Court,...
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Satellite: Essays on Fatherhood and Home, Near and FarEssays on raising a family and creating sustainable communities in diverse cultural and ecological landscapesAuthor: Simmons BuntinPublisher: Terra FirmaPublished: 03/04/2025Pages: 278Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.70h x 5.80w x 1.30dISBN: 9781595343116About the AuthorSimmons Buntin is the author of the poetry collections Riverfall and Bloom; the...
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Saga of an Aviation SurvivorWorld War II pilot who became an Alaska aviation pioneer.Hunt was a dynamic "can do" man with determination, intention, and perseverance. From the cornfields of Iowa to the wilds of Alaska, he lived his life to the fullest.Military Career Hunt became an Army Air...
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Safe: A Memoir of Fatherhood, Foster Care, and the Risks We Take for Family"If you want a lifechanging book, this is the one to read." --The View "A truly revealing" (Hillary Clinton) memoir of an unlikely journey to parenthood through America's broken foster care system. What does it take to keep a child safe? As a long-time...
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Russia's Man of War: The Extraordinary Viktor BoutViktor Bout was a warlord's warlord, according to MI6, the US National Security Council and the CIA--a terrorist facilitator, and the world's most prolific arms dealer. They tracked him everywhere, smuggling weapons from North Korea and the former Soviet Union into the world's bloodiest...
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Run. Risk. Reward.: My Epic Trail-Running AdventuresAn adrenaline-fueled journey through Ryan Sandes' extreme ultra-running adventures, pushing human endurance to its limits.As a follow-up to his hugely popular 2016 autobiography Trailblazer, Ryan Sandes' new book explores the gripping and often life-threatening adventures this extraordinary ultra-trail runner has experienced around the globe...
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Running on LithiumRunning on Lithium describes a young man's battle with mental health as he navigates though the prison system after being convicted of a crime. He has friends and family that help him through his struggles while on the inside. His family is held dear...
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Roone: A MemoirRoone Arledge's extraordinary career of more than a half century mirrors the history of the television industry he helped create. Roone is the vivid, intimate account of his own rise to fame and power as the head of both ABC Sports and ABC News...
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Returning to the Highest Chief: Life after Residential SchoolLife after leaving Kamloops Indian Residential School resulted in a period of deep depression until Mary Jane visited her grandmother Ya-yeh at her cabin in the hills at the Meadows. Mary Jane survived the school's strict regime by acting as a robot, becoming numb...
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Rebel with a Cause: The Daring Adventure of Dicey Langston, Girl Spy of the American RevolutionBloody Bill is coming The American Revolution is raging, and 14-year-old Dicey Langston overhears that a fierce Loyalist leader is heading for the Patriot camp where her brothers are secretly based. This gripping narrative tells the surprising true story of a brave young girl...
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Ready for My Closeup: The Making of Sunset Boulevard and the Dark Side of the Hollywood DreamToday, more than 70 years after it premiered, Sunset Boulevard remains the finest ever movie made about the pathology of fame: those who lose it, those who abuse it, and those who never attain it at all. Great films are born of great collaborations,...
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Raising Henry: A Memoir of Motherhood, Disability, and DiscoveryA mother's deeply moving account of raising a son with Down syndrome in a world crowded with contradictory attitudes toward disabilities Rachel Adams's life had always gone according to plan. She had an adoring husband, a beautiful two-year-old son, a sunny Manhattan apartment, and...
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Queen Victoria: The biography of a women that ruled the British Empire, her Throne and LegacyStep into the captivating world of Queen Victoria, a monarch whose reign defined an entire era-the Victorian era. From her ascension to the throne on June 20, 1837, until her passing on January 22, 1901, Victoria's 63-year and 216-day rule surpassed that of any...
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Queens of Islam: The Muslim World's Historic Women RulersAuthor: Tom VerdePublisher: Olive Branch PressPublished: 04/22/2025Pages: 248Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9781623717940About the AuthorTom Verde is a writer and journalist. He holds a Master's Degree in Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations from Hartford Seminary. He has lived and traveled in the Middle East, North Africa,...
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Queens of Bohemia: And Other Miss-FitsOur story begins in 1920s London, at a time when women's rights were surging after the long battle for suffrage and nightclubs emerged as spaces where single women could socialise unchaperoned. This was the age of the dance craze and the gender-bending 'Flapper', who...
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Pushkin's Letters: Annotated Authoritative EditionOnly edition in print of the complete letters by Alexander Pushkin, brilliantly translated by Professor J. Thomas Shaw. This edition is fully annotated and completes Alma Pushkin Collection. It is universally acknowledged among Russians that Pushkin is as much their finest letter writer as...
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Product of My EnvironmentWARNING BE PREPARED TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE. This story is about a life that took place in New York City during the 70's and 80's when it was considered the most violent city in the country. This is before street gangs expanded from state...
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Polly Jessup: Grande Dame of Palm Beach Decorators"Her extravagant insistence on quality and quality only has not been equaled."--Billy Baldwin, An AutobiographyThe "Grande Dame of Palm Beach Decorators" comes to life in this new book about renowned interior designer Polly Jessup (1899 - 1988).Pauline Daniel "Polly" Jessup is known for her...
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Peter Gregory: Publisher and Patron of Modern British ArtistsPeter Gregory (1887-1959), Director and then Chairman of Lund Humphries, was at the heart of the avant-garde British art world for nearly thirty years of major change in society, politics, and culture. A pioneering art publisher who produced scholarly and richly illustrated monographs on...
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