Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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My Queer WarA powerful story of sexual awakening during the Second World War, My Queer War, from the noted memoirist and critic James Lord tells the story of a young man's exposure to the terrors, dislocations, and horrors of armed conflict. In 1942, a timid, inexperienced...
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The Lunar MenIn the 1760s a group of amateur experimenters met and made friends in the English Midlands. Most came from humble families, all lived far from the center of things, but they were young and their optimism was boundless: together they would change the world....
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To Begin Where I Am: Selected EssaysA comprehensive selection of essays--some never before translated into English--by the Nobel Laureate. To Begin Where I Am brings together a rich sampling of poet Czeslaw Milosz's prose writings. Spanning more than a half century, from an impassioned essay on human nature, wartime atrocities,...
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Native Realm: A Search for Self-DefinitionThe autobiography of the Nobel laureate Before he emigrated to the United States, Czeslaw Milosz lived through many of the social upheavals that defined the first half of the twentieth century. Here, in this compelling account of his early life, the author sketches his...
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The Headmaster: Frank L. Boyden of DeerfieldStarting in 1902 at a country school that had an enrollment of fourteen, Frank Boyden built an academy that has long since taken its place on a level with Andover and Exeter. Boyden, who died in 1972, was the school's headmaster for sixty-six years....
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Forbidden Science - Volume FourThis is the fourth volume in the "Forbidden Science" series, consisting of the diaries of a scientist who is passionate about research into frontier topics including UFOs and paranormal experiences.Author: Jacques ValleePublisher: Lulu.comPublished: 08/03/2019Pages: 550Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.11lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.38dISBN: 9780359274963This...
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Purposeful: True-Life Story of a Two-Year-Old GirlLife is a journey of winding turns - full of good times and bad times. Everyone experiences challenges and life's troubles. We often run away from pain and suffering and wish they were never a part of our lives. The author of this book,...
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Growing Up X: A Memoir by the Daughter of Malcolm X"Ilyasah Shabazz has written a compelling and lyrical coming-of-age story as well as a candid and heart-warming tribute to her parents. Growing Up X is destined to become a classic."-SPIKE LEEFebruary 21, 1965: Malcolm X is assassinated in Harlem's Audubon Ballroom. June 23, 1997:...
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EleniIn 1948, as civil war ravaged Greece, children were abducted and sent to communist "camps" inside the Iron Curtain. Eleni Gatzoyiannis, forty-one, defied the traditions of her small village and the terror of the communist insurgents to arrange for the escape of her three...
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How to Be a Family: The Year I Dragged My Kids Around the World to Find a New Way to Be TogetherIn this refreshingly relatable (Outside) memoir, perfect for the self-isolating family, Slate editor Dan Kois sets out with his family on a journey around the world to change their lives together.What happens when one frustrated dad turns his kids' lives upside down in search...
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Judas: How a Sister's Testimony Brought Down a Criminal MasterMindThe incredible true story of a woman who risked everything to put her brother, a murderous psychopath and one of the world's most infamous crime bosses, behind bars. Astrid Holleeder is in hiding because she had the courage to write this book. Her brother...
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Fierce: How Competing for Myself Changed EverythingDiscover Aly Raisman's inspiring story of dedication, perseverance, and learning to think positive even in the toughest times on her path to gold medal success in two Olympic Games--and beyond. Aly Raisman first stepped onto a gymnastics mat as a toddler in a "mommy...
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Juniper: The Girl Who Was Born Too SoonThe inspiring story of Juniper, a baby born too soon, gorgeously told by her parents, both award-winning journalists. Juniper French was born four months early, at 23 weeks' gestation. She weighed 1 pound, 4 ounces, and her twiggy body was the length of a...
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Doing Battle: The Making of a SkepticIn this highly praised autobiographical work, the author of The Great War and Modern Memory recounts his own experience of combat in World War II and how it became a determining force in his life. Doing Battle is at once a summing-up of one...
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An Unlikely Journey: Waking Up from My American DreamJulian Castro, 2020 Presidential candidate, keynote speaker at the 2012 DNC, and former San Antonio mayor and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, tells his remarkable and inspiring life story. In the spirit of a young Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father comes a...
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Jung: A BiographyThis authoritative biography reveals the untold truth about Jung's secret work for the Allies during World War II, his controversial affair with one of his patients, and the contents of his private papers, as well as never before published photos.Author: Deirdre BairPublisher: Back Bay...
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Triggered: A Memoir of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder***AS FEATURED ON NPR'S TALK OF THE NATION*** Imagine the worst thing in the world. Picture it. Construct it, carefully and deliberately in your mind. Be careful not to omit anything. Imagine it happening to you, to the people you love. Imagine the worst...
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The Temptress: The Scandalous Life of Alice de Janze and the Mysterious Death of Lord ErrollThis is the fascinating life of femme fatale Alice de Janz , a book that may well have solved the mystery of Lord Erroll's killing (San Francisco Chronicle)--the story at the center of James Fox's White Mischief. A glamorous American multimillionairess, Alice de Janz...
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Michael Phelps: The Untold Story of a ChampionA revealing biography of the Olympic champion swimmer Michael Phelps that includes exclusive interviews with his family, teammates, and friends and never-before-revealed details about his life.Michael Phelps is an American sports hero, perhaps the greatest Olympic athlete the world has ever known. His unprecedented...
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Julie Andrews: An Intimate BiographyThe extraordinary career of Dame Julie Andrews spans more than forty years. Her first film, Mary Poppins, was Disney's most successful film, and in 1965 The Sound of Music rescued Twentieth Century Fox from bankruptcy. Three years later, Star almost put the studio back...
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