Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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From Basketball to Bow Ties: A Journey in Leadership, Self-Discovery, and Success through ServiceWhat do basketball and bow ties have in common? More than you'd expect. Namely: leadership. Part memoir, part self-help book, From Basketball to Bow Ties follows Harold E. Harris Jr. from his tumultuous youth spent playing and eventually coaching basketball to his adulthood as...
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A Woman Who Did Not Wait: Louise Odencrantz and Her Fight for the Common GoodThis biography chronicles the life of Louise Odencrantz, who promoted social and industrial reform during the early twentieth-century, applied Progressive Era principles to the private sector during the 1920s, and helped return these ideas and practices to the mainstream during the New Deal. The...
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Poems from the AsylumBiography and complete anthology of harrowing and insightful poems written in 1932 by Martha Hedwig Nasch, patient-inmate #20864 at the St. Peter State Hospital for the Insane.After noticing something strange from a secret medical procedure in 1927, St. Paul, Minnesota, Martha Nasch's doctor claimed...
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I Am Pitts: Memoirs of an American PatriotInspired to serve his country after watching the World Trade Center collapse, Dexter is critically wounded by a roadside bomb blast at the hands of insurgents in Abu Ghraib, Iraq. His physical wounds push him to his limits as he recovers, but his mental...
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Growing Up in the ColonialGrowing Up in the ColonialThe Colonial Hotel was a landmark for fifty years in the southeastern Tennessee town, Copperhill. The Colonial, our family's business, housed employees of the Tennessee Copper Company, the major industry in the region. In 1940 I was born in the...
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Tales of a Future Cat LadyMeet Rosalyn Porter, a Southern woman practicing medicine in the Windy City. With a thriving career and a full social calendar, Rosalyn seems to have it all figured out, except when it comes to love. Always a bridesmaid and ambivalent about being the bride,...
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Success Journal For Women: Success Comes From You - Discover The Female Power You Possess WithinThere is this myth that goes around saying that, once you leave your teenage, you can never change your Habits. One can analyze this for themselves. Everyone has a list of new year's resolutions and goals. We hope to get these things done to...
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Babe Ruth: (Children's Biography Book, Kids Books, Age 5 10, Baseball, MLB)Gift your kid the inspirational tale of Babe Ruth! Inspire drive, generosity, and unlimited possibilities. Are you looking for an inspirational book to inspire the inner genius of your kids? Can you imagine your little one having so much fun reading, they prefer reading...
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Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War: The Making of Frank PrewettThis book examines the extraordinary life of Frank "Toronto" Prewett and the history of trauma, literary expression, and the power of self-representation after WWI. Joy Porter sheds new light on how the First World War affected the Canadian poet, and how war-induced trauma or...
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Ice Time20th Anniversary EditionAs kids, we all had passions -- something we loved doing, experienced with our friends, dreamed about every spare moment. For Jay Atkinson, who grew up in a small Massachusetts town, it was hockey. When Bobby Orr scored the winning goal in...
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What Have I Done?In What Have I Done? Carrie Close writes, "all these little birds keep picking at me/hard, determined beaks peck through skin, scrape/against bone-they dance and chirp ominous tones..." The connection Close builds between themes of love, motherhood, and relationships hits you in the face...
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The World Deserves My ChildrenA laugh-out-loud funny collection of insightful and razor-sharp essays on motherhood in our post-apocalyptic world from comedian Natasha Leggero.When Natasha Leggero got pregnant at 42 after embarking on the grueling IVF process, she was over the moon. But once her feelings of bliss dissipated,...
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An Ecology of Gratitude: Writing Your Way to What MattersAn Ecology of Gratitude is an inspirational and practical guide that encourages readers to slow down, pay attention and write their way to what matters. Structured as a 30-day series of anecdotes, field notes and writing prompts, author Lorraine Widmer-Carson embroiders the science of...
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Creador de Minecraft Markus "Notch" Persson (Minecraft Creator Markus Notch Persson)Juegas juegos en la computadora? Si lo haces, probablemente has jugado Minecraft. Cuando el creador de Minecraft, Markus Persson, era joven, no estaba muy interesado en los juegos. Estaba más interesado en las instrucciones de programación en el manual de la computadora. Cuando Persson...
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Ada Lovelace: (Children's Biography Book, Kids Books, Age 5 10, Historical Women in History)Gift your kid the inspirational tale of Ada Lovelace! Inspire strength, innovation, and unlimited possibilities. Are you looking for an inspirational book to inspire the inner genius of your kids? Can you imagine your little one having so much fun reading, they prefer reading...
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American HoneySarah M. Wells had one degree in mind when she went off to college: to secure her Mrs. and become a stay-at-home mom. Ten years later, life does not look the way she expected. Instead of staying home, she's the primary breadwinner while her...
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King Leonidas and His Spartan Army History of Sparta Grade 5 Children's Ancient HistoryThe great thing about movies is that they get you interested in history. However, don't be fooled. Movies are oftentimes mixed with fantasy to make them more interesting. That is why history books exist. In this book, you will be reading about King Leonidas...
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The Story of My LifeThe Story of My Life (1903) is the autobiography of Helen Keller. Written while she was an undergraduate student at Radcliffe College in Cambridge, Massachusetts, The Story of My Life was a joint effort between Keller, her teacher Anne Sullivan, and Anne's husband John...
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Checking in: How Getting Real about Depression Saved My Life-And Can Save Yours"I need help."Those three words saved Grammy Award-winning singer Michelle Williams's life. After decades of sweeping her anxiety and depression under the rug--even during her years in the spotlight with Destiny's Child--Michelle found herself planning her own funeral. Realizing that she needed immediate help...
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TOPGUN Lessons From The Sky: U.S. NavyU.S. Navy AviationThis book aims to share lessons from the U.S. Navy, inspired by TOPGUN - the air combat school.In TOPGUN Lessons From The Sky, we seek to understand how the aviation industry can learn from the mistakes made by naval aviators and crew,...
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