Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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From Storeroom to BoardroomWhat does it really take to succeed in business in the developing world? One man's remarkable journey from a rural Nigerian village to a top job in a global corporation reveals the challenges, the opportunities and the issues we must all face up to...
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The Girl from Cairo: A Memoir"For many of us in the disconnected 21st century, it is time to speak about our heritage. This memoir creates a whole world bridging memory and narrative. It has a sense of longevity, no so much in the number of years, but with the...
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We Were Always Here: A Mexican American's Odyssey"A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Ricardo Chavira writes in his memoir about the challenges growing up in a marginalized community in Pacoima, California, where he attended a high school notorious for gang violence and inadequate teaching. Against all the odds, he managed to reject gang...
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True Places: A MemoirIt's not in any map, true places never are.- Herman MelvilleI've heard it said that God is in the details. How is it that a particular detail looms or recedes? How can we chart the interplay between the trivial and the essential?What is a...
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Tennessee Williams 101Like an alchemist, Tennessee would dip his pen in reality and make fiction out of it. This journey through his life focuses on the influence of specific people and places on selected works.Author: Augustin J. CorreroPublisher: Pelican Publishing CompanyPublished: 02/22/2021Pages: 224Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize:...
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Life in E Flat - The Autobiography of Phil Woods2021 Book of the Year - Jazz Journalists AssociationPhil Woods was an American original. One of the greatest saxophonists of all time, he was the first call for Quincy Jones, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, and Oliver Nelson. His iconic improvisation on Billy Joel's hit...
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Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid: America's Original Gangster CoupleThe true Jazz Age tale of America's first gangster couple, Margaret and Richard Whittemore Before Bonnie and Clyde there were Tiger Girl and the Candy Kid. In the wake of world war, a pandemic, and an economic depression, Margaret and Richard Whittemore, two love-struck...
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Uphill and Into the WindIt's 1973. Our nation is torn apart by the Vietnam War, and the massacre of unarmed students at Kent State. The Vice President has resigned for bribery and tax evasion. The President is being investigated for engaging in criminal activity. At twenty-three, David Reed...
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A Few More Rounds: A Collection of Boxing TalesProfessional boxing is filled with stories of dreams, determination, blood, and will. A Few More Rounds: A Collection of Boxing Tales, by Jerry Fitch and John J. Raspanti, examines the sights, sounds, and assorted types that populate the fistic landscape. The 20 chapters include...
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Bold Women in Black History: African American Leaders Coloring Book for Girls, Boys and Their ParentsCelebrate the world's most famous black women with this unique and wonderful coloring book.Do you want to learn more about incredible black women throughout history? Are you searching for a stunning coloring book with one-of-a-kind portraits for you to color? Then this book is...
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No SpinEveryone knows the story, or thinks they do. The leg-spinner who rewrote the record books. One of Wisden's five cricketers of the twentieth century. A sporting idol across the globe. A magnet for the tabloids. But the millions of words written and spoken about...
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Jack Charles: Born-Again BlakfellaStolen from his mother and placed into institutional care when he was only a few months old, Uncle Jack was raised under the government's White Australia Policy. The loneliness and isolation he experienced during those years had a devastating impact on him that endured...
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A Saint and a Sinner: The Rise and Fall of a Beloved Catholic PriestEx-priest Stephen H. Donnelly's memoir, A Saint and a Sinner, is an immersive experience into the world of a Catholic priest and a brutally honest account of Stephen's journey of sinfulness; a cautionary tale of the struggle between good and evil that exists within...
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Destiny in DisguiseWhat do you do when a beautiful young doctor walks into your emergency room and says, "You don't have pneumonia, you have cancer?" What would you do if your morning starts out as usual but you end up being diagnosed with a rare form...
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DjinnFrom a young age, Tofik Dibi feels "it"--a spirit, or djinn, that follows him everywhere. Where "it" goes, "they" go--his classmates, his colleagues, all the people who fear and hate "it," his homosexuality.The son of Moroccan immigrants, Dibi was elected to the Dutch Parliament...
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I Am Responsible: The Hand of AAA special collection of Grapevine stories on the impact of AA's Responsibility Declaration for both individuals and the Fellowship as a whole. AA's Responsibility Declaration states: "I am responsible. When anyone, anywhere, reaches out for help, I want the hand of AA always to...
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Ned Christie: The Creation of an Outlaw and Cherokee HeroWho was Nede Wade Christie? Was he a violent criminal guilty of murdering a federal officer? Or a Cherokee statesman who suffered a martyr's death for a crime he did not commit? For more than a century, journalists, pulp fiction authors, and even serious...
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St. Dominic's Successor: The Life of Blessed Jordan of SaxonyLearned and filled with holiness, he not only organized the constitutions, and established the Salve Regina after compline but was instrumental guiding the work of others to establish the Dominican Liturgy. Though master-general of the order, Bl. Jordan's humility prevented him from attributing himself...
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Marco Polo: his travels and adventuresThis edition is presented complete and unabridged, with larger text for easier reading by younger readers, and all the original illustrations and decorations."I have attempted to transform the somewhat dry and monotonous translation of this narrative into an entertaining story, that may engage the...
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Rollerdanceman: The Biography of Richard HumphreyThis easy-to-read biography tells the story of Richard Humphrey - from his early days growing up in San Francisco's Fillmore District to the many opportunities that roller skating has brought him. Learn about his life, contributions to the world of skating, and how he...
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