Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Then They Came for Me: Martin Niemöller, the Pastor Who Defied the NazisFirst they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out-Because I was not a Communist . . . Few today recognize the name Martin Niemör, though many know his famous confession. In Then They Came for Me, Matthew Hockenos traces Niemör's evolution...
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Cornel West Reader (Revised)Cornel West is one of the nation's premier public intellectuals and one of the great prophetic voices of our era. Whether he is writing a scholarly book or an article for Newsweek, whether he is speaking of Emerson, Gramsci, or Marvin Gaye, his work...
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Kafka's Last Love: The Mystery of Dora DiamantIn this gripping literary detective story, Kathi Diamant brings to light the amazing woman who captured Kafka's heart and kept his literary flame alive for decades. It was Dora Diamant, an independent spirit who fled her Polish Hasidic family to pursue her Zionist dreams,...
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Spy Handler: Memoir of a KGB Officer: The True Story of the Man Who Recruited Robert Hanssen and Aldrich AmesVictor Cherkashin's incredible career in the KGB spanned thirty-eight years, from Stalin's death in 1953 to the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. In this riveting memoir, Cherkashin provides a remarkable insider's view of the KGB's prolonged conflict with the United States, from...
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Thread of the SilkwormThe definitive biography of Tsien Hsue-Shen, the pioneer of the American space age who was mysteriously accused of being a communist, deported, and became -- to America's continuing chagrin -- the father of the Chinese missile program.Author: Iris ChangPublisher: Basic BooksPublished: 11/15/1996Pages: 352Binding Type:...
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NapoleonThis magnificent reconstruction of Napoleon's life and legend, written by a distinguished Oxford scholar, is based on intimate documents--including the personal letters of Marie-Louise and the decoded diaries of Grand Marshal Bertrand, who accompanied Napoleon to his final exile on St. Helena. It has...
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No Hero: The Evolution of a Navy SEALThe companion volume to the multimillion-copy bestseller No Easy Day by former Navy SEAL Mark Owen reveals the evolution of a SEAL Team Six operator. Mark Owen's instant #1 New York Times bestseller, No Easy Day The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed...
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The Road to the Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen King's Magnum OpusAN ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO THE DARK TOWER SERIES--INCLUDING BOOK-BY-BOOK ANALYSIS AND INSIGHT INTO STEPHEN KING'S CREATIVE PROCESS. In 1970, Stephen King embarked on what would become the crowning achievement in his literary career-the Dark Tower. The seven-volume series, written and published over a period...
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Mayada, Daughter of Iraq: One Woman's Survival Under Saddam HusseinA member of one of the most distinguished and honored families in Iraq, Mayada grew up surrounded by wealth and royalty. But when Saddam Hussein's regime took power, she was thrown into cell 52 in the infamous Baladiyat prison with seventeen other nameless, faceless...
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Turning Stones: My Days and Nights with Children at Risk a Caseworker's StoryWhy does an infant die of malnutrition? Why does an eight-year-old hold a knife to his brother's throat? Or a mother push her cherished daughter twenty-three floors to her death? Marc Parent, a city caseworker, searched the streets--and his heart--for the answers, and shares...
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Once Upon a Time: Behind the Fairy Tale of Princess Grace and Prince RainierFrom master storyteller Taraborrelli comes the powerful and moving story of one of royalty's most secretive families, led by Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco, told with passion and sympathy. photos.Author: J. Randy TaraborrelliPublisher: Grand Central PublishingPublished: 04/01/2004Pages: 615Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.10lbsSize: 8.00h...
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Eminent OutlawsFascinating...fun to read and will be the standard text of the defining era of gay literati. -- Philadelphia Inquirer In the years following World War II a group of gay writers established themselves as major cultural figures in American life. Truman Capote, the enfant...
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True CompassIn this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story -- of his legendary family, politics, and fifty years at the center of national events. The youngest of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy and...
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The Sins of the Father: Joseph P. Kennedy and the Dynasty He FoundedFrom the New York Times bestselling author of 20 books about the Secret Service, FBI, and CIA comes the detailed account of the life and times of the ambitious, powerful, masterfully manipulative Joseph Patrick Kennedy.For all his wealth and power, Joe Kennedy was not...
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My Thirteenth WinterIn this beautiful and chilling memoir, twenty-five-year-old Samantha Abeel describes her struggles with a math-related learning disability, and how it forced her to find inner strength and courage.Samantha Abeel couldn't tell time, remember her locker combination, or count out change at a checkout counter...
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Selena: Como La FlorA lovingly documented biography of music superstar Selena Quintanilla's life, work, and musical legacy. Selena Quintanilla was a vibrant musical performer, wildly pouplar in the growing field of Tejano music. But her rising star suddenly fell when she was murdered at the age of...
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Crux: A Cross-Border MemoirA daughter's quest to understand her charismatic and troubled father, an immigrant who crosses borders both real and illusory--between sanity and madness, science and spirituality, life and death PEN America Literary Award Winner - "The kind of memoir that seems to redefine the genre."--Los...
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Unfaithful Music & Disappearing InkThe perfect gift for music lovers and Elvis Costello fans, telling the story behind Elvis Costello's legendary career and his iconic, beloved songs. Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink provides readers with a master's catalogue of a lifetime of great music. Costello reveals the process...
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Born Naked: The Early Adventures of the Author of Never Cry WolfFarley Mowat's youth was charmed and hilarious, and unbelievably free in its access to unspoiled nature through bird-banding expeditions and overnight outings in the dead of winter. The author writes of sleeping in haystacks for survival, and other adventures, with equal shares of Booth...
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Facing Mount KenyaWith an Introduction by Bronislav Malinkowski, Facing Mount Kenya is a central document of the highest distinction in anthropological literature, an invaluable key to the structure of African society and the nature of the African mind. Facing Mount Kenya is not only a formal...
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