Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Inspiring Canadians: Forty Brilliant Canadians and Their Visions for the NationForty influential and diverse Canadians with expertise in subjects such as Indigenous rights, climate change, social justice and race, gun control, higher education and poetry reflect on everything Canada is getting right--and what still needs to change to make the country even better. Acclaimed...
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The Eugene Mosley Story: The Kid That Accepted God's CallingThe Eugene Mosley Story follows the life of Eugene Mosley, explaining how he overcame adversary, bullying, and doubt. Eugene overcame these obstacles to become a legendary Jazz Portrait Artist, traveling the world, meeting some of the most influential and powerful people alive, and establishing...
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Victorian Connections: The Literary and Artistic Circles of William and Helen Allingham from the Collections of Grolier Club MembersDrawn entirely from the collections of Grolier Club members, this catalogue is devoted to the husband and wife duo William (1824-1889) and Helen Allingham (1848-1926), the former a poet, diarist, and editor and the latter one of the most successful artists of her time....
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The Golden Legend: Lives of the SaintsTranslated by William Claxton in 1483, The Golden Legend became one of the first books printed in English. Originally written in Latin by the Blessed Jacobus da Varagine, archbishop of Genoa, The Golden Legend was one of the most popular works of religious literature...
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Nothing Happened An American Situationist MemoirNothing Happened An American Situationist Memoir by Isaac Cronin. While the book chronicles Cronin's life it concentrates on the period of the 1960's and 1970's when he lived primarily in Berkeley and France. The book examines the social realities of the sixties but from...
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Simply HemingwayBorn in Oak Park, Illinois, Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) traveled the globe, transforming his experiences in Paris, Spain, Italy, Africa, Key West, and Cuba into enduring fiction. As an 18-year-old ambulance driver during World War I, he was the first American injured in that conflict...
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I Never Knowed It Was Hard: Memoirs of a Labrador TrapperA vividly crafted portrait of a challenging yet rewarding life spent on the Naskaupi River, from Nunatsiavut Elder Louie Montague.Author: Louie MontaguePublisher: ISER BooksPublished: 04/15/2013Pages: 184Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50dISBN: 9781894725125About the AuthorLouie dictated his memoirs to Elizabeth Dawson, who...
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The Art of Teaching Children: All I Learned from a Lifetime in the ClassroomAn essential guide for teachers and parents that's destined to become a classic, The Art of Teaching Children is one of those rare and masterful books that not only defines a craft but offers a magical reading experience.After more than thirty years in the...
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Hotly in Pursuit of the Real: Notes Toward a MemoirIn Hotly in Pursuit of the Real, the beloved bestselling novelist Ron Hansen opens the doors of his writing studio to share with us his passions for history, scandal, theology, Jesuits, the American West, and golf (which he plays even in bad weather). If...
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Keeping the Dalai Lama Waiting & Other Stories: An English Woman's Journey to Becoming a Buddhist LamaHow does an English, Christian girl grow up to be an acclaimed Tibetan Buddhist Lama? It was a search for Truth and a deep wish to understand the mind that led a young, determined Susan Rowan (b.1946) from suburban Essex, England, to the foothills...
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Courage Like Kate: The True Story of a Girl Lighthouse KeeperAn inspiring and beautifully illustrated picture book biography based on the life of Kate Moore, a twelve-year-old lighthouse keeper in the 19th century who saved the lives of twenty-three sailors. With an evocative text and stunning illustrations, travel back to the stormy, rocky shores...
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Child of the Prairie: An Accidental MemoirChild of the Prairie is a remarkable window. . .Its pages allow us to see the endless skies and vast horizons of the Great Plains, experience the harsh winters and devastating droughts, and witness the growing pains of a small Montana town. But what...
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Departure Stories: Betty Crocker Made Matzoh Balls (and Other Lies)"We weren't religious per se. The most frequent mention of God in our house was my mother yelling 'Goddammit!'"Elisa Bernick grew up "different" (i.e., Jewish) in the white, Christian suburb of New Hope, Minnesota during the 1960s and early 1970s. At the center of...
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The Soul of Adolescence Aligns with the Heart of Democracy: Orphans, Rebels and Civic Lovers UniteThe Soul of Adolescence Aligns with the Heart of Democracy follows the author's compelling journey of discovering his life's purpose. The author evolves in his understanding of adolescent potential and wisdom through direct involvement with youth and communities. Developing a portfolio of meaningful engagement...
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My Mother's War: The Incredible True Story of How a Resistance Member Survived Three Concentration CampsThe extraordinary story of Sabine Zuur, a beautiful, young Dutch resistance fighter who spent over two years in three concentration camps during World War Two, told by her daughter using an astonishing archive of personal letters After her mother's death, Eva Taylor discovered an...
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TutankhamunMeet Tutankhamun and discover the story of his life and work in this engagingly illustrated biography--narrated by Tut himself. Readers will be fascinated by the story of Tutankhamun on the 100th anniversary of the discovery of his tomb. Tutankhamun's style of living, the challenges...
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One Life Two Continents Two CulturesThe author, having been separated from his father who was an economic migrant from India shares his life experiences of settling in the UK at the age of twelve years. He shares his personal experiences, emotions, discrimination and coping with a dual culture in...
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Leaving Large: The Stories of a Food AddictHow I Won a 42 - Year Battle With Obesity It is the one thing found at the intersection of race, culture, identity, status, education, and economics-food. The truth is: It's never about the food. It's always about the story behind the food.In Leaving...
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Life and Death of Juan Coy: Outlaw and LawmanThe West was still wild in South Texas in the 1880s and 1890s for a rich Anglo landowner and a Mexican hired gun-outlaw-lawman. The authors explore a shoot-out that was more explosive than the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in a town that no...
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Infancia Berlinesa Hacia Mil NovecientosEsta obra central en el universo benjaminiano se empezó a escribir en los años treinta del pasado siglo como contrapeso al mítico (y extrañado) proyecto del Libro de los Pasajes y al ascenso de los nazis al poder. Benjamin se torna a mirar su...
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