Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Forgiveness: A Gay Man's Memoir...evocative and moving...entertaining...riveting-Kirkus Reviews Vivid memories of an assault by his boss at age 16, of being cornered and trapped by young thugs, of fleeing the police, of a big bank error in his favor... This is the tell-all account of Vince Burke's exceptional...
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A Southern Lady's Tea JourneyAndrea "Andy" McDougal's tea journey begins in the city of New Orleans, her childhood home, and flows from her ancestors back to the late 1700s, who helped to fashion New Orleans and her current home of fifty years, Baton Rouge. Her story begins with...
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God? WTF?!How do we help a five-year-old identify and fearlessly speak up to stop abuse? How do we help parents, guardians, families, and communities sustainably interrupt the pattern of child-trauma before it becomes a tragic and systemic cost of youth and adult mental and physical...
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Fight!: Thirty Years Not Quite at the TopA TIMES BEST COMEDY BOOK OF 2021 'The funniest man in the world has written the funniest book in the world.' DAVID WALLIAMS 'A brilliant insight in to what it takes to go from regular funny bloke to one of the best stand ups...
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Black Women Writers of Louisiana: Telling Their StoriesLouisiana has been home, by birth or adoption, to numerous literary greats. But among that talent, there's an under-celebrated cohort: Black women. Due to lack of education and opportunity, their record is fairly brief, but over the past century they have been responsible for...
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Big Breath In: The Fight to Breathe and the Journey to a Double-Lung TransplantBig Breath In follows the ups and fateful downs of living with cystic fibrosis (CF), the journey to receiving a double lung transplant, and the hope of a second chance at life that transplant brings. Documenting the daily struggle of living with CF, George...
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The Rebel Scribe: Carleton Beals and the Progressive Challenge to U.S. Policy in Latin AmericaCarleton Beals was among America's most distinctive foreign correspondents. His colorful, combatively critical reporting of U.S. intervention in Latin America had a fearless energy and authority that won him millions of readers. He interviewed the Nicaraguan rebel leader Sandino in the camp from which...
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Germany to Georgia: Ten Generations of an American FamilyTen Generations of an American Family Germany to Georgia is told from the perspective of its 8th generation author. The book travels with the Summerour family from their origin in Germany, their arrival in the British colony of Pennsylvania in 1748, then the pioneer...
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In the Wars: From Afghanistan to the Uk, a Story of Conflict, Survival and Saving LivesAS HEARD ON DESERT ISLAND DISCSA WATERSTONES PAPERBACK OF THE YEAR 'A riveting story of loss, exile, and rebirth.' KHALED HOSSEINI, author of The Kite Runner'One of the most incredible life stories you will ever hear.' JAMES O'BRIEN'A remarkable story. I thought this book...
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From Capes to Aprons: 911 Emergency Dispatchers and Their Amazing StoriesFrom Capes to Aprons is a collection of short stories from the dispatchers who actually took these sometimes bizarre, funny and very disturbing 911 calls. Because of the high stress of this job, dispatchers and emergency service personnel can turn to food for comfort,...
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A Brooklyn Memoir: My Life as a BoyA darkly comic and deeply moving story of a New York City lost to time.From the final days of the Brooklyn Dodgers in the mid-1950s to the arrival of the Beatles in 1964, A Brooklyn Memoir is an unsentimental journey through one rough-and-tumble working-class...
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Pearl Harbor's Final WarningOn 7 December 1941, Washington sent a message to its Pacific outposts about a potential Japanese attack. All but Pearl Harbor received it in time to prepare. New Information from the archives of George Street, District Manager of RCA-Honolulu, exposes the fatal flaws that...
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AporiaIn spare and unsparing lines, Eric Hyett charts his wavering voyage through love and grief as he accompanies his mother, the acclaimed poet Barbara Helfgott Hyett, on her descent into the debilitating effects of Alzheimer's disease: "My mother lives/ her life these days// as...
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The Three Musketeers of the Army Air Forces: From Hitler's Fortress Europa to Hiroshima and NagasakiWhile scores of books have been published about the atomic bombings that helped end World War II, little has been written about the personal lives and relationship of the three men that led the raids. Paul Tibbets, Tom Ferebee, and Ted "Dutch" Van Kirk...
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The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ: From an Ancient Manuscript, Recently Discovered in a Buddhist Monastery in Thibet, Translated From the French and EdAn insight on the life of Jesus Christ between the ages of 12 and 29 and the journey of the man who sought out, translated, and later published the details of these missing years.Nicholas Notovitch was a Russian journalist and explorer who, during his...
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Blue Song: St. Louis in the Life and Work of Tennessee WilliamsIn 2011, the centennial of Tennessee Williams's birth, events were held around the world honoring America's greatest playwright. There were festivals, conferences, and exhibitions held in places closely associated with Williams's life and career--New Orleans held major celebrations, as did New York, Key West,...
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Muddy ThursdayThere is nothing remarkable about finding a penny on the sidewalk or bumping into an old friend on the street, but what if you stumble upon a lifeless child lying in the grass on a cold, dark night? What happens then? In Muddy Thursday,...
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The price of a dream: The story of the Ukrainian guy with a dream that turned into reality.He dropped everything and went to the land of oppThis story is about a dream. About the dream of a simple guy from Ukraine who made and continues to make plans, who once made a decision that turned his life upside down.He dropped everything and went to the land of opportunity, where you...
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A White Guy Confronting Racism: An Invitation to Reflect and ActA White Guy Confronting Racism "From the first page to the final vignette of A White Guy Confronting Racism, Jared Karol disrupts the status quo of whiteness by unapologetically recognizing Black humanity." - from the Foreword by Madison Butler At age twenty, Jared Karol...
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For the Love of Learning: A Year in the Life of a School PrincipalINSTANT BESTSELLER For parents, teachers, and everyone who remembers being a student, an unforgettable glimpse into the inner workings of school, from a life-long educator. Children spend most of their waking hours in school, exploring boundaries, forming important relationships, and of course, learning. But...
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