Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Cranky Ladies of HistoryWarriors, pirates, murderers and queens... Throughout history, women from all walks of life have had good reason to be cranky. Some of our most memorable historical figures were outspoken, dramatic, brave, feisty, rebellious and downright ornery. Cranky Ladies of History is a celebration of...
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Always for Judy: Witness to the Joy and Genius of Judy GarlandTo understand a person we have to look at their parents and background. In Judy Garland's case vaudeville, and her early years in Grand Rapids and Lancaster are examined because these are the formative years of a child's life. Author, Joan Beck Coulson uses...
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Loves God, Likes Girls: A MemoirFor many Christians who experience same-sex attraction, reconciling faith and homosexuality is a lonely and painful journey. "LOVES GOD, LIKES GIRLS--A MEMOIR" is one woman's recollection of her journey, allowing faith to plunge her into deeper discovery of the truth about her sexuality.Author: Sally...
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Man-Hunters of the Old West, Volume 2Until the early twentieth century, life in the American West could be rough and sometimes vicious. Those who brought thieves and murderers to justice at times had to employ tactics as ruthless as their prey. In this follow-up to his first collection of biographies...
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I Shock Myself: Beatrice Wood, Career Woman of ArtIn her own charming, spirited, and readable style, Beatrice Wood tells us the story of her unorthodox life and her influence on 20th-century art. Rebellious, radical, and romantic, Wood (1893-1998) defied propriety to become a true national, and international, treasure. Her absorbing autobiography includes...
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George Washington: Leading a New NationA biography telling the life story of George Washington, the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, and the first president of the United States. Written in graphic-novel format.Author: Matt DoedenPublisher: Capstone PressPublished: 01/01/2006Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.21lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.90w x...
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Walter Kaufmann: Philosopher, Humanist, HereticThe first complete account of the ideas and writings of a major figure in twentieth-century intellectual life Walter Kaufmann (1921-1980) was a charismatic philosopher, critic, translator, and poet who fled Nazi Germany at the age of eighteen, emigrating alone to the United States. He...
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Stalling for Time: My Life as an FBI Hostage NegotiatorThe FBI's chief hostage negotiator recounts harrowing standoffs, including the Waco siege with David Koresh and the Branch Davidians, in a memoir that inspired the miniseries Waco, now on Netflix. "Riveting . . . the most in-depth and absorbing section is devoted to the...
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On the Road with Janis JoplinOne of Parade's Top Ten Rock n' Roll Reads As a road manager and filmmaker, John Byrne Cooke helped run the Janis Joplin show--and record it for posterity. Now he reveals the never-before-told story of his years with the young woman from Port Arthur...
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The Chosen Few: A Company of Paratroopers and Its Heroic Struggle to Survive in the Mountains of AfghanistanThe never-before-told story of one of the most decorated units in the war in Afghanistan and its fifteen-month ordeal that culminated in the 2008 Battle of Wanat, the war's deadliest A single company of US paratroopers--calling themselves the "Chosen Few"--arrived in eastern Afghanistan in...
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Such Good Girls: The Journey of the Holocaust's Hidden Child SurvivorsEdgar Award-winning mystery novelist R. D. Rosen tells the story of the hidden children who survived the Holocaust through the lives of three girls hidden in three different countries--among the less than 10 percent of Jewish children in Europe to survive World War II--who...
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Judy BlumeThis title will introduce readers to the life and works of Judy Blume, including Superfudge and Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Complete with great photographs and a timeline! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an...
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Lost in the Amazon: Juliane Koepcke's StoryWhen a plane crash leaves her stranded deep in the Amazon Rain Forest, Juliane Koepcke must fight to make it out alive. This graphic nonfiction title tells the true story of her survival, including her fall from the sky, her encounters with dangerous wildlife,...
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Complex Presents Dummy Boy: Tekashi 6ix9ine and the Nine Trey Gangsta BloodsThe story of Tekashi 6ix9ine one of the most controversial figures in all of hip-hop history, Dummy Boy tells the tale his meteoric rise to fame. In tracing Danny Tekashi 6ix9ine Hernandez's life from Bushwick to the heights of the rap scene, Complex reporter...
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A Scottish Blockade Runner in the American Civil War: Joannes Wyllie of the Steamer Ad-VanceBorn in 1828 near Kelso in the Scottish Borders, Wyllie went to sea as an apprentice seaman in 1852 and quickly rose through the ranks. By 1862 he had gained his masters certificate in Liverpool, and there he took command of his first vessel,...
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Stockholm: The Adrenaline-Fueled Adventures of an Accidental ScientistThe rollicking memoir from the cardiologist turned legendary scientist and winner of the Nobel Prize that revels in the joy of science and discovery. Like Richard Feynman in the field of physics, Dr. Robert Lefkowitz is also known for being a larger-than-life character: a...
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First Woman: Joanne Simpson and the Tropical AtmosphereClouds are the spark plugs in the heat engine of the tropical atmosphere, and heat from the tropics drives the planet's general circulation. Atmospheric scientists didn't know this in the 1950s, but Joanne Simpson, the first American woman to earn a Ph.D. in meteorology,...
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Malala, a Brave Girl from Pakistan/Iqbal, a Brave Boy from PakistanJeanette Winter presents the inspirational stories of Malala and Iqbal, two children from Pakistan who were not afraid and spoke out for human rights. In 1995, Iqbal took on the cause of child labor and in 2012, Malala, the future Nobel Peace Prize winner,...
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The Life of MohammedMohammed's life is an epic story. He was an orphan who rose from poverty to become the first ruler of all of Arabia. He created a new religion, new methods of war and a new political system including a legal code, the Sharia. Mohammed...
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The Wilder Muir: The Curious Nature of John MuirWhether he is cheering for untamed mountain sheep or braving a high-country storm that would sweep away lesser mortals, John Muir--naturalist, author, and advocate--is forever passionate, often droll, and always inspirational. This collection of his little-known pieces have been culled from private letters, magazine...
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