Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Uncompromising Activist: Richard Greener, First Black Graduate of Harvard CollegeAlmost forgotten until his papers were discovered in a Chicago attic, Richard Greener was a pioneer who broke educational and professional barriers for black citizens. He was also a man caught between worlds.Richard Theodore Greener (1844-1922) was a renowned black activist and scholar. In...
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William Tyndale: A BiographyThe dramatic life of William Tyndale, the first person to translate the Bible into English from the original Greek and Hebrew "A massive contribution to the history of the Reformation in England."--J. Enoch Powell, Times Higher Education Supplement William Tyndale (1494-1536) was the first...
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Voces Sin Fronteras: Our Stories, Our Truth (New Foreword by Meg Medina)NEW EDITION with a Foreword by award-winning author Meg Medina.During a time of heated immigration debate and unrest, this book is an opportunity to hear directly from youth who are often in the headlines but whose stories don't get told in full. Sixteen young...
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Life of Martyn Lloyd-Jones, 1899-1981This book is a re-cast, condensed and, in parts, re-written version of the author's two volumes D. Martyn Lloyd- Jones: The First Forty Years (I982) and The Fight of Faith (I990). Since those dates, the life of Dr Lloyd-Jones has been the subject of...
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Still So Excited!: My Life as a Pointer SisterStill So Excited : My Life as a Pointer Sister is an engaging, funny, heartbreaking, and poignant look at Ruth Pointer's roller-coaster life in and out of the Pointer Sisters. When overnight success came to the Pointer Sisters in 1973, they all thought it...
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Vincent Price: A Daughter's BiographySince his death in 1993, Vincent Price's legacy as a Hollywood legend has only grown in stature. His lengthy and distinguished career--as the voice of The Saint on the radio; as an actor in such unforgettable horror films as House of Wax and The...
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (Young Reader's Edition)TheNew York Timesbestselling memoir of the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village adapted for young readers. Now available in paperback When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving...
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Life Is Not an AccidentNew York Times BestsellerThis big-hearted memoir by the most promising professional basketball player of his generation details his rise to NBA stardom, the terrible accident that ended his career and plunged him into a life-altering depression, and how he ultimately found his way out...
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Picasso: An Intimate PortraitThis biography paints a riveting portrait of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), examining both his strengths and shortcomings as husband, lover, and father. Olivier Widmaier Picasso's unique insight into the life of one of the 20th century's most influential artists details not only Picasso's hopes, fears,...
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Pele, King of Soccer/Pele, El Rey del Futbol: Bilingual English-SpanishThis acclaimed bilingual children's book, Spanish/English, is a fun way to introduce simple words and phrases in both languages and is sure to be a welcome resource at home and in schools and libraries.Monica Brown and Rudy Gutierrez team up to deliver what Kirkus...
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Asshole Attorney: Musings, Memories, and Missteps in a 40 Year Career"Doug, I been practicin' law for fifty years. And I learned a long time ago, there ain't no such word as 'attorney' or 'lawyer'. It's 'asshole attorney' or 'fuckin' lawyer.' " Author Douglas Wood first heard that advice from a southern lawyer nearly forty...
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Raquela: A Woman of IsraelA National Jewish Book Award-winning biography: A look at the early years of Israel's statehood, experienced through the life of a pioneering nurse.During her extraordinary career, nurse Raquela Prywes was a witness to history. She delivered babies in a Holocaust refugee camp and on...
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William Friday: Power, Purpose, and American Higher EducationFew North Carolinians have been as well known or as widely respected as William Friday (1920-2012). The former president of the University of North Carolina remained prominent in public affairs in the state and elsewhere throughout his life and ranked as one of the...
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Circling to the Center: Invitation to Silent PrayerA luminous spiritual memoir inviting the reader to the practice of silent prayer. Rooted in her Judeo-Christian tradition, author Susan Tiberghien welcomes the wisdom of other traditions and calls us to embrace our shared humanity.In this 20th Anniversary Edition, Tiberghien writes an Afterword to...
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Serial Killers: Shocking, Gripping True Crime Stories of the Most Evil Murderers"2017 text updates by: Nigel Cawthorne"--Title page verso.Author: Brian InnesPublisher: Quercus PublishingPublished: 06/18/2019Pages: 272Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.45lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.10w x 0.80dISBN: 9781786488473Review Citation(s): Booklist 05/15/2019 pg. 5About the AuthorBrian Innes was a publisher, critic and the author of numerous popular crime-related books including...
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¿Quién fue?: Historia del mundoBased on the #1 New York Times Best-Selling series, this timeline of world history gives a fresh take on global events, from King Tut to Malala Yousafzai. Basada en la serie más vendida del New York Times, esta cronología de la historia mundial ofrece...
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David Livingstone: Missionary, Explorer, AbolitionistDavid Livingstone was one of the most consequential individuals who lived in the nineteenth century. An unpretentious Scottish missionary doctor, explorer and abolitionist, he opened the door for Christianity in southern Africa. Vance Christie's biography is the most comprehensive and accurate ever written about...
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This Wheel of Rocks: An Unexpected Spiritual JourneyThe memoir of a Catholic nun's spiritual journey that explores the deep connections between faith and the natural world Growing up in the Midwest, Judy Grathwohl never felt she belonged. "I belong out west," she remembers telling her father. After joining the Sisters of...
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My Love StoryAuthor: Tina TurnerPublisher: UranoPublished: 01/08/2019Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.90dISBN: 9788415732365Language: SpanishThis title is only available via back order
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Female Force: Nikki HaleyNikki Haley has always felt like an outsider, but a better label would be "trailblazer." She's the first Indian American to hold office in South Carolina, the first female governor of the state, the youngest governor in the United States, and only the second...
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