Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: The Illustrated EditionThis richly illustrated edition of this classic American autobiography sheds new light on Douglass's famous text for a new generation of readers. Famous orator and former slave Frederick Douglass published his third and last autobiography, Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, in 1881. No...
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Lenox Staring at the CeilingAuthor: Jose JubePublisher: Citiofbooks, Inc.Published: 02/03/2025Pages: 220Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.25lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75dISBN: 9798893914474This title is not returnable
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Kevin HartKevin Hart is one of America's funniest comedians. But his road to the top has not been easy. Find out how hard work and dedication helped him achieve success. Also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid...
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Kay's Life: The Stories of Kay ConklinKay and George Conklin walked into my office at Ohio Wesleyan University on a beautiful April morning. Kay carried a large stack of papers as her husband gave me a nervous but friendly smile. The 87-year-old woman had a determined look. "Are you John...
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Jim Thorpe: World's Greatest AthleteAuthor: Jennifer Marino WaltersPublisher: Red Chair PressPublished: 08/01/2024Pages: 24Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 7.80h x 7.60w x 0.10dISBN: 9781643712581Audience: Ages 4-8Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 5.2Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz #/Name: 550220 / Jim Thorpe: World's Greatest Athlete
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Jane Bown: A Lifetime of LookingAuthor: Jane BrownPublisher: Guardian Faber PublishingPublished: 10/15/2015Pages: 288Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9781783350858About the AuthorBrown, Jane: - "Jane Bown began working at the Observer in 1949. Bown's great mantra was, 'photographers should neither be seen nor heard'. An ideal shoot was one where she exposed no...
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Jane Austen in 41 ObjectsA new kind of biography on Jane Austen examining the objects she encountered during her life alongside newer memorabilia inspired by the life she lived. More than two hundred years after Jane Austen's death at the age of just forty-one, we are still looking...
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James Oglethorpe, Father of GeorgiaFounded by James Oglethorpe on February 12, 1733, the Georgia colony was envisioned as a unique social welfare experiment. Administered by twenty-one original trustees, the Georgia Plan offered England's "worthy poor" and persecuted Christians an opportunity to achieve financial security in the New World...
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James Burnham: An Intellectual BiographyIn this intellectual biography of one of the most important political thinkers of the twentieth century, David T. Byrne reveals the fascinating life of James Burnham. Beginning his intellectual career as a disciple of Leon Trotsky, Burnham preached socialist revolution to the American working...
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I Wish Someone Had Told Me . . .: The Best Advice for Building a Great Career and a Meaningful LifeContributors include: Bill Hemmer, Charles Payne, Dierks Bentley, Gillian Turner, Harold Ford Jr, Jackie DeAngelis, Jared Cohen, Jesse Watters, Jessica Tarlov, Jimmy Failla, John Roberts, Lawrence Jones, Martha MacCallum, Salena Zito, Trey Gowdy, Bret Baier, Judge Jeanine Piro, Shannon Bream, Ainsley Earhardt, Benjamin Hall,...
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It's Only Drowning: A True Story of Learning to Surf and the Pursuit of Common GroundAfter moving from Washington, DC, to the Jersey Shore, a former speechwriter for President Obama starts surfing at the age of thirty-five--the rough equivalent of beginning guitar lessons on your deathbed--and must turn for help to the only other surfer he knows: a tattooed,...
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Isaac Newton: La biografía de un matemático, físico y astrónomo inglés y su filosofía PrincipiaIsaac Newton, el eminente matemático, físico y filósofo natural inglés, dejó una huella indeleble en la Revolución Científica y la era de la Ilustración. En este cautivador libro, los lectores se embarcarán en un viaje a través de la vida extraordinaria y los logros...
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Irrationals in Hope of the Impossible: The Origins of Biosphere 2 at Synergia Ranch in the SeventiesPaperback in color "This is the origins story on one of the most exciting human experiments on Earth. Astonishingly it has become more important with each passing year as what was first branded an "alternative" experiment has been shown to be way ahead of...
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In Search of Falling Stars: H.H. Nininger's Classic Find a Falling Star, Revisited & ExpandedIn the early 20th century, the science of meteorites was at a low ebb. Then, in 1923, Harvey H. Nininger, a trained biologist, witnessed a great fireball that plunged him headlong into an exciting new field: meteoritics. In this remarkable book, Nininger, often called...
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In Real Time: The Amazing Kreskin breaks his silence about your future and the future of our world.In Real Time by The Amazing Kreskin. With a foreword by Regis Philbin, In Real Times takes readers on a cautionary journey by leading us through 25 never before told visions of the future from The Amazing Kreskin's 65 year career. In Real Time...
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In My Boots: A Memoir of Five Million Steps Along the Appalachian Trail"Amanda K. Jaros's In My Boots does what some of the best works of nonfiction do: it takes the reader on a journey-in this case, a journey that is as much mental and emotion as it is physical." -Amy Butcher, author of Visiting Hours:...
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I'm Too Dumb to Be Friends WithI'm Too Dumb to be Friends WithBy: Steve Cohen We all know the feeling, when we've made that stupid mistake or a wacky assumption, right? Well, I'm Too Dumb to be Friends With is a delightful account of many such instances in a man's...
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I'm No Hero: Story of a WWII SoldierGrowing up, Steven E. Weick heard very short snippets of his father's time in World War II. But like many veterans, his father never talked much about his harrowing experiences. After graduating high school and joining the Air Force, Weick's father decided it was...
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Immigration Stories from Chicago High Schools: Green Card Youth VoicesUsing a trauma-informed approach to gathering stories, this unique collection of 30 stories illuminates the range of challenges and successes met by the latest generation of immigrants attending Stevenson and Sullivan High Schools. Through their own voices, these digital and written stories showcase the...
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I Heard the Voice of God: A Short Testimony of God's Call to the MinistryThis book is written to encourage born again believers in Jesus Christ to trust God for their healing and deliverance, and to challenge them to be involved in evangelism and healing ministries.Author: S. S. Peter Th D.Publisher: WestBow PressPublished: 05/20/2021Pages: 148Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize:...
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