Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Faith of Christopher Hitchens: The Restless Soul of the World's Most Notorious Atheist2016 Winner of the Gospel Coalition Book AwardsA friend of the late Christopher Hitchens offers insight about the promise of faith and the dangers of pride in this one-of-a-kind look into the last days of the world's most famous atheist--now in paper back."If everyone...
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The Etruscans and the Jews: New Orleans Echoes, Sardinian Shadows, Roman ShameTHIS POWERFUL BOOK proposes never before recognized links between the culturally vibrant Etruscan people and long forgotten Jewish communities. No one has previously suggested an enduring and intimate link between these two dynamic cultures. The Etruscans and the Jews is written as an adventure...
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The Essential Sri Anandamayi Ma: Life and Teachings of a 20th Century Saint from IndiaAnandamayi Ma has inspired millions of individuals of diverse faiths and circumstances--from Prime Ministers, artists, and industrialists to shopkeepers, beggars and monks including Mahatma Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Jawarharlal Nehru, Former Prime Minister of Canada, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the Queen Mother of Greece, and the...
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The Dream MachineThe story of the man who instigated the work that led to the internet--and shifted our understanding of what computers could be. Behind every great revolution is a vision, and behind perhaps the greatest revolution of our time is the vision of J.C.R. Licklider....
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The Dreamcatcher in the WryThe Dreamcatcher in the Wry, Tiffany Midge's bitingly hilarious collection of essays written during the COVID-19 pandemic, builds on the critical acclaim of her earlier book Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's. A Standing Rock Sioux citizen, Midge offers up her unique satire...
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The Dragon from Chicago: The Untold Story of an American Reporter in Nazi GermanyFor fans of unheralded women's stories, a captivating look at Sigrid Schultz--one of the earliest reporters to warn Americans of the rising threat of the Nazi regime "No other American correspondent in Berlin knew so much of what was going on behind the scene...
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The Doctor Broad: A Mafia Love StoryFor decades starting in the 1950s, Raymond Patriarca ran the New England Mafia out of a storefront in Providence, Rhode Island. By 1980 he was seventy-two years old, and suffering from diabetes and heart disease. One night in December of that year his life...
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The Dirty Life: A Memoir of Farming, Food, and LoveFrom a "graceful, luminous writer with an eye for detail" (Minneapolis Star Tribune), this riveting memoir explores a year on a sustainable farm.When Kristin Kimball left New York City to interview a dynamic young farmer named Mark, her world changed. On an impulse, she...
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The Devil Takes Bitcoin: Cryptocurrency Crimes and the Japanese ConnectionFrom the author of Tokyo Vice comes the wild, true story of cyber-era commerce, crime, cold-hard cash, and one of the greatest heists in history. Even in hell, Bitcoin talks. This modern take on an old Japanese saying still holds true. Cryptocurrency was supposed...
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The Dangerous Life and Ideas of Diogenes the CynicAn engaging look at the founder of one of the most important philosophical schools of ancient Greece. The ancient philosopher Diogenes--nicknamed "The Dog" and decried by Plato as a "Socrates gone mad"--was widely praised and idealized as much as he was mocked and vilified....
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The Crying of the Wind: IrelandA classic travelogue exploring the meeting point of Ireland's landscape and legends, by Britain's foremost female surrealist painter "Colquhoun has a very beguiling pen. . . To Irish landscapes she brings a painter's eye, writing particularly beautifully about skies, twilights, river valleys, sea-frayed coasts...
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The Creation of Anne Boleyn: A New Look at England's Most Notorious Queen"Bordo's sharp reading of Boleyniana and her clear affection for this proud, unusual woman make this an entertaining, provocative read."--Boston Globe Part biography, part cultural history, The Creation of Anne Boleyn is a reconstruction of Boleyn's life and an illuminating look at her very...
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The Complete Johnny Cash: Lyrics from a Lifetime of SongwritingThe official, comprehensive archive of Johnny Cash's writing, with 526 lyrics spanning his 55 years of genre-defining writing: a "journey through the mind and soul of one of America's greatest storytellers" (Eric Alper) Johnny Cash remains one of the most prolific and influential songwriters...
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The Charlie Kirk Effect (A New Era of Political Activism): How One Man's Vision for Free Speech Reshaped the Future of Conservative PoliticsIn "The Charlie Kirk Effect", discover the extraordinary journey of one of the most influential conservative voices of the 21st century. Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), revolutionized American political activism, building a powerful movement that empowered millions of young conservatives...
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The Central Park Five: The Untold Story Behind One of New York City's Most Infamous CrimesA spellbinding account of the real facts of the Central Park jogger case that powerfully reexamines one of New York City's most notorious crimes and its aftermath. - A must-read after watching Ava DuVernay's When They See Us On April 20th, 1989, two passersby...
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The Carroll Shelby Story: Portrayed by Matt Damon in the Hit Film Ford V FerrariCopyright Ã1965, 1967 by Carroll Shelby and Lyle Kenyon Engel.Author: Carroll ShelbyPublisher: Graymalkin MediaPublished: 01/16/2020Pages: 288Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.80dISBN: 9781631682872
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The Captain is Out to Lunch"The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles."--Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author"He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels."--Leonard Cohen, songwriterA book length collaboration between two underground legends, Charles Bukowski and Robert Crumb. In The Captain is Out to Lunch, Bukowski's last journals candidly and...
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The California Kid: From Usc Golden Boy to International Drug KingpinA compelling tell-all from the unique perspective of convicted felon Owen Hanson, The California Kid reveals the unbelievable story of one man's unexpected journey from troubled child to infamous criminal.Author: Owen Hanson,Alex Cody FosterPublisher: TurnerPublished: 11/26/2024Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x...
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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind LPNow a Netflix Film, Starring and Directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor of 12 Years a SlaveWilliam Kamkwamba was born in Malawi, a country where magic ruled and modern science was mystery. It was also a land withered by drought and hunger. But William had read...
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The Boy Next Door: My Sixty Year Friendship with Bill ClintonThe life of President Bill Clinton as seen through the lens of one who was his next-door neighbor during high school and who has maintained a close and uninterrupted friendship ever since, by maintaining a near-constant correspondence, serving roles in both his gubernatorial and...
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