Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Minding Her Manners: The Life and Times of Emily PostWhile her name is synonymous with etiquette, that part of Emily Post's story did not begin until much later in her life - 50 years old to be exact. For the rest of her nearly 88 years, Emily lived a dynamic and colorful life,...
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Smuggling Light: One Woman's Victory Over Persecution, Torture, and ImprisonmentNorth Korea is dark.Literally dark--most of its regions are too poor to afford electricity and other basic needs. Figuratively dark--its daily life is hidden from outsiders, its citizens reticent, and its propaganda vast. And spiritually dark-its ruler, Kim Jong-il, is both worshipped and feared...
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Chaos of War, Balance of Life: A Soldier's Journal from AfghanistanChaos of War, Balance of Life is one sergeant's story throughout his deployment in Afghanistan. Vivid emotions that Will Higginbotham could not share with his men, instead, were shared in both prose and artistic sketches to his mother. Often penned in the stark aftermath...
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In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black LivesDid you know that many of America's Founding Fathers--who fought for liberty and justice for all--were slave owners? Through the powerful stories of five enslaved people who were "owned" by four of our greatest presidents, this book helps set the record straight about the...
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At Play in the Lions' Den: A Biography and Memoir of Daniel BerriganJesuit Father Daniel Berrigan (1921-2016), priest, poet, peacemaker, was one of the great religious voices of our time. Jim Forest, who worked with Berrigan in building the Catholic Peace Fellowship in the 1960s, draws on his deep friendship over five decades to provide the...
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Papua PilotPaul Westlund lived an adventure that most men only dream, combining great skill with deep faith to meet the challenges of jungle aviation. What caused this pilot to risk his life, day after day, for twenty-five years, to help the last and the least...
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On the Border with Crook: General George Crook, the American Indian Wars, and Life on the American FrontierAuthor: John Gregory BourkePublisher: Skyhorse PublishingPublished: 02/18/2014Pages: 496Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.20dISBN: 9781626365438This title is only available via back order
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Young Andrew Jackson in the Carolinas:: A Revolutionary BoyBefore he was Old Hickory and the People's President, Andrew Jackson came of age in the Waxhaw region of the Carolinas during the turmoil of the Revolutionary War. Young Andy Jackson faced uncommon challenges as a child that would shape his historic life. He...
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Andrew W.K.'s I Get WetIt's Time To Party, the first track off of I Get Wet, opens with a rapid-fire guitar line -- nothing fancy, just a couple crunchy power chords to acclimate the ears -- repeated twice before a booming bass drum joins in to provide a...
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The Other Great Migration: The Movement of Rural African Americans to Houston, 1900-1941The twentieth century has seen two great waves of African American migration from rural areas into the city, changing not only the country's demographics but also black culture. In her thorough study of migration to Houston, Bernadette Pruitt portrays the move from rural to...
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Through the Shadowlands: A Science Writer's Odyssey Into an Illness Science Doesn't UnderstandJulie Rehmeyer felt like she was going to the desert to die. Julie fully expected to be breathing at the end of the trip--but driving into Death Valley felt like giving up, surrendering. She'd spent years battling a mysterious illness so extreme that she...
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Missionary of Wall StreetAuthor: Stephen AuthPublisher: Sophia Institute PressPublished: 04/18/2019Pages: 184Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.50dISBN: 9781622826704This title is only available via back order
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Views from the PulpitDid you ever wonder what your pastor has learned over the years? This book is about people, events, experiences, biblical application and church strategy to further God's Kingdom, from a pastor's point of view. Dr. John W. Krueger grew up in small town and...
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Benedict XVI: His Life and ThoughtIn these pages Benedict XVI shares his reasons for retiring from the papacy in 2013 in an interview with the author. Many saw his astonishing retirement as a sign of the Church's decline, but he intended it as a seed sown in the hope...
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Family of Saints: The Martins of LisieuxGod gave me a father and mother more worthy of heaven than of earth. --Saint Thérèse of LisieuxThe recent, and unprecedented, canonization by Pope Francis of a husband and wife, Louis and Zélie Martin, the parents of Saint Thérèse, has stirred a great interest...
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Desert Fox: The Storied Military Career of Erwin RommelJust who was Erwin Rommel? War hero or war criminal? Hitler flunky or man of integrity? Military genius or just lucky? Now, bestselling military historian Samuel W. Mitcham Jr. gets to the heart of the mysterious figure respected and even admired by the people...
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Elisabeth Vreede: Adversity, Resilience, and Spiritual ScienceRudolf Steiner entrusted the Esoteric Section and the Mathematics and Astronomy Section at the Goetheanum in Dornach, Switzerland, to Elisabeth Vreede (1879-1943) because of her special abilities. He commented, "Miss. Vreede is one of the people who best understands my lectures." Elisabeth Vreede was...
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The Real Midnight In Paris: A History of the Expatriate Writers in Paris That Made Up the Lost GenerationWoody Allen made the glamour of Paris in the twenties magical in Midnight In Paris--but was that really the case? The Lost Generation made up one of the most fascinating, eccentric, and diverse group of writers ever known--Ernest Hemmingway, James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald,...
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A Secret Life: The Lies and Scandals of President Grover ClevelandThe child was born on September 14, 1874, at the only hospital in Buffalo, New York, that offered maternity services for unwed mothers. It was a boy, and though he entered the world in a state of illegitimacy, a distinguished name was given to...
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Sacred Trickery and the Way of Kindness: The Radical Wisdom of JodoEnter the mind of Jodo and follow his initiatory saga from Zen disciple to revolutionary filmmaker to spiritual teacher - Explores the sacred trickery of shamans he encountered, including Carlos Castaneda, and how intention and action matter more than notions of "true" and "false"...
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