Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Moments Rightly PlacedIn 1964, Ray Hudson, twenty-two, landed in Unalaska village with a brand-new college degree, eager to teach. The Aleuts had seen manyoutsiders who seldom stayed more than a year. Yet Hudson was no short-timer. Author: Ray HudsonPublisher: Epicenter Press (WA)Published: 07/01/2008Pages: 222Binding Type: PaperbackWeight:...
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Maps to the Other Side: Adventures of a Bipolar CartographerPart mad manifesto, part revolutionary love letter, part freight train adventure story -- Maps to the Other Side is a self-reflective shattered mirror, a twist on the classic punk rock travel narrative that searches for authenticity and connection in the lives of strangers and...
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Not By Might Nor By Power: The Great CommissionLONNIE FRISBEE IN HIS OWN WORDS "Lonnie Frisbee was a forerunner and trailblazer. . ." -Dr. James W. Goll ". . . one of the most amazing prophetic and apostolic revivalists of our day and age." -Jeff Jansen ". . . God uses improbable...
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Dr. DRE in the Studio: From Compton, Death Row, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent, the Game and Mad Money - The Life, Times and Aftermath of the NoDr. Dre: 'In The Studio' details Dr. Dre s life, times and history, in a way no other book has. Dr. Dre: 'In the Studio' describes how he was molded into one of the world s greatest Hip Hop Producers beginning when he was...
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Langston Hughes in Lawrence: Photographs and Biographical ResourcesLangston Hughes, the great American poet who inspired the Harlem Renaissance, spent most of his childhood (1902-1915) in Lawrence, Ks. This biography includes 60 B&W photos of Lawrence places connected to Hughes, along with text, maps, and a family tree of known African, American...
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Enlightened CharityEnlightened Charity is a lost history important to the identity of professional American nurses. Throughout history nurses have been innovators in health reform creating models of safe and accessible health care for all. Enlightened Charity documents the pioneering work of American Sisters of Charity...
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Hunted Heretic: The Life and Death of Michael Servetus, 1511-1553Michael Servetus, a Spaniard executed for heresy in John Calvin's Geneva, is remembered as an important Reformation-era theologian and as a physician credited with the discovery of the circulation of the blood through the lungs. His first book, On the Errors of the Trinity,...
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Star in the East: Krishnamurti--The Invention of a MessiahDiscovered as a young boy in the early years of the 20th century, Krishnamurti was proclaimed a new world leader by members of the Theosophical Society and, by the 1920s, was attracting world wide press attention. Idealists, spiritual adventurers, intellectuals and philosophers flocked to...
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Escaping Alcatraz: The Untold Story of the Greatest Prison Break in American HistoryNOTE: This book contains graphic depictions of extreme crime and violence. Its content may not be suitable for all readers.Under the cover of night on June 11, 1962, using only crude homemade tools, Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin tunneled their way...
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Divide And Conquer: 2,731 Miles Out Living It on Two WheelsHaunted by the loss of his best friend to cancer, unnerved by turning 50, and motivated to raise money and awareness for a cancer charity close to his heart, Brent Goldstein undertook an epic adventure in June, 2018 - the Tour Divide mountain bike...
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Chasing the Blues - A MemoirDennis Walker has been "chasing the blues" for a lifetime, starting with his first producing credit in 1965. He is a three-time Grammy Award-winning Blues producer and songwriter for Robert Cray's Strong Persuader, The Robert Cray Band's Don't Be Afraid of The Dark, and...
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Skinhead... The Life I ChoseThis is a true account of the skinhead cult, told by a man who was really there and still is. It is NOT about Nazism, or Neo-Nazism, and definitely not about politics; it is the story of how the ebullience of youth can be...
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Pigeon Passion. the Complete Pigeon and Racing Pigeon Guide.Pigeon Passion is based on his years of experience of pigeon keeping and is packed with useful hints and tips. In a straightforward, no nonsense fashion, Lang covers all aspects of pigeon keeping - including handling, health, housing, breeding, racing and training. Pigeon Passion...
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The CallWho am I? Why am I here? What is my life about? These are the questions that have shaped philosophy religion, and human civilization as a whole. They are also the questions we use to shape and measure our own individual lives. And in...
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Memoirs of an Ordinary MysticDorothy Maclean may call herself an "ordinary mystic" but in fact she has had an extraordinary life with an equally extraordinary impact. This outstanding memoir tells the exciting story of her journey from being part of the British secret service during World War II...
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The Education of Henry Adams: A Centennial VersionBoth a winner of the Pulitzer Prize and at the head of the Modern Library's list of the one hundred best English-language nonfiction books of the twentieth century, The Education of Henry Adams has long been revered as a great work of literature. Written...
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The Hills of Tuscany: A New Life in an Old LandThis hilarious, international bestseller is a true-life adventure of a New York City couple moving to Tuscany. Ferenc Máté's enthusiastic prose is infectious. He brings to life the real Tuscany: the contadini neighbors, country life--the harvest, grape, and olive picking, wine making, mushroom hunting,...
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The Journal of George FoxGeorge Fox's record of his life and ministry is a Christian classic. Its pages chroncile not only Fox's spiritual travial when he heard a voice that said, "There is one, even Christ Jesus, that can speak to thy condition," but his years of ministry...
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Michael Bloomfield: The Rise and Fall of an American Guitar HeroThis is the definitive biography of the legendary guitarist whom Muddy Waters and B. B. King held in high esteem and who created the prototype for Clapton, Hendrix, Page, and those who followed. Bloomfield was a member of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, which...
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Transcending Darkness: A Girl's Journey Out of the Holocaust"Please, Mama, I don't want to live like this," pleaded twelve-year-old Estelle Glaser's older sister as they watched the bodies of friends dangle from the gibbet in the center of the appelplatz of the Madjanek concentration camp. "I cannot take the indignities and brutalities....
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