Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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You Are More Powerful Than You ThinkWhat if you could reconnect to the power you hold inside by taking six simple steps? Dr. Fred Didomenico leads you through those steps in this guide to fulfillment that reveals the self-imposed illusions and limitations that thwart success. The steps will awaken your...
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Love Letters of Kings and QueensAuthor: Daniel SmithPublisher: GreenfinchPublished: 02/22/2022Pages: 352Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.43w x 1.10dISBN: 9781529413526About the AuthorDaniel Smith is the bestselling author of 100 Places You Will Never Visit, which has been translated into eight languages. He has written more than fifteen books, on...
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Life of Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola. OrationThe Oration by philosopher Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494), to which later editors added the subtitle On the Dignity of Man, is the most famous text written in Italy at the height of the Renaissance. The Life of Giovanni by Gianfrancesco Pico, his nephew,...
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Renunciation and Longing: The Life of a Twentieth-Century Himalayan Buddhist SaintThrough the eventful life of a Himalayan Buddhist teacher, Khunu Lama, this study reimagines cultural continuity beyond the binary of traditional and modern. In the early twentieth century, Khunu Lama journeyed across Tibet and India, meeting Buddhist masters while sometimes living, so his students...
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ImmanuelBlending essay, memoir and reportage, Immanuel is an exceptional debut about community, doubt, and the place of faith in the twenty-first century.At what point does faith turn into tyranny? In Immanuel, winner of the inaugural Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize, Matthew McNaught explores his upbringing...
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Peel Me a LotusA travel writing classic reissued for the first time in 20 years in April 2021 to great acclaim. Now available in a stunning hardback gift edition with illustrated end papers and ribbon and including original illustrations by Nancy Dignan. The inspiration behind Polly Samson's...
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Beloved Workhorses: How Not Pursuing Fame Did Not Inhibit U.S. House Members from Effectiveness and LikabilityImagine members of Congress who don't crave media attention. Imagine people who are so beloved within the institution that negative sentiment is non-existent. Finally, imagine folks for whom reaching across the aisle to craft comprehensive legislation is second nature. In Beloved Workhorses, one doesn't...
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Amanda, Toy Engineer: Real Women in STEAMMoonbeam Children's Book Awards Best Nonfiction Book SeriesInspire curiosity and confidence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math with this award-winning kid's book series that disrupts the status quo and invites everyone into the unbelievably fun world of STEM.When girls can see it, they can...
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A Writer Writes: A Memoir by Stephen Birmingham, America's Leading Social Historian and Best-Selling Author of Our CrowdThe author of more than thirty books. Birmingham's work focused on the upper class in America. He's written about the African American elite in Certain People and prominent Jewish society in Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families of New York, The Grandees: The Story...
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George Gordienko: Canadian Wrestler, Artist and Renaissance ManGeorge Gordienko (1928-2002) may be the greatest wrestler you've never heard of. From humble, Ukrainian/Cossack immigrant roots in the Canadian Prairies, he endured a tough childhood during the Great Depression to emerge as a leading shooter and one-of-a-kind artist on the mat. Excluded from...
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Through Thick and Thin: One Foster Family's Eating Disorder JourneyPediatrician Carolyn Roy-Bornstein and her husband had a comfortably empty nest after their sons had grown and flown. Soon after, Carolyn noticed that two of her patients struggled after their father died of cancer and their mother became too mentally ill to care for...
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Ida RubinsteinIda Rubinstein (1883-1960) captivated Paris's dancers, composers, artists, and audiences from her time in the Ballets Russes in 1909 to her final performances in 1939. Trained in Russia as an actress and a dancer, her life spanned the artistic freedom of the Belle Époque...
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Robert Morgan: Essays on the Life and WorkFor more than fifty years Robert Morgan has brought to life the landscape, history and culture of the Southern Appalachia of his youth. In 30 acclaimed volumes, including poetry, short story collections, novels and nonfiction prose, he has celebrated an often marginalized region. His...
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Knockin' Doorz Down (Derrubando Portas): Uma história sobre o romper da escuridão e o encontro com a redençãoDerrubando Portas é uma história inspiradora sobre a luta heroica de um homem contra os seus demónios interiores que quase o destroem, embora acabe por recuperar e encontrar um caminho único para a redenção e a paz. Empresário de sucesso, Carlos Vieira, cresceu na...
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You Are MeIf you need hope, you need to read this book. You Are Me is a fascinating, heartening true story of one person's journey from becoming crippled with amnesia by a car accident to recovering and becoming a parent to children who each needed a...
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The Trichotomy of a Temporary Office WorkerThe book entitled The Trichotomy of a Temporary Office Worker expresses a compilation of various job assignments in the job market in New York City. It chronicles the journey in learning that the American dream continues to be interrupted by a system that hinders...
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Thea Bowman: A Story of TriumphA biography of Thea Bowman for young readers.Thea Bowman's parents were happy when she started 6th grade at Holy Child Jesus School in Canton, Mississippi.At age 15, Thea asked her parents if she could join the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration (FSPA) and finish...
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Just as I Am Low Price CDAuthor: Cicely TysonPublisher: HarperAudioPublished: 02/15/2022Binding Type: CDWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 5.75h x 5.20w x 1.50dISBN: 9780063224766About the AuthorTyson, Cicely: - Cecily Tyson, Oscar(R) nominee, ACE winner, three-time Emmy winner, lecturer, activist and humanitarian, is one of the most respected and honored talents in American theater and...
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The Clanlands Almanac: Seasonal Stories from ScotlandA seasonal meander through the wilds of ScotlandIf Clanlands was a gentle road trip through Scotland, this almanac is a top-down, pedal-to-the-metal, up-and-down odyssey through the many byways of a Scottish year. An invitation to anyone who picks up the book to join us...
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Walking Free: From Bondage To LibertyGregory sat in a small cell that he shared with another inmate and questioned, "why am I here?Lord? What did I do wrong to cost me the rest of my life in prison with a walking death sentence? Please let me know, I am...
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