Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Untouchable: A Biography of Robert De NiroFrom his amazing feature film performances to his roles as producer and director to his many notable guest appearances, De Niro started his career as early as 1965 and has since dominated the world of Hollywood. Untouchable will take you inside the life of...
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Rebel for the Hell of It: The Life of Tupac ShakurThe ever-controversial Shakur offers a great occasion for a close, passionate reading of rap and ghetto culture. White's understanding of Tupac's art will uncork the bottled up rage and confusion that attends the way hip-hop culture is produced and received. Rebel details each step...
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Ming Cho Lee: A Life in DesignWinner of the 2014 George Freedley Memorial award. A gorgeous volume that] celebrates the legacy of Lee. - Time Out New York Whether working in theater, opera or dance, Ming Cho Lee has made an incalculable contribution to the performing arts in America. This...
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The Eighth Grade Dance and Other Memories / El Baile de Octavo Y Otros RecuerdosThis entertaining collection of short autobiographical pieces recalls the author's struggles as an immigrant youth.Author: Ada de JesusPublisher: Pinata BooksPublished: 05/31/2019Pages: 64Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50dISBN: 9781558858855Language: Multiple LanguagesAudience: Young AdultReview Citation(s): Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
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A Question of ChoiceA memoir filled with "valuable, passionate insights" from the lawyer who argued the landmark Roe v. Wade case to the Supreme Court (Kirkus Reviews). More than 40 years ago, the highest court in the land handed down a decision that would forever alter the...
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If a Tree Falls: A Family's Quest to Hear and Be HeardA revealing memoir of a family and a "wrenching journey into deafness from the standpoint of a mother, a wife, a daughter, a philosopher, and a Jew" (Ilan Stavans, author of On Borrowed Words: A Memoir of Language). When her daughters were born deaf,...
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Alex: The Life of a ChildAlexandra Deford, a precious and precocious girl, was just eight years old when she died in 1980 following a battle against the debilitating effects of cystic fibrosis, the number-one genetic killer of children. Her poignant and uplifting story touched the hearts of millions when...
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The Other Chekhov: A Biography of Michael Chekhov, the Legendary Actor, Director & TheoristThe first 30 years of the 20th-century produced a theatrical explosion whose reverberations are still felt today. Stanislavsky, Meyerhold, Vakhtanghov, Michael Chekhov in Russia; Reinhardt, Piscator & Brecht in Germany; and Copeau, Barrault & Artaud in France collectively demolished the 19th-century aesthetic and, in...
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The Life and Death of Peter SellersSellers' fluidity as an actor made for a terrifying madness that grew like a slow metastasizing cancer throughout his adult life. The story of Peter Sellers concludes with his premature death at the age of 54, "sick at heart and alone in those sunless...
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A Catch of Anti-LettersTo learn more about Rowman & Littlefield titles please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com.Author: Thomas Merton, Robert LaxPublisher: Sheed & WardPublished: 10/01/1994Pages: 128Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.05w x 0.42dISBN: 9781556127120This title is only available via back order
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Geek Sublime: The Beauty of Code, the Code of BeautyThe nonfiction debut from the author of the international bestseller "Sacred Games" about the surprising overlap between writing and computer codingVikram Chandra has been a computer programmer for almost as long as he has been a novelist. In this extraordinary new book, his first...
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Jack and Rochelle: A Holocaust Story of Love and Resistance"A story of heroism and of touching romance in a time of fear and danger." --USA TodayThere are two voices intertwined in the narrative: those of Jack and Rochelle. Now and then they interrupt each other. This is the way they have told these...
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The Diary of Alice JamesUnlike her ubiquitous brothers, psychologist and philosopher William and novelist Henry, Jr., Alice James (1848-1892)-the youngest child and only daughter of the wealthy, mercurial, and eccentric New Englander Henry James, Sr.-passed much of her brief lifetime at home, largely isolated from society, unafforded the...
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What Milly Did: The Remarkable Pioneer of Plastics RecyclingThe extraordinary story of the woman who made plastics recycling possible. Milly Zantow wanted to solve the problem of her town's full landfill and ended up creating a global recycling standard -- the system of numbers you see inside the little triangle on plastics....
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Tim Horton: From Stanley Cups to Coffee CupsRocky Mountain Book Award Shortlist, 2011 No Canadian can fail to recognize the name Tim Horton. For many, however, the name suggests coffee and donuts, especially "donuts with sprinkles". But Tim Horton was more than that. He was a tough but fair sportsman renowned...
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One Man's Justice: A Life in the LawThis print-on-demand title is available by request from most booksellers. -- A Quaker thwarted by the government in her attempts to prevent her tax dollars from being used for military purposes. A man wrongly convicted as an habitual criminal. A girl rendered brain damaged...
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Gods of the Hammer: The Teenage Head StoryTeenage Head was a full-on, balls-to-the-wall, three-chord band that obliterated categories and labels with their sonic assault, and everywhere they played they converted the merely curious to the insanely devoted. And they almost became world famous. Almost. Told by film critic and pop-culture aficionado...
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Cabin at Singing River: One Woman's Story of Building a Home in the WildernessChris Czajkowski came to Canada's attention in the mid-1980s when she began writing to CBC Radio's Morningside about a particularly unusual adventure: in her late thirties, she headed into the pristine wilderness of British Columbia's Tweedsmuir Provincial Park. There, she single-handedly cleared the land...
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Off the Books: A Jazz LifeMany jazz lives have unfolded as marginal existences, as jazz guitarist Peter Leitch attests in this honest memoir of a life lived in search of excellence in music and art, but also a life lived battling depression, alienation, and narcotics addiction. Leitch vividly relates...
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Nick: A Montreal Life: Nick Auf Der Maur"Nick Auf der Maur was in journalism and politics. He thought there was honor in both. He also thought both should be fun. He was primarily a newspaper columnist, not a crusader, but a storyteller in love with his city, Montreal. When he wrote...
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