Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Johnny Appleseed: The Making of a MythDo you know the story of Johnny Appleseed? The history stories you think you know may not be what they seem. In this deep-diving series, readers of How FACT Became FICTION are invited into the truth beyond the stories people tell about history. It...
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The Dolphin Who Saved Me: How an Extraordinary Friendship Helped Me Overcome Trauma and Find Hope"An inspiring book about love in its purest form."--JANE GOODALL, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of PeaceWith the heartwrenching vulnerability of The Glass Castle and the spiritual journey of H is for Hawk, this stunning debut memoir tells the...
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Literary New Hampshire: A History & GuideNew Hampshire's literary roots are long and rich, with names like Robert Frost, Celia Thaxter and Willa Cather beckoning book lovers. Travel to Cornish and discover the connections between one of the state's premier novelists, Winston Churchill, and the British statesman of the same...
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Bibi: My StoryIn Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu's "compelling" (The Economist) and "fascinating" (The Wall Street Journal) New York Times bestselling autobiography, the prime minister of Israel tells the story of his family, his path to leadership, and his unceasing commitment to defending his country and securing its...
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Charley: The True Story of the Youngest Soldier to Die in the American Civil WarA short biography of Charley King, who enlisted aged just 12, and became the youngest soldier to die in the American Civil.In early April 1861, the streets of West Chester, PA, echoed with the sound of a rattling snare drum. The orders it marked...
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Ron DeSantis: La biografía del valiente gobernador de Florida y su plan para el futuro de Estados UnidosRon DeSantis es uno de los gobernadores más influyentes de la historia reciente. Ha sido un líder en Florida desde que se convirtió en gobernador en 2018, y su liderazgo le ha valido la atención nacional. En este libro, exploraremos la biografía de Ron...
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Adventures AdriftThe book you are now holding is a literary artifact, essentially faithful to the original text of Don Browns' hand-written manuscript.Keep in mind that Don's manuscript was composed "then." Don's China, during the 1930s/'1940s, had been wracked by decades-long warfare. Subsequent revolution brought sweeping...
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Kelly Full Of Joy!: A Love SyndromeD. J. O'Connor has kept a journal of amusing family stories for more than forty-five years. Whenever family, friends, or guests come over, he adds some tales. Many of the stories involve his sister-in-law, Kelly, who has Down syndrome. Her perspective on life is...
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The Geography of Belonging: A Love Story of Horses & AfricaAn unexpected liaison with an African horseman builds a courageous and tender-strong bridge across classic cultural divides. The backdrop is present-day Zimbabwe in all its political, economic and ecological complexities. Oriane Lee Johnston's memoir takes the reader from her island home on the west...
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Unmasked: My Life Solving America's Cold Cases**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** "It's a mark of the highest honor when I say it's even more riveting than an episode of 'Dateline'."--The New York Times From Paul Holes, the detective who found the Golden State Killer, Unmasked is a memoir that...
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Macbeth King of Scotland and The Clan FinleyPer the New World Encyclopedia, Mac Bethad mac Findlaích (Modern Gaelic: MacBheatha mac Fhionnlaigh), (died August 15, 1057), was King of Scots (also known as the King of Alba) from 1040 until his death. He is best known as the subject of William Shakespeare's...
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Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a MysteryPart memoir, part sweeping journalistic saga: As Casey Parks follows the mystery of a stranger's past, she is forced to reckon with her own sexuality, her fraught Southern identity, her tortured yet loving relationship with her mother, and the complicated role of faith in...
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A Bowl Full of Ideas for Inventive MindsSouthern Ute elder Joseph Rael (Beautiful Painted Arrow) offers words of wisdom to children and the young at heart, as told to David R. Kopacz, MD. Joseph fills the bowls of hearts and minds with 18 ideas to stimulate inventiveness, creativity, and an appreciation...
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A Feast of Losses: Yetta Dine and Her Son, the Poet Stanley KunitzPerhaps the most enduring poet of his generation, Stanley Kunitz once observed that "poetry is for the sake of the life." Based on his mother's recently recovered memoir, diary and letters, Judith Ferrara's A Feast of Losses offers fresh and intimate insights into both...
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Pieces of My Puzzle: a personal journey through the '50s, '60s, '70s and beyondWriting became a way for Karen Wielinski to process a devastating tragedy. Her first book, One on the Ground, told compelling story of how her world was changed forever when Continental Flight 3407 crashed into her home taking 51 souls with it. Pieces of...
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Beyond ImaginationGrandmother Barbara Vitale has been a dedicated, fearless walker between the worlds since a child. She has been blessed with many miraculous encounters with sacred "Medicine" elders and teachers. In this book, she shares the sacred lessons and medicine passed to her as she...
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The Story of Ruth"The Story of Ruth" is a first person narrative about the life and journey of an African American woman who grew up in the deep south during the Jim Crow era. Ruth Smith was an only child who was very close to her mother...
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Midnight Calling: A Memoir of a Drug Smuggler's DaughterNATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS, WINNERERIC HOFFER BOOK AWARD, GRAND PRIZE SHORTLISTNEXT GENERATION INDIE BOOK AWARDS, NONFICTION FINALISTKINDLE BOOK AWARDS, NONFICTION FINALISTLynn was the happy-go-lucky daughter of a Miami undercover narcotics agent-until her dad snuck out of their house in the dark of night without...
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The Bucknoll Cottage Chronicles: Sex and the City meets Under the Tuscan Sun, but no sex, no city and in the Poconos"Throughout the summer of 2013, I harbored a secret hankering for a country house. This was a very private manifestation of a very public theory I'd articulated over almost the entire four decades (give or take) I'd lived in Manhattan. That is, if you...
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Called to Serve and ProtectHow does a farm boy brought up on an isolated farm with no electricity, or running water supply, leaving school at fifteen with no academic qualifications, have a successful career in the police force and become an overseas police adviser? John describes his motivation...
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