Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Three Ways to Fail: Journeys Through Mapuche ChileAn ethnographic exploration of anthropological failure through the Mapuche archetypes of witch, clown, and usurper How do we learn what failure looks like? During the years anthropologist Magnus Course spent living with Indigenous Mapuche people in southern Chile, he came to understand failure--both his...
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This Horrible Uncertainty: A German Woman Writes War, 1939-1948Through the diaries and personal papers of a German woman, Vera Conrad, this book documents her wartime experiences and deepens our understanding of the complex experiences of trauma and grief that National Socialist supporters experienced. Building on scholarship about mourning and widowhood that largely...
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The Year of Learning Dangerously: Adventures in HomeschoolingThink homeschooling is only for a handful of eccentrics on either end of the political spectrum? Think again. Today in America, two million primary- and secondary-school students are homeschooled. Growing at a rate of 10 percent annually, homeschooling represents the most dramatic change in...
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They Call Me "Sweet Lou": The Life and Times of a Football Official"His passion for the game is unparalleled! It's a love story worth reading!" -Steve Wright, author of Aggressively Human, entrepreneur, NFL veteran with the Dallas Cowboys, Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts, and Los Angeles Raiders"This book gives you the other angle of pro sports, the side of...
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The Whole World Will Love Me: The Life of St. Therese of the Child Jesus and of the Holy FaceDevotion of St. Therese to the Holy Face"However tender was the devotion which Saint Therese had for the Child Jesus, it cannot be compared to the devotion she had for the Holy Face." Mother Agnes of Jesus (St. Therese's elder sister and her Superior...
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The Unknown Face: A memoir of marriage, mental illness, and the search for whyA marriage with an imperfect love story goes tragically wrong one summer in a small college town in Virginia, and the husband is left picking up the pieces of pain and regret. How did it end in suicide instead of divorce? What he discovers...
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The Trouble of Color: An American Family MemoirAn "assiduous scholar and absorbing writer" (New York Times) confronts the limits of the historian's craft in this powerful memoir of family, color, and being Black, white, and other in America Martha S. Jones grew up feeling her Black identity was obvious to all...
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The Tricky Part: A boy's story of sexual trespass, a man's journey to forgivenessA "marvelous, courageous and above all, thoughtful" memoir (The Washington Post) about a Catholic boy raised in a loving family who is haunted by the sexual abuse he experienced at summer camp. Raised in a loving Catholic family in Denver, Martin Moran was a...
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The Teacher's PetIf you thought you knew the story of The Teacher's Pet, get ready to be shocked. Hedley Thomas takes you behind the scenes with a blow-by-blow account of one of the most intriguing and enduring murder mysteries of our time - the crime, the...
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The Story of TrumpThe Story of Trump - Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. When it comes to Donald J. Trump, things are pretty...
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The Story of Alfred Nobel: Short Stories for KidsAlfred Nobel: The Path of Curiosity and Peace for Young LearnersDelve into the fascinating world of Alfred Nobel, the illustrious inventor and philanthropist, through the captivating pages of The Story of Alfred Nobel. This richly illustrated, full-color book offers a vibrant gateway for young...
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The Story of a Flag for All PeopleIn 1981 I met the scientist Buckminster Fuller, and he challenged me to become a "world problem-solver" and help solve the nuclear dilemma. Within six months of that meeting, I walked away from my position as president and heir to controlling interest of a...
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The Secret of Happiness: And Other Essays From The Huffington PostThe essays in The Secret of Happiness range from life as an orphan to life as a model; from psychotherapy to bootlegging and the Great Depression and murders and loss. Originally published in the Huffington Post, the collection reflects Babette's wisdom acquired from her...
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The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: Their Stories Are Better Than the BestsellersInstant New York Times Bestseller! This "celebration of the world of books" (Kirkus) is filled with "heartfelt testimonials" (New Yorker) that "feels like a love letter" (USA Today) to booksellers and librarians--as told to the greatest storyteller of our time, James Patterson. To be...
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The Rose Bird: A Mother's Perspective on Loving and Losing Her Daughter to FentanylThe Rose Bird is a personal account of what goes on behind closed doors in a family coping with severe mental illness. Told as only a mother can, this is the true story of loving and losing a daughter affected by mental illness and...
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The Road to Appledore: Or How I Went Back to the Land Without Ever Having Lived There in the First PlaceAcclaimed author Tom Wayman's account of his shift from urban to rural. The recent pandemic accelerated an existing trend among urbanites to move to the country. Yet to quote from a 2022 Globe and Mail article, "People from cities don't always realize what they're...
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The Return TripFor fans of Kerry Washington and Bassey Ikpi, a gripping memoir about overcoming addiction and trauma--a powerful journey of healing and redemption. At age 30, Maya Golden was living a charmed life. She was an award-winning sports reporter, a loyal wife, and a new...
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The Red Lie: A Story of Family, Betrayal, and My Escape from ChinaBorn into the Mao era, the author's education in school and at home by her father, a devoted Communist propaganda officer, was a brainwashing process. She was just seven when her father described how the enemy Nationalists beheaded his parents with a straw cutter...
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The Real China Beach: A Beach Surrounded by WarI captured this China Beach photo in May of 1968. I didn't realize until recently that this was the month US casualties peaked at 2,417. It's likely some of the men on this photo never came home alive.Through my photos, I've documented my tour...
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The Path I Trod: The Autobiography Of Terence V. PowderlyThe Path I Trod: The Autobiography Of Terence V. Powderly is a book written by Terence V. Powderly, an American labor leader and politician. The book is an autobiography that details Powderly's life from his childhood in Pennsylvania to his rise as a prominent...
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