Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A MemoirNick Flynn met his father when he was working as a caseworker in a homeless shelter in Boston. Another Bullshit Night in Suck City tells the story of the trajectory that led Nick and his father onto the streets, into that shelter, and finally...
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An Honorable Profession: A Tribute to Robert F. KennedyTo commemorate the 25th anniversary of the assassination of RFK, Doubleday/Main Street Books reissues a collection of articles and photos from the time immediately after the event. Part of the proceeds goes to the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Fund, which rewards individuals who have...
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And Then Came the Blues: My Story of Survival on Both Sides of the BadgeACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, in the United States, an average of twenty-four people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner, and one in three women have experienced some form of domestic violence. One of those women was Katrina...
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And After All: A Fan History of OasisThis oral history documents the story of Oasis as told by the fans who were there. Discover never-before-seen perspectives charting the rise, fall, and rise again of Liam and Noel Gallagher and the British rock band whose music defined a generation. A few years...
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An Autobiography Of The Rev. Josiah Henson (mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's "uncle Tom") From 1789-1881Josiah Henson was a formerly enslaved man who became a prominent abolitionist and community leader in Canada. His memoirs were a major source of inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin. This edition includes additional material from John Lobb, an editor who...
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American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body's Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to LifeA Silent Spring for the human body, this wide-ranging, genre-crossing literary mystery interweaves the author's quest to understand the source of her own condition with her telling of the story of the chronically ill 19th-century diarist Alice James--ultimately uncovering the many hidden health hazards...
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A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck"A beautiful meditation on endurance, codependence, and the power of love. A dazzling book." - Patrick Radden Keefe The electrifying true story of a young couple shipwrecked at sea: a mind-blowing tale of obsession, survival, and partnership stretched to its limits. Maurice and Maralyn...
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All You Need Is Love: The Beatles in Their Own Words: Unpublished, Unvarnished, and Told by the Beatles and Their Inner CircleTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An oral history of The Beatles from never-before-seen interviews.All You Need Is Love is a groundbreaking oral history of the one of the most enduring musical acts of all time. The material is comprised of intimate interviews with Paul...
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Alexander the Great: Lives and LegaciesAn evenhanded reimagining of the Greek conqueror's life. This book offers a fresh perspective on the reign of Alexander the Great. It re-examines Alexander's military victories and personality while also exploring the impact of his campaigns on the people he conquered. Alexander's story, Stephen...
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A Kids' Guide to the American RevolutionPacked with anecdotes, sidebars, quotes, and illustrations, A Kids' Guide to the American Revolution brings vividly to life the birth of our nation.Introduce young readers to the stakes, challenges, setbacks, and victories involved in the single most important event in our nation's history, the...
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Agents of Change: The Women Who Transformed the CIAThe timely and revelatory exploration of the pioneering women who changed the insulated world of international espionage--from the barrier-crashing challenges of the 1960s to the present-day reckoning--told through the eyes of a former intelligence operative herself. Foreword by Valerie Plame, New York Times bestselling...
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Against the Odds: The Life and Times of an Accidental PoliticianIn this memoir, David Warner shares an engaging, lighthearted, and no-holds-barred narrative of his journey. " If you think everything is so bad with the Tories, why don't you do something about it." This was the challenge laid out to David Warner, then an...
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Against the Odds: Major Donald E. Keyhoe and His Battle to End UFO SecrecyONE MAN is largely responsible for the twin pillars of current UFO belief: that UFOs represent extraterrestrial technology and that the government is hiding this truth from us.His name is Donald E. Keyhoe. He was a 51-year-old retired Marine Major when his own investigation...
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Adventures in the Ditch: A Memoir of Family, Navigation, and Discovery on the Intracoastal WaterwayAs a seven-year-old boy, Jon Coile dreamed of spending the summer sailing Author of Evolution of an Xmas Letter the Atlantic. He just couldn't get his friends to cooperate. Coile grew up and spent time on the water, and in Adventures in the Ditch,...
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AdkaysiSANADIHII AAN SIYAASADDA KU JIRAY waa sheeko-nololeed xiiso badan oo ku saabsan nolosha siyaasadeed ee mid ka mid ah siyaasiyiinta ugu caansan Soomaaliya maanta. Buuggan wuxuu si qoto dheer u sawirayaa safarka dheer ee qoraaga - laga bilaabo carruurnimidiisii Buulaburte, ilaa markii uu ka...
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AdkaysiSANADIHII AAN SIYAASADDA KU JIRAY waa sheeko-nololeed xiiso badan oo ku saabsan nolosha siyaasadeed ee mid ka mid ah siyaasiyiinta ugu caansan Soomaaliya maanta. Buuggan wuxuu si qoto dheer u sawirayaa safarka dheer ee qoraaga - laga bilaabo carruurnimidiisii Buulaburte, ilaa markii uu ka...
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A Carpetbagger in Reverse: Arthur W. Mitchell, America's First Black Democratic CongressmanA long overdue account of the pioneering life and work of controversial African American Congressman Arthur Wergs Mitchell of ChicagoAuthor: John Morris KnappPublisher: University Alabama PressPublished: 12/10/2024Pages: 318Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.32lbsSize: 9.06h x 6.22w x 1.10dISBN: 9780817322151This title is only available via back order
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A Boy Called Darius: A story about a boy, his love of basketball, faith, family and how he overcame a major obstacle.A Boy ... A Bump ... Beating the Odds ... Young Darius Mekial Huskey had a dream. Since he was four, he wanted to play basketball ... to become an NBA player. Since he was four, he watched basketball on TV when he was...
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A Body Made of Glass: A History of HypochondriaPart cultural history, part literary criticism, and part memoir, A Body Made of Glass is a definitive biography of hypochondria.Caroline Crampton's life was upended at the age of seventeen, when she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma, a relatively rare blood cancer. After years of...
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A Blessing and a Curse: The Business of Music, Monsters, and MayhemIn 2019, Anthony Cartinella embarked on a profound journey, delving into nearly four decades of transformative business experiences that have shaped his life. Hailing from the suburbs of NJ, he found an early passion for commerce, driven by the allure of creation and brand-building....
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