Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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True Hospitality: Lessons Learned from Behind the Concierge Desk"Everything points back to the uniformed girl at the podium in the lobby of the Rittenhouse."At twenty-two Jamie Cooperstein dreamed of becoming a successful sports journalist. She never expected that putting on a concierge uniform and stepping into the lobby of the Five Diamond-rated...
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Tits Up: The Top Half of Women's LiberationAfter years of biopsies, best-selling author Sarah Thornton made the difficult decision to have a double mastectomy. But, after her reconstructive surgery, she was perplexed: What had she lost? And gained? An experienced sleuth, she resolved to venture behind the scenes to uncover the...
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Tilak: The Empire's Biggest EnemyBal Gangadhar Tilak was considered to be the biggest threat to the British hegemony.He was prosecuted thrice for sedition.Was termed 'the father of Indian unrest.'He was convicted for his fiery writings in his nationalist daily Kesari.Tilak, the first definitive biography of the man who...
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The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American CenturyFrom the acclaimed economist-historian and author of The Marshall Plan, a "timely, riveting" (The Washington Post) new perspective on the political career of Henry Wallace--one that will forever change how we view the making of US and Soviet foreign policy at the dawn of...
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The Wives: A MemoirAuthor: Simone GorrindoPublisher: Gallery/Scout PressPublished: 03/18/2025Pages: 432Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.30dISBN: 9781982178505About the AuthorSimone Gorrindo's writing has appeared in The New York Times, New York magazine, Longreads, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Christian Science Monitor, The Best Women's Travel...
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The Whispered CallFollow Fr. Tony Plathe's inspiring journey from Las Cruces, NM, to his devoted service in various parishes. This memoir captures his experiences growing up, his teenage years, and his path to ordination. Fr. Tony navigates personal and spiritual challenges, including crises of faith, transitions,...
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The True Story of Vanilla: How Edmond Albius Made HistoryIn 1841, a 12-year-old enslaved boy, Edmond Albius, made history when he discovered how to hand-pollinate vanilla plants using a bamboo twig. Until that time, only bees in Mexico could pollinate the plant--botanists couldn't figure out another way. With his master, Edmond travelled around...
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The Silent Ganesh: Finding Erich JantschDr. Erich Jantsch has been described as an astrophysicist, an author, a businessman, an astronomer, a conservationist, a consultant, an engineer, an evolutionary theorist, a forecaster, a futurologist, a humanist, a lecturer, a music critic, a philosopher, a physicist, a scientist, an urban planner,...
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The Rise of Asian Paints: Champaklal Choksey, a Doyen of the Indian Paints IndustryAsian Paints is India's largest paints company and its early history is hardly known; even less is known about how Champaklal Choksey and his friends made Asian Paints the largest paints company in India as far back as 1967. There are many lessons that...
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The Right Kind of White: A MemoirA "deeply revealing and vulnerable memoir" (Kate Schatz, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Do the Work) that earnestly reckons with whiteness and explores how understanding one's own white identity can create the racial accountability needed in the national discourse. As the product of...
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The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle"A surprising and ambitious investigation of language and the varied ways women resist the paradoxes of patriarchy both on and off the page."--New York TimesCombining the soul-baring confessional of Brain on Fire and the addictive storytelling of The Queen's Gambit, a renowned puzzle creator's...
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The Quotable Nathan Bedford Forrest: Selections from the Writings and Speeches of the Confederacy's Most Brilliant CavalrymanThough Nathan Bedford Forrest was not a writer, had little formal education, never authored a book, and was not a professional speaker, he did leave us with a number of witty comments, profound words, and sublime statements. Award-winning author, Southern historian, and Forrest scholar...
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The Price of Victory: Memoir of the Commander of the 1st Polish Armoured DivisionGeneral Stanislaw Maczek's memoir chronicles the bravery, sacrifice, and disillusionment of Polish soldiers in WWII.General Stanislaw Maczek's stirring memoir captures the ?lan, the sacrifice and the disappointed hopes of the Polish soldiers who fought alongside the Allies during the Second World War.As Commander of...
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The Oak Tree that Grew on a Rock: The Life Story and Ministry of Prophet Gerbole"An amazing book I could hardly lay it down. It moves from marvel to marvel. The book of Acts is happening today much like it happened 2,000 years ago. The book reveals a world of miracles and the powerful working of the Holy Spirit....
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The News Sorority: Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour--and the (Ongoing, Imperfect, Co mplicated) Triumph of Women in TV NewAuthor: Sheila WellerPublisher: Penguin Publishing GroupPublished: 11/10/2015Pages: 496Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.90lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.20dISBN: 9780143127772Review Citation(s): New York Times Book Review 12/06/2015 pg. 84About the AuthorSheila Weller is a contributor to Vanity Fair, the New York Times Book Review, and Glamour and...
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The Mysterious Virginia Hall: World War II's Most Dangerous SpyHow did a young lady from a wealthy family in Maryland end up as the Gestapo's most wanted spy? This YA biography of Virginia Hall, World War II's most successful female spy, will inspire reluctant readers and budding history buffs alike. Virginia Hall, known...
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The Maniac with No KneesWhat happens when a rugby star loses his knees-and his mind?How far can mania take you, before you're forced to face the truth?In The Maniac with No Knees, Tyler Kania takes readers on a raw, unfiltered ride through his journey with undiagnosed Bipolar I...
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The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot: A True Story About the Birth of Tyranny in North KoreaBlaine Harden, New York Times-bestselling author of Escape From Camp 14, tells the riveting story of Kim Il Sung's rise to power and the young North Korean fighter pilot who dared to defy him. In the aftermath of World War II, Kim Il Sung...
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The Gentle No: Wanting What Wasn't for MeAs the eldest child born to a single mother, I was parentified at a young age. On the weekends when my mother worked as a nurse at the local hospital and all I wanted to do was be a kid, I was responsible for...
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The Garden at the End of Time: Getting by in the Age of Climate ChangeJohn Hanson Mitchell has long written about his garden outside of Boston, and about the plants and animals with whom he shares this land. In 2022, the United Nations and others started reporting the true severity of the climate crisis as the Earth passed...
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