Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Butcher Shop Girl: A Memoir for Misfits & MavericksThe Butcher Shop Girl begins with Carmen's unique coming-of-age as she's ripped from her extended family after her Catholic parents' divorce. Learning to conquer unusual places in the name of survival, Carmen spends her childhood working in her mother's slaughterhouse in prairie Alberta, tearing...
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Visiting 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Volume 2: The Final Years, 1913-1921This book concludes Earl Redman's trilogy about 'Abdu'l-Bah as seen through the eyes of the pilgrims and other visitors to 'Akk and Haifa and those who met Him in Europe and America. While Volume 1 of Visiting 'Abdu'l-Bah covered the years from 1897 to...
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Basketball Legends: The Stories Behind The Greatest Players in History - Coloring Book for Adults & KidsThe Perfect Gift for NBA Basketball Fans - Great for Teens or Adults Discover the stories and facts around the biggest names in basketball history. This book features illustrations and content about each person listed below: - Charles Barkley- Chris Paul- David Robinson- Dennis...
- ¥2,233 JPY
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FUQ Racism: F.U.Q.- Full Of Unanswered QuestionsFUQ Racism (F.U.Q.- Full of Unanswered Questions) examines the topic of racism and breaks it down into answerable questions. Within the book each chapter is a question related to racism. These questions are answered and combined with an associated action item with every chapter.Author:...
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Book Marks: An Artist's Card Catalog: Notes from the Library of My MindOne artist's whimsical and inspiring way to keep track of the books she has read, Book Marks is a visual journey through a lifetime of reading and remembering that features 434 richly illustrated artworks created on old library checkout cards; each collage or drawing...
- ¥11,598 JPY
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Wasps: The Splendors and Miseries of an American AristocracyAn examination of WASP culture through the lives of some of its most prominent figures. Envied and lampooned, misunderstood and yet distinctly American, WASPs are as much a culture, socioeconomic and ethnic designation, and state of mind. From politics to fashion, their style still...
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From Plain to Plane: My Mennonite Childhood, A National Scandal, and an Unconventional Soar to FreedomPatty Bear grew up among the "Plain People" amidst bountiful farmlands, black bonnets, and black cars. It was a world unto itself, both bucolic and beastly, with traditions and beliefs from the old world deeply rooted in the fertile soil of Central Pennsylvania. Insulated...
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The First Ten Years: Two Sides of the Same Love StoryA sometimes hilarious, occasionally heartbreaking, and always entertaining joint memoir by Joseph Fink, cocreator of Welcome to Night Vale, and his wife, writer and performer Meg Bashwiner, chronicling the first ten years of their relationship from both sides.There are two sides to every love...
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Your Second ACT: Inspiring Stories of ReinventionAn entertaining book "filled with inspirational anecdotes" (People) about second acts in life and reinventing yourself from beloved television actress Patricia Heaton--Emmy Award-winning star of Everybody Love's Raymond, The Middle, Patricia Heaton Parties, and most recently, Carol's Second Act. Patricia Heaton is one of...
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The Music of Carly Simon"Music is part of my oxygen, Without it I would dry up" Mention the name Carly Simon to some people and they will probably think of one song in particular, maybe two or three at a push, while others may remember her for being...
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Changing the Rules of Engagement: Inspiring Stories of Courage and Leadership from Women in the MilitaryChanging the Rules of Engagement brings to life the authentic, vivid stories of leadership from inspiring and adventurous women who achieved the extraordinary by serving their country in the U.S. military. These women shattered the glass ceiling and performed extraordinary feats by refusing to...
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¿Qué Haces Con Una Voz Así? (What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?): La Historia de la Extraordinaria Congresista Barbara JordanAhora disponible en edici n espa ol La congresista B rbara Jordan ten a una voz grande, potente, y segura - y sab a como usarlo Aprenda sobre su carrera asombrosa en este libro de cuentos ilustrado que inspira con la biograf a de...
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¿Qué Haces Con Una Voz Así? (What Do You Do with a Voice Like That?): La Historia de la Extraordinaria Congresista Barbara JordanAhora disponible en edici n espa ol La congresista B rbara Jordan ten a una voz grande, potente, y segura - y sab a como usarlo Aprenda sobre su carrera asombrosa en este libro de cuentos ilustrado que inspira con la biograf a de...
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Maestro: André Tchelistcheff and the Rebirth of Napa ValleyWine insiders called Andr Tchelistcheff the "winemaker's winemaker," the "wine doctor," and simply "maestro." After Prohibition brought Napa Valley and its wine industry to the brink of catastrophe, Tchelistcheff (1901-94) proved essential in its revitalization. Tchelistcheff's unique background--a sickly child, a Russian migr forced...
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Whistled: A Memoir of Achievement, Betrayal, and the Search for Self-WorthA variety of traumatic personal events, including a physical assault, a home burglary, a school shooting, the layoffs of the Great Recession, and #metoo impacted Dawn Duhamel's life. In Whistled, she shares her story, chronicling the events that shaped her. Living under the belief...
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Why Marianne Faithfull MattersFirst as a doe-eyed ingénue with "As Tears Go By," then as a gravel-voiced phoenix rising from the ashes of the 1960s with a landmark punk album, Broken English, and finally as a genre-less icon, Marianne Faithfull carved her name into the history of...
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The Tiny Bee That Hovers at the Center of the WorldAn ethereal meditation on longing, loss, and time, sweeping from the highways of Texas to the canals of Mars--by the acclaimed essayist and author of Shame and Wonder David Searcy's writing is enchanting and peculiar, obsessed with plumbing the mysteries and wonders of our...
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Sculpture: Image & AbstractionBremerton-based sculptor Alan Newberg's exhibitions focus on his most recent series of abstract wood sculptures, with some earlier pieces included for context. His large abstract and semiabstract carvings are made of fine woods, including black walnut, English walnut, sequoia redwood, and clear vertical grain...
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The Filth: The explosive inside story of Scotland Yard's top undercover copDuncan MacLaughlin was an elite officer at London's New Scotland Yard. The best of the best.In this explosive book, he breaks the code of silence among senior detectives and undercover agents to reveal the brutal, stark truth of life on the front-line of the...
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The Invention of Oscar Wilde"One should either wear a work of art, or be a work of art," Oscar Wilde once declared. In The Invention of Oscar Wilde, Nicholas Frankel explores Wilde's self-creation as a "work of art" and a carefully constructed cultural icon. Frankel takes readers on...
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