Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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What Would Hm the Queen Do?'When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.' - HM Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-serving monarch and celebrated role model for our times. Examining such underrated...
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Rude: Stop Being Nice and Start Being BoldA timely and entertaining exploration of why ambitious women are often perceived as rude and how the power of rudeness can be harnessed in relationships, in bed, at work, and in everyday life. During a TV interview with a comedian, journalist Rebecca Reid found...
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Crusader: John Cobb's Ill-Fated Quest for Speed on WaterThe tale of Crusader, the jet-powered boat of 1952, appears to be a simple one about the ambition of John Cobb and Reid Railton, two unassuming but deeply gifted men, to break the water speed record on Loch Ness only for their efforts to...
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A Way Back to Health: 12 Lessons from a Cancer SurvivorKelley Skoloda was the healthiest person she knew--until the day she became a cancer patient. During her first, routine colonoscopy--without having experienced any symptoms--Kelley received a shocking diagnosis: colon cancer. Based on the true story of her subsequent cancer journey, A Way Back to...
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One Pound, Twelve Ounces: A Preemie Mother's Story of Loss, Hope, and TriumphMelissa Harris's dream of being a mother again shatters when a fertility doctor tells her she may never have another child due to a physical anomaly in her uterus. Determined to persevere, she undergoes nine surgeries and a year of fertility treatments until she...
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The Peacemaker: Nixon: The Man, President and My Friend"Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God." - Matthew 5:9"I don't think any president has been more wrongly persecuted than Nixon, ever. I just think he was a saint." - Ben SteinFrom Ben Stein, New York Times bestselling...
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Dr. Charles Drew: Medical PioneerProvides a brief overview of the life and career of African-American doctor Charles Drew. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, informative captions and sidebars, a phonetic glossary, a time line, a Think-About-It section, and an indexAuthor: Susan WhitehurstPublisher: Child's WorldPublished:...
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Sisterlocking Discoarse: Race, Gender, and the Twenty-First-Century AcademyFinalist for the 2021 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award in the Education CategoryIn Sisterlocking Discoarse, hair is a medium for reflecting on how academic leadership looks, performs, and changes when embodied by a Black woman. In these ten essays, Valerie Lee traverses...
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Mortality, with FriendsMortality, With Friends is a collection of lyrical essays from Fleda Brown, a writer and caretaker, of her father and sometimes her husband, who lives with the nagging uneasiness that her cancer could return. Memoir in feel, the book muses on the nature of...
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Our Blessed Rebel Queen: Essays on Carrie Fisher and Princess LeiaOur Blessed Rebel Queen: Essays on Carrie Fisher and Princess Leia is the first full-length exploration of Carrie Fisher's career as actress, writer, and advocate. Fisher's entangled relationship with the iconic Princess Leia is a focal point of this volume. Editors Linda Mizejewski and...
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Cokie: A Life Well LivedThe extraordinary life and legacy of legendary journalist Cokie Roberts--a trailblazer for women--remembered by her friends and family.Through her visibility and celebrity, Cokie Roberts was an inspiration and a role model for innumerable women and girls. A fixture on national television and radio for...
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Mommy, Please Don't LeaveA heartbreaking true story of a broken family and the foster carer who wants to keep them together...The Watsons are no strangers to sibling placements but when Casey takes the call from her supervising social worker one frosty January morning, she can instantly tell...
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Make It Happen: You Can Be an Activist'Make It Happen reminds us that people of any age can create change in their communities. From finding allies to setting goals, everyone who wants to contribute to a better future can learn from Amika's book.'Malala Yousafzai Now, more than ever, we know that...
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Planting the World: Joseph Banks and His Collectors: An Adventurous History of Botany'Based on meticulous research in original sources ... Goodman illustrates vividly how adept [Banks] was ... Shining a light on individuals whose achievements are relatively uncelebrated' Jenny Uglow, New York Review of Books A bold new history of how botany and global plant collecting...
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5 Second Journal Get Control of your life Powerful Journal: Daily diary with prompts Mindfulness And Feelings Daily Log Book Optimal Format 6 x 9This Diary is a tool designed to help become happier and more certain about themselves by learning to express gratitude on a regular basis. Stop being controlled by your to-do list and start doing the important work. Filling your days with menial chores will...
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Aristóteles: La biografía - Sabiduría antigua, historia y legadoArist teles (c. 384 a.C. a 322 a.C.) fue un fil sofo y cient fico de la antigua Grecia que a n es considerado uno de los m s grandes pensadores en pol tica, psicolog a y tica. Cuando Arist teles cumpli 17 a...
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Barack Obama: The biography - A Portrait of His Historic Presidency and Promised LandBarack Obama was the 44th president of the United States and the first African American commander-in-chief. He served two terms, in 2008 and 2012. The son of parents from Kenya and Kansas, Obama was born and raised in Hawaii. He graduated from Columbia University...
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Selected GamesPeter Romanovsky (1892-1964) was Soviet chess champion in 1923 (outright) and 1927 (jointly with Bogatyrchuk). According to Chessmetrics he was ranked 12th in the world in 1925. Romanovsky was also one of Soviet chess's greatest teachers, standing at the very foundation of the Soviet...
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Heaven in My Hands: A Midwife's Stories of Birth & LifeWe are wrapped in a mantle of awe at the beauty around us. But there is one particular experience transcending all others--a baby's first breath, that primal cry of a brand-new human being that's so powerful, so rich, and so pure, it brings instant...
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The Obedient ChildOne woman's decision changed the course of her Ting family for generations When Chwen Erl got on a plane bound for the United States at the age of 19, not only had she never flown before, she had never been outside of Taiwan. Having...
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