Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Druid HillsThree remarkable people were responsible for the beginnings of Atlanta's historic Druid Hills. The first was entrepreneur Joel Hurt, who having already experienced success with his rail-served development of Inman Park set his sights on a second community. With remarkable vision, Hurt hired renowned...
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Great Women's Speeches: Empowering Voices That Engage and InspireThis is an edited and resized version of So Here I Am: Speeches by great women to empower and inspire. Discover the inspiring voices that have changed our world, and started a new conversation. Great Women's Speeches is essential reading for pioneering women everywhere....
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Stalin: Passage to RevolutionA spellbinding new biography of Stalin in his formative years This is the definitive biography of Joseph Stalin from his birth to the October Revolution of 1917, a panoramic and often chilling account of how an impoverished, idealistic youth from the provinces of tsarist...
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Souvenirs sur Guy de Maupassant« Le 1er novembre 1883, M. R..., tailleur de M. Guy de Maupassant, me pr sente ce dernier comme valet de chambre-cuisinier. Nous entrons dans le salon, o je me trouve en pr sence de deux messieurs qui se chauffaient debout, le dos au...
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As You WereA hypnotic, brutal, and unstoppable coming-of-age story echoing from within the aftershocks set off by the American Indian boarding schools of generations past, fanned by the flames of nearly fifteen years of service in the Armed Forces, exposing a series of inescapable prisons and...
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The Role I Played: Canada's Greatest Olympic Hockey Team"Glimpses of her childhood and life outside of hockey come into view, but the main focus is the roller-coaster ride of striving to compete at the sport's top level." -- Library Journal "Sami Jo has an energetic personality that shines through with every story...
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A Chat with Vivien Thomas: She Was the 1St to Interview Mr.Thomas on His Extraordinary Technical Discoveries Used in Dr Alfred Blalock 's 'Blue B" Experiece the interview with Mr Thomas himself as though you were there the history making development of the Blue Baby Operation.Author: Jessie B. GladdenPublisher: iUniversePublished: 02/10/2020Pages: 82Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.29lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.20dISBN: 9781532085857This title is not returnable
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Lost Island: Plus three stories and an afterwordLOST ISLAND was Barbara Follett's third and last novel. It tells the story of Jane Carey, a young woman from Maine whose character and philosophy bear a striking similarity to her creator's.A lover of woods and mountains, Jane finds herself working in a dusty...
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Swanson: The Life and Times of a Victorian DetectiveDonald Sutherland Swanson was born in the remote far north of Scotland, leaving for London in 1867 at the age of 19 and initially working as a City clerk. The following year he joined the Metropolitan Police and began patrolling the streets of the...
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Turning: A Year in the WaterLonglisted for the 2018 Frank Hegyi Award for Emerging Authors "Jessica J. Lee is a writer of rare and exhilarating grace. In Turning, she sounds the depths of lakes and her own life, never flinching from darkness, surfacing to fresh understandings of her place...
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Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945A never-before-seen collection of deeply personal love letters from Kurt Vonnegut to his first wife, Jane, compiled and edited by their daughter "A glimpse into the mind of a writer finding his voice."--The Washington Post "If ever I do write anything of length--good or...
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Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton: The Lives and Careers of History's Most Influential Nurses*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading"I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results." - Florence Nightingale"I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while...
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A Year of Hope: Letters to My BelovedsIn July 2004, Pastor Mark Nuckols, also an Army Reserve chaplain, received a message from the US government informing him his reserve unit would soon be activated and deployed to Iraq. Only six months earlier, he had accepted a call to be shepherd of...
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New York MetsEncompassing the extraordinary history of Major League Baseball's New York Mets, this photo-laden narrative underscores significant players, team accomplishments, and noteworthy moments that will stand out in young sports fans' minds.Author: Michael E. GoodmanPublisher: Creative PaperbacksPublished: 08/11/2020Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 9.80h x 8.70w...
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Sarasvati's Gift: The Autobiography of Mayumi Oda--Artist, Activist, and Modern Buddhist RevolutionaryThe inspiring life story of pioneering feminist artist, activist, and Buddhist teacher Mayumi Oda told through her own words and original thangka paintings. Sitting in meditation in front of a statue of Goddess Sarasvati, Mayumi Oda heard her say in a loud voice, Stop...
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Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine: Founding an EmpireHenry II became King of England in 1154 after twenty years of civil war. He was the first Plantagenet king, the founder of England's most successful and longest-ruling dynasty. But Henry did not come to the throne alone. He had married Eleanor of Aquitaine,...
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Coaching Kasparov, Year by Year and Move by Move, Volume II: The Assassin (1982-1990)*****Short-listed for the English Chess Federation Book of the Year Award 2020*****In Coaching Kasparov, Year by Year and Move by Move Garry Kasparov's long-term coach, second and mentor Alexander Nikitin tells the story of how he trained Kasparov from a brilliant but raw junior...
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Bicentennial Abroad: A Declaration of IndependenceThere always seemed to be an adventure to be had and a story to be told, written or remembered Pursuing a dream to travel, see amazing places, meet wonderful people from all walks of life, and sharing thoughts and experiences in my journals was...
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Journey to a Miracle: When Faith Was the Only Curein life, stuff happens and those unpleasant happenings come in all shapes and sizes. Some are mere challenges or obstacles, while others are catastrophic upheavals. The fact is, we all face them and respond differently to their unwelcome arrival.Journey to a Miracle is a...
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Is This Anything?The first book in twenty-five years from "one of our great comic minds" (The Washington Post) features Seinfeld's best work across five decades in comedy. Since his first performance at the legendary New York nightclub "Catch a Rising Star" as a twenty-one-year-old college student...
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