Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Architect: How to transform yourself and your worldA radical social treatise about African American gangs in the 21st century. This book is more than just a blueprint for self-transformation and the reconstruction of gang culture. It is also a unique step-by-step guideline that shows gang members themselves how to do it....
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Death Brings SecretsThe life of a women who grew up always finding the light at the end of each tunnel of darkness that she had to endure. Continued to learn from mistakes that changed each phase of her life. Knowing that she had to keep secrets...
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Patriot, Prisoner, Survivor: An American Family at WarPatriot, Prisoner, Survivor: An American Family at War is CDR James Bedinger's first-hand account of his life, and in particular, his service and imprisonment in Laos during the Vietnam War. CDR Bedinger recounts a tale of heroism, endurance, and the shared struggle in the...
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Who Was Harvey Milk?Learn about one of the most influential leaders in the fight for gay rights. Although he started out as a teacher without aspirations to be an activist or politician, Harvey Milk found himself captivated by the history-making movements of the 1960s. He would eventually...
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Heida: A Shepherd at the Edge of the WorldI'm not on my own because I've been sitting crying into a handkerchief or apron over a lack of interested men. I've been made every offer imaginable over the years. Men offer themselves, their sons . . . drunk fathers sometimes call me up...
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Haunted: The Incredible True Story of a Canadian Family's Experience Living in a Haunted House (16pt Large Print Edition)It was an irrational decision. Despite having just moved into a beautiful new house, the Williams family gave in to an odd, overwhelming desire to purchase and move into a Victorian home they had come upon by chance. They were curious, of course, as...
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Just Show Up: And Other Enduring Values from Baseball's Iron ManNew York Times Bestseller Iron Man Cal Ripken Jr.--the 19-time All-Star, World-Series winning legend, American League MVP, and record holder who played 2,632 consecutive games--outlines eight rules for the game of baseball and life, drawn from the lessons he has learned on and off...
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Adventures of the Horse Doctor's HusbandWhen he wedded a veterinarian, chasing horses down the Interstate wasn't in the vows...Bestselling author and painter Justin B. Long never dreamed he'd become a horse person. But marrying a passionate vet plunged the self-confessed numbers nerd into the wild world of equine emergency...
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Lewis R. Heim: Mechanical Genius of Modern IndustryLewis R. Heim was an American machinists, engineer and manufacturer who invented the Centerless Cylindrical Grinder and the Rod End Bearing known as the "Heim Joint" and was one of the pioneers of modern antifriction and spherical bearings. Lewis Heim had an inherent ability...
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Search for the Guru: Adventures of a Western Mystic, Part IIn the tradition of Yogananda's, "Autobiography of a Yogi," this is the first half of Peter Mt. Shasta's adventures on the quest for a spiritual teacher and, ultimately, enlightenment. It is the Revised Edition of the first volume (prequel) of Adventures of a Western...
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Moses: A Human LifeAn unprecedented portrait of Moses's inner world and perplexing character, by a distinguished biblical scholar No figure looms larger in Jewish culture than Moses, and few have stories more enigmatic. Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg, acclaimed for her many books on Jewish thought, turns her attention...
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El Diario de Renia Spiegel: El Testimonio de Una Joven En Tiempos del Holocausto/ Renia's Diary: A Holocaust JournalTras permanecer oculto m s de setenta a os, sale a la luz el diario de una joven jud a polaca que relata su adolescencia y sus ltimos d as durante el Holocausto. Un testimonio de vida profundamente humano, veraz e impactante.Un legado de...
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House of Bondage"None but those who resided in the South during the time of slavery can realize the terrible punishments that were visited upon the slaves. Virtue and self-respect were denied them." -Octavia Albert in The House of BondageWith a fiery, righteous rage, former slave Octavia...
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Dr. Ernst Leitz II and the Leica Train to Freedom: Defying the Nazis with a CameraThrough their writing and artwork, teens tell the compelling story of a a successful businessman, Dr. Ernst Leitz II, who helped hundreds of Jews escape death in Nazi Germany. His business manufactured cameras and photography equipment and he sent Jewish employees to safety, sometimes...
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Manning Up: Transsexual Men Finding Brotherhood, Family and ThemselvesLiterary Nonfiction. LGBTQIA Studies. A call to trans men everywhere to embrace their personal journey of transition, MANNING UP brings together a wide range of voices, from young men to elders, to candidly share their journeys of transitioning to manhood. More than just the...
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Susan B. Anthony: The Making of America #4In the fourth installment in the Making of America series, Susan B. Anthony, Teri Kanefield examines the life of America's famous suffragette. Anthony was born into a world in which men ruled women: A man could beat his wife, take her earnings, have her...
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War Doctor: Surgery on the Front LineThe #1 internationally bestselling, gripping true story of a frontline trauma surgeon operating in the world's most dangerous war zones For more than 25 years, surgeon David Nott has volunteered in some of the world's most dangerous conflict zones. From Sarajevo under siege in...
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The Fixed StarsFrom a bestselling memoirist, a thoughtful and provocative story of changing identity, complex sexuality, and enduring family relationships At age 36, while serving on a jury, author Molly Wizenberg found herself drawn to a female attorney she hardly knew. Married to a man for...
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Pretty Good Advice: For People Who Dream Big and Work HarderStraight talk and mild rants from one of beauty's biggest success stories Called the "Queen of Beauty" and the most influential lone woman to impact the beauty industry since Est e Lauder by the New York Times, Leslie Blodgett's story is anything but ordinary....
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4.5 Years: Memoir of a WW2 POW'It is criminal that such a significant and brave action by Scottish soldiers is not awarded its rightful place ' The Scottish Association of the Teachers of History'It is a prisoner's duty to try to escape 'The true story of a young Scottish soldier...
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