Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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JC Allen, DVMGrowing up on a subsistence farm in North Carolina, Jap Allen married his childhood sweetheart, got his degree in veterinary medicine from Auburn University, served in the army, and established his practice in eastern North Carolina. When Jap started into practice in the 1950s,...
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The Homicide of Yafeu 'Yaki Kadafi' FulaOn November 10, 1996, Yafeu 'Yaki Kadafi' Fula was killed by Rashad Clark. No trial was held so no evidence surrounding the homicide was ever entered into the record. More than 25 years later, Yaasmyn Fula has opened her archive and compiled the witness...
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MoorfieldThe early fight for civil rights for Black people in America is filled with excitement, danger, courage, Jim Crow laws, lynching, court battles, and has no shortage of learning lessons that still empower today. Author, NAACP activist, and criminologist Elvis Slaughter understands this deeply....
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Juggling BulliesBASED ON A TRUE STORY "AFTER ALL THE TEACHERS LEAVE THE ROOM, YOU CAN COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT...TO ANYONE." WOULD YOU DO IT? Tyler Richardson has struggled his entire life to stand up to one bully and has never...
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Giving Back! Life and Leadership from the Farm to the Combat Zone and Beyond: Leaders Are Appointed and Anointed Only by Their Peers and FollowersGiving Back! Is a compilation of real-life events from a life lived in rural America and over a 30 year military career. It encapsulates the lessons of those times that have shaped Dave and helped him develop as a leader and mentor. Giving Back!...
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Trailblazing Black Women of Washington StateBreaking glass ceilings, organizing clubs, and making history as the first in their fields, these trailblazing Black women paved the way for new generations.From Nettie Craig Asberry, founder of the Tacoma NAACP, to Dr. Dolores Silas, now honored by a school bearing her name,...
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Al Jazeera, Freedom of the Press, and Forecasting Humanitarian EmergenciesThis book reveals how Al Jazeera and its news coverage became a force for change politically, socially and culturally in the Middle East in general, and the Arab world in particular.It explores pre-Al Jazeera and post-Al Jazeera representations of humanitarian crises and identifies a...
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43: Inside the George W. Bush PresidencyThe presidency of George W. Bush has been the subject of extensive commentary but limited scholarly analysis in the years since he left office. 43 draws extensively, but not solely, from the recently released interviews of the Miller Center's Presidential Oral History Program at...
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The Lost American Industrialist: The Story of William Madison WoodWilliam Madison Wood was a gifted and successful Portuguese-American industrialist in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. His rags-to-riches story is the fulfillment of the American Dream: - His accomplishments in textile manufacturing were known throughout the world.- His dedication to American patriotism...
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Coal Town KidsDuane Radford and his friends from childhood reminisce about growing up in Crowsnest Pass, Alberta (lovingly called "the Pass"), when the area's coal mines were active. Set on the edge of the Canadian Rockies, in southwestern Alberta, the Pass includes the small towns of...
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Phases: My Story... As I Remember!Phases is a compilation of events in chronological order as to my life from a child "as I remember" through maturity. It highlights incidences that were very dear to me which impacted my development as a young woman struggling to find her way as...
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The Monogamy Mystery: Natural/Unnatural?The Monogamy Mystery is a book that explores the societal expectation of monogamous relationships. It is my belief that if we understand the reasons for infidelity, it can only help not hurt relationships. Most men and women have struggled with being faithful to their...
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Journey From BrooklynJourney From Brooklyn is a memoir. It recounts the history of his life from age 2 to 82. Born into a dysfunctional family with a mentally unstable mother and an absentee alcoholic father. The author was homeless in Brooklyn at age six, sleeping in...
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Water in a Thirsty Land"Water in a Thirsty Land" is a chronicle of Dr. Taylor Filmore Ealy's 1874 to 1881 sojourn as a medical missionary in Indian Territory (Oklahoma) and New Mexico Territory, compiled by his daughter Ruth R. Ealy, and privately issued in a limited edition of...
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Heavenly Homos, Etc: Queer Icons from LGBTQ Life, Religion and HistorySaints and heroes of the LGBTQ community come alive through bold artwork in "Heavenly Homos, Etc" by Dutch priest Jan Haen. He paints diverse people of faith, courage, and love who can inspire readers with new models of queer holiness. The clear, concise style...
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Kentland Cooper's: Series I - A Mother's LoveThe author of this book shares her experiences of witnessing God's love and healing. She shares many testimonies of how she survived, gained strength and courage to continue to moving forward after many disappointments. She hopes those who read this book receive courage to...
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Kentland Cooper's: Series I - A Mother's LoveThe author of this book shares her experiences of witnessing God's love and healing. She shares many testimonies of how she survived, gained strength and courage to continue to moving forward after many disappointments. She hopes those who read this book receive courage to...
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Your Reason for Being: Discovering Your Why I Am and What Is My PurposeAsk a hundred people what their purpose in life is. Nearly all of them will give stock answers. Most will say who cares? doubting thequestion's importance. They think knowing their life's purpose doesn't matter. Instead, life just happens as a happy or unhappy accident.Others...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt: The Biography - Political Life of a Christian Democrat; Foreign Policy and the New Deal of Liberty for AmericaInterested in learning about one of the most influential presidents in United States history? Franklin D. Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States and played a pivotal role in leading America through World War II. This biography tells his story, from his...
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Hollywood: The Oral HistoryThe real story of Hollywood as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Bette Davis, Meryl Streep, Harold Lloyd, and nearly four hundred others, assembled from the American Film Institute's treasure trove of interviews, reveals a fresh history of the American movie...
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