Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Braided Horses Are ComingExploring the mysteries of the strange braided loops repeatedly found in the manes of horses, both wild and domestic, Don Monroe takes us along on his personal adventure of discovery. These loops have long been taken merely as annoying tangles formed by the wind...
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Dana White, King of MMA: Dana White an unauthorized biographyDana White is referred to by many as the King of MMA, and one cannot deny the immense popularity of Dana in the MMA community and business world. Dana has taken a failing business, an unknown sport to most and turned it into an...
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Bedtime and Other Stories from the President's Guest HouseBenedicte Valentiner invites the reader behind the scenes of one of the world's most prestigious official guest houses: the historic, charming, and beautiful Blair House, across from the White House. For more than thirteen years Mrs. V hosted Chiefs of State and Heads of...
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Trophy White Tales: A Classic Collection of Campfire Stories about North America S #1 Game Animal the Whitetail DeerJerry brings out some of the best hunting stories ever told in, Trophy White Tales.****Calvin Beeke, Michigan Whitetail Pursuit ****"Jerry Lambert delivers the campfire to his readers in the most quintessence form. A warm blend of family values and situations everyone who has hunted...
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No Comfort Zone: Notes on Living with Post Traumatic Stress DisorderNo Comfort Zone exposes a jagged slice of humanity that is all too present, but often shielded from our view. The author challenges us to see life as she does, so we can understand a bit of what it's like to live with post-traumatic...
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Watching Over Me: A World War II Story of Survival and a Quest for PeaceElfi Lee is born in 1940 and lives a picture-perfect life on a quiet acreage in eastern Germany. She delights in heading to the forest with her mother, Mutti, who sings hymns as the two gather boysenberries in a basket. Free to roam on...
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An Entrepreneurial Journey Through Life: Learning, Loving, and LaughingIn An Entrepreneurial Journey Through Life: Learning, Loving, and Laughing, Ralph Z. "Bud" Sorenson, former president of Babson College, shares his own experiences to illustrate an important truth: "being entrepreneurial" goes far beyond starting new businesses--though that is certainly a part of it. In...
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120 SongsSinger, songwriter, painter, essayist...Tom Russell is known as one of the most compelling performers in the world, and is recognized as a master American lyricist. And now, with 120 Songs, Russell presents his first-ever collection of lyrics, handpicked and individually introduced, and complemented by...
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Gracie"I am so glad the time has come for Gracie and Peter to share this amazing story with the world. You will carry it with you always." -Jeff Foxworthy "Thank you, Peter and Gracie, for lifting our own burdens as you bear your hearts...
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Tales of Eloise: True Tales to Bring a Smile to Your Heart and an Honored Seat at the Banquet of LifeWhen Eloise Aitken Farren says, in the introduction to this book of tales from her life, that her only aim is to bring a smile to your lips, you'd better believe her. If you make your way through these ninety tales, ranging from the...
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Honey Farm Dreaming: A Memoir about Sustainability, Small Farming and the Not-So Simple LifeA farmyard full of animals, thousands of tourists in the garden, a hundred backpackers in the house, millions of bees in the air - and one family. What could possibly go wrong?When Anna and Andrew move their young family to a farm, the future...
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Fight On, My SoulA Virginia man's fight against poverty, disease, and discrimination forms the background of Fight On, My Soul. Set largely in rural Lancaster County, Virginia, Fight On, My Soul tells the story of Morgan E. Norris, one of Virginia's first black physicians, who believed in...
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The Greatest of These is Love: The Life of St. Elizabeth of HungaryThough St. Elizabeth of Hungary lived 800 years ago, she has a unique appeal for Christians today. Love, rather than politics or ideology, was the driving force of her life. She was a happily married woman who loved her husband and children. She was...
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Time Done Been Won't Be No MoreTime Done Been Won't Be No More: Collected Prose by William Gay is a collection of short stories, essays, memoirs and an interview. William Gay is well known for his fiction but he is also widely published with his essays, mostly dealing with music,...
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Crushing Soft Rubies: A Memoir, 10th Anniversary EditionCrushing Soft Rubies is the place where spirit, culture, and survival meet. It is the story of a Filipino-African-American who is caught between the death of her parents and the desperate need to define herself--not as an orphan, but as a strong woman who...
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Terlingua Teacher: The Remarkable Lessons Taught and Learned in a One-Room Texas Schoolhouse.The Remarkable Lessons Taught and Learned in a One-room Texas Schoolhouse.A search for a simpler, more rewarding lifestyle brings Trent Jones and his wife Olga to the ghost town of Terlingua, Texas so that Trent can accept the unusual job of teacher/principal/janitor of a...
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Who in the World Was the Secretive Printer?: The Story of Johannes GutenbergJohannes Gutenberg spent his days shut away, working on a mysterious project. His neighbors wondered what he was doing in his metal shop. Why did he need so much money? Was he making expensive gold jewelry? Weapons? Armor? What project could possibly take up...
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Ty Cobb Unleashed: The Definitive Counter-Biography of the Chastened RacistHoward W. Rosenberg's Ty Cobb Unleashed: The Definitive Counter-Biography of the Chastened Racist (Tile Books) seeks to be the go-to first source on Cobb's persona, including racially. Transparency about "what's new" is the organizing theme.While the historiography of Babe Ruth, the player closest to...
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Shoeless Summer: The summer of 1923 when Shoeless Joe Jackson played baseball in Americus, GeorgiaIn the summer of 1923, Shoeless Joe Jackson, who was banned from organized baseball in 1921 for his alleged participation in the 1919 Chicago Black Sox World Series scandal, was signed on to play baseball for the Americus, Georgia semi-pro team of the independent...
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Jackie Wilson: The Black King of Rock 'n RollKnown as Mr. Excitement, he was the greatest combination of a singer and a showman the music world has ever known. He was the eleventh artist elected into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame. Jackie Wilson had one of the largest fan clubs...
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