Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Last Letters from Attu: The True Story of Etta Jones, Alaska Pioneer and Japanese POWEtta Jones was not a World War II soldier or a war time spy. She was a school teacher whose life changed forever on that Sunday morning in June 1942 when the Japanese military invaded Attu Island and Etta became a prisoner of war....
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Winging It!: Jack Jefford, Pioneer Alaskan AviatorJack Jefford saw his first plane in 1916 at the age of six and he was hooked. By 1937 he was flying planes in Nome, Alaska and in three short years he became the Chief Pilot of the FAA. He daily faced the dangers...
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The Yardbirds: The Band That Launched Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy PageAlthough together for only five years, The Yardbirds exerted tremendous influence on the music and style of the '60s and for decades beyond. Their impact has been felt throughout the rock genre, from psychedelia to blues-rock, heavy metal, and the music of today's jam...
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Jean Arthur: The Actress Nobody KnewThe luminous star of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Shane, and other classic films was, as the subtitle aptly puts it, "the actress nobody knew." Jean Arthur (1900-91) kept her personal life private, disdained the Hollywood publicity machine, and was called "difficult" because of...
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4 Lives in the Bebop BusinessThe lives of Herbie Nichols, Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, and Jackie McLean are dicussed through biographical sketches and quotations. Photographs are included.Author: A. B. SpellmanPublisher: LimelightPublished: 08/01/2004Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 8.24h x 5.55w x 0.77dISBN: 9780879100421
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Spiritual Exercises: Volume 49The most scholarly of the remarkable nuns of Helfta composed these meditations, rituals, prayers, instructions on how to pray, chants, hymns, and litanies in the late thirteenth century. Her mastery of poetic prose attests to the level of women's education in the highly cultured...
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The Ralph D. Winter Story: How One Man Dared to Shake Up World MissionsLegendary missionary strategist Ralph D. Winter always provoked strong reactions, one way or another. This long overdue book captures both the genius and the controversy of a self-described "social engineer," named by Time magazine as one of the 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America.Author:...
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Sixteen Seasons: Stories From a Missionary Family in TajikistanHow would a young American missionary family react when immersed in the heart of remote Tajikistan? Follow the James family's adventures in an ancient Persian city an hour north of Afghanistan. Through the humor and pain of these vignettes you will discover not only...
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Ojise: Messenger of the Yoruba TraditionOjise: Messenger of the Yoruba Tradition is a journal of the daytoday activities and rituals that Karade encountered in his quest for priesthood in the Yoruba religion. Embedded in this journal are the very emotions, ideas and changes in his psycheand the healing of...
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Germ Hunter: A Story about Louis PasteurGrowing up in the 1830s, Louis Pasteur saw the horrifying effects of diseases like rabies and tuberculosis. Filled with curiosity and imagination, Pasteur began a lifelong search for answers to his many questions about diseases. Although many scientists disagreed with his unusual ideas, his...
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Nathan Hale: Patriot SpyAs the Revolutionary War began, Nathan Hale immediately joined up on the side of the Patriots. When General Washington needed a spy, Hale was the only man to volunteer for the job. In the end, Hale lost his life for his beliefs and became...
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Autobiography of a Yogi (Hebrew)Selected as "One of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the 20th Century," Yogananda's Autobiography of a Yogi has been translated into over 33 languages, and is regarded worldwide as a spiritual classic. It reads like an adventure story while answering questions about religion,...
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Autobiography of a Yogi: Unabridged Audiobook Read by Ben KingsleyThis 15 CD boxed-set audio edition contains the complete text of Paramahansa Yogananda's life story, read by Academy Award-winning actor Sir Ben Kingsley. Footnotes are captured in an accompanying booklet. Selected as "One of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century," Autobiography...
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With Light SteamIn 1996 Bryon MacWilliams left the relative stability of the United States for the chaos of post-Soviet Russia and stayed. Over the course of nearly twelve years he reported on academe and the sciences for the world's leading publications and sought out the best...
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The Nature WayCorbin Harney's long life encompassed remarkable changes in the lives of Native Americans and in the technological and political development of the world. As an adult, Harney found his calling as a traditional healer and spiritual leader. This book presents a compendium of Cobin...
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A Voice That Spoke for Justice: The Life and Times of Stephen S. WiseIn the first half of this century, a talented and charismatic leadership restructured the American Jewish community to meet the demands and opportunities of a pluralistic, secular society. The work of this generation of titans still guides the current modes of American Jewish life....
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The Story of Minnesota's PastThe Story of Minnesota's Past embraces the broad sweep of change over this land now called Minnesota from glacial ages to the 1980s. This richly illustrated book was first published as a textbook for Minnesota middle-school students. A paperback edition was produced to serve...
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Old Rail Fence Corners: Frontier Tales Told by Minnesota PioneersOld Rail Fence Corners is the story of Minnesota's early settlers in their own words--hardship and happiness on the frontier. These simple, direct accounts, collected at the beginning of the twentieth century, paint vivid pictures of life in Minnesota from the 1840s to the...
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You'll Be Okay: My Life with Jack KerouacYou have a unique viewpoint from which to write about Jack as no one else has or could write. I feel very deeply that this book must be written. And no one else, I repeat, can write it.--William S. BurroughsEdie Parker was eighteen years...
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The Man from the Rio Grande, Volume 32: A Biography of Harry Love, Leader of the California Rangers Who Tracked Down Joaquin MurrietaLike some mysterious Paladin, Harry Love seemed to suddenly appear on the California landscape at a time when he was particularly needed. As captain of the California Rangers, Love pursued Joaquin Murrieta and his bandits, and the outlaw was captured and killed. Then, his...
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