Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Hemingway: A BiographyDistinguished by its precision, its graceful use of language, and its resonant depth, the innovative style of Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) radically altered literary conventions and influenced generations of writers. In The Sun Also Rises, A Farewell to Arms, For Whom the...
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In the Key of Genius: The Extraordinary Life of Derek ParaviciniDerek Paravicini is blind, can not tell his right hand from his left, and needs round-the-clock care. But he has an extremely rare gifthe is a musical prodigy with perfect pitch whose piano-playing has thrilled audiences at venues from Ronnie Scott's to Las Vegas,...
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Facilitating Collaboration: Notes on Facilitation for Experienced CollaboratorsCombining nearly two decades of facilitating organizational transformations and workshop/meeting strategies for Fortune 25 companies, international governments and non-profit institutions, Brandon and Dan share the steps and critical approach to help you evolve from traditional facilitation to advanced collaboration. Learn directly from successful conversions...
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Daughter of Venice: Caterina Corner, Queen of Cyprus and Woman of the RenaissanceCaterina Corner, a Venetian noblewoman and the last Queen of Cyprus, led a complex and remarkable life. In 1468, Corner married King Jacques II Lusignan of Cyprus at the behest of her family, whose ambitions matched those of the Venetian republic anxious to extend...
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Who Was Steve Irwin?By popular demand, the 100th Who Was...? subject is Steve Irwin Steve Irwin did not have a typical childhood. Born in Melbourne, Australia, on February 22, 1962, he was raised on the wildlife park his parents owned. He cared for the animals and especially...
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Greatest Empire: A Life of SenecaBy any measure, Seneca (?4-65AD) is one of the most significant figures in both Roman literature and ancient philosophy. His writings are voluminous and diverse, ranging from satire to disturbing, violent tragedies, from metaphysical theory to moral and political discussions of virtue and anger....
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Brigham Young: American MosesBrigham Young comes to life in this superlative biography that presents him as a Mormon leader, a business genius, a family man, a political organizer, and a pioneer of the West. Drawing on a vast range of sources, including documents, personal diaries, and private...
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Jesse Owens: An American LifeBorn the tenth child of a poor Southern sharecropper and barely able to read or write, Jesse Owens used his astonishing drive and athletic ability to win an unprecedented four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. He became an international superstar overnight and...
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Eavesdropping: A Memoir of Blindness and ListeningBlind people are not casual listeners. Blind since birth, Stephen Kuusisto recounts with a poet's sense of detail the surprise that comes when we are actively listening to our surroundings. There is an art to eavesdropping. Like Annie Dillard's An American Childhood or Dorothy...
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Betsy Ross: Designer of Our FlagBetsy Ross is remembered as the maker of the first American flag, which was secretly presented to General George Washington in Philadelphia in 1776. But what was she like as a kid? In this narrative biography, you'll learn all about the childhood of Betsy...
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The Rediscovered Benjamin Graham: Selected Writings of the Wall Street LegendBenjamin Graham ist eine der legendären Gestalten der Wall Street. Mit der Zeit stieg sein Ruf, und heute ist seine Investment-Philosophie bemerkenswert populär und anerkannt. Janet Lowe förderte durch akribische Forschung Schriftstücke, Artikel, Briefe und Abhandlungen der illustren Persönlichkeit zutage, bisher selten oder nicht...
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The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 2: 1934-1939Beginning with Nin's arrival in New York, this volume is filled with the stories of her analytical patients. There is a shift in emphasis also as Nin becomes aware of the inevitable choice facing the artist in the modern world. "Sensitive and frank...[Nin's] diary...
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The Black Prince and the Sea Devils: The Story of Valerio Borghese and the Elite Units of the Decima MASAt the beginning of World War II, Prince Junio Valerio Borghese, dashing Italian nobleman, assembled the famous Decima MAS naval unit-the first modern naval commando squad. Borghese's "frogmen" were trained to fight undercover and underwater with small submarines and assault boats armed with a...
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Thing of BeautyAt age seventeen, Gia Carangi was working the counter at her father's Philadelphia luncheonette, Hoagie City. Within a year, Gia was one of the top models of the late 1970's, gracing the covers of Cosmopolitan and Vogue, partying at New York's Studio 54 and...
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Thomas Harriot: A Life in ScienceAs Robyn Arianrhod shows in this new biography, the most complete to date, Thomas Harriot was a pioneer in both the figurative and literal sense. Navigational adviser and loyal friend to Sir Walter Ralegh, Harriot--whose life was almost exactly contemporaneous to Shakespeare's--took part in...
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Traitors Among UsAs director of the elite Foreign Counterintelligence Activity, author Stuart Herrington was the U.S. Army's top counterintelligence officer. In this thrilling and informative account he details one of the most damaging and delicate cases of espionage ever committed against the United States. Between 1972...
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In Full Flight: One Woman's Quest for Atonement in AfricaAs a member of the renowned Flying Doctors Service, Dr. Anne Spoerry treated hundreds of thousands of people across rural Kenya over the span of fifty years, earning herself the cherished nickname "Mama Daktari"--"Mother Doctor." Yet few knew that what drove her from post-World...
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Big Bankroll PBArnold Rothstein (1882-1928) was described in the newspapers of the 1920s as a sportsman, a gambler, and the man who fixed the 1919 World Series. But he was much more than that. A bootlegger and labor racketeer, he corrupted politicians, promoted crooked stock sales,...
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Autobiography of Andrew T. Still: With a History of the Discovery and Development of the Science of Osteopathy, Together with an Account of the SchoolAndrew T. Still, the founder of osteopathic medicine, reveals how he matured into a medical pioneer from humble beginnings in the rural frontier of the United States. Beginning with his upbringing in rural Missouri, we witness how Still became accustomed to practicality at a...
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Captain John Smith: Jamestown and the Birth of the American DreamAmerica was the place Smith had dreamed of his whole life.There, his character, determination, and ambition had propelled him to the top of society. He spent the rest of his life trying to return. Though he failed, he pointed the way for others, who...
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