Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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City Gate, Open UpIn 2001, to visit his sick father, the exiled poet Bei Dao returned to his homeland for the first time in over twenty years. The city of his birth was totally unrecognizable. "My city that once was had vanished," he writes: "I was a...
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Children of a Harsh BlissEmbark on a Spiritual Odyssey: Unveiling the Intersection of Deep Spirituality and Homesteading!Dive into the extraordinary world of Children of a Harsh Bliss, a spellbinding memoir that blends deep spirituality with the raw realities of homesteading. Rishi Waterman, a California native, shares his riveting...
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Cellar Rat: My Life in the Restaurant UnderbellyWhat happens when a career you love doesn't love you back? As Hannah Selinger will tell you, to be a good restaurant employee is to be invisible. At the height of her career as a server and then sommelier at some of New York's...
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Cast, Catch, Release: Finding Serenity and Purpose Through Fly FishingAuthor: Marina GibsonPublisher: Center PointPublished: 09/01/2024Pages: 500Binding Type: Library BindingWeight: 0.95lbsSize: 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.90dISBN: 9798891642591
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Cantona: The Rebel Who Would Be KingThe definitive biography of one of the most extraordinary men the world of football has ever seen.Author: Philippe AuclairPublisher: Pan PublishingPublished: 04/19/2010Pages: 456Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.20w x 1.30dISBN: 9780330511858About the AuthorPhilippe Auclair has been a correspondent with France Football for over...
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Cancer: 50 Essential Things to Do: 2013 EditionThe ground-breaking classic guide to surviving cancer--now completely updated! Revised and updated for the first time since 1999, this invaluable guide to cancer recovery offers an easily accessible plan for patients and family members. Written by a cancer survivor, the book is an inspiring,...
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By Life or by Death: The Life and Legacy of John and Betty StamOne of the most incredible missionary stories of the 20th century. As a young boy Andrew Montonera stumbled upon a cabinet of books in his grandparents' house. He was captivated by what he discovered--the library of his distant relatives, John and Betty. By Life...
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Building Bridges with Music: Stories from a Composer's Life -- Expanded Second EditionFrom his early childhood in Nazi Germany, to emigrating to the United States at age ten, through his years in the United States Army following WWII, and his professional experiences as a composer, conductor, teacher, author, Samuel Adler relates his encounters with some of...
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Broken ToysBroken Toys is the unbelievable true tale of a young boy who grew up in Central Oklahoma and faced the horror of abandonment and physical, mental, verbal, and sexual abuse at the hands of those he loved and trusted. The story also tells of...
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British Vogue: The Biography of an IconMore than just a fashion magazine, more than a brand, Vogue is an institution, a major business and a character in its own right. It is also part of an intensely private empire that for almost all of its existence has remained a self-sufficient,...
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Brilliant (First Edition)Think faith and science don't go together? Think again It's important to teach children at a young age that faith and science are complementary Too many people today--adults and children--think that faith and science don't go together. In fact, many people who leave the...
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Boxes from the Attic-An Immigrant's StoryA daughter tells her mother's remarkable coming-of-age story as an immigrant striving to realize her full potential.Thea Arons' life is a lesson in resilience. Raised in Holland in an assimilated Jewish family, she moves to Palestine for adventure and love. She finds both in...
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Born Round: A Story of Family, Food and a Ferocious AppetiteAuthor: Frank BruniPublisher: Penguin Publishing GroupPublished: 06/29/2010Pages: 368Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 8.34h x 5.58w x 0.76dISBN: 9780143117674Audience: Young AdultReview Citation(s): New York Times Book Review 07/11/2010 pg. 24About the AuthorFrank Bruni was named restaurant critic for The New York Times in April 2004. Before...
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Boat Baby: A MemoirIn a memoir where heroism meets humor, NBC News anchor and correspondent Vicky Nguyen tells the story of her family's daring escape from communist Vietnam and her unlikely journey from refugee to reporter with laughter and fierce love. Starting in 1975, Vietnam's "boat people"--desperate...
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Black Robes Enter Coyote's World: Chief Charlo and Father de Smet in the Rocky MountainsBlack Robes Enter Coyote's World brings to life the complicated history of Jesuit missionaries among Montana's Native peoples--a saga of encounter, accommodation, and resistance during the transformative decades of the mid-to-late nineteenth century. Sally Thompson tells the story of how Jesuit values played out...
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Black Heart Life: One sassy woman's journey towards truth, a travel memoirA sarcastic and humorous travel memoir about a middle-aged American woman's travels around the world that transform her perspective on relationships, career, spirituality and life in general. After an unexpected breakup turns her plans upside down, this 40-something can only wallow in self-pity for...
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Black Heart Life: One sassy woman's journey towards truth, a travel memoirA sarcastic and humorous travel memoir about a middle-aged American woman's travels around the world that transform her perspective on relationships, career, spirituality and life in general. After an unexpected breakup turns her plans upside down, this 40-something can only wallow in self-pity for...
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Beyond The Pale"First published in Canada by Harper Avenue, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, in a hardcover edition: 2015. This Harper Perennial trade paperback edition: 2016"--Title page verso.Author: Emily UrquhartPublisher: Harper PerennialPublished: 08/16/2022Pages: 288Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 7.87h x 5.20w x 0.94dISBN: 9781443423571About the AuthorUrquhart,...
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Beyond the Chalk Box: Insight and Inspiration from Olympic GymnastsEmbark on a unique journey into the realm of elite gymnastics with the unfiltered and heartfelt interviews presented in Beyond the Chalk Box. This exceptional book not only uncovers the challenges and triumphs of former elite gymnasts but also provides an authentic and unvarnished...
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Beyond Porridge: Dishes from Inside Women's PrisonsAn illustrated collection of recipes and advice based around the experiences of women separated from their families by imprisonment. Beyond Porridge engages with creativity, social interactions and diversity within prison walls. The book explains how women in prison use limited ingredients to supplement their...
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