Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Raised by Wolves, Possibly Monsters: From Mobster to Reiki MasterThis is a story about a boy who wanted to be kind and loving but was raised by wolves and monsters who taught him to choose violence and aggression. As the boy grew to be a man, he wanted to be a protector of...
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Prince Philip: The biography - The turbulent life of the Duke Revealed & The Century of Queen Elizabeth IIPrince Philip was born on the island of Corfu in Greece, on June 10, 1921. As members of Greek and Danish royalty, Philip and his family were banished from his native country when he was young, with the boy subsequently living in France, Germany...
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Prescription: Ice Cream: A Doctor's Journey to Discover What MattersA paediatrician's inspiring journey of finding meaning amidst chaos and addictionIn 2018, palliative paediatrician Alastair McAlpine shared the profound wisdom of his young patients, revealing what they enjoyed most in life and what gave it meaning. Their simple yet insightful responses touched millions worldwide....
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Potomac Fever: Reflections on the Nation's RiverAn impassioned meditation on American identity and its ebb and flow through the Capital's great waterwayAs she walks the length of the Potomac River, clambering up its banks and sounding its depths, Charlotte Taylor Fryar examines the geography and ecology of Washington, D.C. with...
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Planning the Murder of Anne BoleynAlmost 500 years have passed since the death of Anne Boleyn, and yet, there has never been a suggestion she was guilty of the crimes which saw her executed. Attempts to muddy Anne's reputation throughout history have not lessened her popularity nor convinced anyone...
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Pig YearsA New Yorker best book of 2022 - This captivating memoir is a "startling testimony to the glories and sorrows of raising and harvesting plants and animals" (Anthony Doerr, best-selling author of All the Light We Cannot See), as an itinerant farmhand chronicles the...
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Pain in Paynesville: My Firsthand Encounters with Terror and the Search for Jacob WetterlingA true crime account that rocked bucolic central Minnesota, Pain in Paynesville, walks readers through the author's experiences in the 1980s as a serial predator stalked boys in his hometown, two abductions, and a murder that would remain unsolved for almost 30 years. What...
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Pain in Paynesville: My Firsthand Encounters with Terror and the Search for Jacob WetterlingA true crime account that rocked bucolic central Minnesota, Pain in Paynesville, walks readers through the author's experiences in the 1980s as a serial predator stalked boys in his hometown, two abductions, and a murder that would remain unsolved for almost 30 years. What...
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Packs On! Memoirs of the 10th Mountain DivisionThis history of the 10th Mountain Division during World War II focuses on the personal experiences of the mountain troops who served in Alaska and Italy. Feuer conveys the opinions expressed by the veterans about the conduct of the campaigns--both the good and the...
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Overcoming Ordinary Obstacles: Boldly Claiming the Facets of an Extraordinary LifeObstacles Are OpportunitiesNesha Pai shows us how faith, forgiveness, resilience, and an impeccable sense of style can turn obstacles into opportunities. From overcoming racism and sexism to creating her own identity and building a business, this first-generation American is a prime example of creating...
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Other Colors: Essays and a StoryA luminous essay collection about loneliness, contentment, and the books and cities that have shaped the experience of a Nobel Prize winner and the acclaimed author of My Name is Red. "One of the essential writers that both East and West can gratefully claim...
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One Tick Stopped the ClockBlending medical mystery with wit, sensitivity, and a sharp understanding of the human experience, One Tick Stoppedthe Clock offers hope and inspiration for anyone who can't go back, but instead must move forward at a new pace."An exquisitely crafted narrative. Despite the gravity of...
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One Eye on the WorldOne Eye on the World takes readers on a serious yet humorous journey of the glory years of the newspaper industry. This was before the sad state of many faltering newspapers and the biased media in today's world. The book's title comes from the...
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Oliver Cromwell: Commander in ChiefThe second volume in an acclaimed biography of Oliver Cromwell, from the capture of Charles I to the expulsion of the Long Parliament In 1647, the Parliamentarians were divided. They had won the first civil war and the king was in custody, but disagreements...
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Old Scroll Ranger: Becoming a Ranger in the first three years of the 1974 1st Ranger Battalion"Old Scroll Ranger" is a collection of soldier stories about life in the 1st Ranger Battalion during its first three years after activation, from 1974 to 1977 when the battalion was developing into a combat ready unit. It's written in a style to bring...
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Nuestra Verdad / The Truths We HoldLa emocionante e inspiradora autobiograf?a de la actual vicepresidenta y candidata dem?crata a la presidencia de los Estados Unidos.Escrito en primera persona, esta autobiograf?a es la presentaci?n al mundo de Kamala Harris. Estoy hablando . Con esa contundente frase dicha en medio de un...
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Not Yet: A Memoir of Redemption, Sports, and Chasing DreamsGrowing up in Ottawa's West End-a neighborhood marked by gangs and criminal activity-Ronny Musikitele was faced with a cultural shock. Moving into his new neighborhood, he found the outside world filled with gang activities, fights, and the symbolism of red representing the Bloods. His...
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Northwest of the World: Forty Years Trading and Hunting in Northern SiberiaNorthwest of the World, first published in 1944, is the memoir of American explorer and fur-trader Olaf Swenson (1883-1938). The book chronicles his long career in Alaska and Siberia, and provides a fascinating look into the native culture of northeastern Siberia, as well as...
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Northern Exposure: Growing up in Dakota: A young man's story of surviving a generation of changesNorthern Exposure is about growing up in rural Canada and the Dakotas during World War II and the '50s. It's written from the viewpoint of a boy who is interested in all angles of life and death. Publisher and writer Gordon Burgett describes it...
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No Past Tense: Love and Survival in the Shadow of the HolocaustNo Past Tense is the biography of Katarina (Kati) Kellner and William (Willi) Salcer, two Czech Jews who as teenagers were swept up by the Holocaust in Hungary and survived Auschwitz and Mauthausen, respectively. Covering their entire lives, weaving in first person "real time"...
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