Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place"Commands your attention from the first page to the last word." --Morgan JerkinsAuthor: Neema AvashiaPublisher: West Virginia University PressPublished: 03/01/2022Pages: 168Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.42lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.40dISBN: 9781952271427About the AuthorNeema Avashia was born and raised in southern West Virginia to parents who...
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Annapolis Goes to War: The Naval Academy Class of 1940 and Its Trial by Fire in World War IIAmerica's preeminent naval historian offers a history of the Second World War based on the experiences of the young officers--fresh out of the United States Naval Academy--who served on its front lines. They arrived in Annapolis as teenagers the year Hitler re-occupied the Rhineland...
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle - Tenth Anniversary Edition: A Year of Food Life"A profound, graceful, and literary work of philosophy and economics, well tempered for our times, and yet timeless. . . . It will change the way you look at the food you put into your body. Which is to say, it can change who...
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An Hour Before Daylight: Memoirs of a Rural BoyhoodIn An Hour Before Daylight, Jimmy Carter, bestselling author of Living Faith and Sources of Strength, recreates his Depression-era boyhood on a Georgia farm before the civil rights movement forever changed it and the country. Carter writes about the powerful rhythms of countryside and...
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And the Roots of Rhythm RemainFrom the legendary producer of Nick Drake, R.E.M., Toots and the Maytals, and Pink Floyd and author of White Bicycles: Making Music in the 1960s comes a riveting, world-spanning tour de force illuminating the artists, histories, controversies, and collaborations that shaped global music.Paul Simon...
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American Coach: The Triumph and Tragedy of Notre Dame Legend Frank LeahyAward-winning sportswriter Ivan Maisel brings the forgotten legend of Notre Dame head football coach Frank Leahy back to life, based on rare and complete access to Fighting Irish football historical archives and the Leahy family. When Frank Leahy retired from Notre Dame after the...
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Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.The award-winning and bestselling classic memoir about a young Chicano gang member surviving the dangerous streets of East Los Angeles, now featuring a new introduction by the author. Winner of the Carl Sandburg Literary Award, hailed as a New YorkAuthor: Luis J. RodriguezPublisher: Atria/Primero...
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A Greek Tragedy: One Day, a Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee CrisisFive Days at Memorial meets Into the Raging Sea in this "vivid snapshot of a broken asylum system" (Kirkus Reviews)--the gripping true story of a devastating shipwreck during the biggest refugee crisis since World War II. On October 28, 2015, a boat meant for...
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Accidental Shepherd: How a California Girl Rescued an Ancient Mountain Farm in NorwayA summer job turns serious when a young woman takes the reins on a remote farm--and learns far more than how to herd sheep In May 1972, Liese Greensfelder arrived in the small Norwegian town of ystese to startling news: Johannes, the farmer who...
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A Blacklist Education: American History, a Family Mystery, and a Teacher Under FireIn A Blacklist Education, a mysterious file of family papers triggers a journey through the dark days of political purges in the 1950s. Jane S. Smith tells the story of the anticommunist witch hunt that sent shockwaves through New York City's public schools as...
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A Better Ending: A Brother's Twenty-Year Quest to Uncover the Truth about His Sister's Death"Haunting and heartfelt...meticulously recounted with powerful suspense and hard-earned wisdom." --Robert Kolker, author of Hidden Valley Road A propulsive and "deeply human" (The Minnesota Star Tribune) memoir about a brother's decades-long investigation into the circumstances surrounding his sister's tragic death--and his own journey to...
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A Barn Named Eleanor: A Journey of Love, Loss and New BeginningsVickie Bailey had it all: a loving family, a close-knit tribe of lifelong friends, and plans to grow old alongside her husband, enjoying God's blessings together and watching their young granddaughters grow.What she wasn't anticipating was her husband John's diagnosis of late-stage pancreatic cancer,...
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10% Happier 10th Anniversary: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works--A TrueIn celebration of its 10th anniversary, a revised and updated edition of the award-winning #1 New York Times bestseller that changed the way we look at meditation, expanded with new material by Dan Harris.After having a nationally televised panic attack on Good Morning America,...
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Your Mom's Gonna Love MeOne part memoir, one part comedy special, one part crazy first date. Just you and Matt between the covers. What could be better? Matt Rife is well aware that he's both the most loved and the most controversial comic in America today. And honestly,...
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Yayoi KusamaLearn about incredible story of Yayoi Kusama! The groundbreaking contemporary artist who covered the world in dots. Little Yayoi grew up in Japan and loved creating art. Although her parents didn't approve of her pastime, Yayoi continued to express herself through painting and drawing....
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William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love: Art, Poetry, and the Imagining of a New WorldA revelatory and joyous exploration of how one visionary inspired two-hundred years of art, poetry and protest by the acclaimed author of Albert and the Whale Weaving between the historical, cultural, and personal, award-winning author Philip Hoare reveals a web of creative minds and...
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Wild West Village: Not a Memoir (Unless I Win an Oscar, Die Tragically, or Score a Country #1)In this "darkly humorous" (Harper's Bazaar) memoir-in-essays, actress and singer-songwriter Lola Kirke untangles an extraordinary upbringing in a family of eccentric, messy artists and explains how a big city girl went a little bit country. "Lola is a wise, witty, and unsparing writer." --Lena...
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Who Was Shirley Chisholm?Read all about about the first Black woman to be elected to Congress in this empowering addition to the Who Was? series. Shirley Chisholm showed interest in politics early on, majoring in sociology at Brooklyn College in New York City. During this time she...
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Who Was Milton Hershey?Discover the man behind the chocolate bar! Milton Hershey's life was filled with invention and innovation. As a young man, he was not afraid to dream big and work hard. Eventually, he learned the secret to mass-producing milk chocolate and the recipe that gave...
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Who Was Kobe Bryant?Told in a new Who HQ Now format for trending topics, this Who Was? biography details NBA superstar Kobe Bryant's legendary career and the impact of his legacy on the sports world and beyond. Kobe Bryant was just an eighteen-year-old high-school basketball player when...
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