Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Line in the Sand'Put on your seatbelt before reading this. Dean Yates has produced the roughest, and most honest, journalistic memoir of war I've ever encountered' --Thomas Ricks, author, Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq 'Destined to become a classic' --Chris Hedges, Pulitzer-prize winning war correspondent...
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Light on Kundalini: Your Lifestyle Guide to Yoga and AwakeningYoga saved my life. May it help you to live yours.If you've ever asked yourself, "Is there more to life than this?" this book is your answer. With a blend of personal anecdotes, expert yogic teachings, and reflective exercises, it's a companion for every...
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Life of Sister Mary St. Peter: Mystic of the Holy FaceThe Work of Reparation through the Holy Face was suddenly revealed to her. She was transported in spirit to the road leading to Calvary. "There," said she, "Our Lord gave me to behold in a most vivid manner, the pious Veronica, who, with her...
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Legends of the Circuit: The Iconic Drivers of Formula 1Legends of the Circuit: The Iconic Drivers of Formula 1 beckons enthusiasts into the heart of the world's most exhilarating motorsport, embarking on an enthralling odyssey through the annals of Formula 1 history. In this meticulously crafted tome, readers are treated to a panoramic...
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La iglesia y yoSe sabe que, de las cosas m?s sencillas, se pueden extraergrandes y profundas experiencias. Y de eso trata este libro: de experiencias, de pasiones, adicciones, de conductas, demalas decisiones, y por supuesto...de Dios.Todo contado con un estilo lineal, directo, sencillo, sin rebuscamientos, "sin adornos...
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Lady Anne Bacon: A Woman of Learning at the Tudor CourtLady Anne Bacon was a highly educated woman who lived through the great political and religious transitions of five reigns and was embedded in the network of power at the Tudor court. Her intelligence and education took her far beyond the limits of the...
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Kannibals, Killers, Kults and Kinkery: Kulinary KreationsWhat would make someone write a book with these adjectives and bring recipes in to align with it? I am a chef and baker at heart, we were watching a documentary on cannibalism and Imade a comment that cannibals should have a cookbook. The...
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Just a Nobody: An AutobiographyThe Lord put it on my heart to share our story with the world. It is redemption at its best. The Lord works all things out for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. Sex, drugs, and...
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Journey Out of Silence Third Edition: An AutobiographyWilliam (Bill) Rush (1955-2004) was born with a significant disability. Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy left Bill with very limited use of his limbs and voice. His family was strongly encouraged to institutionalize him at birth. Bill's parents took their son home. As part of the...
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John Keats: A New LifeAn entirely new portrait of Keats, rich with insights into the torments of his life and the imaginative sources of his works This landmark biography of celebrated Romantic poet John Keats explodes entrenched conceptions of him as a delicate, overly sensitive, tragic figure. Instead,...
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John Henry Newman: A Life SacrificedThis unparalleled introduction to St. John Henry Newman--mind, heart, soul, and personality--brings the great cardinal to life before our eyes, and with him the charged air of nineteenth-century England. Drawing from his letters, writings, and journal entries with precision and poetic flair, the book...
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau: La Biografía de un filósofo ginebrino, redactor de contratos sociales y compositor de discursosJean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) fue un célebre filósofo, escritor y compositor ginebrino. Su profunda influencia en el Siglo de las Luces y sus aportaciones al pensamiento político, económico y educativo siguen configurando la sociedad moderna. Las obras de Rousseau, como el Discurso sobre la desigualdad...
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JEANIE out of the BOTTLEDiscover a heartwarming and courageous story in Jeanie Out of the Bottle, an inspiring memoir from a 94-year-old woman reflecting on her formative years with Victorian-era grandparents and a war-torn London. This deeply personal narrative reveals truths about her parents' struggles that shaped her...
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Jane Austen: A LifeWith the same sensitivity and artfulness that are the trademarks of her award-winning novels, Carol Shields explores the life of a writer whose own novels have engaged and delighted readers for the past two hundred years. In Jane Austen, Shields follows this superb and...
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I Thought You Had RetiredAfter a thirty year career, I retired to live the good life. Within a few months I had completed a lot of tasks that had been waiting. However, hunting season was coming on and the desire to return to the field was strong. The...
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It Goes So Fast: The Year of No Do-OversAn Instant New York Times BestsellerOperating Instructions meets Glennon Doyle in this new book by famed NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly that is destined to become a classic--about the year before her son goes to college--and the joys, losses and surprises that happen along...
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I Regret Almost EverythingThe entertaining, irreverent, and surprisingly moving memoir by the visionary restaurateur behind such iconic New York institutions as Balthazar and Pastis. A memoir by the legendary proprietor of Balthazar, Pastis, Minetta Tavern, and Morandi, taking us from his gritty London childhood to his serendipitous...
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Invisible Generals: Rediscovering Family Legacy, and a Quest to Honor America's First Black GeneralsThis amazing true story of America's first Black generals, Benjamin O. Davis Sr. and Jr., a father and son who helped integrate the American military and created the Tuskegee Airmen, is "the book Black America needs in this moment" (Eboni K. Williams, lawyer and...
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Inspired and Outraged: The Making of a Feminist PhysicianA remarkable autobiography of Alice Rothchild's journey from 1950's good girl to irreverent, feisty, feminist obstetrician-gynecologist forging her own direction in the contradictory, sexist world of medicine A remarkable autobiography--written entirely in free verse--of Alice Rothchild's journey from 1950's good girl to irreverent, feisty,...
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In Passing. Scenes from an Unconventional LifeThese charming sketches are a refreshing break from the commonplace affairs of ordinary life. They include a humorous encounter in a Bronx hardware store, a walk around the thirty-two-mile shore of Manhattan, a jolly portrayal of an English cattery, lyric evocations of his life...
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