Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Memories and PonderingsWhy did I write this book? Here are some of the reasons: I wrote it to "pay back" for the thousands of stories from others that have enriched my reading life. My mother taught me that "if someone sends you a pie, do not...
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The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence MalickAuthor: John BleasdalePublisher: University Press of KentuckyPublished: 12/03/2024Pages: 292Binding Type: PaperbackSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81dISBN: 9781985901193
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The Long Way Home: The Travel Memoirs of Callan PinckneyAuthor: Callan PinckneyPublisher: Precious PeachPublished: 11/22/2024Pages: 342Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.11lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.76dISBN: 9781068617423
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The Life and Music of Booker Bukka White: Recalling the BluesBooker "Bukka" White (1905-1977) was one of the most important blues musicians of the twentieth century. The twelve songs he recorded in Chicago in 1940 are considered to be among the finest in country blues. In The Life and Music of Booker "Bukka" White:...
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The Last Sea Dog: 6 Solo Circumnavigations Resulting in 5 Podiums & 1 World RecordThe Last Sea Dog tells the story of Jean-Luc Van Den Heede's life and his many sailing adventures, focussing on his triumph in the 2018/19 Golden Globe Race. Jean-Luc has rounded Cape Horn 12 times and completed six solo circumnavigations. These have resulted in...
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The Last Logging Show: A Forestry Family at the End of an EraA third-generation Pacific Northwest logger returns to the forests of Haida Gwaii, to witness a way of life in the grip of change. By the time Aaron Williams began learning how to fall a tree, his family had been making clear cuts on BC...
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The Lamb's TestimonyFollow me in my journey as I discover who I am and why the government wanted me dead before I had a chance to figure it out. Even after I found out I was the messiah, it took me years to determine the significance...
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The Killing Game: The True Story Of Rodney AlcalaBeginning in 1968 and continuing into the 1970s, a predator stalked California and New York, torturing, raping and murdering young girls and women. But who was the monster behind these tragedies?Eventually, a suspect emerged, but he didn't look like a monster. Indeed, Rodney Alcala...
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The Journey for JusticeThe Journey for Justice contradicts the beliefs that black history is lost, nonexistent, and unimportant. The information in the book expands the knowledge on African American history, as well as reveals facts that have never been published. The research findings contribute to historical accuracy....
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The Iraq I Knew...: From Saddam Hussein to Weapons of Mass Destruction to Al Qaeda in Iraq"Although I left the fight in Iraq, the fight had not left me."Colonel Burl Randolph, Jr., felt that way after each combat deployment to Iraq. In The Iraq I Knew: From Saddam Hussein to Weapons of Mass Destruction to Al Qaeda in Iraq, the...
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The Huxleys: An Intimate History of EvolutionA New Yorker and Economist Best Book of the Year Two hundred years of modern science and culture told through one family history. This momentous biography tells the story of the Huxleys: the Victorian natural historian T. H. Huxley ("Darwin's Bulldog") and his grandson,...
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The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for FreedomA Gallery Book. Gallery Books has a great book for every reader. Author: Shari FrankePublisher: Gallery BooksPublished: 01/07/2025Pages: 320Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63dISBN: 9781668065396
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The Hollow Half: A Memoir of Bodies and BordersA brush with death. An ancestral haunting. A century of family secrets. Sarah Aziza's searing, genre-bending memoir traces three generations of diasporic Palestinians from Gaza to the Midwest to New York City--and back "You were dead, Sarah, you were dead." In October 2019, Sarah...
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The History of Peter the Great: Makers of History SeriesStep into the pages of history and uncover the incredible true story of Peter the Great, Russia's legendary modernizing Czar.In his engaging book "Peter the Great", Jacob Abbott chronicles the ruler's fascinating rise to power as a young boy and his tireless mission to...
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The Grizzlies and UsALL PROFITS FROM THIS BOOK WILL GO TO THE VITAL GROUND FOUNDATION.Lynne Seus and her husband, Doug Seus, started with twenty-five cents and a dream they were told was preposterous. Their family and friends repeated, "You can't just go rescue grizzly bears and turn...
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The Golden Thread: A Song for Pete SeegerWith dazzling, lyrical verse in the folk revival style and stunning cut-paper illustrations, Colin Meloy and Nikki McClure pay tribute to Pete Seeger, a visionary who changed the world with song. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in...
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The Elway Years: The Man Who Lifted the Denver Broncos to ProminenceA sharply written, action-packed chronicle of Denver Broncos championship history. For 16 seasons, John Elway was nothing less than the figurehead of a franchise and the heartbeat of a city. As a quarterback, he was a tenacious scrambler; given the choice of sliding safely...
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The Editor: How Publishing Legend Judith Jones Shaped Culture in AmericaLegendary editor Judith Jones, the woman behind some of the most important authors of the 20th century--including Julia Child, Anne Frank, Edna Lewis, John Updike, and Sylvia Plath--finally gets her due in this "surprising, granular, luminous, and path-breaking biography" (Edward Hirsch, author of How...
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The DuPont DynastyThe Dupont Dynasty is a non-fiction book written by John K. Winkler that provides a comprehensive account of the history of the Dupont family, one of the wealthiest and most influential families in the United States. The book traces the family's origins from their...
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The Doubts and Loves of Yehuda Amichai: Israeli, European, and International PoetThe Doubts and Loves of Yehuda Amichai: Israeli, European, and International Poet presents the life and works of Yehuda Amichai, born Ludwig Pfeuffer in W?rzburg, Germany. The book is based on copious material from Amichai's personal archive in the Beinecke Library at Yale University,...
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