Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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From Nightmares to DreamsFrom Nightmares to Dreams is a story of triumph and discovery. Young Ilene navigates through life on an unimagined journey without any insight as to why her life has turned upside down at age 13. She feels that she has nothing to lose, and...
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From Almeda to Zilphia: Arkansas Women Who Transformed American Popular SongAuthor: Stephen KochPublisher: Et Alia PressPublished: 09/17/2024Pages: 112Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.68lbsSize: 9.00h x 8.50w x 0.29dISBN: 9781944528317
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Freiheit: Freedom in the MountainsFor decades, the climber and extreme mountaineer Thomas Huber has been teetering on the edge, always at the limit. He recorded great success in first ascents and spectacular climbing tours that no one had dared to do before. He has suffered defeats and has...
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Football SuperstarsThe NFL is full of great football players. But only some players are the best of the best. Explore the stats and careers of the most legendary players in football history.Author: Percy LeedPublisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)Published: 08/01/2024Pages: 24Binding Type: Library BindingWeight: 0.48lbsSize: 8.10h x...
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First the Patient: The Life & Times of David G. Nathan, MDA fast-paced account of a giant of 20th century medicine, First the Patient details how David Nathan saved patients with his medical skill and rescued institutions with his visionary leadership. The miraculous triumphs of modern medicine--antibiotics, insulin, cancer cures, longer and better lives--are the...
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Female Force: Debbie Harry"Debbie Harry: Female Force" chronicles the iconic Blondie frontwoman's meteoric rise from punk rock pioneer to pop culture legend. The Female Force Comic series captures her music, style, and resilience, inspiring generations.The "Female Force" imprint features prominent and influential authors, business executives, entertainers, journalists,...
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Farmer, the Gastronome, and the Chef: In Pursuit of the Ideal MealThe role of food writing in the sustainable food movement At turns heartfelt and witty, accessible and engaging, The Farmer, the Gastronome, and the Chef explores how Wendell Berry, Carlo Petrini, and Alice Waters have changed America's relationship with food over the past fifty...
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Evergreen Lodge: A MemoirFrom the #1 Bestselling Author of Don't Call Me Jupiter comes Evergreen Lodge: A Memoir, a hilarious and relatable coming-of-age story that will have you laughing out loud and reminiscing about your teenage years. If you enjoy comedy writers like David Sedaris, Jenny Lawson...
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Ernest Shackleton: Survival in the AntarcticCould you survive being stranded in the Antarctic? Ernest Shackleton: Survival in the Antarctic in the True Survival series explores Shackleton's shocking survival story. The book is written with a high interest level and lower level of complexity to serve more mature students reading...
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Enrico Fermi: The biography of the father of the nuclear age, physics, and his dedication to the Manhattan ProjectDiscover the remarkable life and groundbreaking contributions of Enrico Fermi, the brilliant Italian-American physicist whose pioneering work revolutionized our understanding of nuclear physics and played a pivotal role in the development of the atomic bomb. In Enrico Fermi;s book, we delve into the extraordinary...
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Emily Dickinson: Letters: Edited by Emily FragosA selection of the remarkable letters of Emily Dickinson in an elegant Pocket Poet edition. The same inimitable voice and dazzling insights that make Emily Dickinson's poems immortal can be found in the whimsical, humorous, and often deeply moving letters she wrote to her...
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Edmund Burke: The First ConservativeA provocative biography of Edmund Burke, the underappreciated founder of modern conservatismEdmund Burke is both the greatest and the most underrated political thinker of the past three hundred years. A brilliant 18th-century Irish philosopher and statesman, Burke was a fierce champion of human rights...
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Dreams from My Father (Adapted for Young Adults): A Story of Race and InheritanceNow in paperback, this young adult adaptation of the #1 New York Times bestselling memoir offers an intimate look at Barack Obama's youth and self-discovery, which led him to a life of purpose and service. This compelling journey traces the 44th president's odyssey through...
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Dreams Come True, and Mine Will Too: A Memoir of Renewed HopeAuthor: Danielle NdendePublisher: Dctmwt / RdrmdaPublished: 10/10/2024Pages: 442Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.80lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.13dISBN: 9781739031732
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Down to 'Derry: Coming of Age in VermontVivid accounts of a young girl's life following her family's 1947 move from the Boston suburbs to a small farm near the village of South Londonderry. With humor, nostalgia, and poignancy, these short recollections introduce family, local characters, and cherished pets while telling of...
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Downriver - A Memoir of Choate IslandCall it history, call it nostalgia, this is the fascinating story of a small New England island's haunting past and absorbing beauty, by those who called it home for two centuries and a half, who knew it best, and loved it most.Here is a...
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Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on FootNow a major motion picture directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, and Rooney MaraFeaturing more than 60 of Callahan's original cartoons"When people laugh like hell and then say, 'That's not funny, ' you can be pretty sure they're talking...
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Distracted by Alabama: Tangled Threads of Natural History, Local History, and FolkloreA gateway to Alabama for the omnivorous mind, Distracted by Alabama is a collection of twelve captivating essays about Alabama and the South by Samford University writer and scholar Jim Brown, a former president of the Alabama Folklife Association. During his decades living and...
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Diary of a Mad DivaFrom the headline-making, New York Times bestselling author of I Hate Everyone...Starting With Me comes another intimate glimpse into the delightfully hilarious mind of Joan Rivers.When her daughter Melissa gives her a diary for Christmas, at first Joan is horrified--who the hell does Melissa...
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Dementia, who are you and what have done with my mother?Author: Sarah JonesPublisher: JonesPublished: 09/02/2024Pages: 228Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 8.25h x 5.50w x 0.52dISBN: 9780645844047
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