Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Big Bosses: A Working Girl's Memoir of Jazz Age AmericaSharp, resourceful, and with a style all her own, Althea Altemus embodied the spirit of the independent working woman of the Jazz Age. In her memoir, Big Bosses, she vividly recounts her life as a secretary for prominent (but thinly disguised) employers in Chicago,...
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Beyond Vision: The Story of a Blind RowerAt 18 years old, Victoria Nolan found out she was going blind. As her vision became more restricted, so did her independence. Her childhood dream had been to become a teacher, but she had to fight constantly against misconceptions about her capabilities as a...
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Beyond the Power of LoveTruly this book is a painful story. For Janice to share such personal and private violence in an attempt to help many to heal is to be admonished. The critical realization that healing cannot be found in an abusive relationship is the wake-up call...
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Beyond The MountainThe mountains had a dual meaning in my life. First of all, the mountains impacted my life as a young boy growing up. Entertainment for me was running through the hills and valleys hunting. My friends and I roamed around over the hills, looking...
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Beyond Everest: One Sherpa's Summit and Hope for NepalOne small man, one giant mountain: a Sherpa's quest to create a better future, one perilous step at a time.Every success story begins with a single step in the right direction. Pem Dorjee Sherpa's journey began with a determination to break the cycle of...
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Beyond Everest: One Sherpa's Summit and Hope for NepalOne small man, one giant mountain: a Sherpa's quest to create a better future, one perilous step at a time.Every success story begins with a single step in the right direction. Pem Dorjee Sherpa's journey began with a determination to break the cycle of...
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Beyond Belief: Unexpected Biblical Wisdom from a Former Jesuit, Teacher, and Fisher of MenWe read the stories of the "Three Little Pigs" and "Little Red Riding Hood" without believing wolves talk. Or Homer's Iliad and Odyssey without thinking short-tempered gods actually stir up sea storms. Just as pleasurably, we can read the Bible, also filled with sky...
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Beyonc? and Whitney Houston: Voices of a GenerationOne of Beyonc?'s biggest idols is Whitney Houston. The two met in a hotel lobby for the first time when she was just fifteen, but even before then, Beyonc? was influenced by Houston's singing. Discover how both artists made it big, how they stole...
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Babel' in Context (Rus): A Study in Cultural IdentityЭфраим Зихер - почетный профессор сравнительного литературоведения в Университете им. Бен-Гуриона. Автор многочисленных публикаций об Исааке Бабеле и современной еврейской культуре, в которых он уделяет особое внимание теме еврейской идентичности в диаспоре и Израиле. Зихер составил два сборника рассказов Бабеля на русском языке и...
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Atravesando Fronteras: Un Periodista en Busca de su Lugar en el MundoNuestra ""casa"", más que un lugar físico, es un conjunto de recuredos que nos permite comprender mejor quienes éramos, quienes somos, y puede ayudarnos a comprender quienes seremos. Ese sentido de pertenencia es el que nos define. Algunos dejan su ""casa"", su hogar, muy...
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A Season of Loss, a Lifetime of Forgiveness: The Dan Snyder and Dany Heatley StoryDan Snyder narrowly escaped being cut from his junior hockey team for two years in a row. That's hardly the stuff that nhl careers are made of. But Snyder earned his spot on the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers roster through sheer force of will and...
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A Romantic Symphony: The Autobiography of Howard HansonHoward Hanson's previously unpublished autobiography is now compiled and edited from manuscript sources, providing valuable insight into the life and work of this important American musician and educator. Howard Hanson was an American composer, conductor, and educator. Following his retirement as director of the...
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A Respectful Lady and a Southern GentlemanMy name is Melanie Padgett. This writing is inspired by my late husband. I wrote a book about our relationship from the time we met until the time of his death from COVID. It is a love story. It is a God story. All...
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Archimedes and His Numbers - Biography Books for Kids 9-12 Children's Biography BooksWho was Archimedes and why would you want your child to know about his story? Well there are plenty of lessons to learn from a great man such as him. His decisions as well as the results of those decisions have shaped history. It...
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An Honor and A Guard: From Omaha Beach to the Heart of Nazi Germany-One Infantryman's JourneyThere were those who doubted whether NationalGuard Units could hold up like regular U.S. Army unitsin wartime. Routinely assigned missions where theodds were stacked heavily against them, the 175thRegiment-29th Infantry Division not only silenced thedoubters, they went on to gain a reputation as one...
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Andrea and Faber: Letters 1968 - 1980Andrea and Faber: Letters 1968-1980 reveals in honest and emotionally loaded details the journey of two men: one an opera singer at the Met, openly gay; another one, a recently divorced father, newly out. Through their own words, both men reach for a love...
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Anansi's Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World"Catch Me if You Can meets Coming to America in this epic tale of one of the greatest scammers of all time."-NPRShortlisted for the Mark Lynton History Prize A New York Times Notable Book of the Year * Named one of the best books...
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American Poison: A Deadly Invention and the Woman Who Battled for Environmental JusticeFrom the national bestselling author of The Food Explorer comes the untold story of Alice Hamilton, a trailblazing doctor and public health activist who took on the booming auto industry--and the deadly invention of leaded gasoline, which would poison millions of people across America....
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Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford DelaneyFirst published in 1998, Leeming's landmark biography of Beauford Delaney returns to printLong out of print, this new edition of David Leeming's landmark biography of Beauford Delaney (1901-79) features an introduction by Hilton Als. Leeming, also the author of James Baldwin's acclaimed 1994 biography,...
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A Matter of Complexion: The Life and Fictions of Charles W. ChesnuttA biography of Charles Chesnutt, one of the first American authors to write for both Black and white readers.In A Matter of Complexion, Tess Chakkalakal gives readers the first comprehensive biography of Charles W. Chesnutt. A complex and talented man, Chesnutt was born in...
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