Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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I'm Coming BackDonna Foster Zahid was a young mother looking forward to a bright future with her husband and young son. One day, that bright future turned into a dark nightmare when her husband whisked their son off to his native country, Pakistan, and announced that...
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David Bowie and the Moving ImageThe central image of David Bowie's "Life on Mars?" could have been ripped from his own experience: a child sits "hooked to the silver screen," reliving fantastical scenes played out on film. Throughout his life, Bowie was similarly transfixed by the power of film....
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Brett PolarBrett Polar is an intoxicating rollercoaster ride that will leave you as much elated as devastated. It is engaging, empowering, educational and ultimately gives hope to people living with bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses.Brett's story involves a mental health sojourn that spans twenty...
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Shakespeare in the Theatre: Sarah Siddons and John Philip KembleSiblings Sarah Siddons (1755-1831) and John Philip Kemble (1757-1823) were the most famous British actors of the late-18th and early-19th centuries. Through their powerful acting and meticulous conceptualisation of Shakespeare's characters and their worlds, they created iconic interpretations of Shakespeare's major roles that live...
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A Wretch Like MeJudy Ray Herzog's bold and gutsy narrative reflects how hunger, abuse, incest, abandonment, and the incarceration and murder of loved ones led to a hyper-sexualized existence, and how despite her hardships, she never lost her lust for life. A Wretch Like Me is a...
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Doggy People: The Victorians Who Made the Modern DogWe know that there were dogs in Victorian Britain, but who were the 'Doggy People' who kept them, bred them, showed them, worked with them and cared for them? Chapter by chapter, this book reveals the varied and often eccentric lives of the Victorians...
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Stateless in ShanghaiBorn in Shanghai to Russian Jewish parents who fled the Bolshevik Revolution, Liliane Willens is a "stateless" girl in the world's most cosmopolitan city. But when the Far East explodes in conflict, the family's uncertain status puts them at risk of being stranded, or...
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The White Brother: An Occult AutobiographyHere is a personal story of "a student who sought and became the pupil of one deeply learned in the knowledge of the Divine Sciences"; a moving account of Juste's journey through the jungle of falsehoods and half-truths in his search for Truth. Anarchism,...
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The Impact of Influence Volume 3: Ladies Using Their Influence to Create a Life of ImpactAuthor: Chip BakerPublisher: Baker Impact LLCPublished: 03/15/2022Pages: 216Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56dISBN: 9781737950141This title is not returnable
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Are You Wearing My Other Shoe?Thank you for picking up my book and curiously reading the summary. I have often wondered who would want to read my autobiography? Really, who would? But my life has been so colorful and just may simply be like your life story. Yes, I...
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Meaningful Memories: Rekindling Past Learning Experiences to Live Life to the FullestNostalgia, learning experiences, meaningful memories... This book is filled with these from a man who grew up in a strong Irish-Catholic community in the North End of Saint John in the 1950s and 1960s, went on to practise law and then become a law...
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Tolstoy as Philosopher. Essential Short Writings: An AnthologyThis anthology is the fullest edition to date of the rich variety of Tolstoy's philosophical output collected in a single volume that covers more than seven decades of his life, from 1835 to 1910. The seventy-seven texts included exemplify Tolstoy as an artistically inventive,...
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Essential Reader: Sarojini NaiduSarojini Naidu was a prolific writer and speaker, publishing three collections of poetry during her life and delivered many rousing speeches throughout the freedom struggle and after India gained Independence. This book compiles her best-known work, as well as letters she wrote throughout her...
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Stravinsky, God, and TimeThis ground-breaking study of Stravinsky's spirituality presents a new view of his music as unified, challenging the current view which describes it as often discontinuous and static. Stravinsky's spirituality is the origin of his radical restoration of time in music.Author: Helen SillsPublisher: BrillPublished: 06/30/2022Pages:...
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Chaucer's ItalyAn exploration of the influence of Italy and Italians on Chaucer's life and writing. Geoffrey Chaucer might be considered the quintessential English writer, but he drew much of his inspiration and material from Italy. In fact, without the tremendous influence of Francesco Petrarch and...
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Frida Kahlo: (Children's Biography Book, Kids Ages 5 to 10, Woman Artist, Creativity, Paintings, Art)Gift your kid the inspirational tale of Frida Kahlo! Inspire expression, endurance and unlimited possibilities. Are you looking for an inspirational book to inspire the inner genius of your kids? Can you imagine your little one having so much fun reading, they prefer reading...
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Alone, Empty, and Screaming: A Lifetime between Salvation and SurrenderWhat a fifty-three years it has been. I am the living proof that we have a relentless God whose grace has no end. My heart pours out to those who are growing up or have grown up in the church; those who were saved,...
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Surviving Deep Waters: A Legendary Reporter's Story of Overcoming Poverty, Race, Violence, and His Mother's Deepest SecretWhen you have nothing to lose, you can risk everything. There was no reason to bet on Bruce Johnson, given where he started out. Poor, Black, and raised by a single mother who had a secret. He was the child she hid in plain...
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How To Think Like David Bowie: Habits of Mind for Leading a More Creative and Successful Life"I enjoyed reading it. It certainly is a different look at David and his approach to everything" George Underwood, artist and friend of David Bowie.How To Think Like David Bowie offers an entertaining guide to the habits, techniques and personal qualities that Bowie nurtured...
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On Second Thought: From a Sect Called Worldwide to a Wider World CommunityWhat if this isn't the end of the world? Henry Sturcke suppressed this question as long as he could. For good reason: he was a pastor in a strict church that expected the imminent return of Jesus Christ to establish the wonderful world tomorrow...
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