Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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12 Immigrants Who Made American Technology GreatIntroduces readers to inspiring immigrants whose technology contributions made our country great. From Germany's Ralph Baer, inventor of the first video game, to South Africa's Elon Musk, founder of aerospace manufacturer SpaceX and auto company Tesla, to Austria's Maria Telkes, best known for her...
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Stacey Abrams"Follow the life of Stacey Abrams, from her childhood spent growing up in Gulfport, Mississippi, to her work with civic engagement and mass voter registrations in Georgia, to her groundbreaking work as the first woman to lead in the Georgia General Assembly and first...
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Infinitely MoreAbandoned by his mother in a St. Petersburg dumpster when he was only three days old, Alex Krutov should not have survived. But God had something else in mind. Raised in the harsh Russian orphanage system, Alex's life was one of hopelessness and despair...
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Promise of Better Days: A Farm Boy's Odyssey Through North Carolina's "Tobacco Way of Life"A child of the protracted Great Depression, Cornell Cox chronicles the hardships of cotton and flue-cured tobacco farming during the 20th Century. Meanwhile many Eastern North Carolina families were increasingly forced to become sharecroppers living on pitiful margins. In the face of dismal poverty,...
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Susannah Spurgeon: Lessons for a Life of Joyful Eagerness in ChristHave you heard of Spurgeon? Preacher, evangelist and stalwart patriarch of the Modern Western Church today. If the cliché 'behind every great man is a strong woman', is true, then Susannah Spurgeon remains one of the matriarchs of the same tradition. Spurgeon was the...
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Daughters of the Sun: Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal EmpireIn 1526, when the nomadic Timurid warrior-scholar Babur rode into Hindustan, his wives, sisters, daughters, aunts and distant female relatives travelled with him. These women would help establish a dynasty and empire that would rule India for the next 200 years and become a...
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Bob Crane: The Definitive BiographyThe Estate of Bob Crane and I both worked closely with Carol and Linda, and immeasurably appreciate all of the hard work and dedication they put into this book. The only truthful and accurate account of my dad's life. -Scott CraneSince his untimely death...
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Reggie: You Can't Change Your Past, But You Can Change Your FutureI don't have to see your home to know your shame . . . I have my own.But someone loved me just the way I am, and someone loves you just the way you are.Meet Reggie Dabbs.Born as the result of a heart-wrenching decision...
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The Mind and the Moon: My Brother's Story, the Science of Our Brains, and the Search for Our Psyches"A profound and powerful work of essential reporting." --The New York Times Book ReviewAn important--and intimate--interrogation of how we treat mental illness and how we understand ourselvesIn the early 1960s, JFK declared that science would take us to the moon. He also declared that...
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Sam Houston: A Study In LeadershipSam Houston is a Texas icon. General Houston signed the Texas Declaration of Independence on his 43rd birthday, and six weeks later he led the Texas Army to a spectacular victory at San Jacinto. "Old Sam Jacinto" twice was elected president of the Republic...
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Resisting the Bonhoeffer Brand: A Life ReconsideredCharles Marsh responds to criticisms of his book Strange Glory: A Life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer by exploring the largely unexamined relationship between theology and biography. In Resisting the Bonhoeffer Brand, he argues that Bonhoeffer scholarship desperately needs the revitalizing energies of the theologian's life...
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Black History Leaders: Volume 2: Nelson Mandela, Michelle Obama, Kamala Harris and Tyler PerryThe impact of the leadership demonstrated by Kamala Harris, Tyler Perry, Nelson Mandela, and Michelle Obama cannot be overstated. As the first woman to hold the office of Vice President of the United States, Kamala Devi Harris, lawyer, prosecutor, and former attorney general, has...
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Kill the Gringo: The Life of Jack Vaughn--American Diplomat, Director of the Peace Corps, Us Ambassador to Colombia and Panama, and ConFinalist for the Foreword INDIES Award for Best Autobiography or MemoirRecipient of the University of Michigan Outstanding Achievement Award in 1966Recipient of the Distinguished Fiji Award 2016 from Phi Gamma DeltaMember of the Order of the QuetzalWinner of the 2002 Ecotrust AwardHonorary Doctor of...
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Helen's Eyes: A Photobiography of Annie Sullivan, Helen Keller's TeacherThe epic story of Annie Sullivan's perseverance and triumph in the face of hardship will enthrall readers of every age. This pioneering teacher overcame disability and misfortune before achieving her success as one of the most famous educators of all time. This is the...
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Female Force: LizzoMelissa Viviane Jefferson became the iconic singer Lizzo though challenges as well as triumphs. Lizzo, from Detroit, Michigan, started rapping at ten and, by 14, formed her first musical group. She has rose to the top of the charts and has become a voice...
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Where No One Has Heard: The Life of J. Christy Wilson Jr.Who was J. Christy Wilson Jr.? Many have never heard his name, but Christy Wilson's life had a ripple effect in modern missions. Read the first full biography of the humble, adventurous man of prayer who helped launch the Urbana missions conference, pioneered ministry...
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How to Make a Dress: Adventures in the Art of Style'A bright and brilliant book' Erin O'Connor'Packham details her inspirations, struggles and successes in a style that is as lyrical and dreamy as one of her own satin and gauze confections' Town and Country Jenny Packham is one of Britain's leading designers and most...
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Recombo DNA: The Story of Devo, or How the 60s Became the 80sDevo may have become synonymous with the crass commercialism of 80s new wave, but many of their guiding principles are firmly rooted in the idealism of the 60s. Taking a willfully non-traditional approach to the surprisingly conservative world of rock music, they sought inspiration...
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Female Force: LizzoMelissa Viviane Jefferson became the iconic singer Lizzo though challenges as well as triumphs. Lizzo, from Detroit, Michigan, started rapping at ten and, by 14, formed her first musical group. She has rose to the top of the charts and has become a voice...
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The Best President the Nation Never Had: A Memoir of Working with Sam NunnWhen Georgias US Senator Richard B. Russell died January 21, 1971, the scramble began immediately to find a worthy successor. A number of political luminaries thought themselves imminently qualified. All would be competing against the appointed senator, David Gambrell in the Democratic primary. The...
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