Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media...Working as a correspondent for 20/20 and Good Morning America, John Stossel confronted dozens of scam artists: from hacks who worked out of their basements to some of America's most powerful executives and leading politicians. His efforts shut down countless crooks -- both famous...
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Elegy for IrisWith remarkable tenderness, John Bayley recreates his passionate love affair with Iris Murdoch--world-renowned writer and philosopher, and his wife of forty-two years--and poignantly describes the dimming of her brilliance due to Alzheimer's disease. Elegy for Iris is a story about the ephemeral beauty of...
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Shakespeare LPWilliam Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition arranged around scant facts. With a steady hand and his trademark wit, Bill Bryson sorts...
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Stepping Stones: Interviews with Seamus HeaneyWidely regarded as the finest poet of his generation, Seamus Heaney is the subject of numerous critical studies, but no book-length portrait has appeared before now. Through his own lively and eloquent reminiscences, Stepping Stones retraces Heaney's steps from his first exploratory testing of...
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All on Fire: William Lloyd Garrison and the Abolition of SlaveryWidely acknowledged as the definitive history of the era, Henry Mayer's National Book Award finalist biography of William Lloyd Garrison brings to life one of the most significant American abolitionists. Extensively researched and exquisitely nuanced, the political and social climate of Garrison's times and...
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Golden Bones: An Extraordinary Journey from Hell in Cambodia to a New Life in AmericaWhile the United States battled Vietnamese Communists in the 1960s and 1970s, in neighboring Cambodia dictator Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge declared war on their own people, enslaving and slaughtering anybody who disagreed with them. Sichan Siv knew he would soon be a...
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Raising Blaze: Bringing Up an Extraordinary Son in an Ordinary WorldWhen you have a child that doesn't fit in, what do you do? Debra Ginsberg knew that her son, Blaze, was unique from the moment he was born in 1987. What she didn't know was that Blaze's differences would be regarded by the outside...
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Operation Caregivers: #LifewithDementiaWhen military intelligence officer, Col. Powe, is stricken with dementia, it quickly becomes a family affair. For more than a decade, it would turn out, Powe had been keeping a very non-classified secret from his family -- his wife had Alzheimer's. Daughters Michelle Powe...
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Life and Death in Kolofata: An American Doctor in AfricaWhen Dr. Ellen Einterz first arrives in the town of Kolofata in Cameroon, the situation is dire: patients are exploited by healthcare workers, unsterilized needles are reused, and only the wealthy can afford care. In Life and Death in Kolofata: An American Doctor in...
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As I Saw It: A Sighted Daughter's Memoir of Growing Up With Blind ParentsWhen a terrible accident left Roy blind at the age of 22, he didn't know what his future would hold. Then he met Diane, who had been blind since birth. Their experiences with blindness were different, but together they knew they could overcome any...
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Going Gray: How to Embrace Your Authentic Self with Grace and StyleWhen 49-year-old Anne Kreamer saw a horrifying photo of her harshly dyed brown hair, she realized she wasn't kidding anyone. So she set out a plan: over the next few months she would give up her weekly visits to the salon and let her...
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Communist Daze: The Many Misadventures of a Soviet DoctorWelcome to Gradieshti, a Soviet village awash in gray buildings and ramshackle fences, home to a large, collective farm and to the most oddball and endearing cast of characters possible. For three years in the 1960s, Vladimir Tsesis--inestimable Soviet doctor and irrepressible jester--was stationed...
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Mourning Headband for Hue: An Account of the Battle for Hue, Vietnam 1968Vietnam, January, 1968. As the citizens of Hue are preparing to celebrate Tet, the start of the Lunar New Year, Nha Ca arrives in the city to attend her father's funeral. Without warning, war erupts all around them, drastically changing or cutting short their...
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Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Solider, the LegendTraces Jacksons life from his humble beginnings, through his military career, to his untimely death in 1863, discussing his military campaigns and strategies, religious beliefs, personal eccentricities, and more.Author: James RobertsonPublisher: MacMillan Reference LibraryPublished: 02/18/1997Pages: 976Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 3.36lbsSize: 9.56h x 6.33w x 2.27dISBN:...
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Memorial Tributes: Volume 24This is the twenty-fourth volume in the Memorial Tributes series compiled by the National Academy of Engineering as a personal remembrance of the lives and outstanding achievements of its members and international members. These volumes are intended to stand as an enduring record of...
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I Don't Know What You Know Me from: My Life as a Co-StarThis is Judy Greer's story, from her self-described childhood as "Ugly Judy" in suburban Detroit-ish, Michigan, to trying out for drama school to get even with her frenemy, and then breaking into movies as the ultimate best friend. Judy is a refreshingly honest, self-deprecating,...
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What Wants to Be Known: Adventures and Teachings of an Esoteric WarriorThis is a story of an amazing life, the life of an extraordinary healer. In What Wants to be Known, Paul recounts the thrilling, often perilous adventures he embarks upon as he set out to increase his esoteric powers and fulfill the demands of...
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Jacques and Raïssa Maritain: Beggars for HeavenThis biography of French philosopher Jacques Maritain and his wife Raïssa offers a fascinating story of perhaps the most influential French theologian of the twentieth century.This award-winning book, written by Jean-Luc Barré at the request of the Maritain Archives in Kolbsheim, France, and published...
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Passionate Apprentice: Early JournalsThese early journals record Virginia Woolf's "sublime trajectory" (Bloomsbury Review) from a gifted adolescent to a professional writer and complete the magnificent self-portrait provided by her published letters and diaries. Edited and with a Preface and Introduction by Mitchell A. Leaska; Index.Author: Virginia WoolfPublisher:...
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A Wedding GiftThe year was 1904. It was the coldest of Russian winter nights. Our village of Annapola lay frozen amidst the bitter wind and the drifting snow. High gabled rooftops, laden with their white mantels, jutted randomly into the murky darkness, the heavens threatening to...
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