Biographies/Autobiographies
Biographies/Autobiographies
Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon
A deep dive into the Man in Black's demons, triumphs, and ultimate road back to faith by a celebrated pastor and best-selling author. A national bestseller in hardcover.Join Greg Laurie, pastor and bestselling author of Steve McQueen: The Salvation of an...
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A Child of the Century
A classic memoir by one of the greatest American screenwriters, Ben HechtNamed to Time’s list of All-Time 100 Nonfiction Books, which deems it “the un-put-downable testament of the era’s great multimedia entertainer.”A Child of the Century, Ben Hecht’s autobiographical memoir, was...
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Your Second Act: Inspiring Stories of Reinvention
An entertaining book “filled with inspirational anecdotes” (People) about second acts in life and reinventing yourself from beloved television actress Patricia Heaton—Emmy Award–winning star of Everybody Love’s Raymond, The Middle, Patricia Heaton Parties,and most recently, Carol’s Second Act.Patricia Heaton is one of TV’s most...
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Write Your Own Story: How I Took Control by Letting Go
As seen on Gutfeld!A witty and candid glimpse of life in cable news from a long-time anchor who walked away from the spotlight and found joy in faith, family, and life’s simple pleasures.This upbeat memoir is full of the edgy humor...
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Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times
From the author of Unlikely Allies and Indivisible comes the remarkable story of John Marshall who, as chief justice, statesman, and diplomat, played a pivotal role in the founding of the United States. No member of America's Founding Generation had a greater impact on the...
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Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand
Told by one of our greatest chroniclers of technology and society, the definitive biography of iconic serial visionary Stewart Brand, from the Merry Pranksters and the generation-defining Whole Earth Catalog to the marriage of environmental consciousness and hacker capitalism and the rise...
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The Warrior, the Voyager, and the Artist: Three Lives in an Age of Empire
A portrait of empire through the biographies of a Native American, a Pacific Islander, and the British artist who painted them both Three interconnected eighteenth-century lives offer a fresh account of the British empire and its intrusion into Indigenous societies. This...
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Virginia Woolf at Home
Virginia Woolf, figurehead of the Bloomsbury Group and an innovative writer whose experimental style and lyrical prose ensured her position as one of the most influential of modern novelists, was also firmly anchored in the reality of the houses she...
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The Truth About Rudolf Hess
Rudolf Hess' flight to Britain in May 1941 stands out as one of the most intriguing and bizarre episodes of the Second World War.In The Truth About Rudolf Hess, Lord James Douglas-Hamilton explores many of the myths which still surround the...
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Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh
The definitive biography of America's greatest playwright from the celebrated drama critic of The New Yorker. John Lahr has produced a theater biography like no other. Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh gives intimate access to the mind of one of the...
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A Sucky Love Story: Overcoming Unhappily Ever After
As seen on Shane Dawson's YouTube channel!What if falling in love meant almost losing everything?Where does a moderately popular internet star who never leaves her house look for potential suitors? Online. Tinder, Bumble, Match.com, OkCupid—I tried them all. My thirty-one-year-old...
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So, You're Crazy Too?
An in-depth look into Teen Mom star, Amber Portwood’s long history dealing with several severe mental illnesses, and how she survived almost insurmountable odds and unbearable public scrutiny to become the strong, self-assured woman she is today.As a reality TV stalwart and...
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Sinatra and Me: The Very Good Years
An intimate look at the legendary Frank Sinatra by one of his closest friends.Not many people were allowed inside Frank Sinatra's inner circle. But Tony Consiglio was a boyhood friend of Sinatra's who remained his friend and confidant for over...
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Shotgun Angels: My Story of Broken Roads and Unshakeable Hope
Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts reveals the untold stories of his journey--from obscurity to becoming one of America's most successful and beloved country music artists--that will rally your own courage to find hope where you least expect it. From his...
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The Secret is YOU: How I Empowered 250,000 Women to Find Their Passion and Change Their Lives
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The Secret is YOU: How I Empowered 250,000 Women to Find Their Passion and Change Their Lives
USA Today and Wall Street Journalbestseller!How a trailblazing business turned the hottest bedroom toy accessories into a $350 million global empire.In 2000, Chris Cicchinelli was twenty-five and at a crossroads. He had just been forced to leave a promising position at...
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Ronald Reagan: An Intellectual Biography
In this ambitious work David T. Byrne analyzes the ideas that informed Ronald Reagan’s political philosophy and policies. Rather than appraising Reagan’s personal and emotional life, Byrne’s intellectual biography goes one step further; it establishes a rationale for the former...
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A Rock between Two Rivers: The Fracturing of a Texas Family Ranch
A Rock between Two Rivers is the story of a man coming to terms with the environmental legacy of his family’s ranch in Dimmitt County, Texas, and reckoning with the birthright he’ll leave for the generations who follow. What began for...
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Resilient by Nature: Reflections from a Life of Winning On and Off the Football Field
This amazing memoir follows the story of Reggie Williams—ex-NFL linebacker, former Disney executive, renaissance man, and the epitome of determination in the face of extreme challenges.In so many ways, Reggie Williams has had the type of life that people dream...
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Real Dirt on America's Frontier Outlaws
Learn the real stories behind the infamous renegades of the West. The rebels and bandits of the American West―like Billy the Kid, Jesse James, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid―have always made for thrilling tales of gunfights, heists, and...
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Rainbow Warrior: My Life in Color
In 1978, Harvey Milk asked Gilbert Baker to create a unifying symbol for the growing gay rights movement, and on June 25 of that year, Baker’s Rainbow Flag debuted at San Francisco’s Gay Freedom Day Parade. Baker had no idea...
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Radio Okapi Kindu: The Station the Helped Bring Peace to the Congo; A Memoir
One of Africa's largest radio stations operating in one of the continent's most politically unstable countries sets the stage for a touching and thought-provoking story that illustrates how peace is a process, and how the spectrum between war and peace...
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Radical Wordsworth: The Poet Who Changed the World
“The finest modern introduction to [Wordsworth's] work, life and impact. It shows how and why ‘Wordsworth made a difference.’”—Boyd Tonkin, Financial Times Named a Favorite Book of 2020 by The Progressive Published in time for the 250th anniversary of William Wordsworth’s birth, this is...
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Queens of the Crusades: England's Medieval Queens Book Two
Packed with incredible true stories and legendary medieval intrigue, this epic narrative history chronicles the first five queens from the powerful royal family that ruled England and France for over three hundred years.The Plantagenet queens of England played a role...
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The Pioneering Life of Mary Wortley Montagu: Scientist and Feminist
The first biography to look at the early feminist and radical Mary Wortley Montagu, who successfully introduced Britain to the inoculation against the smallpox virus.300 years ago, in April 1721, a smallpox epidemic was raging in England. Lady Mary Wortley...
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Nothing Is Lost: Selected Essays
From the late editor, writer, and critic, one of the great chroniclers of the art, fashion, and celebrity scenes: an expansive collection of thirty-five essays that offer an intimate look into the worlds of some of the most important and...
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My American Life
How Lauren Boebert, the gun-toting Congresswoman from Rifle, Colorado, joined the fight to make sure we never live in a socialist country.Lauren Boebert is the Republican, gun-toting Congresswoman from Rifle, Colorado who overcame difficult life circumstances to be a leading...
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Magic Time: My Life in Hollywood
“Magic Time recounts what I remember about Hawk: someone who never took an opportunity for granted and worked hard to achieve success in his own right. Plus, he was a lot of the fun, and, as the book reflects, we had...
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Macho Time: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of Hector Camacho
Hector Camacho lived fast, and his fists flew even faster in the ring. Handsome, flamboyant, and outspoken, Camacho electrified the boxing scene of the 1980s and, shouting his mantra “Macho Time”, he beat some of the greatest fighters of his...
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Louis Bamberger: Department Store Innovator and Philanthropist
Louis Bamberger (1855–1944) was the epitome of the merchant prince as public benefactor. Born in Baltimore, this son of German immigrants built his business―the great, glamorous L. Bamberger & Co. department store in Newark, N.J.―into the sixth-largest department store in...
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The Lives of Jack London
Jack London (1876-1916), the author of such classics as Call of the Wild, White Fang and Martin Eden, was the last great voice of the American frontier and a master of the adventure novel. The Lives of Jack London was published first in France as Les vies...
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