Biographies & Autobiographies books

​They built the digital age. Then they were written out of it. ​Hidden Figures, Erased Codes uncovers the true...  Read More >>

Willow Brook Farms was a dream. It was 1,800 acres surrounded by megalopolis cities with ever-growing populations....  Read More >>

She looked like a grandmother. She buried like a predator. Behind the lace curtains of 1426 F Street lived Dorothea...  Read More >>

For decades after Darwin, the field of biology faced a fundamental crisis: Where was the physical engine of inheritance?...  Read More >>

The Engineer. The Spectacle. The Price of Triumph. In 1893, the world was focused on Chicago's World's Fair. America...  Read More >>

From the killing fields of Cambodia to the corridors of Washington, DC, this memoir traces an extraordinary life...  Read More >>

Die Publikation ""Die Riesin von Pfaffstätt - Eine Spurensuche"" von Manfred & Tamara Rachbauer erzählt die bewegende...  Read More >>

Nancy felt like she was in a dream for a moment----a nightmare. She couldn't explain what snapped inside her, but...  Read More >>

Qui connaît vraiment le premier Thomas Mann, celui qui se fit fort de représenter la culture de son pays alors que...  Read More >>

""DYING DELTA"" MARINES - VIETNAM This story is a Marine's memoir of some of the fiercest combat that took place...  Read More >>

The Life of Buffalo Bill is William F. Cody's own autobiography, in which he recounts his experiences growing up...  Read More >>

What is the best way to tell your fiancé that her to-be brother-in-law is a suburban pimp? Do you let him be part...  Read More >>

An Empty Seat at My Table is a memoir rooted in longing-for a second child, for love, for autonomy-and the often...  Read More >>

The Spectre of Varamin: Serial Killer - Hoshang Amini Between 1954 and 1962, Hoshang Amini murdered sixty-seven...  Read More >>

¿Alguna vez te has preguntado qué nos ofrece realmente la religión en nuestro ajetreado mundo del siglo XXI, en...  Read More >>

The Man I Became: From Leukemia to Legacy The Man I Became is not a memoir of triumph - it's the raw truth of a...  Read More >>

Yuri Lotman's biography of Pushkin is a classic work of Soviet literary scholarship, presenting an image of Russia's...  Read More >>

""A biography of artist Oskar Stoessel""--  Read More >>

Provides for the first time an inclusive and detailed view of C. P. Cavafy as a “World poet,” tracing his critical...  Read More >>

She never went to Prom. Never got married. Never had kids. Instead, Sandy Shaw, at fifteen was labeled as the ""Show...  Read More >>

The big Letdown is a self-reflecting tale of the life experiences that have shaped the character and personality...  Read More >>

""First published in GReat Britain by Constable and Co. Ltd. 1922""--Title page verso  Read More >>

Matthew Henson's memoir recounts his crucial yet long-overlooked role in Robert Peary's Arctic expeditions, culminating...  Read More >>

Commentaries on the Gallic War (De Bello Gallico) is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of his campaigns in Gaul...  Read More >>

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