Biography & Autobiography

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Paul Hollywood - The Biography - Paperback

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by A. S. Dagnell (Author) Number of Pages: 272 Dimensions: 0.8 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN Publication Date: September 03, 2015

In My Own Words: Do-It-Yourself Autobiography - Paperback

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by Sheila Raptis (Author)In My Own Words is written in an easy to follow format. This keepsake volume contains hundreds of questions that guide you through the process of recollecting memories on many topics such as family and friends, school days, love life, career, travels, triumphs and tragedies, dreams and wishes, etc etc. There is also a section for an occasional diary, private special messages and a keepsake gallery for all those mementos that hold valuable memories of the past.What's g...

Many Masks: A Life of Frank Lloyd Wright - Paperback

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by Brendan Gill (Author)"Genius, egotist, mythomaniac, sexual rebel, master of media manipulation, the legendary Wright comes alive in all his cantankerous complexity. . . . A delight from cover to cover."--Kirkus Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is often described as the greatest of American architects. His works-among them Taliesin North, Taliesin West, Fallingwater, the Johnson Wax buildings, the Guggenheim Museum--earned him a good measure of his fame, but his flamboyant personal life earne...

The Fellowship: The Untold Story of Frank Lloyd Wright and the Taliesin Fellowship - Paperback

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by Roger Friedland (Author), Harold Zellman (Author)Frank Lloyd Wright was renowned during his life not only as an architectural genius but also as a subject of controversy--from his radical design innovations to his turbulent private life, including a notorious mass murder that occurred at his Wisconsin estate, Taliesin, in 1914. But the estate also gave rise to one of the most fascinating and provocative experiments in American cultural history: the Taliesin Fellowship, an extraordinary arc...

The Car Is Architecture - A Visual History of Frank Lloyd Wright's 85 Cars and One Motorcycle - Paperback

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by Richie Herink (Author)Cars were one of Frank Lloyd Wright's great obsessions, along with Architecture and Japanese Prints. The last two have been well documented, but the Cars have not been covered at all ... until this book. This unique visual history of Wright's 85 cars and one motorcycle uses original magazine ads to describe the make and model of each vehicle. They are presented in the order in which they were purchased. Number of Pages: 112 Dimensions: 0.3 x 11 x 8.5 IN Illustrated: Y...

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Report copyright infringementby Leonard Sappleton (Author)Laughter in the Sadness of my Heart captures events from the author's childhood growing up in post-plantation, and pre-independent Jamaica. The author provides a very captivating account of his childhood experiences, sharing emotional swings and nostalgic moments. The book gives a peek of the life of poverty-stricken Jamaicans under the British Monarchy. The author's engaging tone and vivid descriptions pulls the reader into the story,...

Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything: A Memoir

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Report copyright infringementby Alyson Stoner (Author)Actor-dancer Alyson Stoner's revelatory and incisive memoir--from family violence and betrayal, to eating disorders and religious trauma--may begin in Hollywood, but its chilling relatability will resonate with anyone navigating identity, privacy, purpose, and mental health in a digital age. Raised on soundstages and studio lots from the age of six, shuffling between auditions for Disney Channel, Cheaper by the Dozen, or Missy Elliott musi...

Find Your Fight: Make Your Voice Heard for the Causes That Matter Most

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Report copyright infringementby Jay Ruderman (Author)A practical and empowering guide for activists and advocates on how to speak out, spark controversy, and fight for what matters most! Before you can become an effective activist or trusted ally, you must first find your fight and pinpoint the issue or issues that matter most to you. Once you figure this out, you can start moving what's inside you to the outside, where change happens. Jay Ruderman, activist and president of the Ruderman Fa...

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Report copyright infringementby ML Wissing (Author)Embark on an emotional journey through a profound collection of poetry, inspired by ML Wissing's service in the United States Army during the War on Terrorism. This powerful read delves into the pain, courage, and extraordinary resilience of military men and women before, during, and after deploying to war.Fragments sheds light on critical issues like Post-Traumatic Stress and veteran suicides, letting soldiers and veterans know they are not ...

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Uncanny: The Origins of Fear - Hardcover

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by Junji Ito (Author), Jocelyne Allen (Translator)For the first time since his debut 35 years ago, horror master Junji Ito reveals exactly how he creates his unique worlds. Why are we drawn to fear? Horror manga legend Junji Ito has fascinated the world with his beautiful and strange tales, from his debut story "Tomie" to Uzumaki, Gyo, and many other famous works. In this professional memoir and horror manga analysis, he tells all and digs into dark recesses--reflections on influences from hi...

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by Chris Payne (Author) Number of Pages: 496 Dimensions: 1.19 x 8.19 x 5.54 IN Publication Date: June 11, 2024

A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson - Hardcover

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by Camille Peri (Author)"A love story, an adventure story, two literary biographies in one; A Wilder Shore is these things and more--and it's very, very good." --Roddy Doyle, Booker Prize-winning author of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha and The Women Behind the Door The extraordinary story of the creative and romantic partnership between Robert Louis Stevenson and his wife and muse, Fanny Van de Grift He was an ambitious but drifting writer from a prominent Scottish family. She was a tough Nevada silv...

Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska - Paperback

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by Warren Zanes (Author)The fascinating story behind the making of Bruce Springsteen's most surprising album, Nebraska, revealing its pivotal role in Springsteen's career "Brilliant . . . For fans of American music, Deliver Me from Nowhere makes a great ghost story."--The Boston Globe AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Without Nebraska, Bruce Springsteen might not be who he is today. The natural follow-up to Springsteen's hugely successful album The River should have been the hit-packed Born in t...

Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland

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Report copyright infringementby Martha Barnette (Author)The word nerd gift book of the year! With warmth and humor, a popular radio and podcast host shares her love of language, weaving together linguistic history, regional phrases, the hidden poetry in etymologies, new words, and stories from her life and time on the air. Martha Barnette has spent two decades as the co-host of A Way with Words, lauded by Mary Norris in The New Yorker as "a virtual treasure house" and "'Car Talk' for Lexiphi...

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Report copyright infringementby Richard L. Huber (Author)Hope Rising is a synopsis of my life experiences. Let's be real, this journey can be challenging at times, and one event in particular left me cynical of my fellow man. Join me on a journey of discovery on the AT where trail magic flourishes and friendships are forged. Along the sine of the Appalachian Mountains, trials and hardship refine egos. Where walking in the classroom of silence while immeresed in Nature's beauty heals wounded s...

Bibb Country: Unearthing My Family Secrets of Land, Legacy and Lettuce

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Report copyright infringementby Lonnae O'Neal (Author)Bibb Country follows Lonnae O'Neal back in time as she pieces together generations of her family history against the sweep of American history, unearthing hidden triumphs, traumas, and a specialty strain of lettuce along the way. Five years ago, Lonnae O'Neal grabbed some seeds for her backyard garden, including seeds for Bibb lettuce. She had no idea how deeply she'd wind up digging, or how far she would travel. Lonnae's fourth great-gran...

From Out of the Smokies: Stories of Fly Fishing and Life

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Report copyright infringementby Charlie Tombras (Author)Knoxville native Charlie Tombras may be best known for his fifty-seven-year leadership of the nationally recognized advertising firm the Tombras Group, but in his moving memoir, From Out of the Smokies: Stories of Fly Fishing and Life, he chronicles his personal journey, letting business take a backseat. Born and raised in the Smokies, Tombras grew up exploring mountains and streams, fostering an appreciation for nature and fly fishing t...

Positive Obsession: The Life and Times of Octavia E. Butler

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Report copyright infringementby Susana M. Morris (Author)A magnificent cultural biography that charts the life of one of our greatest writers, situating her alongside the key historical and social moments that shaped her work. As the first Black woman to consistently write and publish in the field of science fiction, Octavia Butler was a trailblazer. With her deft pen, she created stories speculating the devolution of the American empire, using it as an apt metaphor for the best and worst of...

My Brother, My Land: A Story from Palestine

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Report copyright infringementby Sami Hermez (Author), Sireen Sawalha (With)A riveting and unapologetic account of Palestinian resistance, the story of one family's care for their land, and a reflection on love and heartache while living under military occupation. In 1967, Sireen Sawalha's mother, with her young children, walked back to Palestine against the traffic of exile. My Brother, My Land is the story of Sireen's family in the decades that followed and their lives in the Palestinian vil...

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Report copyright infringementby Van N. Eden (Author)Peripety by Van Eden is not just a memoir-it's a literary kaleidoscope, a genre-bending experiment that blurs the lines between reality and imagination, memoir and manifesto, satire and sincerity.Told through an epistolary dialogue with Calliope-the Greek Muse of epic poetry-this audacious narrative takes readers on a deeply personal yet wildly inventive journey through the author's life. From a law student thrust into the chaos of Vietnam t...

Show Her The Money: The Riveting Stories About the People Behind the Movie and the Movement

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Report copyright infringementby Catherine Gray (Author)The global movement that ignited a revolution is now a book! In Show Her the Money, award-winning producer Catherine Gray takes you behind the scenes of the groundbreaking documentary that exposed the staggering funding gap women face-and the unstoppable trailblazers closing it.With honesty and passion, Gray shares her personal journey of bringing this film to life, alongside the powerful personal stories of over 30 extraordinary individu...

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Report copyright infringementby Liana Finck (Author)A visually arresting graphic memoir about a young artist struggling against what's expected of her as a woman, and learning to accept her true self, from an acclaimed New Yorker cartoonist A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Guardian, New York, Refinery29, Kirkus Reviews In this stunning graphic memoir, Liana Finck goes in search of a thing she has lost--her shadow, as she calls the "strangeness" that has defined her since birth, the part of her t...

3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool - Paperback

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by James Kaplan (Author)The National Bestseller - One of The Minneapolis Star Tribune's Best Books of the Year "A superb book...[Kaplan is] a master biographer, a dogged researcher and shaper of narrative, and this is his most ambitious book to date." --Los Angeles Times From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of three towering artists--Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans--and how they came together to create the most iconic jazz album of all time, Kind ...

Miracle of the Heartbeat: God's Gift of Time - Over 23 Million Added Seconds

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Report copyright infringementby Sandra Colvard Ray (Author) Number of Pages: 88 Dimensions: 0.18 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 06, 2024

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Report copyright infringementby Yusuf Hanif Salaam Aka Joseph H. Dixson (Author)About the BookLife of a Changed Thugg is the turbulent true story of Yusuf Hanif Salaam and his struggles growing up in a dangerous neighborhood. Through many ups and downs, Salaam eventually finds peace and truth in Islam which sees him through all his dark times. Number of Pages: 36 Dimensions: 0.07 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: August 01, 2023

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Report copyright infringementby Andrew Soltis (Author) This is the autobiography of chess grandmaster and journalist Andy Soltis, one of the very few grandmasters who had a professional career outside of the game, and a prolific author of chess-related nonfiction. It describes how chess and journalism fought for his time for more than 50 years and how he managed to score coups and make blunders in each field. Among his distinctions: He is the only person who has both interviewed Donald Trump ...

The Life and Times of Bill Williamson: an Autobiography

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Report copyright infringementby Bill Williamson (Author) Number of Pages: 200 Dimensions: 0.42 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 01, 2024

Robert E. Howard: The Life and Times of a Texas Author

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Report copyright infringementby Willard M. Oliver (Author) Robert E. Howard (1906-1936) is most widely known today as the creator of Conan the Cimmerian, more popularly referred to as Conan the Barbarian. However, he also wrote across a wide array of genres for the pulp magazines of the 1920s and 1930s, including Westerns, sports stories (boxing), adventures, supernatural horror, and even humor. Howard also created many other popular characters such as King Kull, Bran Mak Morn, Solomon Kane, ...

Walking on Water: One Man's Story of Miracles

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Report copyright infringementby Scotty Halls (Author)Scotty Halls should not have survived. When the boat towing his inner tube on Lake Powell swerved the wrong way, Scotty was pulled into the props and sliced to ribbons. A pool of blood surrounded him in the water, and when rescuers dragged him onto the boat, they didn't think he would make it to the dock. But prayers have power. Faith is real. Miracles do happen. Scotty Halls should not have survived. But he did. And this is his amazing sto...

Blindsided: My Spiritual Journey to Love Oneself

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Report copyright infringementby Michelle Brown (Author) Number of Pages: 208 Dimensions: 0.48 x 8.25 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: August 29, 2024

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Report copyright infringementby Patti Hartigan (Author)The "masterful" (The Wall Street Journal), "invaluable" (Los Angeles Times) first authoritative biography of August Wilson, the most important and successful American playwriting of the late 20th century, by a theater critic who knew him. August Wilson wrote a series of ten plays celebrating African American life in the 20th century, one play for each decade. No other American playwright has completed such an ambitious oeuvre. Two of the ...