Biography & Autobiography Books
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Vendor:Kevin Vought
I'm Supposed to Make a Difference: A Memoir About Overcoming Trauma and Abuse
This is what happens when true crime hits close to home.Kevin's mother was emotionally abusive and resented him, though she did her best to protect him and his brother from their father -a violent man who inherited his own father's evil, sadistic, possibly even...- $12.99
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Vendor:Robert W. Parsons
Diary of a Sailor
Some people you live with for years and go on to have thought you had known them all your life, yet you never knew who they really were. Yes, they were your mom and dad. Dad was like that, a very quiet but an...- $37.95
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Vendor:Debi Unger
George Marshall: A Biography
"Elegant and iconoclastic . . . refreshing . . . persuasive."--NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWHere is the first biography to offer a complete picture of the life of George C. Marshall, chief of staff of the U.S. Army from 1939 to 1945 and the...- $18.99
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Vendor:David Mendell
Obama: From Promise to Power
Barack Obama is arguably the most dynamic political figure to grace the American stage since John F. Kennedy. His meteoric rise from promise to power has stunned even the cynics and inspired a legion of devout followers. For anyone who wants to know more...- $16.99
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Vendor:Omar H. Ali
Malik Ambar: Power and Slavery Across the Indian Ocean
Part of The World in a Life series, this brief, inexpensive text provides insight into the life of slave soldier Malik Ambar. Malik Ambar: Power and Slavery across the Indian Ocean offers a rare look at an individual who began in obscurity in eastern...- $29.99
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Vendor:Mary Pattillo
Black on the Block: The Politics of Race and Class in the City
In Black on the Block, Mary Pattillo--a Newsweek Woman of the 21st Century--uses the historic rise, alarming fall, and equally dramatic renewal of Chicago's North Kenwood-Oakland neighborhood to explore the politics of race and class in contemporary urban America. There was a time when...- $28.00
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Vendor:George J. Stigler
Memoirs of an Unregulated Economist
In this witty and modest intellectual autobiography, George J. Stigler gives us a fascinating glimpse into the little-known world of economics and the people who study it. One of the most distinguished economists of the twentieth century, Stigler was awarded the Nobel Prize in...- $30.00
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Vendor:Myra Strober
Sharing the Work: What My Family and Career Taught Me about Breaking Through (and Holding the Door Open for Others)
The tumultuous life and career of a woman who fought gender bias on multiple fronts--in theory and in practice, for herself and for us all."Myra Strober's Sharing the Work is the memoir of a woman who has learned that 'having it all' is only...- $17.95
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Vendor:Seiichi Higashide
Adios to Tears: The Memoirs of a Japanese-Peruvian Internee in U.S. Concentration Camps
Adios to Tears is the very personal story of Seiichi Higashide (1909-97), whose life in three countries was shaped by a bizarre and little-known episode in the history of World War II. Born in Hokkaido, Higashide emigrated to Peru in 1931. By the late...- $30.00
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Vendor:Charlie Barnet
Those Swinging Years
Charlie Barnet (1913-1991) is best known as the popular bandleader whose hits included Cherokee, Pompton Turnpike, and Skyliner. But he was also the first to break the color barrier in a popular dance band, and his black musicians included Clark Terry, Roy Eldridge, and...- $16.99
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Vendor:Peter Golenbock
Miracle: Bobby Allison and the Saga of the Alabama Gang
While you were sitting in the stands or watching at home on TV, did you ever ask yourself what's really going on behind the scenes? Take a ride on the seat next to auto-racing legend Bobby Allison and relive the dramatic saga of the...- $26.99
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Vendor:Martin Stannard
Evelyn Waugh: The Early Years, 1903-1939
The Evelyn Waugh who emerges from this fascinating and masterful account is a far different, and a far more complex, figure than the one most readers know. . . . Not only supersedes all earlier accounts of the writer but also is a model...- $32.00
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Vendor:Ray Robinson
Iron Horse: Lou Gehrig in His Time
Lou Gehrig will go down in history as one of the best ballplayers of all time; he was elected to the Hall of Fame and played in a record-setting 2,130 consecutive games. ALS known today as Lou Gehrig's Disease robbed him of his physical...- $22.95
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Vendor:Joseph G. Nye
Deion Sanders and the Sports Universe
Was one athlete so prominent that his career can be linked to every major sports icon of the 20th Century, from Jim Thorpe to Tiger Woods? Can one athlete's career possibly span Babe Ruth and LeBron James? In Deion Sanders and the Sports Universe,...- $14.95
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Vendor:Marilyn Irvin Holt
Mamie Doud Eisenhower: The General's First Lady
It was fitting for a soldier's wife to make curtains out of military-surplus parachutes. That they would hang in the White House made little difference. Mamie Doud Eisenhower was a president's wife who seemed to most Americans like the friend next door. She gave...- $45.00
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Vendor:Elizabeth Rice
Rituals of Separation: A South Korean Memoir of Identity and Belonging
When her American family returns to the U.S. after sixteen years in South Korea, Liz is a hidden immigrant. Her mixed-up cultural identity is veiled behind the face of the girl down the street. She's the granddaughter of upperclass Americans, but her homeland is...- $11.95
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Vendor:Robert Sweeny
Sharing Spaces: Essays in Honour of Sherry Olson
Sherry Olson has almost always worked with others, inspiring them to ground their research in an empathetic understanding of the human condition. Through this team work, she has made signal contributions in fields as diverse as environmental, social, urban, and women's histories, as well...- $39.95
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Vendor:Rob Ruck
Rooney: A Sporting Life
Born to an Irish Catholic working-class family on the Northside of Pittsburgh, Art Rooney (1901-88) dabbled in semipro baseball and boxing before discovering that his real talent lay not in playing sports but in promoting them. Though he was at the center of boxing,...- $44.95
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Vendor:Evelyn I. Funda
Weeds: A Farm Daughter's Lament
In Thomas Jefferson's day, 90 percent of the population worked on family farms. Today, in a world dominated by agribusiness, less than 1 percent of Americans claim farm-related occupations. What was lost along the way is something that Evelyn I. Funda experienced firsthand when,...- $23.95
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Vendor:Gianni Bozzacchi
My Life in Focus: A Photographer's Journey with Elizabeth Taylor and the Hollywood Jet Set
When Gianni Bozzacchi accepted an assignment as a photographer on the set of The Comedians (1967), he didn't know that his life was about to change forever. His ability to capture the beauty of candid moments drew the attention of the film's star, Elizabeth...- $35.00
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