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12. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann. Another mysterious explorer takes center stage in this gripping 2009 biography. Grann tells the story of Percy Fawcett, the archaeologist who vanished in the Amazon along with his son in 1925, supposedly in search of an ancient lost city.

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The book quickly became a beloved best seller when it was published, and went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for biography. Baker was born into poverty in Virginia in 1925.

I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. by Maya Angelou. A favourite book of former president Obama and countless others, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, recounts Angelou's childhood in the American south in the 1930s. A beautifully written classic, this is the first of Maya Angelou's seven bestselling autobiographies.

Cheryl Strayed. Paperback. $999 $18.00. 73,736. About 100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime. Honestly, it would take many lifetimes to read even a small fraction of the best biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs ever written. So when the Amazon Books editors set out to compile a list of the 100 Biographies and Memoirs to Read in a ...

At Her Majesty's Request: An African Princess in Victorian England by Walter Dean Myers. "One terrifying night in 1848, a young African princess's village is raided by warriors. The invaders kill her mother and father, the King and Queen, and take her captive. Two years later, a British naval captain rescues her and takes her to England ...

The 156th Greatest Book of All Time. 3. The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell. "The Life of Samuel Johnson" is a comprehensive biography that chronicles the life of one of the most prominent English literary figures of the 18th century. The book provides an in-depth account of Samuel Johnson's life, his literary works, and his significant ...

Krakauer delivers one of the best biography books in recent memory. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer ... The 76-year-old from Maine has written countless classics, with a signature ability to both ...

228 books · 128 voters · list created March 26th, 2011 by Onni. Tags: american-presidents , biography , history , memoir , politics , united-states , united-states-history , united-states-politics

1. Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own by Eddie S. Glaude (2020) Read More. Shop Now. 2. The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk by ...

Biography. A biography (from the Greek words bios meaning "life", and graphos meaning "write") is a non-fictional account of a person's life. Biographies are written by an author who is not the subject/focus of the book. See also: Autobiography. Memoir.

The Red Book of Heroes by Leonora Blanche Lang Gutenberg Text. Religious Figures. John Wesley by Bonamy Dobrée Remnant Prophesy. Life of Luther by Julius Koestlin Gutenberg Text. Life of Bunyan [Works of the English Puritan divines] by James Hamilton Gutenberg Text. The Life of John Bunyan by Edmund Venables Gutenberg Text

Biography, autobiography and memoir are three different types of books that revolve around true life stories. An autobiography is a life story written by the subject of the book. A biography is a life story written by someone other than the subject of the book. A memoir is a book written about a specific time in the author's life. Popular ...

Lafayette in the Somewhat United States. Sarah Vowell. The Secret Rooms. Catherine Bailey. Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey. The Countess of Carnarvon. Book of Ages. Jill Lepore. The Black Count.

8. Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin. James Baldwin's coming-of-age tale about a queer 14-year-old and his religious family in Harlem deftly intertwines tales of race, sex, identity ...

Shop at Amazon. Henry Willson—played by Jim Parsons on Hollywood —was known for launching the careers of actors like Rock Hudson, Troy Donahue, and Robert Wagner. This revealing biography goes ...

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Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist (Women in Science Books, Marine Biology for Kids, Shark Gifts) Jess Keating 4.8 out of 5 stars 2,241

Before I Get Old stands as one of the best books ever written about rock'n'roll. After best-selling Rolling Stone writer Dave Marsh was invited by Pete Townshend to write a history of legendary band the Who, he spent three years investigating and researching their story. The result is the first in-depth biography of the band, discarding the myth and nonsense which has become so much a part ...

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Kristof landed at the Times in 1984, as a business reporter—though he didn't yet know what the Nasdaq was. He was rapidly promoted and became the paper's youngest national correspondent, in ...

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Carolyn and John boating in Martha's Vineyard. But once she married John, there was a notable change. "Suddenly her hair is much blonder, she plucks her eyebrows and she loses weight," notes ...