Biography

A biography (from the Greek words bios meaning "life", and graphos meaning "write") is an account of a person's life, usually published in the form of a book or essay, or in some other form, such as a film.

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Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman’s Awakening
If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating
I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad
The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
A Manual for Heartache
Another Kind of Madness: A Journey Through the Stigma and Hope of Mental Illness
The Best Land Under Heaven: The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny
The Secret History of Jane Eyre: How Charlotte Brontë Wrote Her Masterpiece
Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero
The Revolution of Robert Kennedy
Memory's Last Breath: Field Notes on My Dementia
How to Be a Muslim: An American Story
The Boy Who Loved Too Much: A True Story of Pathological Friendliness
Open Heart: A Cardiac Surgeon?s Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table

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