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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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House of Dreams: The Life of L.M. Montgomery
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date: Jun 12, 2018
An affecting biography of the author of Anne of Green Gables is the first for young readers to include revelations about her last days and to encompas
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Availability: 5 copies available, 1646 people requesting
Giveaway dates: May 12 - Jun 11, 2018
Countries available: US and CA
A Normal Life: A Memoir
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date: Apr 03, 2018
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After an unconventional childhood that ended in the tragic death of her mother and the ...more
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Availability: 15 copies available, 722 people requesting
Giveaway dates: May 19 - May 31, 2018
Countries available: US
The Clash: All the Albums, All the Songs
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date: May 15, 2018
Formed in London in 1976 by Joe Strummer, Mick Jones, and Paul Simonon at the outset of that city’s punk rock boom, The Clash went on to outlast their
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Availability: 2 copies available, 450 people requesting
Giveaway dates: May 19 - Jun 16, 2018
Countries available: US
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We had a teacher called Fanny Menlove, and I remember once when she was out of the room Nancy went up to the blackboard and wrote it backward - Menlove Fanny - and we all fell around laughing. She got into big trouble, but she didn't seem to mind. She had no fear.
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― Peter FitzSimons, Nancy Wake
― Peter FitzSimons, Nancy Wake
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How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about our life. Told to others, but—mainly—to ourselves.
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― Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending
― Julian Barnes, The Sense of an Ending
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