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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Leadership: In Turbulent Times
Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
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Young Benjamin Franklin: The Birth of Ingenuity
Vodka and Apple Juice
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Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
Nobody Cares
Vanishing Twins: A Marriage
The Fabulous Bouvier Sisters
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    Ruth Brandon
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    Jane Austen
    “ Now I must give one smirk, and then we may be rational again." Catherine turned away her head, not knowing whether she might venture to laugh. "I see what you think of me," said he gravely -- "I shall make but a poor figure in your journal tomorrow." My journal!" Yes, I know exactly what you will say: Friday, went to the Lower Rooms; wore my sprigged muslin robe with blue trimmings -- plain black shoes -- appeared to much advantage; but was strangely harassed by a queer, half-witted man, who wou ...more ”
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    Mark Twain
    “ What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself. All day long, the mill of his brain is grinding, and his thoughts, not those of other things, are his history. These are his life, and they are not written. Everyday would make a whole book of 80,000 words -- 365 books a year. Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man -- the biography of the man himself cannot be written. ”
    ― Mark Twain

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