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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Suicidal: Why We Kill Ourselves
Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood
The Allies: Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II
Henry VIII and the men who made him: The secret history behind the Tudor throne
Bringing Down the Colonel: A Sex Scandal of the Gilded Age, and the "Powerless" Woman Who Took On Washington
Brutally Honest
Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow
Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum
Witness: Lessons from Elie Wiesel’s Classroom
Congratulations, Who Are You Again?
Little Dreamers: Visionary Women Around the World
John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court
Gentleman Jack: A Biography of Anne Lister, Regency Landowner, Seducer and Secret Diarist
Handsome Johnny: The Life and Death of Johnny Rosselli: Gentleman Gangster, Hollywood Producer, CIA Assassin
  • The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara
    The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
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  • Once More We Saw Stars by Jayson Greene
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  • A Sucky Love Story: Overcoming Unhappily Ever After
    Stephen Fry's Victorian Secrets
    Twain’s Feast
    Yes Please
    My Squirrel Days
    Molly's Game: From Hollywood's Elite to Wall Street's Billionaire Boys Club, My High-Stakes Adventure in the World of Underground Poker
    The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
    Sisters First: Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life
    The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients' Lives
    Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.
    Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled Wall Street, Hollywood, and the World
    My Thoughts Exactly
    Hippie
    A Well-Behaved Woman: A Novel of the Vanderbilts
    Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls
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    Steve Jobs
    The Diary of a Young Girl
    Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
    John Adams
    Bossypants
    The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
    Alexander Hamilton
    Einstein: His Life and Universe
    Into the Wild
    Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
    I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
    The Autobiography of Malcolm X
    Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
    Night (The Night Trilogy, #1)
    Cleopatra: A Life

    Ruth Brandon
    Ruth Brandon Ugly Beauty: Helena Rubinstein, L'Oreal, and the Blemished History of Looking Good
    Her Favorite Books on Beauty: Her biography, Ugly Beauty, chronicles the life of cosmetics giant Helena Rubinstein. Brandon shares her favorite books that are about more than just another pretty face.
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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 ”
    ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

    Laura Bush
    “ I turned to books for comfort. (Former First Lady, Laura Bush) ”
    ― Laura Bush, Spoken from the Heart

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