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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The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
A Serial Killer's Daughter: My Story of Faith, Love, and Overcoming
The Mastermind: Drugs. Empire. Murder. Betrayal.
Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII's Most Highly Decorated Spy
Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Con Man I Almost Married
Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country
Hollywood's Eve: Eve Babitz and the Secret History of L.A.
All the Lives We Ever Lived: Seeking Solace in Virginia Woolf
Future Perfect: A Skeptic’s Search for an Honest Mystic
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present
Joy Enough: A Memoir
Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine
Hitler's Pawn: The Boy Assassin and the Holocaust
Trailblazer: A Pioneering Journalist's Fight to Make the Media Look More Like America
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    This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor
    Rock Needs River: A Memoir About a Very Open Adoption
    A Sucky Love Story: Overcoming Unhappily Ever After
    A Serial Killer's Daughter: My Story of Faith, Love, and Overcoming
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    Yes Please
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    The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row
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    My Thoughts Exactly
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    The Diary of a Young Girl
    Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience and Redemption
    John Adams
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    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)
    "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character

    James McBride
    James McBride Kill 'Em and Leave: Searching for James Brown and the American Soul
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    Charles Dickens
    “ Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show. ”
    ― Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

    Russell Brand
    “ I regret that I didn’t realize that actually they’ve got no power over you at school — it’s all just a trick to indoctrinate you into being a conditioned, tame, placid citizen. Rebel, children, I urge you, fight the turgid slick of conformity with which they seek to smother your glory. ”
    ― Russell Brand, My Booky Wook

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