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Below I’ve listed 50 of the best biographies out there. There is nothing like reading a history or biography book and being so completely transported to another time and place that you find... 26 members, time_left += Math.floor(hours_left%24/10) last active an hour ago, 664 members, The first handful are group biographies, and after that, I’ve arranged them alphabetically by subject. 206 people requesting, Giveaway dates: var minutes_left = secs_left / 60;

document.getElementById("timer_312594").innerHTML = "closed"; Dominant. }else{ This biography is unlike Du Bois’s earlier work; it is intended as a work of consciousness-raising on the politics of race.”, “[Eunice Hunton Carter] was black and a woman and a prosecutor, a graduate of Smith College and the granddaughter of slaves, as dazzlingly unlikely a combination as one could imagine in New York of the 1930s ― and without the strategy she devised, Lucky Luciano, the most powerful Mafia boss in history, would never have been convicted.”, “An engrossing record of Mao’s impact on China, an unusual window on the female experience in the modern world, and an inspiring tale of courage and love, Jung Chang describes the extraordinary lives and experiences of her family members.”, “Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnet, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Now, drawing on unpublished manuscripts, letters, diaries, and land and financial records, Caroline Fraser—the editor of the Library of America edition of the Little House series—masterfully fills in the gaps in Wilder’s biography.”, “Although mother and daughter, these two brilliant women never knew one another – Wollstonecraft died of an infection in 1797 at the age of thirty-eight, a week after giving birth. Walker rose from poverty and indignity to become America’s first black female millionaire, the head of a hugely successful beauty company, and a leading philanthropist in African American causes.”, “With a breadth and depth matched by no other one-volume life, [Chernow] carries the reader through Washington’s troubled boyhood, his precocious feats in the French and Indian Wars, his creation of Mount Vernon, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army, his presiding over the Constitutional Convention and his magnificent performance as America’s first president.”, “Ida: A Sword Among Lions is a sweeping narrative about a country and a crusader embroiled in the struggle against lynching: a practice that imperiled not only the lives of black men and women, but also a nation based on law and riven by race.”, “But the true saga of [Wilder’s] life has never been fully told. time_left += Math.floor(secs_left%60/10);

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There's a problem loading this menu right now. This meeting sparked a love affair that lasted over a decade, destroying Dickens’s marriage and ending with Nelly’s near-disappearance from the public record.”, “Slowly, but surely, Sojourner climbed from beneath the weight of slavery, secured respect for herself, and utilized the distinction of her race to become not only a symbol for black women, but for the feminist movement as a whole.”, “Born to former slaves on a Louisiana plantation in 1867, Madam C.J. Curry's effortless shots, and remember where they were when the team won the 2015 NBA championship. The book contains such themes as gender dysphoria, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), acceptance, procedures, gender reassignment surgery, and ID changes. Coming Home to Venus, is about my transition, from the first steps I took up to gender reassignment surgery, what happened, the changes I went through, Coming Home to Venus, is about my transition, from the first steps I took up to gender reassignment surgery, what happened, the changes I went through, the lessons I learned, the changes in and to my environment, the similar experiences of others, and what I expect for the future. if(false){ No matter how many facts are told, no matter how many details are given, the essential thing resists telling. Many of these read like great novels; some technically are, their authors shrouding their experiences within the cloak of fiction (but we all know better). } last active 15 hours ago, Tags contributing to this page include: biography, auto-and-biography-and-memoir, bio, biografia, biografico, biographical, biographies, biographies-memoirs, biography-and-memoir, and non-fiction__biography. document.getElementById("timer_312594").innerHTML = time_left; if(days_left > 0) { if(days_left > 0) { Check out this post on presidential biographies, this list of biographies and memoirs about remarkable women, and this list of 100 must-read musician biographies and memoirs. Have a listen to our mystery/thriller podcast, Read or Dead. if(false){ time_left += days_left + " days and "; You will find a mix of subjects, including important figures in literature, science, politics, history, art, and more. moments, riveting rivalries, an all-time Lakers team (imagine picking a center for that group!
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[CDATA[ Welcome to the ultimate destination for the world’s best biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. var timer_312391_end_at = 147885 + new Date().getTime()/1000; Biographies are written by an author who is not the subject/focus of the book. Want to read more about great biographies? Mariah Carey. His name was Christopher Johnson McCandless. The Meaning of Mariah Carey. Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. Touching the Void: The True Story of One Man's Miraculous Survival, Travels with Charley in Search of America, Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, 100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime. last active 2 months ago, 1,715 members, About 100 Biographies & Memoirs to Read in a Lifetime Honestly, it would take many lifetimes to read even a small fraction of the best biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs ever written. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. But after the dust settled, we found ourselves with a hundred stories of our greatest artists, seekers, and iconic leaders, as well as a host of other iconoclasts, athletes, and adventurers (and even a non-human or three). time_left += days_left + ":"; Notoriously and self-confessedly intemperate, Boswell shared with Johnson a huge appetite for life and threw equal energy into recording its every aspect in minute but telling detail.”, “Barbara Jordan was the first African American to serve in the Texas Senate since Reconstruction, the first black woman elected to Congress from the South, and the first to deliver the keynote address at a national party convention. var timer_312456_updater = setInterval(timer_312456_updateTimer, 100); Biography Business Current Affairs & Politics Diet, Health & Fitness Fiction History Kids' Books Mystery & Crime Religion Romance Sci-Fi & Fantasy Teen Books See All > Discover Book Graph™ B&N Readouts Indie eBooks Free NOOK Mobile Apps Self-publish with B&N Press }else{ 1: 1931-1934, The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait, The Gulag Archipelago Abridged: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (P.S. } So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.”. timer_312456_updateTimer(); time_left += Math.floor(hours_left%24) + ":"; 662 people requesting, Giveaway dates: Top subscription boxes – right to your door, 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime, 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime, 100 Young Adult Books to Read in a Lifetime, 100 Books for a Lifetime of Eating and Drinking, 100 Leadership Books to Read in a Lifetime, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. time_left += Math.floor(hours_left%24/10) This item will be released on November 17, 2020. } A biography (from the Greek words bios meaning "life", and graphos meaning "write") is a non-fictional account of a person's life. You can view Barnes & Noble’s Privacy Policy.