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.

I'm Supposed to Protect You from All This: A Memoir
Born Bright: A Young Girl's Journey from Nothing to Something in America
Riverine: A Memoir from Anywhere But Here
March: Book Three (March, #3)
Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Run the World: My 3,500-Mile Journey Through Running Cultures Around the Globe
Marie Antoinette's Darkest Days: Prisoner No. 280 in the Conciergerie
Libertarians on the Prairie: Laura Ingalls Wilder, Rose Wilder Lane, and the Making of the Little House Books
Let Your Voice Be Heard: The Life and Times of Pete Seeger
Carry On: Two Young Men, a Journalist Who Wouldn't Walk Away, and the Creation of an Unlikely Family
Theodore the Great
Seoul Man: A Memoir of Cars, Culture, Crisis, and Unexpected Hilarity Inside a Korean Corporate Titan
Double Ace: The Life of Robert Lee Scott Jr., Pilot, Hero, and Teller of Tall Tales
The Commander: Fawzi al-Qawuqji and the Fight for Arab Independence 1914–1948
Trials of the Earth: The True Story of a Pioneer Woman

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    Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
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    Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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    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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    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.
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    I don’t read biographies for moral instruction, or for a history lesson. I want to know what people are saying about me.
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