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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This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare
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Priestdaddy: A Memoir
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How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
Al Franken, Giant of the Senate
Love and Trouble: A Midlife Reckoning
Spies in the Family: An American Spymaster, His Russian Crown Jewel, and the Friendship That Helped End the Cold War
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    Julian Barnes
    How often do we tell our own life story? How often do we adjust, embellish, make sly cuts? And the longer life goes on, the fewer are those around to challenge our account, to remind us that our life is not our life, merely the story we have told about our life. Told to others, but—mainly—to ourselves.
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