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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.

New Releases Tagged "Biography"

The World's Strongest Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family

The Feud: The Hatfields and McCoys: The True Story

A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley

The Secret Life of the Lonely Doll: The Search for Dare Wright

Man Up!: Tales of My Delusional Self-Confidence

VJ: The Unplugged Adventures of MTV's First Wave

Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted: And all the Brilliant Minds Who Made The Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic

American Savage: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics

The Short, Strange Life of Herschel Grynszpan: A Boy Avenger, a Nazi Diplomat, and a Murder in Paris

Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom

Bedsit Disco Queen: How I Grew Up and Tried to Be a Pop Star

The Last of the Doughboys: The Forgotten Generation and Their Forgotten World War

Saving the White Lions: One Woman's Battle for Africa's Most Sacred Animal

Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation

The Beatles Were Fab (and They Were Funny)

All the Great Prizes : The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt

I Invented the Modern Age (t): The Rise of Henry Ford and the Most Important Car Ever Made

Cronkite's War: His World War II Letters Home

Everest - The First Ascent: How a Champion of Science Helped to Conquer the Mountain

Going to Sea in a Sieve: The Autobiography

The Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius

Beyond Belief: The Secret Lives of Women in Extreme Religions

The Little Way of Ruthie Leming: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life

Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story

The Creation of Anne Boleyn: A New Look at England's Most Notorious Queen

Who Was Dracula?: Bram Stoker's Trail of Blood

Defiant Brides: The Untold Story of Two Revolutionary-Era Women and the Radical Men They Married

Shakespeare Saved My Life: Ten Years in Solitary with the Bard

Stuck in the Middle with You: A Memoir of Parenting in Three Genders

Twirling Naked in the Streets and No One Noticed: Growing Up With Undiagnosed Autism

Lost Cat: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology

My Foot Is Too Big for the Glass Slipper: A Guide to the Less Than Perfect Life

Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

Keeping Hope Alive: One Woman: 90,000 Lives Changed

Dead Certainties: Unwarranted Speculations

How Poetry Saved My Life: A Hustler's Memoir

However Long the Night: Molly Melching's Journey to Help Millions of African Women and Girls Triumph

Go Big or Go Home: Taking Risks in Life, Love, and Tattooing

Nikola Tesla: Imagination and the Man That Invented the 20th Century

When Variety Was King: Memoir of a TV Pioneer: Featuring Jackie Gleason, Sonny and Cher, Hee Haw, and More

Shadow Warrior: William Egan Colby and the CIA

Dakini Power: Twelve Extraordinary Women Shaping the Transmission of Tibetan Buddhism in the West

Whitey: The Life of America's Most Notorious Mob Boss

The Key Is Love: My Mother's Wisdom, A Daughter's Gratitude

On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein

Polka King: The Life and Times of Polka Music's Living Legend

Pray for Me: The Life and Spiritual Vision of Pope Francis, First Pope from the Americas

Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman

A Bigger World: The life and times of Wm. Edwy Ryerson

A Straight Road with 99 Curves: Coming of Age on the Path of Zen

Last Stand: Ted Turner's Quest to Save a Troubled Planet

Gospel of Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail and the Struggle That Changed a Nation

Marathon Man: My 26.2-Mile Journey from Unknown Grad Student to the Top of the Running World

Shell Shocked: My Life with the Turtles, Flo & Eddie, and Frank Zappa, Etc.

Miracle Mud: Lena Blackburne and the Secret Mud That Changed Baseball

Anne Neville: Richard III's Tragic Queen

Property: The True Story of a Polygamous Church Wife

The Philosopher, the Priest, and the Painter: A Portrait of Descartes

Springsteen on Springsteen: Interviews, Speeches, and Encounters

Franz Kafka: The Poet of Shame and Guilt

Behind the Scenes, Or, Thirty Years and Slave, and Four Years in the White House

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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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“Anyone who likes or hates Dana White should take a look at this.”
― June White, Dana White, King of MMA

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“All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity, that the dry, shriveled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut.”
― Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

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