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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.
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Beautiful Hero: How We Survived the Khmer Rouge
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Born by the River: The true story of a young girl growing up along the Mississippi River during the summer of 1963
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Chasing angels or fleeing demons, go to the mountains.
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― Jeffrey Rasley, Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving to a Mountain Village in Nepal
― Jeffrey Rasley, Bringing Progress to Paradise: What I Got from Giving to a Mountain Village in Nepal
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We had a teacher called Fanny Menlove, and I remember once when she was out of the room Nancy went up to the blackboard and wrote it backward - Menlove Fanny - and we all fell around laughing. She got into big trouble, but she didn't seem to mind. She had no fear.
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― Peter FitzSimons, Nancy Wake
― Peter FitzSimons, Nancy Wake
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