Biography

A biography (from the Greek words bios meaning "life", and graphos meaning "write") is a non-fictional account of a person's life. Biographies are written by an author who is not the subject/focus of the book.

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Autobiography
Memoir
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Hollywood Park
The Hilarious World of Depression
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The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes
Fairest: A Memoir
Resistance: A Songwriter's Story of Hope, Change, and Courage
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Radical Wordsworth: The Poet Who Changed the World
All Boys Aren't Blue
What We Carry: A Memoir
The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II
Fortitude: American Resilience in the Era of Outrage
This Is All I Got
Hell and Other Destinations: A 21st-Century Memoir
In Unison: The Unfinished Story of Jeremy and Adrienne Camp
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    Themes and Variations
    Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
    Your Blue Is Not My Blue: A Missing Person Memoir
    The Other Einstein
    The Rural Diaries: What Moving to Mischief Farm Taught Me About What Really Matters in Life, Love, and Making Dandelion Wine
    Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE
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    In the Shadow of the Valley: A Memoir
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    The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
    The Chiffon Trenches
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    Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
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    The Autobiography of Malcolm X
    Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

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