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message 1: by MJ, Idiot's Top libriarian (new)

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Biographies: real stories about real people
Memoirs and autobiographies: that's my story, and I'm sticking to it


message 2: by MJ, Idiot's Top libriarian (last edited Aug 17, 2009 12:32PM) (new)

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BIOGRAPHIES: REAL STORIES ABOUT REAL PEOPLE

Ava Gardner: "Love is Nothing" by Lees Server
Ball of Fire: The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball by Stefan Kanfer
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith, and Love by Dava Sobel
Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: A Life by Donald Spoto
The Life of the Party by Christopher Ogden
Lincoln by David Herbert Donald
Lindbergh: A Life by A. Scott Berg
Marilyn Momroe by Barbara Leaming
Mary, Queen of Scots by Antonia Fraser
My Lady Scandalous: The Amazing Life and Outrageous Times of Grace Dalrymple Elliot, Royal Courtesan by Jo Manning
Nicholas and Alexandra By Robert K. Massie
Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie
Profiles in Courage: Decisive Moments in the Lives of Celebrated Americans by John F. Kenenedy
Roots by Alex Haley
Shakespeare: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd
Son of Morning Star: Custer and the Little Bighorn by Evan S. Connell
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller by Ron Chernow
To the Scaffold: The Life of Marie Antoinette by Carolly Erickson
Truman by David M. McMullough


message 3: by MJ, Idiot's Top libriarian (last edited Jun 30, 2009 12:02PM) (new)

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MEMOIRS AND AUTOBIOGRAPHIES: THAT'S MY STORY, AND I'M STICKING TO IT

The Andy Warhol Diaries: Andy Warhol
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir by Frank McCourt
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride
Don't Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhoos by Alexandra Fuller
Dreams of my Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance By Barack Obama
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Wall
I Know Why the Caged Bired Sings By Maya Angelou
Julie and Julia 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risked Her Marriage, Her Job, and Her Sanity to Master the Art of Living by Julie Powell
A Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected LIfe by Queen Noor
Madame Secretary: A Memoir by Madeleine Albfight
Me: Stories of My Life by Katherine Hepburn
My American Hourney by Colin L. Powel
My Life in France by Julia Child
Never Have Your Dog Stuffed And Other THings I've Learned by Alan Alda
Personal History by Katherine Graham
A Pirate Looks at Fifty by Jimmy Buffett
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir by Azar Nafisi
The Road From Coorain by Jill Ker Conway
Saving Grace: Finding Solace and Strength from Friends and Strangers By Elizabeth Edwards
Seldom DisappointedL A Memoir
Tender at the Bones: Growing Up at the Table
The Tender Bar: A Memoir by J.R. Moehringer
West with the Night by Beryl Markham
Wild Swans: Three Daughter of China by Jung Chang



message 4: by KrisT (new)

KrisT Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir by Frank McCourt
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by James McBride
Don't Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhoos by Alexandra Fuller
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Wall
Julie and Julia 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen: How One Girl Risked Her
Me: Stories of My Life by Katherine Hepburn
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir by Azar Nafisi
West with the Night by Beryl Markham

not bad but a long way to go!


message 5: by [deleted user] (new)

Good list. I have my books on my blog. http://ilovelovebooks.blogspot.com


message 6: by Laurie (new)

Laurie (ardelia27) Wow, here's a genre that I might never read much of. I am just not into the biographies and memoirs!


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