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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Finding My Way
Vagabond: A Memoir
Paper Girl: A Memoir of Home and Family in a Fractured America
Joyride: A Memoir
The Girl Bandits of the Warsaw Ghetto: The True Story of Five Courageous Young Women Who Sparked an Uprising
Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy
Lincoln's Ghost: Houdini's War on Spiritualism and the Dark Conspiracy Against the American Presidency
Unbearable: Five Women and the Perils of Pregnancy in America
The Nine Lives of Christopher Columbus
We Did Ok, Kid: A Memoir
Cat (Object Lessons)
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To Rescue the American Spirit: Teddy Roosevelt and the Birth of a Superpower (The Presidential Series)
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John Candy: A Life in Comedy
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