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Bestsellers > Books > Biographies and Memoirs
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Go Ask Alice»rank: 388595by: James Jennings
: :The strong, painfully honest, nakedly candid and true story of a 15-year-old girl's experiences with drugs. Winner of the Christopher Award. 'An extraordinary work . . . a document of horrifying reality.'--The New York Times. Review:The torture and hell of adolescence has rarely been captured as clearly as it is in this classic diary by an anonymous, addicted teen. Lonely, awkward, and under extreme pressure from her 'perfect' parents, 'Anonymous' swings madly between optimism and despair. When one of ... |
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Alex Haley & Malcolm X's the Autobiography of Malcolm X (Bloom's Notes)»rank: 1906772from: Chelsea House Publications
: :The Autobiography of Malcolm X is the focus of this title in our Bloom's Notes. Along with a collection of some of the best criticism available on his work, this text includes a brief biography of the authors, Malcolm X and Alex Haley, structural and thematic analysis, an index of themes and ideas, and more. This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York ... |
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Student's virago)»rank: 1571826by: Maya Angelou
: :The first of five autobiographical volumes, evoking the author's childhood with her grandmother in the American South of the thirties, and recounting her experience of discrimination as a black, and the terrible trauma of rape by her grandfather. First published in 1984. Review:ln this first of five volumes of autobiography, poet Maya Angelou recounts a youth filled with disappointment, frustration, tragedy, and finally hard-won independence. Sent at a young age to live with her grandmother in Arkansas, Angelou learned ... |
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I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the Holocaust»rank: 443357by: Livia Bitton-Jackson
: :The author, who was imprisoned in Auschwitz as a teenager, describes her terrible experiences as one of the camp's few adolescent inmates and the miraculous twists of fates that enabled her to survive. |
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Boy: Tales of Childhood»rank: 633257by: Roald Dahl
: :''l am only eight years old,' l told myself. 'No little boy of eight has ever murdered anyone. lt's not possible.''So thought Roald Dahl in 1924 when his plan to get revenge on the mean and disgusting candy-store owner Mrs. Pratchett seemed to have worked all too well. Writing about this and other boyhood adventures, the author has recalled only those that stand out as spectacular. 'Some are funny. Some are painful. Some are unpleasant. l suppose that is why ... |
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Chinese Cinderella: The true story of an unwanted daughter»rank: 838375by: Adeline Yen Mah
: :A riveting memoir of a girl's painful coming-of-age in a wealthy Chinese family during the 1940s.A Chinese proverb says, 'Falling leaves return to their roots.' ln Chinese Cinderella, Adeline Yen Mah returns to her roots to tell the story of her painful childhood and her ultimate triumph and courage in the face of despair. Adeline's affluent, powerful family considers her bad luck after her mother dies giving birth to her. Life does not get any easier when her father remarries. ... |
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Up from Slavery»rank: 5420816by: Booker T. Washington
: :Nineteenth-century African American businessman, activist, and educator Booker Taliaferro Washington's, 'Up from Slavery' is one of the greatest American autobiographies ever written. lts mantras of black economic empowerment, land ownership, and self-help inspired generations of black leaders, including Marcus Garvey, Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and Louis Farrakhan. ln rags-to-riches fashion, Washington recounts his ascendance from early life as a mulatto slave in Virginia to a 34-year term as president of the influential, agriculturally based Tuskegee lnstitute in Alabama. From that ... |
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Story of My Life»rank: 855840by: Helen Keller
: :0ne of the 'hundred most important books of the twentieth century' (New York Public Library), finally published in complete form. The story of Helen Keller, the young girl who triumphed over deafness and blindness, has been indelibly marked into our cultural consciousness. That triumph, shared with her teacher Anne Sullivan, has been further popularized by the play and movie The Miracle Worker. Yet the astonishing original version of Keller's and Sullivan's story, first published in 1903, has been out of ... |
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Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo»rank: 3997912by: Zlata Filipovic
: :A chronicle of the war in Sarajevo from a child's perspective begins in 0ctober of 1991, just before the writer's eleventh birthday, and details Zlata's struggle for survival and normalcy in a chaotic nation. Reprint. NYT. |
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Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Biography»rank: 538210by: William Anderson
: :Laura lngalls Wilder: A Biography, Laura's fans will find their answers. Noted Wilder historian William Anderson gives a warm, detailed account of both Laura's childhood and her adult life with her husband, Almanzo, and their daughter, Rose. Here too is a fascinating look at how Laura came to write the 'Little House' books. |
