Best biography books from Austria

Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you are into biography here are some biography books from Austria for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.

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Man's Search For Meaning : The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust by Viktor E Frankl EN

Rating: 4.6 7 Votes

Country: Europe /

Austria

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Over 16 million copies sold worldwide 'Every human being should read this book' Simon Sinek One of the outstanding classics to emerge from the Holocaust, Man's Search for Meaning is Viktor Frankl's story of his struggle for survival in Auschwitz and other Nazi concentration camps. Today, this remarkable tribute to hope offers us an avenue to finding greater meaning and purpose in our own lives.

Genre fiction Historical Memoir Biography

Tags: Set in GERMANY Male author

Recommended: 06 Mar 2022

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The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria A. Trapp EN

Rating: 4.5 17 Votes

Country: Asia /

Austria

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With nearly 1,500 Broadway performances, six Tony Awards, more than three million albums sold, and five Academy Awards, The Sound of Music, based on the lives of Maria, the baron, and their singing children, is as familiar to most of us as our own family history. But much about the real-life woman and her family was left untold. Here, Baroness Maria Augusta Trapp tells in her own beautiful, simple words the extraordinary story of her romance with the baron, their escape from Nazi-occupied Austria, and their life in America. Now with photographs from the original edition.

Genre nonfiction Historical Memoir Biography

Tags: Female author

Recommended: 21 Oct 2022

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To Hell and Back : An Autobiography by Niki Lauda EN

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Country: Europe /

Austria

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Niki Lauda drove a car for sport, but crossed the line between life and death and fought back to even greater glory. Even people who know nothing of Formula One have heard of his crash at Nurburgring in 1976, when we was dragged from the inferno of his Ferrari so badly injured he was given the last rites. Within 33 days, he was racing again at Monza. His wounds bled, he had no eyelids. He was terrified. A year later, he reclaimed his World Championship title. In To Hell and Back he reveals how he battled fear to stage a comeback that seemed beyond human endurance. Then it's Lauda vs Hunt, an e... continue

Genre fiction Biography

Tags: Male author

Recommended: 21 Aug 2022

Biography books from Austria

Man's Search For Meaning : The classic tribute to hope from the Holocaust by Viktor E Frankl EN

The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria A. Trapp EN

To Hell and Back : An Autobiography by Niki Lauda EN

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