Biography genre books (99)


11.

Beauty by Bri Lee EN

0 Ratings
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
A powerful meditation on beauty and body image from the author of Eggshell Skull.
Recommended: 10 Jun 2022

12.
Betty

Betty by Tiffany McDaniel EN

Rating: 4     1 Vote

13.
Blood Brothers

Blood Brothers by Elias Chacour, David Hazard EN

Rating: 4     5 Votes
Country: Asia / Palestine flag Palestine
Description:
The unforgettable story of Elias Chacour, a Palestinian Christian with deep love for both Jews and Arabs. The birth of the modern Jewish nation is set against ancient and modern history.
Recommended: 21 Oct 2022

14.

Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah EN

Rating: 4.5     152 Votes
Description:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • More than one million copies sold! A “brilliant” (Lupita Nyong’o, Time), “poignant” (Entertainment Weekly), “soul-nourishing” (USA Today) memoir about coming of age during the twilight of apartheid “Noah’s childhood stories are told with all the hilarity and intellect that characterizes his comedy, while illuminating a dark and brutal period in South Africa’s history that must never be forgotten.”—Esquire Winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor and an NAACP Image Award • Named one of the best books of the year by The New York Time, USA Today, San Francisco... continue
Recommended: 14 Jan 2018

15.

China Cry : The Nora Lam Story by Nora Lam, Richard H. Schneider EN

Rating: 5     2 Votes
Country: Asia / China flag China
Description:
Tells the true story of the love, courage, and struggles of one woman, Nora Lam, whose Christian faith led her to make the ultimate choice between life and death
Recommended: 21 Oct 2022

16.

Christ Stopped at Eboli by Carlo Levi EN

0 Ratings
Country: Europe / Italy flag Italy
Description:
Temple Rome has variant printings.
Recommended: 01 Nov 2022

17.
Come

Come : A Memoir by Rita Therese EN

Rating: 4     1 Vote
Country: Oceania / Australia flag Australia
Description:
Bold, brave and darkly funny, COME is the extraordinary story of Melbourne sex worker Rita Therese and the love, sex and death she has experienced in her life so far.
Recommended: 10 Jun 2022

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Defying Jihad : The Dramatic True Story of a Woman Who Volunteered to Kill Infidels - and Then Faced Death for Becoming One by Esther Ahmad EN

0 Ratings
Country: Asia / Pakistan flag Pakistan
Description:
If you truly love Allah, you will die for him. Your death will mean much reward for you and your family in heaven. Only death will prove your love. It was the final test. A chance to win not only the love of Allah, but the love of her father--something she had never been able to earn. Esther took a deep breath and raised her hand in the air. At the age of eighteen, she had just volunteered to become a suicide bomber. Defying Jihad is the true story of a girl growing up under radical Islamic rule, trained to believe her ultimate purpose was to serve Allah by dying as a jihadist. But two nights ... continue
Recommended: 01 Nov 2022

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Desert Flower

Desert Flower : The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad by Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller EN

Rating: 4     15 Votes
Country: Africa / Somalia flag Somalia
Description:
Waris Dirie ran away from her oppressive life in the African desert when she was barely in her teens, illiterate and impoverished, with nothing to her name but a tattered shawl. She traveled alone across the dangerous Somali desert to Mogadishu—the first leg of a remarkable journey that would take her to London, where she worked as a house servant; then to nearly every corner of the globe as an internationally renowned fashion model; and ultimately to New York City, where she became a human rights ambassador for the U.N. Desert Flower is her extraordinary story.
Recommended: 02 Jan 2023

20.
Dislocations

Dislocations by Sylvia Molloy EN

Rating: 3     1 Vote
Recommended: 06 Feb 2023


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