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Top Ten Biographies 2015

I Know Why ​the Caged Bird Sings​
I Know Why ​the Caged Bird Sings​

Marguerite Annie Johnson Angelou (April 4, 1928 to May 28, 2014), known as Maya Angelou, was an American author, actress, screenwriter, dancer, poet and civil rights activist best known for her 1969 memoir, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which made literary history as the first nonfiction best-seller by an African-American woman.

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The ​Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin​
The ​Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin​

Benjamin Franklin was chosen as one of the five men to write the distinguished letter to King George - and the world - declaring the colonies' independence from Britain (even though Thomas Jefferson wrote most of it), and he was also one of only five men who signed both The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States.

Steve Jobs​
Steve Jobs​

Karen Blumenthal also wrote a 2012 young adult biography, and Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli wrote 2015's Becoming Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs’ Death and Last Words Steve Jobs died in Palo Alto on October 5, 2011, after battling pancreatic cancer for nearly a decade.

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I Am Malala
I Am Malala

Start by marking “I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban” as Want to Read:

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The Glass ​Castle​
The Glass ​Castle​

Watch The Glass Castle (2017) full movie online for free A young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who’s an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children’s imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty.

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When Breath ​Becomes Air​
When Breath ​Becomes Air​

Summary and reviews of When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi, plus links to a book excerpt from When Breath Becomes Air and author biography of ... 2015, while ...

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A Moveable ​Feast​
A Moveable ​Feast​

A Moveable Feast is a memoir by American author Ernest Hemingway about his years as a struggling young expatriate journalist and writer in Paris in the 1920s. The book describes the author's apprenticeship as a young writer while he was married to his first wife, Hadley Richardson.

The Story of ​My Life​
The Story of ​My Life​

The Story of My Life (biography) topic. The Story of My Life , ... My All American is a 2015 American biographical drama sport film based on the life of college ...

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Unbroken
Unbroken

Unbroken is a biography of World War II hero Louis Zamperini, a former Olympic track star who survived a plane crash in the Pacific theater, spent 47 days drifting on a raft, and then survived more than two and a half years as a prisoner of war in three brutal Japanese prisoner-of-war camps.

Bossypants​
Bossypants​

Looking for great books for young people? The ALA Youth Media Award winners are a great place to start. "The Crossover," written by Kwame Alexander, is the 2015 Newbery Medal winner. Click through to see some of the other winners.

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Open​
Open​

T he gestation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland has been told many times before, but in The Story of Alice (Harvill Secker), Robert Douglas-Fairhurst has produced a biblio-biography that is crammed with lovely new things.

Born Standing ​Up​
Born Standing ​Up​

Not so, Steve Martin's BORN STANDING UP. First of all, it's more focused than most celeb tell-alls. It centers around Martin's life leading up to and including his career as a standup comedian, not as an actor/filmmaker.

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Born a Crime​
Born a Crime​

‘Born a Crime,’ Trevor Noah’s Raw Account of Life Under Apartheid. Image. Trevor Noah, host of “The Daily Show,” in 2015. ... Born a Crime ...

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A Child ​Called "It"​
A Child ​Called "It"​

Dave Pelzer is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Child Called "It", The Lost Boy, A Man Named Dave, Help Yourself, and The Privilege of Youth. He travels more than 250 days a year throughout the nation speaking to large groups of youth and adults on the topics of resilience and overcoming obstacles.

Elon Musk
Elon Musk

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future is Ashlee Vance's biography of Elon Musk, published in 2015. The book traces Elon Musk's life from his childhood up to the time he spent at Zip2 and PayPal, and then onto SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity.

The Story of ​My Experiments With Truth​
The Story of ​My Experiments With Truth​

An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth - by Mahatma Gandhi

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Just Kids​
Just Kids​

Spring 2015 Announcements: Memoir & Biographies: So This Is What Happened ... in Just Kids from the Bronx: ... Spring 2015 Announcements: Memoir & Biographies: ...

Night​
Night​

Amazon's top 100 biographies, ... Before she became "Saturday Night Live's" head writer and "30 Rock's" guiding ... is the 2015 Newbery Medal winner.

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Surely You're ​Joking, Mr
Surely You're ​Joking, Mr

Amazon.com: Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman. ... Aug 10, 2015. by Richard P ... Biographies of Scientists; See All ...

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Scar Tissue​
Scar Tissue​

"Scar Tissue" is the first single from the American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers' seventh studio album Californication, released in 1999. It is one of their most ...

Running With ​Scissors​
Running With ​Scissors​

Running with Scissors has 318,010 ratings and 11,862 reviews. Oriana said: I talk about this all the time, so here, definitively, is my explanation of th... Running with Scissors has 318,010 ratings and 11,862 reviews.

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Educated: A ​Memoir​
Educated: A ​Memoir​

The best biography and memoir books of 2015 Life in Guantánamo, Butlins and everywhere in between, Kathryn Hughes on this year’s highlights.

A Long Way ​Gone​
A Long Way ​Gone​

A long way gone. Most of the men were shirtless, but the chief was elegantly dressed. He wore traditional cotton clothes with intricate designs on the collar made of yellow and brown thread, zigzagged vertically across his chest.

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Eat, Pray, ​Love
Eat, Pray, ​Love

Eat Pray Love One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy India and Indonesia Author: Elizabeth Gilbert First, pleasure: savoring Italy's buffet of delights -- the world's best pizza, free-flowing wine and dashing conversation partners -- Gilbert consumes la dolce vita as spiritual succor.

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Titan: The Life ​of John D
Titan: The Life ​of John D

Titan was a very comprehensive biography of John D. Rockefeller - almost too comprehensive. There was a lot of repetition and approximately half the book is about the people around Rockefeller including a lot of time spent on his son and some of his business associates, but this allows for a very dynamic and complete picture of the era and Rockefeller's role in it.

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Wild
Wild

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail is a 2012 memoir by American author Cheryl Strayed, describing her 1,100-mile hike on the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995 as a journey of self-discovery.

Shoe Dog
Shoe Dog

I think Shoe Dog by Phil Knight is the best memoir I’ve ever read by a business person. I consumed it in a day last week. It’s about the origin story of Nike, which started out as Blue Ribbon Sports.

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