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The Generous Years: 1968 Florida Scott-Maxwell: The Measure of My Days: 1968 Quentin Crisp: The Naked Civil Servant: 1968 Bertrand Russell: The Autobiography of Bertrand Russell (Vol. 3) 1969 Albert Speer: Inside the Third Reich: 1970 Marguerite de Angeli: Butter at the Old Price: 1971 Michael Collins: Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys ...
“The next year, as I was still scribbling my own stories, my English teacher (bless you, Mrs. Jacobsen!) introduced me to the Lord of the Rings trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien,” the biography read.
During Shetty’s pivot years, he read more. Learning about the people we idolize and their setbacks, unexpected turns, and utter failures has taught him the power of betting on yourself.
Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984) is an autobiography written by British writer Roald Dahl. [1] This book describes his life from early childhood until leaving school, focusing on living conditions in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s, the public school system at the time, and how his childhood experiences led him to writing children's books as a career.
Up from Slavery is the 1901 autobiography of the American educator Booker T. Washington (1856–1915). The book describes his experience of working to rise up from being enslaved as a child during the Civil War, the obstacles he overcame to get an education at the new Hampton Institute, and his work establishing vocational schools like the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to help Black people and ...
The post 30 Best Biography Books You Should Have Read By Now appeared first on Reader's Digest. If you haven't already enjoyed these powerful biographies, get ready to explore the lives of some of ...
An alphabiography is an autobiography, often set as an English studies project for high school or college students, consisting of a set of twenty-six short stories or chapters about the writer's life. [1] Each story or chapter has a title starting with a different letter of the alphabet, for example: "Apple growing", "Baseball", "Cynthia" etc ...
My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy is an autobiography written by Nancy Cartwright. First published in September 2000 by Hyperion , it details Cartwright's career, particularly her experiences as the voice of Bart Simpson on The Simpsons and contains insights on the show, diary entries and anecdotes about her encounters with various guest stars.