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The story of a life should be larger than that one person's tale, encompassing the culture and events that moved around them and shaped their choices. Biographies, autobiographies and memoirs can be marvelous pictures of people in their times, or they can be as boring as your high school history textbook. Rather than reading the books and suffering through the bad ones, let real readers tell you about the best and the worst of the genre. Enter our database and find reviews of celebrity bios, royal memoirs, and the biographies of historical figures. You may even discover a hidden gem, perhaps a humorous unauthorized autobiography or a book about someone's immigrant grandmother which portrays the struggles and triumphs of a whole class of people. If your website posts celebrity gossip, histories of world events, politics, or any other focus involving famous individuals, you can get book reviews here to improve your content choices.
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The Girl Who Loved To Read
Posted by Linda Caminiti. Published on Jan 23, 2009
A girl living in a small town creates a magical place for her to read. Her book choices are limited but they take her to places she never thought she'd go.
Fire And Water - A Safe Journey Through Multiple Personality Disorder By Anna F Thomas
Posted by Richard R Blake. Published on Dec 24, 2008
In "Fire and Water" Anna F. Thomas writes of her journey through Multiple Personality Disorder. Anna tells of the anguish, horror, anger, and self hatred she experienced as a victim of childhood ritual abuse. Thomas relates how she came to realize her need to face painful feelings in order to discover the truth of her past. Thomas writes her story from a religious perspective and relates how a conversion experience in her childhood enabled her to maintain faith for healing from the trauma of her.
Determination To Do One's Best - Gertrude Bell, The Mother Of Iraq
Posted by Allison Frederick. Published on Dec 16, 2008
Called "The Mother of Iraq," Gertrude Bell left her comfortable, wealthy life to chase dust storms, deteriorating archaeological ruins, and take tea with sheiks. This Victorian Era lady demonstrated the modern values of today's woman.
Einstein - His Life And Universe
Posted by Alojz Kajinic. Published on Dec 05, 2008
Walter Isaacson did an excellent job writing this well-researched, inspiring, and enlightening biography of Albert Einstein. The book was a great joy to read.
Sixtyfive Roses - A Sister's Memoir By Heather Summerhayes Cariou - Book Review
Posted by Olivera Baumgartner-Jackson. Published on Nov 29, 2008
Heather Cariou offers an unsparing eyewitness account of the pain, hope and valor of a family in crisis as it falls apart and pulls itself together again and again, only to emerge stronger and more loving. While "Sixtyfive Roses" focuses on Heather and sister Pam's relationship, all of the Summerhayes family's lives were changed when cystic fibrosis struck.
Review Of Russell Brand's Autobiography, My Booky Wook
Posted by Chloe Davison. Published on Nov 13, 2008
Russell Brand manages to captivate the reader with his exceptional mixture of heart-warming tales about his youth, along with the genuine silliness of his character and humorous anecdotes that set him well aside from all other comedians. The now well known comedy personality speaks of his life (or 'series of embarrassing incidents' as he puts it!) in a witty and whimsical fashion that is so endearing that it makes this autobiography one of the best that I have read, utterly un-put-downable!
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