“Always live your life with your biography in mind.”

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Biography

Biographies, autobiographies and slice-of-life stories. Historical fiction based on true characters is found under the fiction subsection.

Biographies are a great way to expand our perspective and experts recommend reading one a month.

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Biography, Discovery and Growth - General
Out of Bondage
Regular Price $21.00
"Indian religion has signs and wonders, but no salvation."—Adolphus Kootenay
By: Adolphus Kootenay
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Biography
Letter to Cody: The Longest Journey
Regular Price $15.75
It is for each of you that I’ve written and shared my personal life story. It is my sincerest hope…
By: Mitchell Moise, N. Rochelle Sato
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Biography
Dogs, Horses and Me
Regular Price $17.80
Dogs, Horses, and Me by Debbie Godkin is memoir about a woman in a wheelchair and the companions, both animal…
By: Debbie Godkin
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Biography
Sovereign Child
Regular Price $6.29 – $15.75
Sovereign Child is a rare look into the painful journey of one man’s life being swept away by reoccurring tragedy…
By: Walter William Holmes
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Biography, Stories
Here’s Looking at You, Kids: Michael Curtiz and His Hidden Families
Regular Price $23.63
Here's Looking at You, Kids by Ilona Ryder chronicles the life, work, and hidden families of legendary film director Michael…
By: Ilona Ryder
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Bilingual and Other Languages, Biography
Jubilee: Memoirs of Meindert Polet
Regular Price $15.75
The Memoirs of Meindert Polet, translated by his son Tom from Friesian to English.
By: Meindert Polet, Tom Polet
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Biography, Historical Fiction
Lucy and the Hunters of the Mad Trapper
Regular Price $28.35
Set in the Canadian Arctic, in the early 1900s, this is the true story of Lucy Ball, an amazing Canadian…
By: John Crawley
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Biography, Books, Stories
Lost in the Battle for Hong Kong
Regular Price $26.25
Following the death of his mother Bob Tatz finds himself alone in the world at the age of seven. Sustained…
By: Bob Tatz
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Bilingual and Other Languages, Biography
De Siedder / The Sower
Regular Price $26.25
A collection of articles written in Canada to Friesland on an emigrant’s experience in the new world.
By: Meindert Polet, Tom Polet
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Biography
Married to a Terrorist
Regular Price $18.85
Loreen’s childhood on a farm in central Alberta, Canada could not prepare her for the years of struggle for safety…
By: Loreen Janzen
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Biography, History
We Were Children — growing up in Germany, 1936-1948
Regular Price $16.54
A look from the other side. Written through the eyes of a young girl in Dusseldorf, Germany during the years…
By: Inge D. Hess
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Biography, Books, Stories
The Story of Ludwig Schaaf
Regular Price $21.00
The Story of Ludwig Schaaf by Jilllian Fortin as told by Ludwig Schaaf details the survival story and autobiographical account…
By: Jillian Fortin
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