Long Walk To Freedom; Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela
10.50 USD
20.99 (49% off)
Category: Biography
2018 is the centenary of Nelson Mandela's birth 'The authentic voice of Mandela shines through this book . . . humane, dignified and magnificently unembittered' The Times The riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, A Long Walk to Freedom brilliantly re-creates the dra ...Show more
Michelle Obama - Becoming by Michelle Obama
5.69 USD
18.19 (68% off)
Category: Biography | Reading Level: good-very good
Now in paperback featuring a new introduction by Michelle Obama, a letter from the author to her younger self, and a book club guide with 20 discussion questions and a 5-question Q&A, the intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United StatesThe No. 1 BestsellerBritis ...Show more
Albert Einstein (DK Life Stories) by Wil Mara
3.68 USD
8.39 (56% off)
Category: Biography | Series: Life Stories Ser.
In this kids' biography, follow the remarkable life story of Albert Einstein, whose legendary genius and creative imagination made him one of the world's most famous thinkers.Albert Einstein is known as one of the most brilliant people in history. His many theories and discoveries changed the way scient ...Show more
Helen Keller (DK Life Stories) by Libby Romero
3.68 USD
8.39 (56% off)
Category: Biography | Series: DK Life Stories
In this kids' biography, discover the inspiring story of Helen Keller, who overcame the odds by learning to understand and communicate with the world. Helen Keller lost her sight and hearing due to an early childhood illness and spent the first 6 years of her life unable to interact with other people. S ...Show more
Leonardo da Vinci (DK Life Stories)
3.68 USD
8.39 (56% off)
Category: Biography | Series: DK Life Stories
Discover the inspiring story of Leonardo da Vinci, the artist, inventor, and engineer of the Italian Renaissance, in this fascinating kids' biography. Leonardo was a creative genius who wanted to understand how things worked. This book traces his life, from his birth in a hilltop village near Florence, ...Show more
Martin Luther King Jr (DK Life Stories) by Laurie Calkhoven
3.68 USD
8.39 (56% off)
Category: Biography | Series: Life Stories Ser.
In this biography, discover the amazing story of Martin Luther King Jr, whose powerful words and dreams for the future inspired the world. Martin Luther King Jr. will always be remembered for his famous "I have a dream" speech, which he gave during the March on Washington in 1963. But his life before an ...Show more
The Africa House : the true story of an Englishman and his African dream (revised edition 2004) by Christina Lamb
6.13 USD
15.39 (60% off)
Category: Biography
Christina Lamb's best selling account of this fascinating and complicated man - a colonialist who beat his servants yet supported independence, a stiff Englishman with deep passions - is a master piece of biographical storytelling. It is a tale of fantasies made real, tragedy endured and life long love. ...Show more
I Am Malala (Teen Edition) by Malala Yousafzai, Patricia McCormick
5.60 USD
11.19 (49% off)
Category: Biography | Reading Level: Teen - Grade 7-9, Age 12-14
A MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE As seen on Netflix with David Letterman"I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday." When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai ref ...Show more
Let Her Fly - A Father's Journey and the Fight for Equality by Ziauddin Yousafzai; Louise Carpenter; Malala Yousafzai (Foreword by)
6.13 USD
13.99 (56% off)
Category: Biography
In this intimate and extraordinary memoir, Ziauddin Yousafzai, the father of Malala, gives a moving account of fatherhood and his lifelong fight for equality - proving there are many faces of feminism."Whenever anybody has asked me how Malala became who she is, I have often used the phrase. 'Ask me not ...Show more
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
7.70 USD
15.39 (49% off)
Category: Biography | Reading Level: very good
Damien Cave: (New York Times bureau chief in Sydney & friend of Bookoccino) "Not many books about writing manage to be both as practical and entertaining as this one. Even if you've never read a Stephen King novel, the insights he shares will change how you read and write (and maybe how you live)." ...Show more
A Woman of Firsts: The Midwife Who Built A Hospital and Changed the World by Edna Adan Ismail; Wendy Holden (As told to)
8.20 USD
20.99 (60% off)
Category: Biography
An incredible true story SIMPLY A MIDWIFE is the inspirational story of a remarkable daughter, nurse and First Lady. The indomitable Edna Adan Ismail survived imprisonment, persecution, and civil war to become a pioneering politician, a leading light in the World Health Organisation, and a global campa ...Show more
All That Heaven Allows - A Biography of Rock Hudson by Mark Griffin
28.01 USD
Category: Biography
The definitive biography of the deeply complex and widely misunderstood matinee idol of Hollywood's Golden Age. Devastatingly handsome, broad-shouldered and clean-cut, Rock Hudson was the ultimate movie star. The embodiment of romantic masculinity in American film throughout the '50s and '60s, Hudson r ...Show more