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post #1 of 6
8/30/12 at 5:51pm
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Look for suggestions....Please....Thank younotes2.gif

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post #2 of 6
8/30/12 at 8:28pm

I really like reading autobiographies. Here are a few I thought of off the top of my head:

--Zen Under Fire by Marianne Elliott

--After Silence by Nancy Venable Raine

--The Road from Coorain and True North by Jill Ker Conway

--Love, Inshallah edited by Nura Maznavi and Ayesha Mattu

--She Looks Just Like You: A Memoir of (Nonbiological Lesbian) Motherhood by Amie Klempnauer Miller

--Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale: A Memoir by Rachel Lloyd

--The Ponds of Kalambayi: A Peace Corps Memoir by Mike Tidwell

--On Writing by Stephen King

post #3 of 6
8/31/12 at 8:37am

Katharine Grahm's Personal History is a good one. 

 

I also liked The Queen Mother by William Shawcross.

 

warning - both are very long books

post #4 of 6
10/4/12 at 4:43pm
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Someone told me about a few so I wanted to pass them on...

 

To Fat to Fish I forget the author

Save me From my self Brian "Head" Welch- He is from the band KORN

 

Thanks again

post #5 of 6
10/4/12 at 10:07pm

just autobiographies or biographies too?

 

any particular type? historical, modern, literary, cultural?

 

autobiog is a huge genre. for instance most actor/actress ones dont interest me. 

 

how about off beat ones. I find all of Temple Grandins' books fascinating. including her mothers memoirs.

 

not really autobiographical but still... love letters of napolean bonaparte and the marx brothers.

 

i am a particular fan of history and culture. i love reading tales of simple everyday people, not necessarily famous historical figures. 

post #6 of 6
10/5/12 at 4:51am
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meemee-I like reading about real people. So, happy for any Bio suggestions.

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