Biographies / Autobigraphies

[Ms.Beau]

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Whose autobiographies / biographies have you read? kindly share them here--title and a little about the person's life story.

Here's my example:

Straight From the Gut - by Jack Welch (former G.E. CEO)
Winning - a sequel

The first book talks about Jack Welch's life--childhood, school days, and rise in the GE corporate ladder. In the second book, he talks mainly about life and business lessons. What surprised me more though is the fact that in the first book, he was married to his second wife. In the third book, he's married to his third--she co-authored pa!

[diem]

[font=arial]I really recommend The Diary of A Young Girl: The Autobiography of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who spent two years in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during World War II.

The First Lady of the United States during those turbulent times Eleanor Roosevelt declared that the diary/book as "one of the wisest and most moving commentaries on war and its impact on human beings..."

The diary shares the ordinary thoughts, trials, triumphs, dreams, disappointments, horrors and hopes of a teenaged girl who experiences the extraordinary adventure of living in hiding from the Nazis who are hounding them.

[Ms.Beau]

I haven't read this one yet, Diem. thanks for reminding me. i know its a very inspirational writing as it's quoted/mentioned by many readers and personalities. will check it out.

[splendid moonlight]

Anne Frank may have been the only autobiography i have read. one of the best books for me.

[edgeowns]

A lot of WWE autobiographies for me.

[Ms.Beau]

What started me reading autobriographies/biographies was when I read the very first one then in that book there's mention of that person's friends, which got me interested in knowing those friends. So the few books I have are kind of interrelated.

[charmz_fire]

[font=arial]I really recommend The Diary of A Young Girl: The Autobiography of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who spent two years in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands during World War II.

i hav a copy of this given by a so close friend b4,..(hehehe- pakapin intro)

and very inspiring kaayo!

Anne Frank may have been the only autobiography i have read. one of the best books for me.

:mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[Ms.Beau]

50 years from now i hope ang akong autobriography ang inyung basahon...aw di diay, ang inyu nang mga anak or apo. kung unsa ang life all about wa pa sad ko kabalo heheh.

[blur]

Anne Frank may have been the only autobiography i have read. one of the best books for me.

Agreed. Really good read. Everyone should read it once in their life.

Night - Eli Weisel (a boys experience while in a concentration camp. Another must read)
Ryan White: My Own Story - Ryan White (a hemophiliac boy contracted AIDS in the early 80's. He gets kicked out of school and his fight to get back in. Another must read)
Midnight Dreary: The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe - author?
My Life - Bill Clinton
Living History - Hillary Rodham Clinton

[Sol_Itaire]

Frank McCourt - I looooove this guy! very humorous writing style. he died last year though.

Jill Conway - about Australia and being an achiever. love the insights.

Hitler - still reading it