autobiography
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Wain reminded readers of his autobiography that in Tolkien’s time the Oxford English syllabus “was weighted in favor of the Middle Ages.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
In her autobiography, to be published in early 2027, she says she was a "rebellious little girl", determined to show that people did not need "the right name" to succeed.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
Still, she looms large in Lowen’s imagination, especially when she finds a secret autobiography in which Verity reveals her darkest secrets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
To gain more agency, for example, you can tend the garden for an hour or write your autobiography.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
The Discourse is a strange work because it is both autobiography and philosophy; Descartes teaches us how to think by telling us the steps he went through in learning how to think.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
She watched as much soccer as she could and read player autobiographies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The book’s leading actors have been subjects of biographies and autobiographies, and most events have been exhaustively covered in scholarly and popular histories and articles as well as media reports.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2025
Chapter 9 is about Frederick Douglass and identity-aware liberalism, as expressed through his autobiographies.
From Salon ● Nov. 10, 2024
Eruption, which had original working titles of The Black Zone and Vulcan, is Patterson's first attempt at posthumous publishing - but he is familiar with high-profile collaborations, having written Bill Clinton and Dolly Parton's autobiographies.
From BBC ● Jun. 3, 2024
Considered by many to be one of the best military autobiographies in history, Grant’s life story was a bestseller.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
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Words to Live By: Bio
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