Karate-do my way of life more books like this

by Gichin Funakoshi

This text presents the autobiography of the man who made karate an international martial art, in which he recalls his own teachers and of his efforts to define and spread knowledge about karate without compromising its spirit.

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Times We Had more books like this

by Marion Davies

The was the unofficial empress of Hollywood and she spent a lifetime as the mistress of one of America's richest men. Gathered from tapes recroded a decade before Marion Davie's death, read, in her own words, the story of a fantastic and glittering life, as never told before.

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Sam Maloof, Woodworker more books like this

by Sam Maloof

Over one hundred photographs document the work and philosophy of the celebrated woodworker who has created furniture displayed in museums, the White House, and famous homes.

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With Head and Heart; The Autobiography of Howard Thurman more books like this

by Howard Thurman

Howard Thurman was a unique man-a black minister, philosopher, and educator whose vitality and vision touched the lives of countless people of all races, faiths, and cultures. Index; photographs.

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Dog Who Wouldn't Be more books like this

by Farley Mowat

The story of Mowat's boyhood pet, a dog of indeterminate breed and eccentric habits but of quite remarkable character and personality.

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People of the Century: One Hundred Men and Women Who Shaped the Last One Hundred Years more books like this

by Walter Isaacson, Dan Rather (Foreword by)

The atom has been split, genes spliced and sheep cloned, the silicon chip and rock and roll were invented, and inherited ideas about logic and learning have been overthrown. The 20th century has been shaped by many and this collection selects 100 influential leaders, artists, intellects and heroes.

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Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin, & the Great Depression more books like this

by Alan Brinkley

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A Feeling for the Organism: The Life and Work of Barbara McClintock more books like this

by Evelyn Fox Keller, W H Freeman

A biography of the Nobel Prize-winning scientist explains her work in genetics and traces her long unheralded career as a research scientist.

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The 16th Round: From Number 1 Contender to Number 45472 more books like this

by Rubin "Hurricane" Carter

On May 26, 1967, the spiraling career of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, then the top contender for the world middleweight boxing crown, came to a shuddering and tragic halt: he and a young fan were found guilty of murder of three white people in a New Jersey bar. The nightmare knew no bounds as Carter traded his superstar status for a prison number and ...

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Orrin Porter Rockwell : man of God, son of thunder more books like this

by Harold Schindler

The Los Angeles Times called it "one of the best biographies of its kind." Was Orrin Porter Rockwell a cold-blooded killer or a saint? In this balanced account, Schindler paints the thrilling portrait of a genuinely colorful individual, a unique man of the frontier west. Over 40,000 copies in print.

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The Man from the Cave more books like this

by Colin Fletcher

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No Previous Experience: A Memoir of Love and Change more books like this

by Elspeth Cameron

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Erasmus of Christendom more books like this

by Roland H. Bainton

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In Memory Yet Green: The Autobiography of Isaac Asimov, 1920-1954 more books like this

by Isaac Asimov

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The Secret Word is Groucho more books like this

by Groucho Marx

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Sergeant York: An American Hero more books like this

by David D Lee

Alvin C. York went out on a routine patrol an ordinary, unknown American doughboy of the First World War. He came back from no-man's-land a hero. In a brief encounter on October 8, 1918, during the Argonne offensive, York had killed some two dozen German soldiers and, almost single-handedly, effected the capture of 132 others. In this definitive ...

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Herbert Hoover: Forgotten Progressive more books like this

by Joan H. Wilson, Joan Hoff-Wilson

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Acts of Will: The Life and Work of Otto Rank more books like this

by E James Lieberman, M.D.

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Lethal Marriage: The Unspeakable Crimes of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka more books like this

by Nick Pron

ONE OF CANADAA FINEST CRIME REPORTERS TELLS THE WHOLE STORY OF THE BERNARDO/HOMOLKA CASE.The sensational trials of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka for abduction, rape, manslaughter and murder caused widespread controversy, as did the twelve-year sentence Homolka received as part of her deal with government lawyers. Yet, even though the publication ...

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The secret life of Henry Ford more books like this

by John Côté Dahlinger, Frances Spatz Leighton

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Elsie de Wolfe : a life in the high style more books like this

by Jane S. Smith

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The Betrayal of Liliuokalani: Last Queen of Hawaii, 1838-1917 more books like this

by Helena G. Allen

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Sylvia Plath: Method and Madness more books like this

by Edward Butscher

This is the first full-length biography of Sylvia Plath, whose suicide made her a misinterpreted cause celebre and catapulted her into the ranks of the major confessional voices of her generation.

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The Bureau: My Thirty Years in Hoover's FBI more books like this

by William C Sullivan

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The Lonely Lady of San Clemente: The Story of Pat Nixon more books like this

by Lester David

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