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Становление

— Мишель Обама • 2018

How a Black girl from Chicago's South Side became First Lady: the story the headlines missed.

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🏛️ Political Memoirs 👑 First Lady Memoirs 🪜 Upward Mobility ⚖️ Work Life Balance ✊ Black Women's Voices

Становление

How a Black girl from Chicago's South Side became First Lady: the story the headlines missed.

— Мишель Обама 2018 426 стр.

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🏛️ Political Memoirs 👑 First Lady Memoirs 🪜 Upward Mobility ⚖️ Work Life Balance ✊ Black Women's Voices

Bossypants

— Tina Fey • 2011

How a scarred, self-doubting improv nerd became SNL's head writer and the force behind 30 Rock.

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🎤 Comedy Memoir 👩‍🎤 Women In Comedy 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor 🤔 Imposter Syndrome

Bossypants

How a scarred, self-doubting improv nerd became SNL's head writer and the force behind 30 Rock.

— Tina Fey 2011 290 стр.

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🎤 Comedy Memoir 👩‍🎤 Women In Comedy 🎬 Hollywood Memoir 😂 Self-Deprecating Humor 🤔 Imposter Syndrome

When Breath Becomes Air

— Paul Kalanithi • 2016

Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.

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🩻 Terminal Illness 🩺 Medical Memoir 🎗️ Cancer Memoir 🧠 Neurosurgery 📜 Philosophy Of Medicine

When Breath Becomes Air

Stage IV cancer at 36: a neurosurgeon's memoir of losing the future and finding what matters.

— Paul Kalanithi 2016 208 стр.

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🩻 Terminal Illness 🩺 Medical Memoir 🎗️ Cancer Memoir 🧠 Neurosurgery 📜 Philosophy Of Medicine

Я — Малала

— Малала Юсуфзай • 2012

At 11, a secret BBC blog. At 15, a Taliban gunman on her school bus.

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🏫 Girls Education ⚔️ Taliban Rule 📢 Education Activism 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond

Я — Малала

At 11, a secret BBC blog. At 15, a Taliban gunman on her school bus.

— Малала Юсуфзай 2012 328 стр.

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🏫 Girls Education ⚔️ Taliban Rule 📢 Education Activism 🌱 Coming Of Age Memoir 👨‍👧 Father Daughter Bond

Запасной

— Принц Гарри • 2023

Motherless at twelve, soldier at twenty, in love at thirty: then his family turned their backs.

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🏰 Royal Family 👑 British Monarchy 🧠 Trauma And Recovery 📰 Tabloid Culture 🩹 Mental Health Stigma

Запасной

Motherless at twelve, soldier at twenty, in love at thirty: then his family turned their backs.

— Принц Гарри 2023 557 стр.

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🏰 Royal Family 👑 British Monarchy 🧠 Trauma And Recovery 📰 Tabloid Culture 🩹 Mental Health Stigma

О чём молчит повар

— Энтони Бурден • 2000

Drugs, knives, and butter: a chef's 25-year journey through the hidden world that feeds you.

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🍽️ Restaurant Industry 👨‍🍳 Chef Memoirs 🔪 Kitchen Secrets 💉 Addiction Memoir 🌎 Immigrant Labor

Иммерсивные

О чём молчит повар

Drugs, knives, and butter: a chef's 25-year journey through the hidden world that feeds you.

— Энтони Бурден 2000 321 стр.

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🍽️ Restaurant Industry 👨‍🍳 Chef Memoirs 🔪 Kitchen Secrets 💉 Addiction Memoir 🌎 Immigrant Labor

Продавец обуви. История компании Nike, рассказанная её основателем

— Фил Найт • 2016

A fake name, bickering misfits, and 18 years of near-collapse: the Nike story.

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🏢 Founder Memoir 💰 Bootstrapping 👟 Sports Business 💡 Innovation Culture 🤝 Radical Honesty

Продавец обуви. История компании Nike, рассказанная её основателем Саммари

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Продавец обуви. История компании Nike, рассказанная её основателем

A fake name, bickering misfits, and 18 years of near-collapse: the Nike story.

— Фил Найт 2016 400 стр.

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🏢 Founder Memoir 💰 Bootstrapping 👟 Sports Business 💡 Innovation Culture 🤝 Radical Honesty

Just Kids

— Patti Smith • 2010

Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe met broke in New York and pledged a lifetime of art.

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🏙️ 1970s New York 🎨 Artistic Soulmates 🥖 Starving Artists 🎸 Punk Rock Origins 🌈 Gay Coming Of Age

Just Kids

Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe met broke in New York and pledged a lifetime of art.

— Patti Smith 2010 220 стр.

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🏙️ 1970s New York 🎨 Artistic Soulmates 🥖 Starving Artists 🎸 Punk Rock Origins 🌈 Gay Coming Of Age

Как писать книги

— Стивен Кинг • 2000

Stories get found, not built. Read voraciously, write privately, cut ten percent.

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🛠️ Writing Craft 📖 Craft Memoirs ⛏️ Discovery Writing ✂️ Revision Strategies ⏰ Daily Writing Practice

Иммерсивные

Как писать книги

Stories get found, not built. Read voraciously, write privately, cut ten percent.

— Стивен Кинг 2000 288 стр.

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🛠️ Writing Craft 📖 Craft Memoirs ⛏️ Discovery Writing ✂️ Revision Strategies ⏰ Daily Writing Practice

The Autobiography Of Malcolm X

— Malcolm X • 1965

He enters prison a street hustler and leaves with a dictionary, a new name, and a mission.

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🏛️ Political Autobiography ✊🏾 Civil Rights Era 🇺🇸 Black American History 📖 Prison Education 🔄 Conversion Narrative

The Autobiography Of Malcolm X

He enters prison a street hustler and leaves with a dictionary, a new name, and a mission.

— Malcolm X 1965 460 стр.

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🏛️ Political Autobiography ✊🏾 Civil Rights Era 🇺🇸 Black American History 📖 Prison Education 🔄 Conversion Narrative

Вы, конечно, шутите, мистер Фейнман!

— Ричард Ф. Фейнман • 1985

Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.

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🧮 Theoretical Physics ☢️ Midcentury Science ⚖️ Scientific Integrity 🗣️ Science Communication 🔧 Tinkering

Вы, конечно, шутите, мистер Фейнман!

Safe-cracking, bongos, and a fatal O-ring: a Nobel laureate's life of fearless curiosity.

— Ричард Ф. Фейнман 1985 352 стр.

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🧮 Theoretical Physics ☢️ Midcentury Science ⚖️ Scientific Integrity 🗣️ Science Communication 🔧 Tinkering

Born Standing Up

— Steve Martin • 2007

Arrow through the head, 20,000-seat arenas, and a deliberate exit from stand-up at his peak.

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🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Comedy Writing 🏋️ Creative Discipline 🎭 Fame And Isolation 🎬 Hollywood Memoir

Born Standing Up

Arrow through the head, 20,000-seat arenas, and a deliberate exit from stand-up at his peak.

— Steve Martin 2007 271 стр.

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🎤 Stand-Up Comedy ✍️ Comedy Writing 🏋️ Creative Discipline 🎭 Fame And Isolation 🎬 Hollywood Memoir

Моя жизнь. Автобиография

— Махатма Ганди • 1927

A shy lawyer ejected from a South African train begins a revolution without raising a fist.

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🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊🏾 Colonial Resistance 🇮🇳 Indian Independence ⚖️ Social Justice 🏡 Simple Living

Моя жизнь. Автобиография

A shy lawyer ejected from a South African train begins a revolution without raising a fist.

— Махатма Ганди 1927 454 стр.

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🕊️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊🏾 Colonial Resistance 🇮🇳 Indian Independence ⚖️ Social Justice 🏡 Simple Living

Моя история

— Элизабет Смарт • 2013

A white veil, a man's voice, nine months. The 14-year-old who survived by becoming invisible.

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🏠 Abduction Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🙏 Faith And Resilience 🧠 Predator Psychology 📢 Victim Advocacy

Моя история

A white veil, a man's voice, nine months. The 14-year-old who survived by becoming invisible.

— Элизабет Смарт 2013 308 стр.

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🏠 Abduction Memoirs 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🙏 Faith And Resilience 🧠 Predator Psychology 📢 Victim Advocacy

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

— Martin Luther King Jr. • 1986

Nonviolence as strategy: King's own story of breaking segregation and demanding a rebuilt America.

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🏛️ Civil Rights Movement ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊ Racial Justice 💰 Economic Justice 🕉️ Gandhian Philosophy

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Nonviolence as strategy: King's own story of breaking segregation and demanding a rebuilt America.

— Martin Luther King Jr. 1986

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🏛️ Civil Rights Movement ☮️ Nonviolent Resistance ✊ Racial Justice 💰 Economic Justice 🕉️ Gandhian Philosophy

Gifted Hands

— Ben Carson • 1992

From failing inner-city student to the surgeon who separated twins joined at the head.

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🏥 Medical Memoirs 🧠 Surgical Pioneers 🌆 Overcoming Poverty 📚 Self-Education ✝️ Christian Testimony

Gifted Hands

From failing inner-city student to the surgeon who separated twins joined at the head.

— Ben Carson 1992

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🏥 Medical Memoirs 🧠 Surgical Pioneers 🌆 Overcoming Poverty 📚 Self-Education ✝️ Christian Testimony

Алекс Фергюсон

— Алекс Фергюсон • 2013

26 years, 38 trophies: the standards, youth pipeline, and brutal honesty that built a dynasty.

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🏟️ Football Management 🏆 Sports Leadership 🧱 Team Building 🌱 Talent Development 💪 Mental Toughness

Алекс Фергюсон

26 years, 38 trophies: the standards, youth pipeline, and brutal honesty that built a dynasty.

— Алекс Фергюсон 2013 416 стр.

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🏟️ Football Management 🏆 Sports Leadership 🧱 Team Building 🌱 Talent Development 💪 Mental Toughness

iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon

— Steve Wozniak • 2006

Phone-hacking pranks, the Apple I, and the engineer who left his own revolution to teach.

3.85

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🖥️ Personal Computing 🌉 Silicon Valley History 📞 Phone Phreaking 🔓 Hacker Ethos 🔧 Maker Culture

iWoz - Computer Geek to Cult Icon

Phone-hacking pranks, the Apple I, and the engineer who left his own revolution to teach.

— Steve Wozniak 2006 330 стр.

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🖥️ Personal Computing 🌉 Silicon Valley History 📞 Phone Phreaking 🔓 Hacker Ethos 🔧 Maker Culture

Thinking in Pictures

— Temple Grandin • 1995

A visual mind, shaped by autism, decoded animal fear and transformed the livestock industry.

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👁️ Visual Thinking 🔊 Sensory Processing 🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir 🐄 Animal Cognition ⚖️ Animal Welfare Ethics

Thinking in Pictures

A visual mind, shaped by autism, decoded animal fear and transformed the livestock industry.

— Temple Grandin 1995 308 стр.

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👁️ Visual Thinking 🔊 Sensory Processing 🧠 Neurodivergent Memoir 🐄 Animal Cognition ⚖️ Animal Welfare Ethics

Boys in the Trees

— Carly Simon • 2015

The girl who stuttered could not speak. The woman who sang could not stop.

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🎤 Singer-Songwriter Memoir 🎸 Women In Rock 🧠 Mental Health And Creativity 💔 Complicated Marriages 👩‍👧 Art And Motherhood

Boys in the Trees

The girl who stuttered could not speak. The woman who sang could not stop.

— Carly Simon 2015 384 стр.

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🎤 Singer-Songwriter Memoir 🎸 Women In Rock 🧠 Mental Health And Creativity 💔 Complicated Marriages 👩‍👧 Art And Motherhood

The Long Loneliness

— Dorothy Day • 1952

From bohemian journalist to Catholic radical: she fed the hungry while the church debated doctrine.

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✝️ Radical Catholicism ✊ Faith And Activism 🏘️ Intentional Community 🥖 Voluntary Poverty 🧑 Personalism

The Long Loneliness

From bohemian journalist to Catholic radical: she fed the hungry while the church debated doctrine.

— Dorothy Day 1952 288 стр.

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✝️ Radical Catholicism ✊ Faith And Activism 🏘️ Intentional Community 🥖 Voluntary Poverty 🧑 Personalism

Думай масштабно

— Бен Карсон • 1992

From bottom of the class to top of pediatric neurosurgery: the habits his mother taught first.

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✝️ Christian Self-Help 🏥 Medical Memoir 📚 Self-Education 🤝 Mentorship 🎯 Personal Responsibility

Иммерсивные

Думай масштабно

From bottom of the class to top of pediatric neurosurgery: the habits his mother taught first.

— Бен Карсон 1992 291 стр.

4.20

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✝️ Christian Self-Help 🏥 Medical Memoir 📚 Self-Education 🤝 Mentorship 🎯 Personal Responsibility

A Freewheelin' Time

— Suze Rotolo • 2008

The girl on Dylan's Freewheelin' cover reclaims her life from the image that buried it.

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🎵 Folk Music Revival 🎸 Music Memoirs ✌️ 1960s Counterculture ✊ Civil Rights Movement 🪞 Self-Discovery Memoirs

A Freewheelin' Time

The girl on Dylan's Freewheelin' cover reclaims her life from the image that buried it.

— Suze Rotolo 2008 369 стр.

3.85

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🎵 Folk Music Revival 🎸 Music Memoirs ✌️ 1960s Counterculture ✊ Civil Rights Movement 🪞 Self-Discovery Memoirs

A Gift of Hope

— Danielle Steel • 2012

She gave teddy bears to homeless men. The toughest cried, and her grief began to heal.

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🏠 Homelessness 🚐 Street Outreach 🧸 Dignity Restoration 🎒 Direct Aid 🏚️ Housing Insecurity

A Gift of Hope

She gave teddy bears to homeless men. The toughest cried, and her grief began to heal.

— Danielle Steel 2012 144 стр.

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🏠 Homelessness 🚐 Street Outreach 🧸 Dignity Restoration 🎒 Direct Aid 🏚️ Housing Insecurity

Letters

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr. • 2012

The letters of a man who survived Dresden and spent twenty years failing to write about it.

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📜 Literary Correspondence 🇺🇸 Postwar American Writers 🪖 World War Ii Memoir ☮️ Antiwar Literature ✍️ The Writing Craft

Letters

The letters of a man who survived Dresden and spent twenty years failing to write about it.

— Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 2012 464 стр.

4.09

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📜 Literary Correspondence 🇺🇸 Postwar American Writers 🪖 World War Ii Memoir ☮️ Antiwar Literature ✍️ The Writing Craft

HOW I QUIT GOOGLE TO SELL SAMOSAS

— Munaf Kapadia • 2021

Walk away from Google, sell samosas from home, build a brand the press couldn't resist.

4.26

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🍽️ Food Entrepreneurship 📖 Culinary Memoirs 🇮🇳 Indian Food 📣 Brand Storytelling 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Business

HOW I QUIT GOOGLE TO SELL SAMOSAS

Walk away from Google, sell samosas from home, build a brand the press couldn't resist.

— Munaf Kapadia 2021 215 стр.

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🍽️ Food Entrepreneurship 📖 Culinary Memoirs 🇮🇳 Indian Food 📣 Brand Storytelling 👨‍👩‍👦 Family Business

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