Biography Books
Vintage Biography Books
We have a sizable selection of vintage and out-of-print Biography Books for sale including The African Americans, Angel Unaware by Dale Evans Rogers, Audrey Style by Pamela Clarke Keogh, Confession and Avoidance signed by Leon Jaworski, Country Lawyer signed by Fred Whitaker, Deo Volente signed, Dorothy and Lillian Gish, Lenny Bruce signed by Albert Goldman, Life of Theodore Roosevelt by William Draper Lewis, Monroe Dunaway Anderson History of the Texas Medical Center, The Secret of Inner Strength signed Chuck Norris, Young Man with a Horn signed by Johnny Bisagno and many more. Some subjects covered are sports, entertainment, theater, autobiography, baseball, football, music, political. Many of the books are signed by the author. They would make sensational gifts!
for laughing out loud ed mcmahon johnny carson tonight show book
Hard covered book titled FOR LAUGHING OUT LOUD My Life and Good Times by Ed McMahon with David Fisher, more. with an introduction by Johnny Carson, 1998, First Printing, 355 pages. In this warm and sometimes hysterically funny autobiography, the man who made it all look so deceptively easy talks about the brightest stars, the zaniest bits, and the most embarrassing moments both on Johnny's couch and out of camera range. Ed shares insights about the comic genius called Carson, who was not only his on-air partner, but also a deep and long-standing friend. This book is in VG+ condition, pages less
$8.00 $6.00
friends in high places webb hubbel hillary and bill clinton book
Hard covered book titled FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES Our Journey from Little Rock to Washington, D more.C. by Webb Hubbell, First Edition, 1997, 342 pages. Webb Hubbell knows Bill & Hillary Clinton - their strengths & weaknesses, their private hopes and dreams - better than any writer around. Now, he tells the story of their journey together from Little Rock to Washington, D.C., for the first times, including: INSIGHTS INTO SOME OF BILL CLINTON'S TENSEST MOMENTS PERSONAL STORIES OF HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON THE DAYS & NIGHTS LEADING UP TO VI less
$8.99 $6.74
from this day forward cokie and steve roberts book
Hard covered book titled FROM THIS DAY FORWARD by Cokie & Steve Roberts, 2000, 352 pages more. Cokie and Steve Roberts use personal stories and memories as a springboard for discussing larger issues of love and marriage, work and family, parents and children. It is story of their journey together as they deal with all the issues of a modern marriage, from courtship and parenthood to balancing demanding careers and confronting an empty nest. They also tell the stories of othere American marriages. This book is in VG condition, pages intact, and the binding is tight. Former l less
$3.99 $2.99
fuhrer ex memoirs of a former neo nazi book ingo hasselbach tom reiss
Hard covered book titled FUHRER EX, MEMOIRS OF A FORMER NEO-NAZI by Ingo Hasselbach with Tom Reiss more. 1996, First Edition, 384 pages. Tom Reiss, a journalist and son of a Holocaust survivor, brings the former neo-Nazi leader's voice to life. Meeting with Hasselbach in a remote cabin in Sweden produced this book, a unique collaboration. In prose that is by turns ironic, funny, thrilling, and profound, FUHRER-EX is the first insider expose of the international new-Nazi movement. It is in Good condition, pages intact, and the binding is tight. The first 1/3 of the pages have light soiling on the less
$6.99 $5.24
garner of texas a personal history cactus jack bascom timmon book
Hard covered book titled GARNER OF TEXAS A Personal History by Bascom N more. Timmons, First Edition, 1948, 294 pages. "Cactus Jack" Garner. Biography of the Vice President under FDR, Much on the inner workings of the Democratic Party in the 1920s and '30s. This sensational book is in VG condition, with the pages clean and intact, and the binding is tight. A previous owner's name is inside the front cover. less
$25.00 $18.75
genius life and science of richard feynman james gleick book
Hard covered book titled GENIUS, THE LIFE AND SCIENCE OF RICHARD FEYNMAN by James Gleick more. 1992, 531 pages. To his scientific colleagues, Richard Feynman was a magician of the highest caliber. Architect of quantum theories, enfant terrible of the atomic bomb project, caustic critic of the space shuttle commission, Noble Prize winner for work that gave physicists a new way of describing and calculating the interactions of subatomic particles, Feynman left his mark on virtually every area of modern physics. This book also shows his darker side: his ambition, his periods of despair a less
$13.99 $10.49
george kennan memoirs 1925-1950 diplomat pulitzer prize book
Soft covered book titled GEORGE R. KENNAN MEMOIRS 1925-1950 by George Kennan, 1972 more. 583 pages . Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1968, this beautifully written and utterly fascinating autobiography is the personal and professional record of one of America's most distinguished diplomats. An intimate and thought-provoking account of diplomatic history, it may prove to be the most valuable political book written by an American in the twentieth century. This book is in VG condition. The pages, slightly yellowed from age, are clean and int less
$8.99 $6.74
history of henry esmond esq military autobiography vintage book
Hard covered book titled THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ written by himself, with William Makepiece Thackeray more. 1924. 591 pages. Autobiography. Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty, Queen Anne. Vintage book, in good condition, pages clean and intact, binding is tight. Writing inside front and back cover. less
$16.00 $12.00
i want to tell you by oj simpson response to letters questions book
Hard covered book titled I WANT TO TELL YOU My Response to Your Letters, more. Your Messages, Your Questions by O.J. Simpson, First Edition, 1995, 208 pages. In this book, O.J. Simpson speaks out for the first time since his arrest for the deaths of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman in June of 1994. He talks about: HIS INNOCENCE HIS LIFE WITH NICOLE HIS KIDS THE MEDIA THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM SPOUSAL ABUSE RELIGION RACISM This book is in VG+ condition, pages clean and intact, and the binding is tight. A must have less
$5.99 $4.49
in contempt christopher darden oj simpson murder trial book
Hard covered book titled IN CONTEMPT by Christopher Darden with Jess Walter, 1996 more. 1st Edition. 387 pages. For more than a year Christopher Darden argued passionately and tirelessly, giving voice to the victims in the O.J. Simpson murder trial. This is an unflinching look at a justice system kidnapped by a racist cop, shameless defense lawyers, a starstruck judge, and a dysfunctional jury. It shows what the television cameras couldn't. This book is in Good condition. Pages are clean and intact, and the binding is tight. Retail sticker on the dust jacket. The cover has bl less
$8.99 $6.74
in historys shadow an american odyssey by john connally book
Hard covered book titled IN HISTORY'S SHADOW, AN AMERICAN ODYSSEY by John Connally more. with Mickey Herskowitz. 1993, 1st Edition. 386 pages. In June 1993, John Connally, a legend in Texas and a powerful figure in national politics for several crucial decades of this turbulent century, died of complications of pulmonary fibrosis, a condition brought on by wounds sustained from an assassin's bullet that fateful day in Dallas - November 22, 1963. Finished right before Connally's death, this is the story of his life in politics, told with an unmistakable Texas twang. This book less
$10.00 $7.50
jennie lady randolph churchill the romantic years ralph martin book
Hard covered book titled JENNIE The life of Lady Randolph Churchill The Romantic Years more. by Ralph Martin. 1969, 6th printing. 404 pages. This vintage book is in VG condition. Pages clean and intact and the binding is tight. less
$9.99 $7.49
john huss by benito mussolini 1929 vintage book
Hard covered book titled JOHN HUSS by Benito Mussolini 1929, 225 pages more. Plastic dust jacket. Fair condition, front hinge is broken. Several pages are very loose. Pages are toned with age. Owner's name plate is inside the front cover. less
$49.99 $37.49
judy and liza james spada garland minelli illustrated book
Soft covered book titled JUDY AND LIZA by James Spada with Karen Swenson, 1983, 216 pages, illustrated more.This is the story of Judy Garland and Liza Minelli, of the love between and mother and her daughter, and the terrible obstacles it had to overcome. It is in VG condition, pages intact, and the binding is tight. A must have for any library! less
$10.00 $7.50
just as long as im riding up front bruce mciver signed book
Soft covered book titled JUST AS LONG AS I'M RIDING UP FRONT More stories I couldn't tell while I was a pastor, SIGNED by Bruce McIver, 1995, 185 pages In this true life stories from the pulpit and beyond, Bruce McIver takes you down memory lane, telling about the time he talked a distraught housewife out of shooting her husband, the time he was mistaken for dead, and the time he was asked one too many questions by an inquisitive six-year-old more. This expert yarn-splitter will have you doubled over in side splitting laughter, then dabbing your eyes over a touching tale the next. Autographed by the author. This book is in VG+ condition. Pages clean and intact, binding is tight. less
$29.99 $22.49
ladies and gentlemen lenny bruce signed albert goldman book
Hard covered book titled Ladies and Gentlemen LENNY BRUCE!! by Albert Goldman, 565 pages, 1974 more. SIGNED by Albert Goldman. Biography of Lenny Bruce, comedian, social satirist, free speech crusader and martyr to the uptight social and moral repressions of the Age of Conformity. This autographed book is in VG+ condition, pages are clean and intact, and the binding is tight. less
$50.00 $37.50