Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945
A brilliant World War II cryptographer chronicles his career in the Special Operations Executive, discussing his replacement of outmoded codes with one-time silk-printed codes and showing how he broke de Gaulle's secret code, helped organize secret D-Day armies, and much more.
From Alfred to Zulu, Michael Caine has been Britain's best-loved actor for half a century.
Now, for the first time, he reveals the truth behind his remarkable life.
From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them, in her own life and across the life of our country.
If there was any one man who articulated the anger, the struggle, and the beliefs of African Americans in the 1960s, that man was Malcolm X. His AUTOBIOGRAPHY is now an established classic of modern America, a book that expresses like none other the crucial truth about our times." Extraordinary. A brilliant, painful, important book."THE NEW YORK TIMES
In this unique hybrid of biography and memoir, David Lynch opens up for the first time about a life lived in pursuit of his singular vision, and the many heartaches and struggles he’s faced to bring his unorthodox projects to fruition.
Buzz Aldrin reflects on the wisdom, guiding principles, and irreverent anecdotes he's gathered—both in outer space and on earth—through his event-filled life, in this inspiring guide-to-life for the next generation.
BARBRA STREISAND’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY is as unique as its subject and her remarkable career. Lots of candor about her childhood and her professional life, very little gossip about her romantic life, a strong throughline of moral and artistic clarity. A MINUS
Milligan's Meaning of Life: An Autobiography of Sorts
Spike Milligan's legendary war memoirs are a hilarious and subversive first-hand account of the Second World War, as well as a fascinating portrait of the formative years of this towering comic genius, most famous as writer and star of The Goon Show.
#CfP for "Spaniards across the Americas after the Spanish Civil War: 'I am from the Country Called Exile'/ Españoles en las Américas después de la Guerra Civil: 'Soy del país del exilio'", which will be published as a "Special Cluster in a/b: Autobiography Studies".
📚 Just finished reading: Run: Book One by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell, L. Fury, Afua Richardson (2021)
Run: Book One continues the comics biography of civil rights leader John Lewis. Set in the wake of the signing of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, the memoir focuses on differing opinions within the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and how Lewis struggled with his fellow protestors.
📚 Just finished reading: When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago (1993)
An autobiography, it is the first of three installments, followed by Almost a Woman and The Turkish Lover. Beginning with Santiago's life in Macún, a sector of Candelaria barrio in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, it details the circumstances that led to her mother bringing her and her siblings to New York and adjustment to life in America.
📚 Just finished reading: When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago (1993)
An autobiography, it is the first of three installments, followed by Almost a Woman and The Turkish Lover. Beginning with Santiago's life in Macún, a sector of Candelaria barrio in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, it details the circumstances that led to her mother bringing her and her siblings to New York and adjustment to life in America.
Book 40, 2023: The Beauty of Living Twice - Sharon Stone
Interesting autobiography. I had no idea about her tough upbringing. She’s been through a lot, including a bleed on the brain and a couple of strokes. #Autobiography#films#movies#SharonStone@bookstodon