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biography

[bahy-og-ruh-fee, bee-] / baɪˈɒg rə fi, bi- /


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They were the go-to gifts for Father’s Day: a book about some little-known chapter of World War II, the sweeping narrative of a shipwreck, perhaps the latest presidential biography.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Andrew Lownie, author of a coruscating biography of Mountbatten-Windsor, says Andrew's downfall has raised wider questions for the public about the royals and money.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

Kim, who in 2020 was one of the first Korean American women elected to Congress, does vote to advance Trump policies, but her biography is more consistent with an earlier era of conservatism.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

In a new biography of Reid, journalist and legendary Nevada-knower Jon Ralston provides an inside account of how Reid and his team held Senate Democrats together and took on the Bush administration.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

He died rich and famous, and was the subject, a few years after his death, of the first ever book-length biography of a musician.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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