Our top three countries for
selling autobiography were Ukraine, the United States and Hungary.
That's what happens to Henri Charrière (Charlie Hunnam) in Papillon, a remake of the 1973 film starring Steve McQueen that was based on the best -
selling autobiography of a celebrated outlaw with a butterfly tattoo.
Based on the best
selling autobiography by Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes is the story of young Frankie and his siblings being raised in abject poverty in the slums of Limerick.
Get your own personally signed copies right here of my best -
selling autobiography documented my experiences in the sex industry as an escort, and my Sex Tips book written to make spicing up your sex life fun and achievable for everyone regardless of experience.
April 21 marks the debut of Netflix's Girlboss, a new series «loosely» based on Nasty Gal founder Sophia Amoruso's best -
selling autobiography of the same name.
Even Mark Mathabane, the mild - mannered tennis player turned writer who is author of the best -
selling autobiography Kaffir Boy, offended the government with the simple, powerful story of his boyhood, and he, too, now lives in the U.S.
Tony Anthony, founding director of evangelism charity Avanti Ministries, claims in his best -
selling autobiography Taming the Tiger that he was three times...
He is the author of two best -
selling autobiographies, It's Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life (2000) and Every Second Counts (2003).
Not exact matches
In his 1991
autobiography, Wilt Chamberlain: A View from Above, Chamberlain denounces doing just that, saying that «the
selling of autographs by our sports heroes for personal gain... is to me as unethical and unbelievable as Roy Rogers trading Trigger for a Kawasaki.»
He may have fallen out with Fergie over revelations in his
autobiography but even the manager regrets
selling him.
Fergie has since made his peace with the central defender who was
sold against the backdrop of dressing room revelations in his
autobiography and doesn't mind admitting that he is still troubled by
selling the big Dutchman.
Fergie
sold him to Lazio for a cut - price fee of around # 16m after Stam made several damaging revelations in his
autobiography, including how Fergie had «tapped him up» from PSV and criticising the Neville brothers.
The governor does not give paid speeches, but has written a book and has been paid $ 700,000 so far for the
autobiography, which has
sold just 3,000 copies.
And to be even clearer, Bratton rejected Kelly's depiction of the NYPD's inner workings as the work of a publicity - seeking former commissioner out to
sell his recently published
autobiography.
Based on the 1853
autobiography of a free black man who was
sold into slavery in the South, the historical drama has received rave reviews since debuting at the Telluride Film Festival in August.
The
Autobiography Black Edition will be the most luxurious Range Rover on the market, as well as the most exclusive — only about 100 units will be
sold in the U.S. for the 2014 model year.
The GLS - based super-luxury Maybach SUV will be swung into action to fight the strong -
selling Bentley Bentayga, Rolls - Royce's upcoming Cullinan and Range Rover's range - topping SV
Autobiography.
Safety and emissions rules, and even driving preferences, are evening out between the US, the UK and Europe, so there are just two big differences between a British - spec 2014 Range Rover Sport and the one
sold here: The steering wheel is on the other side; and this loaded
Autobiography Dynamic Sport V - 8 that lists for # 81,550 in Britain — $ 131,564.33 at today's exchange rate — is available in the US for just $ 102,290.
Insight into Celebrities or Careers — «Marylin Monroe Exposed» or «The Whistle Blowing of Your Phone Company» would
sell better than «My
Autobiography.»
The publisher also reported brisk sales of Sir Alex Ferguson's
autobiography, which
sold 1.4 million copies so far, thereby contributing to the publisher's good performance.
In the UK the profits were led by Sir Alex Feguson's
autobiography, which was the best
selling hardback sports memoir of all time, and with Donna Tartt's The Goldfinch.
Top stars like Pete Townshend
sold 92,000 copies, Rod Stewart only
sold 73,000 and Sonic Youth's Kim Gordon
autobiography only
sold 29,211 titles.
Read about Olaudah Equiano (1746 - 1797), who was
sold into slavery at age eleven, eventually gained his freedom, and in 1789 wrote what was to become one of them most widely read slave
autobiographies.
Yvonne has ghost - written and co-written several top
selling non-fiction titles, including: Rising up from the Blood: A Legacy Reclaimed — A Bridge Forward The
Autobiography of Sarah Washington O'Neal Rush, The Great - Granddaughter of Booker T. Washington (Solid Rock Books) by Sarah Washington O'Neal Rush; Fighting for Your Life: The African American Criminal Justice Survival Guide (Amber Books) by John Elmore, Esq.; Led by the Spirit: A Sharecropper's Son Tells His Story of Love, Happiness, Success and Survival (Strickland Books) by Robuster Strickland; Let Them Play... The Story of the MGAA (MGAA Books) by John David; A Journey that Matters: Your Personal Living Legacy (Lyceum Group Books) by Erline Belton; The Messman: A World War II Hero Tells His Story of Survival and Segregation on the Battleship North Carolina (Quality Books) by Yvonne Rose and John Seagraves; and FREEZE: Just Think about It (More Than A Pro Books) by Levar Fisher.
The new Stan Lee
autobiography is getting great reviews and YouTube sensation Zoe Sugg's Girl on Tour is
selling very well.
Best
selling memoir authors Marlayna Glynn Brown and Shawn Inmon join BookGoodies podcast host Deborah Carney to discuss the differences between Memoir,
Autobiography and Biography and how memoirists decide what and how to write.
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The
autobiography of a tired tomcat who had been
sold, abandoned, abused and used in a research lab.
This is not your
autobiography but an advertising document to
sell yourself.
Career marketing tool, not
autobiography — Up until you are contacted by the recruiter, your resume is your largest
selling point.
In her 2013
autobiography, Recipe for Life, Mary recalls how the price of # 25,000 «seemed an awful lot of money», but after
selling their London house for # 18,000 when they paid # 9,000 four years earlier, it wasn't so bad.