Kr430n5_666 Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Recently, I have found 2 things on the ground: -a gift card for Borders for $10 -a gift certificate fro amazon.com for $100 What this means is: free books. I highly enjoy reading autobiographies. So far I've read Jesus' Son, The Basketball Diaries, Forced Entries, the Andy Warhol autobigrapghy, and so on. I was wondering if anyone is familiar with other interesting autobiographies worthy of checking out. If you could give a small description, awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Screw Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 Miles Davis' is pretty good. He talks about the usual shit: clothes, hoes n bank rolls. What more could you possibly want? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted July 7, 2004 Author Share Posted July 7, 2004 Originally posted by BASF Miles Davis' is pretty good. He talks about the usual shit: clothes, hoes n bank rolls. What more could you possibly want? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyLazy Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 It's always cool to find good stuff on the ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CinchedWaist Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0060911271.01.LZZZZZZZ.gif'> don't know if you like her work, but her life was quite interesting. very thick book for a good read. From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Lynne Auld In Frida, art historian Hayden Herrera vividly portrays of a woman of strength, talent, humor, and endurance. Frida Kahlo (1907-54) was born in Mexico City, the child of a Mexican mother and a German father. Her early years were influenced by the turmoil of the Mexican Revolution and a bout with polio, but Frida remained spirited, resilient, and mischievous. Her father, a photographer, encouraged Frida's artistic interests, and her education at an elite school drew her to new ideas and to a group of irreverent radicals who would become some of Mexico's most respected intellectuals. When she was nineteen, Frida's life was transformed when the bus in which she was riding was hit by a trolley car. Pierced by a steel handrail and broken in many places, Frida entered a long period of convalescence during which she began to paint self-portraits. In 1928, at twenty-one, Frida joined the Communist party and came to know Diego Rivera. The forty-one-year-old Rivera, Mexico's most famous painter, was impressed by the force of Frida's personality and by the authenticity of her art, and the two soon married. Though they were devoted to each other, intermittent affairs on both sides, Frida's grief over her inability to bear a child, and her frequent illnesses made the marriage tumultuous. Hayden Herrera - combining biographical research, Frida's own letters, and analyses of Frida's paintings - illuminates and amplifies Frida Kahlo's life story, her importance as an artist, and her ultimate triumph over tragedy. -- ____________________ just don't watch the movie, no matter what. *obviously not an autobiography, but worth checking out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 I heard the Lance Armstong one is pretty damn good. there'sa Robert Mitchum one called 'Baby, I dont care' that's probably pretty decent. Consider who he is. maybe the clinton one? I think Makros is a democrat. or.... + NOT REBUBLICAN + Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BROWNer Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 i recommend anything on sir richard francis burton(i know it sounds like it would be highly gaylame, but trust). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earmuffs Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0140232257.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 for some reason.... I can see makros reading about John Wayne Gacey or some other twisted killer. I guess it's a leftover from you goth image series. http://www.netgoth.org.uk/people/5640.gif'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted July 7, 2004 Author Share Posted July 7, 2004 Thank you all so much and keep them coming. I will check out all of these for I am literally making a list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 monster was good. i'd like to read the Gabriel Garcia Marquez autobiography (pt I) living to tell the tale. http://bookweb.kinokuniya.co.jp/bimgdata/FC1400041341.JPG'> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinup Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 I read "La promesse de l'aube'" by Romain Gary... translation would be "Promess of Dawn", i guess.... Romain Gary is one of my favourite authors and his book is amazing. I think anyone would if not really enjoy it, at least be touched... especially since he killed himself some time after writing this. *-edit : i looked it up, it's "Promise at Dawn" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T=E=A=S=E Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 TEASER: The man, The myth, The legend. in stores now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BROWNer Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 pff.. congrats tease, you just won the "CORNBALL OF THE YEAR" award. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 ^ 21 years running ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimsøn Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 ^ Zing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Quickwood Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 you can order CDs from amazon.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KING BLING Posted July 7, 2004 Share Posted July 7, 2004 PIMP - Iceberg Slim * It is written pretty much in pimp slang, a good read THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X * It is one of my all time favorite books Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CIPHER_one Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Makros I'll recommend Monster as well. I read it like 5 years ago, but I remember loving it. Also, the first autobiography of Donald Trumps. I loved it. It just talks about how he got into the business and how he eveolved into such a "successful" dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T=E=A=S=E Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Originally posted by <KEY3> ^ 21 years running ! *cough* 22... ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Jump Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 "fuck em, fuck em all.." The Kid Stays in the Picture by Robert Evans.. about his rise and fall and all the shit in between(fucking actresses, drugs, and making movies).. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted July 8, 2004 Author Share Posted July 8, 2004 fucking awesome shit. thank you all so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Priest Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Altho not in the same catagory as those mentioned above i highly suggest the following books: -The Origin of Satan by Elaine Pageks -How Real is Real? By Paul WatzLawick -High Priest By Timothy Leary *(This in many ways comes close to being an autobiography.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WREK Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 revolutionary suicide by huey p. newton life of an american slave by frederick douglass enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyLode Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Paramahansa Yogananda: Autobiography of a Yogi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KillPretty Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 its not an autobiography but the best book ever written is called GLAMERAMA by Brett Eston Ellis i promise if you read the whole thing you wont be disappointed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kr430n5_666 Posted July 8, 2004 Author Share Posted July 8, 2004 THANKS EVERYONE I BOUGHT 6 BOOKS LAST NIGHT. STILL HAVE PLENTY TO BUY MORE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest KING BLING Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Originally posted by Kr430n5_666 THANKS EVERYONE I BOUGHT 6 BOOKS LAST NIGHT. STILL HAVE PLENTY TO BUY MORE. What 6 did you buy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serum Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 when broken glass floats by chanrithy him : takes place in cambodia during the end of the vietnam war. sad, horrific, are two words that come to mind. really good though. children of cambodias killing fields: edited by dith pran. very similar to the book mentioned above but there are 20 different accounts from families that survived and were able to make it to america. also very good, but when broken glass floats had more meat to it and this one had more horror. when heaven and earth changed places by lely hayslip: oliver stone made a movie of this which really sucked. a vietnamese girl lives in central vietnam and gives her point of view on the war. gave me a lot of insight to what the vietnamese thought rather than what a bunch of white soldiers thought of the war. her brothers fought for the north and her sister lived in the south. both sides would basically torture the people into fighting for their side. most vietnamese just wanted to live peacefully. the unwanted by kien nguyen about a boy who was born in south vietnam and was half vientamese half american. he and his mother try to escape the country. shows you about communism and how you have to bribe every level just to get you to the next step. the tale of murasaki: a novel by liza dalby i've read the actual diary which is really boring. this takes that diary and puts a dialog to it. not an actual biography but she does a really good job of making it work. gives you insight into japanese court life and the shit japanese women had to put up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weapon X Posted July 8, 2004 Share Posted July 8, 2004 Wrek said it. Frederick Douglass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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