18 books like California Burning

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The Library of American Biography Jared Sparks · 1846 · 402p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Shares: Biography & Memoir

A history of autobiography in antiquity Georg Misch · 1950 · 364p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares: Biography & Memoir

Mr. Nice Howard Marks · 1996 · 468p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Mr Nicehttps://web.archive.org/web/20120714001218/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b8d3bfed1 BFI Explore: Mr Nice] Retrieved 2013-04-13 (US title Mr. Nice) is a 2010 crime drama film written and directed by Bernard Rose, Mr Nice is in part a biopic, a loose film adaptation of Mr Nice, the cult 1997 autobiography by Howard Marks. The film features an ensemble cast starring Rhys Ifans as Howard Marks,… Shares: Biography & Memoir

Autobiography Anderson L Staff · 2001 · 166p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Saint Augustine of Hippo wrote ''Confessions'', the first Western autobiography ever written, around AD 400. Portrait by Philippe de Champaigne, 17th century.]] Shares: Biography & Memoir

Two Sisters Gore Vidal · 1970 · ★ 4.0 · 236p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Originally published in 1970 this fairly short novel (174 pages) contains, according to the blurb on the dust jacket of the first edition, “Gore Vidal’s singular speculations on love, sex, death, literature and politics.” Shares: Biography & Memoir

Missing Persons Mary Evans · 1998 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate A missing person is a person who has disappeared for usually unknown reasons Shares: Biography & Memoir

Marse Henry : An Autobiography Henry Watterson · 1919 · 325p · ≈ 10h · Challenging This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book never goes out of style. Several mostly non-profit literature projects provide content to tredition. To support their good work,… Shares: Biography & Memoir

Money to Burn William D. Cohan · 689p · ≈ 22h · Moderate Shares: Biography & Memoir

No More Tears Gardiner Harris · 2025 · ★ 4.4 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate hard rock Shares: Biography & Memoir

A Colossal Failure of Common Sense Lawrence G. McDonald & Patrick Robinson Shares: Biography & Memoir

The Infinity Machine Sebastian Mallaby · 2026 · ★ 4.8 Even by the standard of a tech industry stacked with so-called geniuses, Demis Hassabis is a special case. Born poor in North London to immigrant parents, a chess prodigy by age five and wizard coder in his teens, he turned down a seven figure offer before turning 18 to feed his insatiable scientific curiosity at Cambridge. Later, he added a neuroscience PhD to his computer science skills to… Shares: Biography & Memoir

For the Love of Restaurants Adam Weisblatt · 170p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares: Biography & Memoir

Raving Fans Ken Blanchard, Sheldon Bowles & Harvey Mackay Shares: Biography & Memoir

Restaurant Prosperity Formula™ David Scott Peters Shares: Biography & Memoir

Money. Wealth. Life Insurance. Jake Thompson · 2014 · ★ 5.0 America’s elite have been using cash value life insurance to stockpile wealth for centuries. Used correctly, it is better described as a personal bank on steroids, and a financial bunker for tough times. To be clear, this book is not about the typical garbage peddled by most insurance agents. Rather, an alternative to the risky investment strategies taught by Wall Street. It details a highly… Shares: Biography & Memoir

The New Map Daniel Yergin · 577p · ≈ 19h · Moderate Shares: Biography & Memoir

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Cold Calling Keith Rosen, MCC · 340p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares: Biography & Memoir

The Skill Code Matt Beane · 244p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares: Biography & Memoir

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