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This is a fun little book which I think everyone will love.

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Auto/Biography Review

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Auto/Biography Review: Expanding Perspectives on Life Studies and Narrative Analysis. An international, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to exploring theoretical and empirical aspects of autobiographical and biographical research, fostering academic interest in the representation of historical and contemporary lives.

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Christmas Reading: Volume 5 Now Published!

December 19, 2024

We are pleased to announce that Volume 5 is now published! We want to extend our thanks to all authors and reviewers and wish you all a very Merry Christmas. We look forward to your submissions in 2025. All best wishes, Carly and David.

Current Issue

Volume 5, No. 1.

Published May 6, 2024

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Review first appeared online August 2016 – now republished here.

Title: My Name is Book
Author: John Agard
Publisher: Walker Books
Genre: Children’s non-fiction
Book format: Paperback
Sweet Strawberries:

Description: This is non-fiction like you’ve never read it before – the story of books, told by none other than…BOOK!
And what an extraordinary story it is; from clay tablets to e-readers, by way of scrolls and spines, talking leaves and librarians…

*Free copy provided by publisher for review…

Review: Ever wondered where books came from? What the history of the written word is? Well in this autobiography titled ‘My Name is Book’ our narrator Book will tell all.

This is a fun little book which I think everyone will love. Styled like an autobiography Book takes us through his/her/its history. Beginning all the way back when there was no written word only spoken, the story progresses quickly and shows just how the humble book came into being, from the Phoenicians inventing the alphabet, to the start of the printing press and right unt

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Open An Autobiography: Book Review

“Now that I’ve won a slam, I know something very few people on earth are permitted to know. A win doesn’t feel as good as a loss feels bad, and the good feeling doesn’t last long as the bad. Not even close.”
Andre Agassi

I first heard about Open almost a decade ago in an interview when Deepika Padukone was talking about depression. She said during a difficult time this book helped her. I like to read so picked it up immediately. I don’t know much about tennis and knew about a few tennis players. Agassi being one of them. Even then I wasn’t much curious about him. The moment I started reading, I couldn’t put it down. This was new. I hadn’t read an autobiography in this engaging writing. This book is revealing, vulnerable, honest and amazingly motivating. I first mentioned this book in my earlier post – A few books that influenced my life. It’s time I wrote a complete review –

About the Author

Andre Agassi is an American formal professional tennis player. He’s been no. 1 tennis player, an eight time major champi