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Living with the Enemy: My Secret Life on the Run from the NazisLiving with the Enemy: My Secret Life on the Run from the Nazis by Freddie Knoller
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How a very enterprising young man survived the Holocaust.
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt KidThe Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
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One to make you laugh out loud ... and wonder just how much is fiction.
Porridge and Passion: An AutobiographyPorridge and Passion: An Autobiography by Jonathan Aitken
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I heard him tell this in public before he published it. A great account of faith in prison.
Pride and PerjuryPride and Perjury by Jonathan Aitken
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A book to make you laugh and cry from a man who impressed me when I heard him speak and I do not impress easily.
Born Black (Hodder Christian paperbacks)Born Black (Hodder Christian paperbacks) by Sylvester Jacobs
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If you find a copy buy it! If you find two buy one for me. If you find more, tell me.
Forever Today: A Memoir of Love and AmnesiaForever Today: A Memoir of Love and Amnesia by Deborah Wearing
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Not strictly autobiography but an account of life with her husband when he was the worst ever amnesiac. An amazing book with an unusual ending.
Return to the Hiding PlaceReturn to the Hiding Place by Hans Poley
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The account by the first person hidden from the Nazis by the Ten Boom family.
Early Years: Autobiography: 1Early Years: Autobiography: 1 by C.H. Spurgeon
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One of my top three autobiograhies and one of the most influential books in my early Christian life.
John G. Paton (an Autobiography)John G. Paton (an Autobiography) by John Gibson Paton
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One of my top three autobiograhies. An incomparable story of missionary courage and endurance.
Faith and Victory in DachauFaith and Victory in Dachau by J. Overduin
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One of my top three autobiograhies. Cold blloded courage from a young Dutch pastor led to suffering nearly to death at the hands of the Nazis.
No Moon TonightNo Moon Tonight by Don Charlwood
Life fying in WWII Bomber Command when you knew the odds were against your survival.
Twentieth Century TestimonyTwentieth Century Testimony by Malcolm Muggeridge
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I should really be recommending his more detailed autobiographies but this is a delightful record of a man I was priveleged to visit in his home.
Troubled Journey: A Missionary Childhood in War-Torn ChinaTroubled Journey: A Missionary Childhood in War-Torn China by Faith Cook
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The suffering of a missionary's child very movingly recounted.
Jack Charlton: The AutobiographyJack Charlton: The Autobiography by Jack Charlton
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As a Leeds United supporter this took me back to the glory days. What a player!