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Biography (from the Greek words bios meaning life, and graphein meaning write) is a genre of literature and other forms of media like film, based on the written accounts of individual lives.

While a biography may focus on a subject of fiction or non-fiction, the term is usually in reference to non-fiction.

As opposed to a profile or curriculum vitae, a biography develops complex insight and highlights different textures of personality including intimate details of experiences.

A biography is more than a list of facts like birth, education, work, relationships and death. It also delves into the emotions of experiencing such events.

The first known biographies were written by scribes commissioned by the various rulers of antiquity: ancient Assyria, ancient Babylonia, ancient Egypt, ancient Mesopotamia, among others. Such biographies tended to be chiseled into stone or clay tablets, a method called cuneiform. The ramayana and mahabharata are also iographies. These biographies only detailed accomplishments. The Jewish holy scripture is an anthology of some of the earliest biographies in existence, detailing the lives of chiefs, kings, tribes, patriarchs and prophets.

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GoodFellas [Blu-ray]

Starring: Ray Liotta
Rated: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 2007-01-16
Running Time: 145 minutes

Martin Scorsese's 1990 masterpiece GoodFellas immortalizes the hilarious, horrifying life of actual gangster Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), from his teen years on the streets of New York to his anonymous exile under the Witness Protection Program. The director's kinetic style is perfect for recounting Hill's ruthless rise to power in the 1950s as well as his drugged-out fall in the late 1970s; in... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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GoodFellas

Starring: Ray Liotta
Rated: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 1997-03-26
Running Time: 146 minutes

Martin Scorsese's 1990 masterpiece GoodFellas immortalizes the hilarious, horrifying life of actual gangster Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), from his teen years on the streets of New York to his anonymous exile under the Witness Protection Program. The director's kinetic style is perfect for recounting Hill's ruthless rise to power in the 1950s as well as his drugged-out fall in the late 1970s; in... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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GoodFellas (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Starring: Ray Liotta
Rated: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 2004-08-17
Running Time: 145 minutes

Martin Scorsese's 1990 masterpiece GoodFellas immortalizes the hilarious, horrifying life of actual gangster Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), from his teen years on the streets of New York to his anonymous exile under the Witness Protection Program. The director's kinetic style is perfect for recounting Hill's ruthless rise to power in the 1950s as well as his drugged-out fall in the late 1970s; in... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Schindler's List (Widescreen Edition)

Starring: Ben Kingsley
Rated: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Release Date: 2004-03-09
Running Time: 196 minutes

Schindler's List, a Steven Spielberg film, is a cinematic masterpiece that has become one of the most honored films of all time. Winner of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, it also won every major Best Picture award and an exceptional number of additional honors. Among them were seven British Academy Awards; the Best Picture Awards from the New York Film Critics Circl... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Pumping Iron (25th Anniversary Special Edition)

Starring: Joe Weider
Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Directed By: Robert Fiore
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Release Date: 2003-11-11
Running Time: 85 minutes

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Amadeus - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Starring: Tom Hulce
Rated: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 2002-09-24
Running Time: 180 minutes

Gripping human drama. Sumptuous period epic. Glorious celebration of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This marvelous winner of eight Academy Awards(R) portrays the rivalry between the genius Mozart (Tom Hulce) and the jealous court composer (Best Actor Oscar(R) Winner F.Murray Abraham) who may have ruined Mozart's career and shortened his life. ... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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An Inconvenient Truth

Starring: Billy West (II)
Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
Release Date: 2006-11-21
Running Time: 96 minutes

With the fate of our planet arguably hanging in the balance, An Inconvenient Truth may prove to be one of the most important and prescient documentaries of all time. As he jokingly refers to himself, "former President-elect" Al Gore felt an urgent personal calling to draw attention--as he had been doing throughout his political career--to the increasingly desperate crisis of global warming,... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Amadeus

Starring: Tom Hulce
Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 1997-12-17
Running Time: 160 minutes

The satirical sensibilities of writer Peter Shaffer and director Milos Forman (One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest) were ideally matched in this Oscar-winning movie adaptation of Shaffer's hit play about the rivalry between two composers in the court of Austrian Emperor Joseph II--official royal composer Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham), and the younger but superior prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus ... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Standing In The Shadows of Motown

Starring: Jack Ashford
Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Lions Gate
Release Date: 2003-04-22
Running Time: 110 minutes

Standing in the Shadows of Motown is a must-see film for any fan of the Supremes, the Temptations, Marvin Gaye, or any other classic Motown stars. This swinging documentary celebrates the Funk Brothers--the team of studio musicians who powered dozens and dozens of hit Motown songs--by combining reminiscences, reenactments, and clips from a recent concert put on by the Funk Brothers, fe... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Anne Frank - The Whole Story

Starring: Brenda Blethyn
Rated: Unrated
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Release Date: 2001-08-28
Running Time: 189 minutes

Anne Frank: The Whole Story delivers exactly what it promises: the incredibly moving complete story of Anne Frank, going beyond what the Jewish teenage girl wrote in her widely read diary. Anne, along with her family and friends of her family, hid in a secret annex behind her father's office in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation of Holland. She dutifully kept a diary, which became a world... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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