Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Beethoven's Hair: An Extraordinary Historical Odyssey and a Scientific Mystery SolvedThe basis for the movie of the same name, an astonishing tale of one lock of hair and its amazing travels--from nineteenth-century Vienna to twenty-first-century America. When Ludwig van Beethoven lay dying in 1827, a young musician named Ferdinand Hiller came to pay his...
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An Unlikely DoctorSo how does a young man flunk out of high school with a GPA of 0.95 and spend time in two different jails in two distinct countries, only to become a board-certified physician? Only in America and only with the miraculous.This began as a...
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And She Got Up: Shattered by Loss, Restored by JesusFaced with an unimaginable loss, Courtney Pray Duke invites you to discover that when life knocks you down, Jesus is nearer than ever, reaching out to help you get back up and stand strong.Have you found yourself wondering, Will I ever be able to...
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America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and HeroinesRich in detail, filled with fascinating characters, and panoramic in its sweep, this magnificent work of women's history tells for the first time the complete story of the American woman from the Pilgrims to the 21st-century.In this sweeping cultural history, Gail Collins explores the...
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America's Founding Son: John Quincy Adams, from President to Political MaverickAn accessible and entertaining biography of our nation's greatest public servant and original political maverick John Quincy Adams, from the bassist of the Grammy-nominated band the Avett Brothers. During the tumultuous period between the era of the Founding Fathers and the disunion of the...
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American Pontiff: Pope Leo XIV and His Plan to Heal the ChurchTHE DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF THE FIRST AMERICAN POPEThe Life, Teachings, Rise and Leadership Qualities of Pope Leo XIV."Kengor's deep understanding of both Catholicism and America make him the right scholar to introduce Americans to a deeper understanding of the first American Pontiff."--HON. NEWT GINGRICHFrom...
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A Fraction of a Point: A Gymnastics Dynasty on the LineThe true story of a high school gymnastics team's most dramatic season When the Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School gymnastics team competes in the Ohio High School Athletic Association state gymnastics meet, they're expected to win. That's because they've won each year--since 2004. And as...
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Adult Braces: Driving Myself SaneIn New York Times bestselling author Lindy West's ambitious memoir, she brings readers along on an uproarious cross-country road trip as she unpacks her last few tumultuous years, rediscovers herself, and reinvents her marriage in the process. Through Shrill--the book and then the Hulu...
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Adult Braces: Driving Myself SaneIn New York Times bestselling author Lindy West's ambitious memoir, she brings readers along on an uproarious cross-country road trip as she unpacks her last few tumultuous years, rediscovers herself, and reinvents her marriage in the process. Through Shrill--the book and then the Hulu...
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You with the Sad Eyes: A Memoir"Funny, furious, and profane." --The New York Times "Not your typical celebrity memoir." --Jimmy Kimmel Unflinchingly honest and darkly funny, You with the Sad Eyes unveils a side of Christina Applegate we've never seen, forever cementing her formidable and iconoclastic legacy. Christina Applegate came...
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You with the Sad Eyes: A Memoir"Funny, furious, and profane." --The New York Times "Not your typical celebrity memoir." --Jimmy Kimmel Unflinchingly honest and darkly funny, You with the Sad Eyes unveils a side of Christina Applegate we've never seen, forever cementing her formidable and iconoclastic legacy. Christina Applegate came...
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You Can't Catch Us: Lady Bird Johnson's Trailblazing 1964 Campaign Train and the Women Who Rode with Her1,682 miles. The First Lady of the United States. One incredible journey.At a time when political candidates' wives were expected to be seen and not heard, Lady Bird Johnson made history as the first presidential spouse to take a leading role on the campaign...
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Women in Love with the Divine: A Seeker's Exploration of Faith, Practice, and Feminine PowerWhat does it mean to be a woman committed to a relationship with the sacred in today's world? On a quest to answer this question for herself, Erica Bassani shares stories from her encounters with a dozen women spiritual teachers from Buddhist, Taoist, Hindu,...
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Winter: The Story of a Season"The perfect little book to get you through winter's doldrums . . . a warm look at a dark time."--Washington PostIn this radiant work of creative nonfiction, internationally beloved novelist Val McDermid delivers a dazzling ode to a lost world, ruminating on a single...
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Wins, Losses, and Lessons: An AutobiographyLegendary football coach and motivational speaker Lou Holtz writes his inspirational autobiography, from his years in the military to making Notre Dame a national champion and turning South Carolina into a winning program.Few people in the history of college sports have been more influential...
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Who Was Abigail Adams?Abigail Adams was a strong woman far ahead of her time. She urged her husband, President John Adams, to "remember the ladies" and despite having no formal education herself, she later advocated for equal education in public schools for both boys and girls. She...
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When We're Born We Forget Everything: A MemoirFrom the creator of the internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter project Girls in Trouble, a memoir following her journey from a secular Jewish childhood to becoming a modern queer woman owning ancient teachings and finding her own meanings in them, refracted through feminist interpretations of the...
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When Rock Met Hip-Hop: How Run-DMC, Aerosmith, Anthrax, the Beastie Boys, and More Crossed Cultural and Musical BoundariesOne of the most important events in modern music remains the late 80s cross-collision of rock and hip hop. Aerosmith/Run DMC, Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique, Public Enemy and Anthrax, Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons, De La Soul and Third Bass, and the 318 hip...
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When Nobody Was Watching: My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer WorldA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. From the superstar who is going to Tokyo for her fourth Olympics--the oldest player the US women's national team has ever sent."If you are a real soccer player--then this is the book for you to read . . ....
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When Caesar Was King: How Sid Caesar Reinvented American ComedyFINALIST FOR THE PEN/JACQUELINE BOGRAD WELD AWARD FOR BIOGRAPHY - From longtime New York Times and Vanity Fair writer David Margolick comes the first definitive biography of Sid Caesar: founding father of television comedy and icon to generations of Americans. "Whip smart. . ....
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