Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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We Are the World (Cup): A Personal History of the World's Greatest Sporting EventFrom the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller (RE)BORN IN THE USA and face of the wildly successful soccer media platform MEN IN BLAZERS, Roger Bennett, comes a joyous, big-hearted celebration of the World Cup from the 1970s onward, published in the...
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Ungrateful Bastard: The Shocking Journey of a Killer and Escape ArtistGordon "Woody" Mower made worldwide news for his foiled attempt to escape a maximum-security prison in a getaway coffin. Now, behind the headlines is a story the notorious prisoner tells only to author Susan Ashline. Ungrateful Bastard unravels the making of a killer and...
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Truth and Consequence: Reflections on Catastrophe, Civil Resistance, and HopeFrom the legendary Pentagon Papers whistleblower and anti-war activist-a posthumous collection of Daniel Ellsberg's previously unpublished writings that offers a window into his courageous life, work, and most deeply held beliefs. When Daniel Ellsberg passed away in 2023 at the age of ninety-two, his...
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Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell*An Observer Best New Biographies of 2024*?*Now in paperback!*Celebrated NPR music critic Ann Powers explores the life and career of Joni Mitchell in a lyrical style as fascinating and ethereal as the songs of the artist herself."What you are about to read is not...
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Tojo: The Rise and Fall of Japan's Most Controversial World War II GeneralThe definitive biography of Tojo Hideki, the controversial general who redefined military leadership in Showa-era Japan before his downfall during World War II. The military general who became Emperor Hirohito's prime minister, Tojo Hideki is most often remembered as an iron-fisted leader who dragged...
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This Is About Life: An Intimate Story of Cancer From the Turn of the Century to Covid 19"I cannot live if I am trying to kill part of myself."Over the course of 20 years, Leslie King survived breast cancer, endometrial cancer, and breast cancer again. In her selected journals, she documents the realities of cancer treatment within Canada's medical system, her...
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Thirty Years Behind the Throttle: The Unexpected Journeys of a LIRR Locomotive EngineerAfter three decades of working on America's busiest commuter railroad, a fourth-generation Locomotive Engineer comes clean. This cohesive collection of short-stories unfolds as the 21st century begins. The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) is in motion every hour of every day, transporting one of...
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The Voice in My Head Is GodIn his most personal work yet, Grammy Award-winning rapper 2 Chainz shares the spiritual journey behind his success, offering a raw, reflective, and deeply motivational meditation on the inner voice that's guided him his whole life: God. Before he was 2 Chainz, he was...
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The True Ugly Duckling: How Hans Christian Andersen Became a SwanPicture book biography of one of the most iconic storytellers of all time, Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by papercut artist Calvin Nicholls He brought to life stories and characters that millions have loved: A one-legged tin soldier who yearned for love. A poor little...
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The Tender Land: A Family Love StoryA superb portrait of family life, THE TENDER LAND is a love story unlike any other. The Finnerans -- parents and five children, Irish Catholics in St. Louis -- are a seemingly unexceptional family. Theirs is a story seldom told, yet it makes manifest...
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The Souls of Black Folk: With the Talented Tenth and the Souls of White FolkA collectible hardcover edition of the landmark book about being black in America, featuring an introduction by Ibram X. Kendi, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist A Penguin Vitae Edition When The Souls of Black Folk was...
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The Soul of a WomanFrom the New York Times bestselling author of A Long Petal of the Sea comes "a bold exploration of womanhood, feminism, parenting, aging, love and more" (Associated Press). "The Soul of a Woman is Isabel Allende's most liberating book yet."--Elle"When I say that I...
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The Smiling Land: All Around the Circle in My Newfoundland and LabradorFrom one of Canada's most beloved and celebrated Newfoundlanders comes a rollicking insider's guide to the province, told as only Alan Doyle can tell it. Few Canadian musicians are as synonymous with their home province as Alan Doyle is to his--and even fewer once...
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The Shoemaker's Son: The Life of a Holocaust ResisterWhen the Soviet Union invaded Iwje, Poland in September 1939, David Bakszt's life was thrown into turmoil. His father's business was shuttered, his family was impoverished overnight, and his tight-knit community was disbanded. Though David did not know it at the time, a similar...
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The Power of Her Paintbrush: The Story of Theresa BernsteinTheresa Bernstein discovered her love for art at age seven when she drew her first portrait. As a teenager, her photographic memory and sketching skills earned her recognition in art school. After moving to New York, Theresa faced sexism in the art world but...
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The Philosophy of Andy Warhol [50th Anniversary Edition]: From A to B and Back AgainAuthor: Andy WarholPublisher: Mariner Books ClassicsPublished: 11/04/2025Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 7.60h x 5.10w x 0.70dISBN: 9780063418295About the AuthorWarhol, Andy: - Andy Warhol was a legendary painter and graphic artist, known for pioneering the genre of pop art. He also produced a significant body...
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The Outhouse PoetFrances Kakugawa, an educator, eldercare consultant and the award-winning author of nineteen books, grew up in a rural Hawaiian village, in a rustic home with an outhouse complete with Sears Roebuck catalogs. In The Outhouse Poet she recounts how she later discovered a more...
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The Movement: How Women's Liberation Transformed America 1963-1973This "indispensable new book that belongs on the shelf of every American woman" (Sally Jenkins, author of The Right Call) is a comprehensive oral history of the decade that defined the feminist movement, including interviews with living icons and unsung heroes--from the author of...
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The Mirage Factory: Illusion, Imagination, and the Invention of Los AngelesFrom bestselling author Gary Krist, the story of the metropolis that never should have been and the visionaries who dreamed it into reality Little more than a century ago, the southern coast of California--bone-dry, harbor-less, isolated by deserts and mountain ranges--seemed destined to remain...
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The House on 9th Line: A Memoir of Grief and the End of a FamilyThe House on 9th Line is a raw and deeply personal memoir about love, loss, and the unravelling of a family bound by tradition but broken by silence, favouritism, and emotional wounds left unhealed.Set against the backdrop of a modest yet symbolic family home...
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