Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Groundbreaker: Entrepreneurship, the American Dream, and the Rise of Modern IndiaThe Groundbreaker is an inspirational and riveting account of Kanwal Rekhi, who defined a generation of Indian entrepreneurs that changed the world. In many ways, Rekhi's fascinating and singular journey mirrors the rise of modern India, offering a deeply personal account of US-India relations,...
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The Great Triumph: A Memoir of Courage & DevotionAs a young girl, Thelma Osborne Richardson witnessed the hopes and hardships of the Great Migration, when her family left the rural south for Detroit in 1929. In The Great Triumph - A Memoir of Courage and Devotion, her daughter, journalist Jeanne Estelle Saddler,...
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The Glorians: Visitations from the Holy Ordinary"I go to Terry Tempest Williams for the reasons I go to Whitman and Thoreau: to recover a capacious spirit and to rejoin the urgent living world. She gives me something bigger than hope."―Richard Powers, author of The OverstoryFrom the visionary New York Times...
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The Girl Who Changed Little League: The True Story of Maria Pepe and Her Battle to Play BallDiscover the true story of Maria Pepe, an eleven-year-old girl who changed the course of Little League history. Maria Pepe loved baseball. When Little League formed in her hometown in 1972, she was eager to prove herself as a competitor. There was only one...
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The Damon Dickson StoryBorn prematurely and brought back to life by faith and determination, Damon Dickson's journey begins with struggle and never lets go. Raised between Texas and Minnesota, Damon navigates poverty, abuse, loss, and systemic injustice-yet fi nds refuge in movement, music, and the unbreakable bond...
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The Common Sense Cowboy's Guide to Life: Stories from the Old Guy at the End of the Bar"Never discount an old man in a profession where people tend to die young. This book has more wisdom in it than any four year degree."--CARL HIGBIE, host of NEWSMAX Carl Higbie Frontline and retired Navy SEALWHEN YOU'RE RUNNING OUT OF SUNSETS, DON'T WASTE...
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That Girl's in a WheelchairFrom the shores of Lake Erie comes the honest story of a young Black disabled woman living under the microscope of the world's stereotypes. Vignettes of poverty and abuse, mental and physical illnesses, ridicule and racism ... and of love, wonder, and healing fill...
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Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the WorldWhen Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew she was different. Years later she was diagnosed with autism. Temple's doctor recommended institutionalizing her, but her mother believed in her. Temple went to school instead. Today, Dr. Temple Grandin, a scientist and professor of animal...
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Streetwise: Getting to and Through Goldman SachsFrom the long-tenured head of an institution legendary for its culture of success comes a candid memoir of global leadership in an age of extreme turbulence. "Lloyd Blankfein is scary smart about people, markets, and life generally. His 10,000 Small Businesses idea proved to...
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Street Corner Talking, the Autobiography of Kim Simmonds: The Life and Music of the Founder and Guitarist of Savoy BrownIn this candid autobiography, Kim Simmonds, legendary guitarist and founder of Savoy Brown, shares his six-decade journey in blues-rock. From discovering the blues in post-WWII Wales to leading one of Britain's most enduring bands, Simmonds recounts Savoy Brown's rise to international fame, particularly in...
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Six Queens: An Illustrated Guide to the Iconic Queens of Henry VIIIDiscover more about the six queens who changed history! Perfect for young history enthusiasts, Lydia Monks brings to life the six queens of Henry VIII in spectacular, fully-illustrated style. Includes a foreword from Tudor historian, author and broadcaster Suzannah Lipscomb. Everyone knows the rhyme:...
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Sit with Me: A No-Bs Journey to Mindfulness and Meditation"I spent over a decade volunteering and working at Rikers Correctional Facility as their first-ever Mindfulness Coach. It was the most powerful and challenging work I would ever do. This is what I learned..."Oneika Mays will help you heal, improve your communication skills, process...
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Shohei Ohtani: A Little Golden Book BiographyStep up to the plate and read about Shohei Ohtani, the record-breaking baseball superstar from Japan, in this collectible Little Golden Book featuring colorful illustrations! Shohei Ohtani might just be the greatest baseball player of all time. Get inspired by the story of two-way...
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Rise Up and Sing!: Power, Protest, and Activism in MusicThis inspiring introduction to activism and social justice for young teens shows the important role music plays in changing the world, featuring: Musicians young teens will know and love: Beyoncé, Billie Eilish, Lady Gaga, Lil Nas X, and more! Iconic artists from past generations:...
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ReckonWhat's it like to have been born in Tombstone, Arizona? In Reckon, artist Logan Phillips returns to the fabled town to face the history he was raised on as a boy--gunfights, outlaws, and Hollywood cowboys--for a new, personal confrontation with the West's foundational mythology....
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Poems, Protest, and a Dream: Selected WritingsA bilingual edition of writings by Latin America's finest baroque poet Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz (1648-1695) wrote her most famous prose work, La Respuesta a Sor Filotea, in 1691 in response to her bishop's injunction against her intellectual pursuits. A passionate and...
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Pickin' Up the Pieces: The Heart and Soul of Country Rock Pioneer Richie FurayWhen a young Richie Furay moved to New York hoping to make it big in folk music, God wasn't one of his concerns. But destiny was. Later, when he started Buffalo Springfield with Neil Young and Stephen Stills, it seemed Furay's destiny had finally...
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Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of ImpressionismFrom the summer of 1870 to the spring of 1871, famously dubbed the "Terrible Year" by Victor Hugo, Paris and its people were besieged, starved, and forced into surrender by Germans--then imperiled again as radical republicans established a breakaway Commune, ultimately crushed by the...
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On the Couch: Twenty Extraordinary Personalities, from Picasso to PutinPsychotherapist Andrew Jamieson considers ten key principles of psychoanalysis and illuminates them through psychobiographies of twenty extraordinary people, including Ernest Hemingway, Josephine Baker, Cary Grant, and Marilyn Monroe. In the late 1800s, Sigmund Freud began to develop radical theories about sexuality, dreams, and childhood...
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Only Jesus Knows: Loving The World's Most Vulnerable"And the King will answer and say to them, 'Assuredly I say to you, inasmuch as you did it unto the least of these, My brethren, you did it to Me.'"Matthew 25:44 As Christians, we are called to love and serve the poor, the...
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