Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Hiding PlaceCorrie ten Boom was a Dutch watchmaker who became a heroine of the Resistance, a survivor of Hitler's concentration camps, and one of the most remarkable evangelists of the twentieth century. Now in a beautiful deluxe edition, this incredible, moving true story is ultimately...
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The Gospel Side of ElvisGospel music was a significant part of not only who Elvis became as a man, but as an artist as well. As Elvis mania continues to consume generation after generation throughout the world, fans still crave new insights into the person of Elvis Presley....
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The Girl Who Fought Back: Vladka Meed and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (Scholastic Focus)A Junior Library Guild Selection!The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is one of history's most powerful acts of resistance. Here, author Joshua M. Greene (Signs of Survival) tells the true story of a young Jewish woman who was instrumental in the uprising as a smuggler of...
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The Dream Big, Little One CollectionThis irresistible collection by #1 New York Times bestselling creator Vashti Harrison is the perfect way to introduce little readers to inspiring leaders, thinkers, and dreamers in Black history. Beautifully illustrated and accessibly written, Dream Big, Little One; Think Big, Little One; and Follow...
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The Don Cherry StoryDon Cherry is one of the most well-known Canadians and also one of the most controversial, known for his outspoken opinions on hockey, politics and any number of topics. On Remembrance Day, November 11, 2019, it all came to an end. However, there's more...
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The Cruise of the SnarkInspired by the examples of his heroes Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Joshua Slocum, Jack London determined to sail around the world. In April 1907 he sailed from San Francisco in the forty-five-foot ketch Snark, with his wife, Charmian, a skeleton crew, and...
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The Book Against DeathThe Book Against Death is the work of a lifetime: a collection of Elias Canetti's powerful, disarming, and often bleakly comic observations, diatribes, musings, and commentaries on and against death. Evoking despair, melancholy, and fury, Canetti examines the inevitable demise of all beings--from the...
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The Beautiful Struggle: A MemoirAn exceptional father-son story from the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me about the reality that tests us, the myths that sustain us, and the love that saves us. Paul Coates was an enigmatic god to his sons: a Vietnam...
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The Autobiography of H. LAN Thao LamSituated between memoir, social criticism, and conceptual art, The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam is an incisive response to a modernist classic and an affecting exploration of the poetics and politics of our times. In her 1933 The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas,...
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The Art of Memoir"Karr is a national treasure--that rare genius who's also a brilliant teacher. This joyful celebration of memoir packs transcendent insights with trademark hilarity. Anyone yearning to write will be inspired, and anyone passionate to live an examined life will fall in love with language...
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Tales from the Logbooks: An Airline MemoirFrom farm life in rural Ohio to 38 years soaring through the skies, this former history teacher turned flight attendant brings you a front-row seat to his incredible airborne adventures.Packed with unbelievable anecdotes, hilarious passenger encounters, and fascinating tidbits about the airline industry, Tales...
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Sweat the Technique: Revelations on Creativity from the Lyrical GeniusOn the heels of Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer Prize, as the world begins to recognize the creative side of Hip-Hop, comes a writing guide from a musician and "The greatest MC of all time," Rakim.The musician and Hip Hop legend--hailed as "the greatest MC of...
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Surviving to Drive: A Year Inside Formula 1: An F1 Book#1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER - A high-octane, no-holds-barred account of a year inside Formula 1 from Haas team principal Guenther Steiner, star of Drive to Survive, one of the most successful Netflix series of all time "People talk about football managers being under pressure....
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Surely You Re Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious CharacterAuthor: Richard P. FeynmanPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublished: 12/01/1984Pages: 352Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.28lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.94dISBN: 9780393019216About the AuthorFeynman, Richard P.: - Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988) was a professor at Cornell University and CalTech and received the Nobel Prize for physics...
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Sunny Skies, Shady Characters: Cops, Killers, and Corruption in the Aloha StateFor thirty years starting in the mid-1970s, the byline of Jim Dooley appeared on riveting investigative stories of organized crime and political corruption that headlined the front page of Honolulu's morning daily. In Sunny Skies, Shady Characters, James Dooley revisits highlights of his career...
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Sully: My Search for What Really MattersNow a major motion picture from Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks--the inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of our time, Capt. 'Sully' Sullenberger--the pilot who miraculously landed a crippled US Airways Flight 1549 in New York's Hudson River, saving the...
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Strong Roots: A Memoir of Food, Family, and UkraineA sweeping and poignant account of a woman's life and her family history in Ukraine -- from the dark years of Soviet rule to the Russian invasion in 2022--and a beautiful, intimate portrait of a country's fight against erasure and the solace found through...
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Story of a Soul: The Autobiography of the Little Flower, St. Therese of Lisieux, with Additional WritingsComplete edition of the Story of a Soul by Saint Therese of Lisieux, translated by Thomas Taylor. This edition includes over 288 footnotes, and many additional letters, counsels, and prayers, creating a study edition for readers to better understand St. Therese's 'little way' to...
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Speaking of America: United States Presidents and the Words That Changed HistoryA New York Times bestseller! From New York Times bestselling author Jared Cohen comes an encouraging and engaging debut children's book that brings United States history to life through forty-five compelling presidential quotes, demonstrating the power of words and inspiring hope for the future...
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Space Age Renaissance Man: How a Brilliant NASA Visionary Overcame Great Obstacles to Invent a Critical System for the Apollo Moon Missions... Then KeDr. Harold L. Finch - Great Man of Science/Man of Great Faith"Harold's unmatched story will inspire you to want to go out and live your own greatest dreams. As my friend, and someone who became a personal mentor, it was a privilege for me...
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