Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques CousteauJacques Cousteau was the world's ambassador of the oceans. His popular TV series brought whales, otters, and dolphins right into people's living rooms. Now, in this exciting picturebook biography, Dan Yaccarino introduces young readers to the man behind the snorkel. From the first moment...
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The Fabulous Fannie Farmer: Kitchen Scientist and America's CookALSC Notable Children's BookCCBC Choices 2025A NSTA-CBC Best STEM Book2025 Texas Topaz List2025 Rise: A Feminist Book Project Title Fannie Farmer, America's most famous cooking teacher, discovers that precise measurements are a recipe for cooking success in this STEAM picture book that includes two...
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The Essential Taylor Swift FanbookCalling all Swifties! This brand new, fully up to date book has everything that fans need to know about Taylor Swift. Follow her journey from country music sensation to global megastar. Discover the hidden meanings behind her greatest songs, find out about her life...
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The Enemy of the PeopleA New York Times bestseller.From CNN's veteran Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta, an explosive, first-hand account of the dangers he faces reporting on the current White House while fighting on the front lines in President Trump's war on truth, featuring new material exclusive...
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The Empathy Exams: EssaysFrom personal loss to phantom diseases, The Empathy Exams is a bold and brilliant collection, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize A Publishers Weekly Top Ten Essay Collection of Spring 2014 Beginning with her experience as a medical actor who was paid to...
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The Electricity of Every Living Thing: A Woman's Walk in the Wild to Find Her Way HomeThe New York Times bestselling author of Wintering writes a life-affirming exploration of wild landscapes, what it means to be different and, above all, how we can all learn to make peace with our own unquiet minds . . . In anticipation of her...
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The Dressmaker of Khair Khana"A courageous Afghan woman and her sisters success as unlikely entrepreneurs in this inspiring true story." -- O, The Oprah MagazineThe New York Times bestseller, written by a former reporter for ABC News, that People magazine called "a transporting, enlightening book" tells the story...
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The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English DictionaryA WASHINGTON POST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - A history and celebration of the many far-flung volunteers who helped define the English language, word by word. "Enthralling and exuberant, Sarah Ogilvie tells the surprising...
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The Diary of Virginia Woolf, Volume 1: 1915-1919"Nothing yet published about her so totally contradicts the legend of Virginia Woolf.... [This] is a first chance to meet the writer in her own unguarded words and to observe the root impulses of her art without the distractions of a commentary" (New York...
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The Crystal Bible 2An indispensable reference for crystal lovers! This second volume of the bestselling The Crystal Bible covers more than 200 additional crystals, including high-vibration stones for spiritual alchemy and the recently revealed Greenland stones. This essential resource includes crystals for energy enhancement and space clearing...
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The Crayon Man: The True Story of the Invention of Crayola CrayonsCelebrating the inventor of the Crayola crayon! This gloriously illustrated picture book biography tells the inspiring story of Edwin Binney, the inventor of one of the world's most beloved toys. A perfect fit among favorites like The Day the Crayons Quit and Balloons Over...
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The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of SightFINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE Named one of the best books of the year by: THE NEW YORKER - THE WASHINGTON POST - THE ATLANTIC - NPR - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY - LITHUB "Fascinating...The great strength of this memoir is its voracious, humble curiosity." -...
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The Chicken Runs at Midnight: A Daughter's Message from Heaven That Changed a Father's Heart and Won a World SeriesDiscover the nearly unbelievable true story of how a goofy catchphrase spoken by a coach's dying daughter inspired the 1992 Pittsburgh Pirates in game seven of the National League Championship Series and later became a sign from heaven to a grieving family at the...
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The Boat Not Taken: A North Korean Mother and Her DaughterDesperate for her daughter's safety during the Communist takeover of North Korea, Joanna Choi's mother left her in a Seoul orphanage. She retrieved her months later to return to their once-tranquil hamlet, but the boatman on the returning ship refused to let the pair...
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The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman2019 Tucson Weekly "40 Essential Arizona Books" pick 2014 One Book Yuma selection 2010 Best of the Best from the University Presses (ALA) selection 2010 Caroline Bancroft History Prize Finalist 2009 Southwest Book of the Year In 1851 Olive Oatman was a thirteen-year old...
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The Autobiography and Other WritingsBenjamin Franklin's writings represent a long career of literary, scientific and political efforts over a lifetime which extended nearly the entire eighteenth century. This volume includes Franklin's reflections on such diverse questions as philosophy and religion, social status, electricity, American national characteristics, war, and...
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That's Not What This Book Is AboutEmbark on an emotional journey with Joanna Johnson as she navigates life's twists and turns, encountering remarkable individuals and absorbing life-changing insights along the way. Prepare to dive into your own memories, finding solace and inspiration in the enduring forces of love, strength, and...
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham LincolnWinner of the Lincoln Prize Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Abraham Lincoln's political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become president. On May...
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Tap Dancing on Everest: A Young Doctor's Unlikely AdventureThe plan was outrageous: A small team of four climbers would attempt a new route on the East Face of Mt. Everest, considered the most remote and dangerous side of the mountain and only successfully climbed once before. Unlike the first larger team, Mimi...
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Surrender: 40 Songs, One StoryNEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - Bono--artist, activist, and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2--has written a memoir: honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced, and the friends and...
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