Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Body of Water: A Sage, a Seeker, and the World's Most Alluring FishChris Dombrowski was playing a numbers game: two passions--poetry and fly-fishing; two children, one of them in utero; and an income hovering perilously close to zero. Enter, at this particularly challenging moment, a miraculous email: can't go, it's all paid for, just book a...
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Blooming Hollyhocks: Tales of Joy During Hard TimesStep into a bygone era where family, faith, and community turned hardship into unforgettable stories of strength. In Blooming Hollyhocks: Tales of Joy During Hard Times, Duluth journalist Naomi Helen Yaeger shares the true story of her mother, Janette Minehart, a spirited girl growing...
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Biko: The powerful biography of Steve Biko and the struggle of the Black Consciousness Movement'You are either alive and proud or you are dead ... and your method of death can be a politicizing thing' - Steve BikoFounder of the Black Consciousness Movement, Steve Biko was a natural target for the South African authorities. On 13 August 1977,...
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Better, Not Bitter: The Power of Hope and Living on PurposeNamed a Best Book of 2021 by NPR This inspirational memoir serves as a call to action from prison reform activist Yusef Salaam, of the Exonerated Five, that will inspire us all to turn our stories into tools for change in the pursuit of...
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Augustus: First Emperor of Rome"Superb....Augustus is a first-rate popular biography by a skilled and knowing hand." (Washington Post) Caesar Augustus created the Roman Empire and forever associated the name Caesar with power. Heir to Julius Caesar, he thrust himself into the middle of Roman politics at its most...
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Attu Boy: A Young Alaskan's WWII MemoirIn the quiet of morning, exactly six months after Pearl Harbor, the Japanese touched down on American soil. Landing on the remote Alaska island of Attu, they assailed an entire village, holding the Alaskan villagers for two months and eventually corralling all survivors into...
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A Place Both Wonderful and Strange: The Extraordinary Untold History of Twin PeaksFor the first time, the complete history of David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks--from the landmark, original cult series that changed the course of television to its 25-years-in-the-making sequel--is told through fascinatingly detailed reporting and exclusive interviews with the show's cast and creators....
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An Ordinary White: My Antiracist EducationA prize-winning historian details his intellectual and political evolution Written by the author of the landmark book The Wages of Whiteness and one of the key figures in the critical study of race and racism in America, An Ordinary White is the life story...
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An Immigrant's Love Letter to the WestFor all the West's failings - terrible food, cold weather, and questionable politicians with funny hair to name a few - it has its upsides. Konstantin would know. Growing up in the Soviet Union, he experienced first-hand the horrors of a socialist paradise gone...
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Amy: My Search for Her Killer: Secrets & Suspects in the Unsolved Murder of Amy Mihaljevic"Poignant and wonderfully well-written." -- Richard North Patterson, New York Times bestselling author of Silent Witness"I fell in love with Amy Mihaljevic not long before her body was discovered lying facedown in an Ashland County wheat field. I fell for her the first time...
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A Man of My Word: How I Overcame Addiction, Depression, and Mental & Physical PrisonsAt fourteen years old, Derrick Broze was secretly cutting himself and battling the demon of self-hatred. Within a couple of years, the attacks on his body progressed into abusing his mind with an abundance of drugs and alcohol. On this self-destructive path, he was...
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Albert Einstein (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 3)Explore one of the most recognized scientists in the world with this biography of physicist Albert Einstein. Kids will learn about his life, achievements, and the challenges he faced along the way. The level 3 text provides accessible, yet wide-ranging, information for independent readers.Author:...
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Alaska TracksAuthor and historian Randy Zarnke has compiled a collection of irreplaceable stories of long-time Alaskans who have lived lives most of us can only dream of. Truly remarkable men, like Jim Rearden and Red Beeman, are the kinds of outdoorsmen who have given back...
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Air Force OnceAuthor: Don WilsonPublisher: Covenant BooksPublished: 02/04/2026Pages: 264Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.79lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.55dISBN: 9798900130545
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A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change SidesNAMED MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2026 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, NPR, TIME, LIT HUB, VULTURE, and more The sexual assault that stunned the world. A courageous woman's rallying call for shame to "change sides." For the very first time, Gisèle Pelicot tells her...
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A Golden Legacy: Faith, Family, and a Life of Purpose-A MemoirA Golden Legacy: Faith, Family, and a Life of Purpose A Memoir by Samuel P. Golden is a deeply moving memoir that blends personal reflection with heartfelt tributes from family and friends. The narrative begins on Samuel's 70th birthday, where his daughter shares a...
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Affective Memories: How Chance and the Theater Saved My LifeThis is the riveting, brutally honest story of a man's struggle to make something of himself in the theater. Coming from meager circumstances in the Ozark Mountains, he fights his way up the shaky ladder toward fame. He makes mistakes, goes down blind alleys,...
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A Circle of QuietThe beloved author of A Wrinkle in Time takes an introspective look at her life and muses on creativity in this memoir, the first of her Crosswicks Journals. Every so often I need OUT. . . . My special place is a small brook...
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Accepting 7: 47: Trying to Say Goodbye While Executing the EstateIt was the call no one wants to receive. When Brant Thompson's phone rang early that morning, he thought he knew what to expect, but knowing didn't make it any easier. His mother, with whom he had always had a close relationship, had passed...
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A Brief InhalationDaragh Fleming's A Brief Inhalation is a candid exploration of contemporary existence, dissecting themes of identity, dislocation, and introspection with a sharp, unflinching eye. Blurring the line between essay, memoir, and poetic observation, Fleming navigates encounters with the absurd, the intimate, and the existential...
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