Biography & Autobiography
Explore the best biography and autobiography books, featuring top autobiographies and the best biographies of all time.
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Born Naked: The Early Adventures of the Author of Never Cry WolfFarley Mowat's youth was charmed and hilarious, and unbelievably free in its access to unspoiled nature through bird-banding expeditions and overnight outings in the dead of winter. The author writes of sleeping in haystacks for survival, and other adventures, with equal shares of Booth...
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Blues Boy: The B. B. King StoryFrom his childhood in the Jim Crow South to his triumphant reign as the King of Blues, Blues Boy tells the aspirational story of American music icon B.B. King. For readers of Trombone Shorty, When Marian Sang, and Drum Dream Girl. Includes a timeline,...
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Blockbuster!: The Sweet StoryThey were the heaviest of the gender-bending glam bands in Britain in the '70s, with smash hit after smash hit and a stronghold in Germany of all places.Soon Sweet-Brian Connolly, Andy Scott, Steve Priest and Mick Tucker-would extricate themselves from their producer puppeteers and...
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Black Titan: A.G. Gaston and the Making of a Black American MillionaireThe grandson of slaves, born into poverty in 1892 in the Deep South, A. G. Gaston died more than a century later with a fortune worth well over $130 million and a business empire spanning communications, real estate, and insurance. Gaston was, by any...
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Black Dahlia: Murder, Monsters, and Madness in Midcentury HollywoodIlluminating and captivating, New York Times bestselling author of Tinseltown and Bogart offers the first definitive account of the Black Dahlia murder--the most famous unsolved true crime case in American history--which humanizes the victim and situates the notorious case within an anxious, postwar country...
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Best of Both Worlds: Bilingual Yoruba/English Children's Book About Nigerian and Black American Culture (Days of the Week)Join Tomisona and his parents as he explores his Nigerian and Black American culture through food, music, fun and more! Readers are sure to have fun learning the days of the week in this English and Yoruba book!Author: Mashairi AwaniPublisher: Mashairi AwaniPublished: 11/04/2022Pages: 22Binding...
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Beneath the Lightless Sky: Surviving the Holocaust in the Sewers of LvovIgnacy Chiger (1906-1975) recounts his family's desperate struggle to evade Nazi persecution in wartime Lvov, Poland, where they hid in the city's underground sewers with the help of an unlikely hero. This gripping firsthand account provides a raw, unfiltered perspective on life under two...
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Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and BeyondInstant New York Times Bestseller! From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply thoughtful memoir of the lifelong effects of stardom and the struggle to become whole. Henry Winkler, launched into prominence as "The Fonz" in the beloved Happy...
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Autobiography of a Brown BuffaloBefore his mysterious disappearance and probable death in 1971, Oscar Zeta Acosta was famous as a Robin Hood Chicano lawyer and notorious as the real-life model for Hunter S. Thompson's "Dr. Gonzo," a fat, pugnacious attorney with a gargantuan appetite for food, drugs, and...
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Anthony Benezet: Quaker, Abolitionist, Anti-RacistWilberforce, Clarkson, Wesley. Britain's great abolitionist activist Granville Sharp. Each of these consequential figures of the eighteenth-century Atlantic world were galvanized by the moral power of a modest Quaker teacher who never ventured more than a few miles from his home in Philadelphia: Anthony...
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A Loss for Words: The Story of Deafness in a Family"A deeply moving, often humorous, and beautiful accountof what it means to be the hearing child of profoundly deaf parents . . . Ihave rarely read anything on the subject more powerful or poignant than thisextraordinary personal account by Lou Ann Walker." -- Oliver...
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Almost Interesting: The MemoirA hilarious and biting memoir from the actor, comedian and Saturday Night Live alumni David Spade.David Spade is best known for his harsh "Hollywood" Minute Sketches on SNL, his starring roles in movies like Joe Dirt and Tommy Boy, and his seven-year stint as...
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Ain't Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Dolly PartonFrom her impoverished childhood in the Smoky Mountains to international stardom, Dolly Parton has exceeded everyone's expectations but her own. The day after her high school graduation, she boarded a bus for Nashville, but record executives turned her down. When Dolly finally got her...
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After the Flood: Inside Bob Dylan's Memory PalaceA familiar narrative goes: Bob Dylan, the voice of sixties counterculture, disappeared in the 1970s, then released arguably the worst music of his career in the 1980s--only to be resurrected in 2016, when he was controversially awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Dylan's concerts...
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79: 11: Preserve Those About to DieAuthor: Jimmy DelgadoPublisher: Christian Faith PublishingPublished: 12/03/2025Pages: 84Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.27lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.20dISBN: 9798896378013
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Zimmy: The Human FishMeet Charles "Zimmy" Zibelman, the legless athlete who swam from Albany to New York City, in this nonfiction picture book from bestselling author David A. Adler. On August 23, 1938, "The Legless Wonder" Charles Zibelman began his daring swim to New York City--a one...
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You Are Before the World: Lessons on Doing Good without Being UndoneWhen giving is your calling, when do you not answer the phone?On the morning of November 6, 2024, Tara Jaye Frank found herself on her literal knees, grieving not only the state of a nation but the state of her soul. A helper by...
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William Shakespeare & the GlobeWith her characteristically sprightly words and pictures, Aliki brings Shakespeare's life, times, and legacy to life in this highly acclaimed information-packed treasury that is truly for readers of all ages. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular...
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Wild Things Are Happening: The Art of Maurice SendakThe most comprehensive survey of the work of Maurice Sendak, the most celebrated picture book artist of all time--with previously unpublished archival materialsPublished with The Columbus Museum of Art. Published in conjunction with the eponymous Sendak retrospective touring museums in the United States and...
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Where the Silence Ends: Echoes of a ChildhoodA powerful journey of resilience unfolds as a young boy navigates the shadows of mental illness and violence, ultimately transforming pain into purpose through education and empathy, proving that our past does not define our future.In Where the Silence Ends: Echoes of a Childhood,...
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